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World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion

gravylookout · 41M views · 2007-01-09 · 1:19

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Overview

A one-minute clip of Alexander Overwijk drawing a near-perfect freehand circle, one metre across, in under a second on a chalkboard. He is a repeat winner of the World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship.

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HN uses it as the go-to example of an astonishingly perfect hand-drawn circle.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2016–2023

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TheCondor · 2023-03 · Reference

This is why I read this site. As I was going down the dotted line chalk rabbit hole I ran in to this: [VIDEO]

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tzs · 2021-04 · Reference

There are actually people who can quickly draw really good circles. Here's a video of Alexander Overwijk, who has won the World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship numerous times, drawing a circle [1]. Here's Michael Clauss, who ended a streak of 9 consecutive Overwijk wins [2]. Here's some footage of the first World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship in 2007, showing several different contestents [3]. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK] [3] [LINK]

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aaron695 · 2016-06 · Reference

Needs a 2007. "(And by the way, if you want to see a really, really outrageously perfect sphere, check this out.)" Assume it's - [VIDEO]

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