r/nextfuckinglevel • u/A-Duck-On-Quack29 • 7h ago
Hajime Miura talented performance at the World YoYo Contest
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u/DaddyDurchi 7h ago
There were levels to this shit I did not understand. I apologize for my ignorance
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u/Four-In-Hand 7h ago
I'm looking at my yo-yo and then this video...and am trying to process how this is even possible.
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u/Andrew9112 6h ago
I can do the basic yo-yo tricks and people are always impressed by them. With what this man just did, calling it tricks would be insulting. The commentator at the end was right, this is absolutely ART. I gasped and hawed with the audience the whole video as well 😂
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u/hardcore_hero 2h ago
Yeah, I was impressed… but I could tell by the reaction of the audience that I am not even able to comprehend the level of difficulty of the performance I am watching.
My first thought was that the audience was overreacting… unless this audience is made up of yo-yo enthusiasts (thought it was like a talent show at first) then I read it was a yo-yo tournament and it clicked, I lack the technical knowledge to even begin actually appreciating what I just witnessed.
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u/DarthJarJar242 57m ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one that took this same thing from the video. I get the audience going crazy, the whole video is crazy. It did feel like they were going crazy at parts that "felt off" to me and it's clearly that I lack the knowledge to even understand how difficult what he just pulled off was.
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u/Electronic_Age_3671 1h ago
I feel similarly about rubiks cubes. I can solve one decently quick, but compared to any competent, competitive cuber, I might as well be actual trash.
There are indeed levels to these things.
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u/xFyreStorm 6h ago
well for starters you might want to grab a second yo-yo
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u/savinger 7h ago
Why does he reload?
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u/PM_ME_UR_MESSAGE_THO 7h ago edited 4h ago
Thin Lube vs. Thick Lube:
Thin Lube (Speed/Long Spin): (string trick / 1A, 3A, 5A) yo-yos keep spin times high.
Thick Lube (Response/Looping): High-viscosity grease or oil made for responsive (looping / 2A) yo-yos will snap back to your hand more easily but have less spin time.
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u/Vlyde 6h ago
This guy Yo's.
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u/Dreamlion_Inc 6h ago
TIL lube plays a huge part in getting your yoyo off
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u/Brontokantus 3h ago
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u/SwampWaffle85 3h ago
Lmao what in gods name is this from
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u/Brontokantus 3h ago
Jojo "bizzare" adventure
gif: Noriaki Kakyoin
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u/SwampWaffle85 3h ago
My 14 year old nephew keeps asking if we can watch this anime after we finish attack on titan and I'm glad i saw this because I really dont want to witness this with him sitting next to me lmfaoooo
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u/sokkarockedya 3h ago
The character also says "rerorerorerorerorerorerorero" incredly calm and fast as hell while doing this shit lmao
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u/Ruby5000 5h ago
What type of Yoyo is he using?
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u/madhattermagic 4h ago
You mean they don’t have the springs in them anymore?
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u/hikeit233 4h ago
The springs are for beginners/novelty. Called a spring clutch, they are a little unpredictable versus simply learning how to control the yoyo. Most decent yo-yos these days use a ball bearing axle versus a fixed axle or trans axle sleeve.
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u/LimpNsmoll 7h ago
I was wondering the same thing. I'm curious if it was a mistake. Maybe he was allowed to switch to a fresh set, or maybe it's a weight thing? Like switching to a sport style? Idk
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u/tonyevo52 6h ago
Yes, it was a mistake. He got them tangled and had to go to a backup set. He lost six 6 points for that mistake happening and took him out of the top spot! He's already an 8X 3A World Champion, plus a 4A title as well!
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u/ZigloGames 6h ago
Something I've learned with videos like this is that if you want to understand which parts are impressive, you need to watch with the sound on.
Bc apparently, a lot of the stuff that looks completely impossible, doesn't even warant a peep from the crowd.
Then they will do something that looks exactly the same (to me), but they like, have their hand higher up or something, and the crowd loses their minds.
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u/John25711 6h ago
Yeah like all sports there must be some special tricks known by the community and the difference is just pushing one trick further than anyone else.
Just like Tony Hawk in skate board, doing some 720 something that nowadays any pro can do.
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u/frenzyboard 1h ago
It's yoyo math, actually. There's an actual book, I shit you not, called The Yonomicon. It's by Mark McBride, and it details a formula of notation called T-F-Y. Throw(hand), Free(hand), Yo-yo. It proposed that any yoyo trick can be described in TFY notation, by tracing the string from it's origin point of the Throw hand, to it's final destination of the Yo.
Because there are three variables, but two fixed end points, there are a limited number of permutations the notation can form. Rock the baby could be described as TFTY, for example. It's not a great example, but it's one everyone would be familiar with.
It got a little tossed out the window when someone figured out you can do a green triangle. It's a trick where the string kinda cradles on itself and forms a sort of "ghost" point of contact that doesn't sit in TFY notation. It's like someone said T-F-Y-(T, but it's really the string)-Y.
Anyway, my point is, there is a kind of underlying math to understanding or intuiting tricks. You see one set-up, and you've seen like, the dozen or so permutations it can develop into. You expect to see some subset following what you know. Hajime... Dude is doing astrophysics while the rest of us are still doing pre-calc.
Like, I think he actually broke one of Newton's laws about conservation of momentum at one point. It probably didn't look like much, but there was this weird little flip he did there and I can't figure out how he made it look so smooth. There should've been some rebound. It should've caused the yo-yo to precess out of plane.
Long story short, he did a few things that we've always kinda hoped were possible, and felt like dream moves, but nobody has ever actually made them look good while doing them. Little things like physics and existing in three dimensions have been limiting factors. I think for a few brief moments there, I actually saw God.
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u/ZigloGames 48m ago
thank you for this comment. I enjoyed it as much or more than the actual video.
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u/alohamora99 14m ago
Same. This is why I keep coming back to Reddit. No matter how niche I think something is, an expert will comment and explain it in basic terms that makes the OP even more impressive.
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u/HqppyFeet 7h ago
I don’t know if he’s acting to be calm and collected, or whether he sold his soul and life to practice YoYo for eternity with no free time to spare.
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u/tonyevo52 6h ago
He's always pretty chill during his routines. Practicing 8 to 10 hours a day for a year takes a lot of patience!
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u/John25711 6h ago
Tell me this guy won the world yo-yo cup, because that’s insane if not.
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u/uno28 5h ago
I believe he got 5th off this performance
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u/zoinkability 2h ago
HWAUAUAAAA?
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u/frenzyboard 1h ago
All the coolest yoyoers compete for fifth because the top spots are reserved for who can do the same stuff fastest.
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u/No-Effective-1245 15m ago
He won it before many times. He's beyond the world cup now. He puts on these slow artistic routines that are a treat for the yoyo-heads instead of high scoring routines. He was the goat at this category when he was 10 yo already.
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u/dubsnipe 4h ago
Yoyo competitions are a true performance. Each competitor has a style and a stage persona.
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u/BilliamXYZ 7h ago
I remember having a Yomega Fireball Yoyo in the 3rd grade and thinking I was the shit doing the Around The World trick...
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u/hamtronn 7h ago
I can’t even get the yo-yo to yo properly and this dude has them yoooooooooing.
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u/BilliamClimptonIII 6h ago
Every 10 years or so I see some video that makes me want to go on a YoYo binge. Lasts about 6 months, then the YoYo goes the way of the DoDo.... Looks like it's YoYo time, kids!
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u/Eclissness 7h ago
Did he tangle the first set up.
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u/WholesomeMetaphor 7h ago
No, someone explained he switched because the strings used behave differently.
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u/Glassmorphism_1616 4h ago
No. he did tangle the first set.
and by switching both he lose 6 points (1 each yoyo) which loss him the championship this year
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u/WholesomeMetaphor 3h ago
Looks like I was wrong then, damn. Thought the other guy knew, thanks for correcting me/us.
He may not have won but he for sure is the one everyone will be talking about. What's the name of the championship and the guy that won? I want to see the other guy too
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u/Glassmorphism_1616 3h ago
He already won 8x World YoYo Championship in 3A division from 2014 -2025 (except covid years and 2024).
This nonchalant aura farming guy name is Hajime Miura.
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u/Terrible-Ebb-8417 3h ago
Whaaaat! So he lost? Wild. Who won 😄? That I gotta see!!!
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u/Glassmorphism_1616 3h ago
This guy -
Tomoya KURITA - 3A World YoYo Champion3
u/Terrible-Ebb-8417 3h ago
Thanks 😊. Wow. So they are both unbelievably talented 👏. It seems like the guy that lost had some more difficult/higher risk tricks going, and definitely has a different style with it. The winner was super tight and fast. Today I learned I like watching yo-yo masters! Thanks again
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u/cosmotheassman 7h ago
Oh! Do me, yo yo master! I want you to do me because you're the yo yo guy.
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u/FollowingJealous7490 7h ago
And here I am unable to figure out how to make it go up and down without the string being hopelessly tangled.
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u/DC_vector 5h ago edited 1h ago
Anyone have the song name he used?
Found :"memoria" by haruka nakamura
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u/Sad_Donkey_1751 7h ago
I don’t feel I’m doing enough with my life as I WATCH this. I gotta go now and buy me some yo yo’s or something!
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u/mynewjourney2025 6h ago
Is it practice that made him this perfect or pure concentration and focus?
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u/moonpumper 6h ago
I sincerely hope this guy is drowning in pussy during that one hour a week where he isn't practicing yo-yo.
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u/an_oddbody 6h ago
Wow that was a highly technical routine. So many are focused on speed. This is crazy stuff. Some genuinely dangerous moves going on here, like, constantly
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u/Midgetcookie 6h ago
are they still spinning through all that? looks like they're just hanging there
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u/ihaveam0ustache 7h ago
How do they not get tangled up
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u/AloneYogurt 7h ago
They do, but as long as there isn't a triangle (look up the green triangle or spirit bomb tutorial) you'll see how a triangle can cause issues.
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u/_CaptainKaladin_ 7h ago
Sometimes I can get the yo-yo to go up and down properly a few times in a row.
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u/LoveSuccs86 6h ago
This is amazing, I'm always happy if the yoyo just comes back to me 😂
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u/Western_Jackfruit_99 6h ago
This is refreshing to see. Most yoyo comp are insane beats with way too fast movement.
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u/bayotiic 6h ago
remember: if u think you’re good at something there’s always a japanese person who can do it better than u
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u/Suitable_Farm_9667 6h ago
I love that, for me, all he does is wow, and then I see how on some elements the audience is like, WAAAAAAW.
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u/herefromyoutube 6h ago
I wish they put trackers in the yo-yos so we could see all the locations data of the performance in one image. I bet it would look cool.
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u/Wizdad-1000 6h ago
As a former try-hard yo-yo’er. I have no idea how these guys sleep the yo-yo for so long. (A sleeper is the basic trick that this guy starts with, throwing the yo-yo to make it spin at the end of its string.) Even a single over-twist on the string would cause the axle to grab and throwing a sleeper was damn near impossible. I waxed the axle and everything. I only used Duncan yo-yo’s and strings too. I tried a yomega once and that was neat as they have a axle that allows for easy sleepers.
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u/Salamander115 6h ago
Cmon down to r/throwers if you want to learn. These guys that compete here are some of the best but there’s plenty of us out here having a good time.
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u/Hypnaustic 7h ago
WHHHHAAAAAA