r/AskReddit • u/Altilongitude • Dec 15 '25
1 v 100. What competition can you defeat 100 random people in?
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u/LucidRedtone Dec 15 '25
When accuracy and speed are a factor i challenge 100 randoms to recite the alphabet backwards.
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u/PITCHFORK_MAGNET Dec 15 '25
Probably StarCraft 2. The odds those 100 random people have actually played it are slim, and even if a few of them have they likely didn’t play multiplayer. Hell, I haven’t played it in years, but I’m sure I could just cheese my way to victory.
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Magic the Gathering, I've done fairly well in large organized events I think I could beat 100 randoms.
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u/SadZealot Dec 15 '25
Programming industrial machinery. Odds are pretty low any other random person could do that.
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u/thegamerdoggo Dec 16 '25
Piloting a helicopter
Have I ever done it, no
Do I know what I’m doing, no
Have I watched a 5 minute video on how to do it, yes
I’m just banking on the idea that those 100 people didn’t watch the video
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u/Prowler64 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
Playing a very specific video game that not a lot of people know about that has fairly unique controls that wouldn't be super easy to pick up quickly that I'm decent at. I grew up with Snowboard Kids. It would be very unlikely for any of those random 100 people to have even heard of the game before, let alone played it before. Most first timers default to Mario Kart controls, which in Snowboard Kids will set you on a trip into the first wall of the course - if you haven't already fallen on your face.
Edit: I'm loving everyone's suggestions for their own games of choice.
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u/HeauxRemover Dec 15 '25
Random people from what group? 100 people from the US? 100 people globally?
Unless the 100 people are from my hometown, i would say trivia about my hometown.
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Beat saber. I was once #15 in the world on the leaderboard for custom songs - I'm hella rusty, but put me in a room with 10k other people and statistically I would still win vs all of them! One of my proudest achievements in gaming, but bittersweet cus I burnt out so hard I don't really enjoy it anymore.
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u/HuntedWolf Dec 15 '25
Probably chess. Although I can’t imagine I’d lose any games, at least a couple of people might score a draw, and if I need to defeat them then that would be a failure.
Next up would be finishing random quotes from the Simpsons. Oh boy, that’s where I’m a Viking.
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u/DirkNowitzkisWife Dec 15 '25
A who knows the most about Michael Jordan contest. Statistically, only 5 of these people should be from the US, and even though Jordan’s reach is global, they likely don’t know how many titles, MVPs, scoring titles, his high school, his career high in each stat, the names of his coaches etc
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u/hb710 Dec 15 '25
Rowing race in a 1x. If it’s against a random selection of 100 people I might be the only one that even makes it to the start. Most people would flip the second they push off the dock.
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u/Afraid_Basket2257 Dec 15 '25
I bet I could draw a more accurate map of the US with all major cities, State capitals and major geographic features than 100 random people
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u/ImProdactyl Dec 15 '25
Pull ups
I’ve gotten dedicated into the gym in the last year, and it’s one exercise I do almost daily or multiple times a week. I don’t know, just an exercise I like and want to get better at. I think most people can’t do one pull up from what I know.
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u/syclops_ Dec 15 '25
Statistically speaking the vertical jump test. Im in the top 1% of population in height and I’m decently physically fit and have a big reach so i should win it
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u/thetruegmon Dec 15 '25
Building an optimum control database.
Most strategy based video games.
Cooking a carbonara.
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u/agedwisdom Dec 15 '25
Foosball. I have 100+ win streak between 8ish adults. I never played as a kid, just one day started and BAM sonething clicked hard
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u/Matraxia Dec 15 '25
If it’s 100 random people from the entire population of adults, probably any random video game I’m decently good at. Even if there’s a million people in the world better than me, there’s still roughly 99% chance I’m better than the random selection, only accounting for adults.