How I became the fastest pencil sharpener in the world

The most incredible story about pencil sharpening you will ever watch.
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[@Smallant]

Lots of people asking about where the leaderboard is for this ITS HERE: www.speedrun.com/pss#In_Real_Life

[@batsematary]

very epic

[@raid4160]

Thanks, was wondering where it was at.

[@jacobgreene4331]

Heard rumors of you changing your name to kneecream

[@joshwosh504]

G

[@TheEntertainer61]

I can't see u in the leaderboard

[@ooccttoo]

If nothing else, this series gave you a LOT of mileage out of the “sharpening my skills” pun

[@ev0308]

Sinister_Eclipse yeah

[@cruzadergaming3875]

And “lead” and “write” puns

[@sirdaddio5102]

Good "Point"

[@kylre]

It's a triple pun in 1 writing

[@gamingwithjason_]

Mileage: *5,825,139 Miles*

[@huhrawz]

Who else kept seeing this in their recommended, and said “why not” and didn’t expect it to be this good

[@swaminathanj5110]

69 likes

[@殺人光線]

It's scary how accurate this is

[@evelynexuma1699]

Yeah.

[@user-rr1to5ml1g]

〇殺人光線 that shit was ass

[@tkzagz5796]

Read my mind

[@zavhyatta9795]

“Is he gonna do the glitch to skip the seventh pencil?” Had me dying.

[@ultimateabsol1268]

Well it depends on if he speedruns any% or glitchless pencils

[@Targon1011]

@@ultimateabsol1268 lmaoo

[@critizon3074]

But to perform the glitch is hard thoo... he doesn't have the enough experience levels to do it

[@chopped.mp3]

He needs to do the sharperner clip then try to get a frame perfect sharpen on the 4th pencil.

[@apacheattackhelicopter5823]

I saw that to

[@rectitude007]

I can’t believe that before Smallant entered the scene, the world record took half an hour to sharpen 10 pencils.

[@neoordwell]

average student in class using an electric pencil sharpener

[@ПростойЧеловек-к8г]

​@@neoordwell What is this by the way?

[@owenw.1643]

"pencil sharpening delirium" "the legendary footcream" the internet has made some fantastic sentences possible

[@Curelax]

1:50 "my hands are a Madcatz controller" was my favourite quote

[@dominicmartino6437]

One. 3000 likes to replies

[@justacoolguy5296]

'are u gonna use glitch for 7th pencil' 💀twitch chat is amazing

[@toahru]

When your trainer is a guy named footcream calling himself part of the “pencil sharpening dudes”

[@Heihachi_Joestar]

Lol

[@thedoninator5935]

Who makes puns in every line of his speech

[@steamdragon8550]

I don’t like where this is going

[@ZJRLT]

@@steamdragon8550 It's the write way to talk.

[@interstellarpieceofmeat]

you mean sensei*

[@SolisBetter]

Imagine an employee seeing him buy 10 pencils every week “Damn how many pencils does that guy lose?”

[@yoshiisnotokay2750]

Jayfeather The blind boi Not nearly as much as the people I lend them to.

[@userdetails1]

employee thinks "he must be one of those slow people who eats pencils"

[@C052-ip9zs]

@@userdetails1 yo bro remember when you wrote this 4 years ago? still a W comment!

[@Grahaminations]

The thumbnail looks like the local chimneysweep surrendering to the police after he was caught red handed stealing singular a singular lima bean.

[@SpecSwamp]

Mixed with the fake mr beast pose

[@katbird2699]

The title was cut off, so I read it as "how I became the fastest pencil," and I didn't even question it

[@tanvi1162]

this needs more likes

[@looserthatwatchescartoonsa9555]

Lol

[@mightypurplelicious3209]

I imagine pencil go brrrrrrrrr

[@ToastersTostadas]

Ur eyes were probably like how tf did he turn into a pencil

[@usernamecinema835]

Why would you need to question it? Do not question the almighty one.

[@idk8717]

Can't believe I just watched a documentary about a man sharpening pencils

[@ryahelyse]

lol same

[@rodrickyt7132]

🤣🤣

[@artistahoy9103]

It was great tho.

[@kawanserednicki9120]

Me too, kid.

[@osamason11]

Wait I just began ro rethink life..

[@bird2034]

Imagine “Ayo can you sharpen my pencil?” “Sure” *removes socks*

[@Wildfruit6105]

1 minute later: done!

[@FireCraftEntertainment]

Yeh that’s weird

[@limonlx7182]

"I asked to sharpen pencil, not to completely erase it from existence.."

[@hellothere6117]

Pants*

[@johnmccarthy9150]

No! Keep them on, otherwise its gay!

[@jacksonb8114]

I’m late to this but if you read this I love this format. Most streamers just upload their livestreams, sometimes including intros and break times. The commentary over it makes both platforms different and enjoyable. The commentary makes the video feel like more of a story while the stream feels more personal. Good stuff

[@isber5401]

imagine asking for a sharpener in school, and the guy just says:” dont worry , Im the world’s fastest pencil sharpener” so he takes your pencil, crouch on the ground and turn it to ashes in seconds

[@gazeboist4535]

laughs in cromartie

[@Amirreza_Karimi]

:))))))))))

[@AdityaSharma-qb5qp]

Im the 690th like

[@devouredkids1877]

*sweats in pencil*

[@Mattressduck]

Dam that’s some hargwarts shit

[@natfingerboard]

Okay but can we talk about that guy in last place who took more than 7 hours to sharpen 10 pencils?

[@Error-pm3iu]

Time stamp ??

[@carolinajackson9346]

Ikr, did he genuinely sit there sharpening pencils for 7 hours??

[@natfingerboard]

@@Error-pm3iu it's in the leader board

[@connaeris8230]

Maybe he was trying to beat the record for slowest pencil sharpener. It takes some dedication to sit down and do nothing but sharpen pencils for 7 hours

[@lebronjamesfan10]

Error 404 4:15

[@VivekYadav-ds8oz]

Alright can we talk about how good of a sport FootCream was for literally giving this guy his magic tools to beat his own record?

[@SparrowValentine]

Frfr

[@ella7939]

.

[@connerarmstrong4496]

am I right

[@Gamer-xz4sg]

They were probably like "eh we'll give him the stuff, but he probably still won't beat it." But when he beat it they were like "well oof"

[@AzaraShiki]

That how anime character development works

[@pez_3688]

Bro can we congratulate the man who took seven hours of his life to sharpen 10 pencils. this man is a legend

[@vibes_4225]

the pencil sharpening mentors are so respectable, those two went out of their way and just gave you the materials to become a true master, they could have been the pencil masters themselves, but they saw your determination, your promise, and they gave you the means to truly reach that greatness

[@ewan7746]

There is more to being a master than there is to being the best

[@dailinelily]

@@ewan7746 True, it's not about being the best person in the making, but rather it's about trying to make something better than you could ever be

[@amazium1687]

Maybe they were just fan of small ant

[@Happy-to3tf]

Its also worth noting that they were probably smant fans who found out about competitive sharpenin through his stream, still very commendable tho

[@gushrae3778]

Especially the puns they said those were dad joke lvl

[@mr.krustykrust]

So what you’re saying is, this run is pay to win

[@LeCheckmate]

That was my thought too, especially when he broke out the 'best pencil sharpener money can buy'. The fact that you need to use premium pencils makes it p2w too

[@GreyPunkWolf]

Pretty obvious tho. Like the canadian lumberjack contest, everyone has the best axe they can get or build to specifically match their needs and body. Basically any competition where you can bring your own gear is pay to win. From Olympic swimming to wild climbers, if you don't have the best gear you're in for a bad time regardless of the level of competition.

[@LeCheckmate]

@@GreyPunkWolf Wait, olympic equipment isn't standardized for the participants? Pay to win speedrunning isn't okay, i'll have to boycott that event.

[@GreyPunkWolf]

@@LeCheckmate It's only controlled and regulated to avoid cheating. But every participant bring his own gear and medical team. Only the emergency medics are paid by the event. And the cleaning crew obv. Although they don't pay personally for the gear and insurance, they have sponsors for that

[@GreyPunkWolf]

Also sponsors bring them steady income even when they aren't doing competitions so that they can focus only and completely on their training to have the best performance once the competition period starts.

[@itsOrba]

He's gonna get so many girls now

[@VeronicaMartinez-un6xx]

Like so many

[@tarike5613]

like so many

[@Daniel-eg7hj]

like so many

[@zaynite7777]

Like so many

[@funnyminecraft7331]

like so many

[@olivialambert4124]

This is an amazing catagory. Still, there's a lot to come in this record. A wide range of premium sharpeners are still going to be faster, the twin blade one he picked initially being a great choice. The KUM sharpeners at the beginning of the video being another, along with the great name. There's a good array of novel sharpeners out there. But you need to sharpen the blades and replace them when they are overused. Premium pencils are obviously better, but picking the correct wood makes a huge difference. Premium tend to use hardwood instead of the woods cheap pencils use gumming up the internals, I'd presume maple would be the best hardwood choice. However talk to a carpenter to find out which is easiest to plane. Finally I'd think a few miscellaneous tweaks might help too. Lubricant on the inside of the sharpener so it spins freer. Pencils contain graphite which is a great lubricant, graphite powder would be better. Maybe even something like molybdenum dabbed on the end of each pencil or something equally silly could help. I'm not able to be the sharpening world record holder myself, but I can at least advance the meta for those who are able to compete.

[@Drekromancer]

You're a bona fide genius. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. I hope it inspires the next generation of pencil sharpening speedrunners.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodCrow]

As a pencil collector my advice for chocie of pencil would go to Blackwing Pencils, they are made of premium quality cedar wood wich sharpen like butter (They are however super expansive) A even better pencilchoice would go to the Mitsubishi Hi-Uni wich is even more expansive but smooooth. Graphite also plays a big factor, the scale goes from B (soft and dark) to HB (Midrange and most used pencils) to H (Hard and light) So the smartest choice would be using B10 graphite pencils with premium quality cedar wood. And than the choice of sharpener, i am unaware if it's a rule but crank sharpeners are the godtier sharpeners in all aspect, if they are not allowed a Kum sharpeners would be my choice aswell. I want to see a sub 1 minute run now KEKW

[@lissomne]

The sage shares their wisdom with us mortals. Thank you for your service.

[@Tosh.O]

lubricant on the internals would just make the wood chips stick and build up inside.

[@olivialambert4124]

@@Tosh.O There's many, many types of lubricant. Dry lubricant specifically being one style. Molybdenum being my favoured industrial lubricant, it loves to build up grey stains everywhere but imo typically better than graphite. Both are in powder form, graphite similar to powdered pencil lead which obviously doesn't make the wood chips stick.

[@chester0104]

Moral of the story: Premium pencils are better than dollar store pencils

[@noahbishop4268]

@Drasamii A sophie's choice situation, dear god

[@aokiomar256]

always use papermate

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

@@noahbishop4268 what's a "Shophie"? And is it pronounced (Shop-ii) or (Sho-f-ii)?

[@joshuarodriguez2450]

“Sophie” (So-fee) is a name and “Sophie’s Choice situation” refers to a situation that has both outcomes equally desirable or undesirable محمد جعفر /Jafar

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

@@joshuarodriguez2450 oh, thanks! I didn't know that, i usually hear the line "it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils" in those situations, but saying it's a sophie choice situation works better.

[@nimmy404]

"I wood be happy to lead you in the write direction" He's speaking the language of gods

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

"Eye Wood Bee happy Two Lead U in the Write direction" 8 contacnations/puns, can you do better?

[@pneumaniac14]

@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx those are random puns that have no relation to pencils.

[@mortis9023]

محمد جعفر /Jafar those don’t even make sense

[@frostyfrostbite406]

@@mortis9023 "Creature of the Night"

[@bingbong2179]

You forgot the "We heard that you would like to SHARPEN your skills"

[@theprogrammer32]

Footcream: Saw the hub-bub about pencil sharpening world records. Got the world record using his special technique. shared that technique with you, so you could beat him. used a bunch of puns about pencil sharpening. sent you $30 worth of sharpeners. is nobody talking about this mysterious pencil sharpening legend?

[@eveclass1716]

BlockOfWood the Chad footcream

[@GavynTheNoob]

he's the man we all aspire to be

[@mitch25232]

well it woulda been dangerous to go alone, so he gave him this

[@isaacgarrett4583]

He's like the mew2king of pencil sharpening

[@Nrkkxnoeø]

Rip to all the Pencils and sharpeners we lost during the making of this video

[@constellationmaker145]

And.. hands.

[@lrock2260]

Can we just acknowledge the fact that this man basically made a documentary about speed running pencil sharpening

[@stevenkurinec4194]

and I watched the whole damn thing

[@juanalvarado4723]

and I don't regret watching any second of it

[@B3nCastle]

And with his feet

[@dmitrijsmironovs7513]

8:14 the fact that it took you 3 weeks or so to realise sitting on floor is more comfortable than a desk chair whilst holding something with your feet, is another world record in itself.

[@dioramsay1337]

Floor gang

[@cheerio4000]

Honestly lol

[@expertgaming]

@Malachi Best oh well

[@charlienorman2989]

Imagine just being on a date and the girl says “tell me a bit about yourself” and u can say “I’m the fastest the pencil sharpener in the world “

[@maliminaj]

Pretty damn cool tbh

[@HunterWright06]

That’s sick

[@greenman784]

She would say "Thrust me how you sharpen your pencils Daddy ;)"

[@W-I463]

@@greenman784 what?

[@alexh5358]

@@W-I463 I know I was so lost too

[@avatarx5196]

5:53 the way he says footcream in such seriousness is too funny

[@CaligoCrew]

Waiting for Summoning Salt to do a "History of" video on this

[@bindletinn]

@Pumlz the "didnt realize what he had just done" towards the end is almost a recreation of some part of summoning salt's mario warpless video

[@HenTieGuy.]

He better

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

Or Footofaferret. I'd be down for either one.

[@tastyjason4136]

There’s like 8 world record attempts. The video would be like less than a minute

[@M4XD4B0ZZ]

Hilarious

[@knightplatinum9676]

Random kid: can you sharpen my pencil? This guy: deletes pencil in a millisecond

[@randomshadow4620]

"Can you sharpen my pencil? I'll be back under a minute" RIP

[@outdoorcreations3612]

Wtf happened to my pencil

[@IDK098]

Lmao

[@RinAchlys]

The real question is how did I get to this point in life to be watching someone sharpen a pencil-

[@user-ht9iv2ec1d]

Same

[@lewiskarma797]

Hear Quagsire's vomit

[@_T_R_E_V_O_R_]

How did he get to this POINT in his life 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jenniferhernandez2792]

Honestly

[@Joseph-hf6nn]

I’m just bored in school

[@lkheffner2173]

at the end it looks like your kept hostage and being forced to sharp the pencils against your will.

[@drewdarrington6064]

Teacher: I hope you’re all paying attention. The guy in the back:

[@f-seal7193]

How is this comment not at the top. I am almost ded out of breath

[@gordonmaginnis965]

Oh he’s not Nvrmind

[@gordonmaginnis965]

This is comedic on so many levels

[@sportsfaniguess154]

I can confirm, 100% accurate.

[@_customer_]

@@f-seal7193 because of a 50K liked faze orba shit

[@GNUGradyn]

his local wamart is probably like "why does this guy buy 30 pencil sharpeners every day"

[@Wonderfullism]

@@dlspr1586 r/woooosh

[@amrit3883]

blank subscriber without video names is overused wtf how much more obvious can they make it 😂

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

@@Wonderfullism cuz I'm zeeta Bacchus meriem Ben dahmen airbrush Heroes Heroes Heroes

[@minicloud450]

It’s his routine to buy 30 pencils sharpeners ever 2 weeks

[@firewolf4824]

@@dlspr1586 How stupid do you have to be? It was so obvious.

[@jack_corvinus]

Drilless should be the default. Drill speed runs should be classified as “tool-assisted”

[@Chimp380]

"any % pencil sharpening speedrun"

[@GameCyborgCh]

@@Chimp380 any% is just snapping the pencils, 100% is sharpening them all the way

[@williamwontiam3166]

Nah, there should be drill less and tool less, where you don’t have any pencils.

[@GameCyborgCh]

@@williamwontiam3166 tool less = no pencil sharpener

[@SeychellesReal]

10pencils% speedrun TAS

[@booposreal]

He... He predicted the "MR BEEEEAST" pose.... This living legend...

[@ramennoodles6350]

EXACTLY

[@blu_two]

MR BEEEEAST

[@baseddepartment6469]

hello i am a time traveller from the release of this video can you please elaborate

[@someboredgamer242]

@@baseddepartment6469 no ur not

[@Socksfor1]

proof that great youtube content exists

[@ahahahbruhh9427]

Yes

[@alwayssololeveling]

Hello

[@amitmishra-ni6de]

Love ur channel and hardcore modded Survival

[@amondread4164]

Ayyy Sockfor1

[@Syrruies]

Lol

[@MayroSMM]

This is depressing and I *love* it.

[@Shiver197]

Depression and Love going in the same sentence is music to my ears

[@charbomber110]

A famous KZbinr's comment with only one like? What is this madness?

[@erm_5557]

how is this depressing?

[@davidferguson8040]

Eyyo Mayro! Love your content! Quagsire!

[@Larree17]

Hi Mayro

[@BennettBeach]

12:38 - thank you for saying sharpening your skills, this made a world of difference for me 🤣

[@justarandomperson_v2994]

“So how did you get those muscles?” “... I sharpened them.”

[@hariv5664]

Lmao

[@galladeintheshade4422]

Get out. Take a like with you and get out

[@GoldenArmorYeah]

@@galladeintheshade4422 no u

[@thatoneniceguy408]

You clever bastard I love you

[@justarandomperson347]

Wait who are you

[@KDN_Kieffer]

*10 years past* Little boy: "dad can you sharpen this pencil for me" Small ant: *gets flashbacks*

[@twixie6343]

U copied a comment

[@KDN_Kieffer]

Tbh I didn't even go through the comments 😂

[@twixie6343]

@@KDN_Kieffer find it and u will see

[@KDN_Kieffer]

I seen lmao

[@chump1158]

@@twixie6343 the other comment was 1 week ago this was 2 weeks ago

[@ScubaShark--8964]

Mr. Beast: Plants 20 million trees. This guy: *_I'm your worst nightmare._*

[@thegoldenhelmet1297]

lol

[@immodium4586]

Wow

[@crazy808ish]

Lol this is nowhere near even one trees' worth of wood.

[@dabirdie1797]

Shut up, child, you aren't old enough to have rights

[@thegoldenhelmet1297]

@@dabirdie1797 h

[@hridaykapila]

I just cheked the leaderboard and mans is still 3rd place after two years🤯

[@zNestrian]

I mean what did you expect

[@teukukeanu3078]

“My hands were torn up a bit “ His hand: literally bleeding

[@TINYTINEY]

Dw, just minor scrape

[@magiclampreal]

tis but a scratch

[@ishaan-gupta]

ice pack.

[@TINYTINEY]

He’ll be fineeeeeee

[@christian3756]

but still factory new

[@loud-whistling-yes]

Part of me is impressed, part of me is horrified with how many poor pencils never got the chance to be used

[@Wvymoo]

That’s kinda depressing

[@scarebuddy7732]

they did get used... used so much they were gone before they even knew it

[@orions2908]

They did, they served a greater cause than any writing/drawing could ever dream of getting close to.

[@brentonnam9145]

It was a sacrifice that had to be made

[@shlokgupta178]

How much wood got wasted

[@provokator3870]

Can we appreciate how the record got from 35 minutes to 3 minutes

[@GreyPunkWolf]

And that's where you see the magic of a meme topic made for fun being used by actual legitimate tryharders. And it's wonderful. Lads are just dead serious and focused at such a ridiculous task it just kills me. Even without the video footages I'd be laughing hard at the leaderboard lmao

[@WednesdayTheClove]

The feet are the pencil sharpening equivalent of the XD skip. No even better. Its the equivalent of the night metro skip

[@zanderp25]

Quality pencils

[@MakoWoman]

It echoes gaming speedrun progressions so beautifully 👌

[@AVeryNormalGuy]

Legend says if you put speedrunners to the task they will optimize the shit out of the cure cancer any% category.

[@ericfranklin1802]

Near all of SmallAnt’s “how I became…” videos could easily be turned into an anime it’s pretty hilarious.

[@JamesTaylor-bo8cv]

The staff from where he's getting the pencils must be so confused.

[@vCavernosa]

Its not that weird to buy a lot of pencils

[@abootz5188]

Just for the kids in my basement

[@telesticgamer8251]

@@abootz5188 wh-what. No

[@kswag]

@@telesticgamer8251 it's okay he runs a tutoring service there

[@foreverd4nk796]

“Tutoring”

[@aaronzhu379]

i want to know what convinced the guy to name himself "footcream"

[@HazeEmry]

Probably a foot infection

[@titanictyranitar9571]

Hmmmmm I don't know, oh MAYBE BECAUSE HE DID IT WITH HIS FEET

[@wingdingfontbro]

Hmmmm creamy

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

At first the sharpeners were in his hand, and the pencils his feet, so he became the thing he needed the most

[@user-rl4tg2mr9n]

God himself

[@espen5]

“god damn my sharper broke again, bad rng i guess”

[@mwells219]

Why didn’t you buy the sharpener upgrade dlc?

[@runshootkillstuff3391]

@@mwells219 😂

[@supernova3241]

This run is totally pay2win

[@whydidimakeitrecognisable5356]

Runs dead

[@lovelove-xz5qu]

use protection potion when upgrading to prevent breaking up to +7

[@Niallpro10]

Bro was really like "MR MR MR MR BEAST" in the thumbnail 💀

[@mr.squeaky6314]

Frr

[@lonisballington7636]

4:15 are we not gonna talk about how someone took 7 1/2 hours to sharpen 10 pencils

[@whyyousomadtho5371]

Leo Belyi they had to make sure the pencils were all made of the same tree first.

[@bgizzy1088]

Jesus Christ I didn’t even notice that 😂😂😂

[@basicallydisabledveteranma9223]

That guy sharpened it with his fingernails alone.

[@ToastersTostadas]

Basically Disabled Veteran Mafia Boss his mom called him to go eat then he forgot about it after he finished eating

[@shanestaley6595]

knives?

[@Emre.55]

Yes, I did just watch thirteen minutes of a man dedicating four months of his life to pencil sharpening. This is why I love KZbin.

[@MDKurosoda]

same

[@edomeloni3448]

Wow.. Same here.. Wtf guys

[@brayd3nl994]

Yes

[@kyandehaan6306]

weirdpeepo

[@jamiebarker07]

You won’t find this kinda stuff anywhere else

[@dylanvo1119]

This mans is goin to have a tight marriage. Dedication is his life

[@fran-tj2qd]

How get divorce glichtless speedrun

[@natrod8628]

loving each other for the rest of our lives 100% completion run

[@benderbear762]

Unless he forgets about his anniversary and spends the whole day sharpening pencils

[@natrod8628]

@@benderbear762 smallant: *forgets anniversary* also smallant to his children: is the run dead, guys? should I start over?

[@phazon7836]

Marriage and divorce speedrun category needs to be a thing

[@kcryrine5056]

hilarious that feet ended up being involved, chat was going "is he gonna sharpen with his feet" from the start

[@peakerathispeak8392]

“Hey bro can you sharpen my pencil?” *Sits on the floor*

[@assultcard5820]

Lmao

[@gokulkiran9884]

😂😂😂😂

[@lovekittys1239]

Lol here is the stub _ why did you sharpen so much? _ shows leaderboard

[@plexquared1877]

(a few seconds later) done!

[@quisegotthapiece8077]

Lmfaoo 😂

[@Biketogoback]

We not talking about the guy in the beginning who took 7 HOURS to sharpen 10 pencils

[@elizabethmurphy1734]

xDD Who??

[@chiokechase7286]

1:00 XD

[@elizabethmurphy1734]

@@chiokechase7286 Omfg- thank you xD

[@ucok6940]

He sure took his time

[@urethaneslanger]

worst part is he probably made some poor lad watch the footage to review the time

[@musu8410]

The best comment on the stream was "Are you going to do the glitch where you skip the 7th pencil?"

[@gifted2818]

🤣

[@JACG]

was wondering if anyone saw that

[@musu8410]

@@JACG lol

[@saims.2402]

Saw that!

[@BFMMC]

Giltchless run, different category.

[@inconspicuous45]

Bro forgot about the secret out of bounds clip to skip 3 seconds on pencil 5 and the movement glitch to skip pencil 7 entirely 💀💀💀

[@connorhill3796]

“I realized my dream was unachievable” Oh yes, I too dream of sharpening pencils.

[@xplosive3]

Who doesn't?

[@grumpycatfan6617]

And I dream of being drilled by my crush even tho I'm a boy

[@juniorsapoi7187]

Grumpy cat fan I do too, bro. I do too

[@MeeaCaroline]

Of all the unachievable dreams I've ever had, somehow this one stings a bit more

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

Grumpy cat fan I see someone hasn’t watched the dentist

[@whatscupdog9743]

Are we gonna ignore the fact that someone took 7 hours and 21 minutes to sharpen 10 pencils.

[@axdonat]

my guess is that they sharpened 9 pencils, took a 6 hour nap, found out they miscounted the number of sharpened pencils and then finished the speedrun skfjdfjskfjsdfh

[@iplxel7888]

Alex Donát or just completely didnt do it at all until the last hour

[@squibble311]

yes.

[@cyanideA]

Yes

[@trackernivrig]

@@axdonat lol

[@SwankyBox]

Is it possible to sharpen two at once? I just stumbled upon this and I'm super invested.

[@weerrpp]

Swanky!!! I love your channels!

[@kane0]

Know what yes because if you use a small sword you can cut all pencils a once

[@tomhendriks8304]

maybe.. tape them together end to end and use 2 sharpeners? good luck! looking forward to a video haha

[@mrdeadmemes]

"Only one conventional single-blade sharpener can be used at a time. It must be a regular manual, non-mechanical, non-crank sharpener (no swords or knives allowed for example)." Only a single blade sharpener can be used.

[@kane0]

Then a coventional wood carving set

[@AuroraTheIdiot]

Mans doing the Mr Beast pose before the meme came out

[@operationallyopaque1257]

I think u could cut this run down a bit with blackwing pencils, the wood they use is really soft and never splinters, they're top of the line and this run is definitely p2w

[@gamer16cylinder17]

My engineering teacher really likes pencils and pencil sharpeners and he almost exclusively uses palomino blackwing pencils he loves them

[@stuffguy7]

Pencil nerd!

[@Cannongabang]

Honestly I would suffer if somebody just wasted 10 of the finest pencils in the world...

[@eriksvensson2098]

@@gamer16cylinder17 sounds interesting *checks pricing in Sweden* 35 dollar for 12 pens?!?!?! ill stick with my 2500 dollar notepad that others call macbook..

[@milesforziano1845]

We got a pencil nerd over here Lmao black wings do be superior tho

[@diochan9705]

The seriousness in these Memey topic is just, magnificent.

[@miguelangelavilesmanrique7850]

MEMEY!?!?

[@GreyPunkWolf]

That's whats wonderful with these meme topics. Everyones just dead serious and mad focused on ridiculous and stupid goals, it kills me everytime.

[@EugeneVDebs-mo6dh]

What part of this do you think is a meme?

[@GreyPunkWolf]

@@EugeneVDebs-mo6dh The whole topic of speedrunning pencil sharpening doesn't have meme vibes to you? It's not a literal meme in the OG sense of the word but the idea is still ridiculously funny, that's the goal of a meme.

[@trythrusting9980]

@@GreyPunkWolf Here you can see an example of casual

[@alphathehedgehogx96]

"I would like to lead you in the write direction" I love that they did there It's wonderful

[@lightcer3]

*wood

[@alphathehedgehogx96]

@@lightcer3 I didn't even catch that one

[@natasreitx6853]

"Sharpen your skills"

[@trythrusting9980]

Gods among men

[@monkeybrainzzz2860]

despite pencils being made out of graphite I think LEAD is a play on words as well, idk if you guys caught that

[@sunlla]

3 years later, hes still on the leaderboard and holds the 3rd place in the drillless 10 pencils! At 2 min 21seconds, he is still above footcreme who is still at 3min 50 sec, and 4th on the leaderboard!

[@m.potrony2633]

Mom: Why don't you play with the neighbors kid? The neighbors kid:

[@stepbruh2327]

I'd play with the neighbors kid all day if he's like this guy.

[@pathologicaldoubt]

Bahahaha

[@jnitesniperz1412]

Dont judge me 👁 👄 👁

[@fentalyx]

This is gonna blow up so I’m replying

[@roisinnigcrainn7722]

I was obsessive like this about Littlest Pet Shop toys. I had over 100 of them. 10 years later, I was diagnosed with autism. Explains a lot.

[@mr.dinosuar7333]

"so how did you get laid" Him: "it's a long story"

[@DespondentGuardian]

"Daddy, how did you meet mommy?" = "It all started,,, with a pencil..." ( Yours is funnier )

[@breadong]

Both jokes are funny

[@kendrewcodes9334]

Dino bro?!

[@mr.dinosuar7333]

@@kendrewcodes9334 :O

[@kendrewcodes9334]

Mr. Dinosuar :O

[@ghiaccio1384]

This feels like it should be a Regular Show Episode.

[@ohheyitscyber2848]

Underrated

[@bustergundo516]

Very true.

[@gavinthecrafter]

And then in classic Regular Show fashion, the ghost of the king of pencil sharpening rises from the dead and tries to stop them from achieving the world record

[@Stumme-40203]

Sharpening pencils Makin us go mental To beat the world record And stop being ignored Wooooaaaahhh!

[@twogood2true751]

Fr

[@notsoscarecrow]

I never thought I'd be so invested in pencil sharpening

[@weirdskyreallyweird.5519]

Update: he broke his own record with a 2 minute 21 second run.

[@PJBloop]

HE WHAT

[@gclanassistant2778]

Nice

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@@PJBloop still the record holder

[@unculturedswine5583]

@@bongosmcdongos4190 truly incredible

[@Xx_StupidThingy_xX]

1kth Like

[@YoutubePizzer]

7:50 "torn up a bit" mans literally cut himself sharpening

[@alyiabuchalet9617]

Oof*

[@heyitsflyde]

7:50 is an add 😂

[@gaberusso3892]

Once in 2nd grade i put my finger in the sharpener and twisted,and half my finger nail cut off

[@papabumba478]

Gabe Russo There’s always one kid, and you just hope it isn’t yours haha.

[@Gamethe3]

@@heyitsflydehow

[@funniemonke5866]

Girls: "what do those hands do 😏" SmallAnt: *S H A R P E N*

[@fizzybossyt8675]

lol

[@astrouphel]

Thank you. I needed that.

[@chickenblade694]

E

[@nietzam69]

@@chickenblade694 A

[@4628d]

@@orangeknightball3539 it’s

[@whatdoinamethischannel9749]

The people simping for your feet in the chat had me dead lmao 💀💀

[@simoncowell8238]

Okay jokes aside, can we appreciate how determined this dude is? Holy sh-

[@CyberRacer]

Umm he did give up .. until the gods revived him

[@annakrawczuk5221]

Yeah lol he got RSI one time when speedrunning SMO. He achieves what he wants or dies trying

[@NewJayqwe2]

Was determined til he needed external help

[@mitch_56]

hi simon cowell

[@slushieee__]

it

[@catastrophe_crow64]

7:51 "My hands were a bit torn up from the sharpening-" they're literally bleeding I-

[@supersts7628]

sometimes, Gods bleed

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

*Ant literally Cutting his finger in half* Ant: Yeah it's nothing important just my fingers jammed a bit.

[@Harriseeno]

Press F for the guy who took 8 hours to sharpen ten pencils

[@sageoverheaven]

F

[@tallprivilege5900]

F

[@Sxlanki._x]

E

[@groverbundy899]

E

[@xprodigy1x674]

Dude had a nap in between haha

[@javigarciafdez942]

Omg he predicted the wonky MR.BEAST meme

[@beumont9480]

Him at school be like: Friend: Hey dude! Could- Him: Done

[@dreeg1896]

I wanted it sharpened, not destroyed, man.

[@beumont9480]

DreeG 18 Lol

[@TechProFury]

@@dreeg1896 i died lol

[@joeymagdelone3705]

DreeG 18 It is sharp. It’s just also an inch long. I’m sure you can manage.

[@kazagucci]

Sure, just let me get in my stance first.

[@RandomGuy-vo9yi]

It's actually pretty wholesome how FootCream reached out to SmallAnt. Ant couldn't have done it without him. Props to you FootCream o7

[@MatthewCJoy]

It's in his best interest to get beaten by a big content creator because it gets him more well known, then in the future he can beat him and it will be a big deal thus making him even more well known. Pretty smart actually.

[@sadcat520]

​@@MatthewCJoy He wasn't trying to be smart. He was just being a bro. I don't think he has even attempted another speed run.

[@nothinbuttrouble5837]

@@sadcat520 mo Zzz 1 pi no p ok

[@parzingtheasian]

o7

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@nothinbuttrouble5837 bro everything okay?

[@hukalakaflaka7486]

This feels like a full anime season SmallAnt has a dream. SmallAnt attempts to achieve his dream, of being the fastest pencil sharpener ever. SmallAnt does relatively well, and pursues his dream. He then encounters someone who is far superior to himself. Andso he decides that his dream is unachievable. But then, when all hope is lost, he receives training from one far wiser than himself, And slowly, through master FootCream's training, He becomes the greatest pencil sharpener in the world.

[@jugin3758]

is this cannon?

[@aturkeymain]

@@jugin3758 in the manga, he goes to a pencil sharpening tournament, but I guess they cut the anime short.

[@Maxithicc]

"Kono Sumarru Anto no wa yume ga aru"

[@atasmaniandevilwithaphone5514]

@@Maxithicc Stole my words before I typed then

[@Maxithicc]

@@atasmaniandevilwithaphone5514 Yeah Im into telekenephews

[@MrPops-ud5co]

“Teacher, can I sharpen my pencil?” “Sure” “Ok” *[takes shoes off]*

[@ChristianTheChicken]

"I don't know, can you?"

[@kirinnarukami4016]

Nearly a year later, the world record is still held by SmallAnt at 2m21s, with only one other person ever surpassing FootCream's 3m50s (1 year after i posted this, Lightforg now owns the record at 2m03s500ms, followed by HitmonChris at 2m20s040ms, and then SmallAnt at 2m21s340ms)

[@darkshado124]

Jesus

[@awes5893]

Still the fastest in the world!

[@willguggn2]

100th like, there you go.

[@Y0G0FU]

Damn he even improved by over a minute.. or why does it show 2m 21s? :D

[@wisefelipe]

@@Y0G0FU he beat it again later

[@vaniz_xd1134]

No one: Electric pencil sharpener: imma end this whole man’s.....

[@cypherusuh]

Any% would be just dump 10 on wood chipper

[@intruder9127]

@@cypherusuh lMAO

[@IDK098]

Lol

[@twilightstar637]

Lmao haha I wonder what it would be then Imagine if this were an actual career lol

[@carlmarcus6850]

Career? Hah

[@slayer3k204]

Can we talk about that 7 hours 21 minutes "speedrun" for 10 pencils on the leaderboard xD That guy took longer for 10 pencils than some final fantasy runs....

[@chienfeu]

probably did it without pencil sharpener

[@michellemadel3929]

Teeth%

[@PokeMario-pk4ot]

I tried watching it to see how it took them so long, unfortunately it is blocked due to having music from Sony in it

[@eliwixson8863]

@@chienfeu Hol up, what if you just slam most of the pencil off with a knife and sharpen the rest manually? Is no pencil sharpener the pencil sharpening meta?

[@archivelibrarian6818]

@@eliwixson8863 i think that would count as tool assisted much like using a drill

[@andrewnieves1801]

i’ve watched ant for a little under a year now. this video has shown up in my feed so many times now and i’ve avoided it until now idk why

[@Trillyana]

This reminds me of the time I tried to find a Guinness World Record I could break, decided on longest time spinning a quarter before it stops moving, ended up breaking the record, but I didn't record it so all I had was the satisfaction

[@petegrif366]

Please make a video and beat the record and I’ll will watch and subscribe

[@joelschroth3153]

You can do it again!

[@TheTheawesomeguy35]

We all believe you!

[@arcticlegend8159]

@@petegrif366 same

[@liamfritz8290]

If it makes you feel any better, they wouldn't recognize the record if one of their guys wasn't there, and the record was likely one that someone just bought

[@rocl5244]

Nobody's gonna talk about "I WOOD be happy to LEAD you in the WRITE direction"

[@sachinchopra1393]

BARS

[@jasonkimbrel8212]

isn’t lead correct in the sentence........ not a pun....

[@olivercui6104]

dont forget "We heard you would like to SHARPEN your skills"

[@Lolzorpantz]

Should be “be happy to graphite you”

[@agentdorito8511]

@@Lolzorpantz Huh?

[@shimmyking4]

FootCream saw potential him, that's why he decided to mentor SmallAnt in his journey because he knew SmallAnt had what it took to surpass him

[@paper1790]

This sounds like anime

[@mrnoobblox7315]

@@paper1790 I was about to comment on that

[@scyonpyon]

The Sensei pass the knowledge and wisdom to his disciple

[@rifqihatta]

Just wait until the Sharpener tournament arc

[@joule8878]

Rifqi Hatta oh no

[@cowboyfool]

This is hands down my favourite video. I come back to watch it and I am happy :-)

[@derpymule7977]

I saw one chat message that said “is smallant mid or post breakdown” and that’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while

[@JessIsSketch]

Timestamp?

[@derpymule7977]

@@JessIsSketch 2:14

[@ostryostry2372]

"Eyo bro can u sharpen my pencil?" "Sure thing" "Bro tf where did my pencil go?" "Vanished" "What?" " *vanished* "

[@kanaster7305]

And wheres your Socks???

[@Target_edge]

@the deagle friend Smh

[@Bananasforthesoul]

Reduced to atoms

[@wedochickenright9530]

Haha-

[@Otto_Von_Beansmarck]

Gone reduced to atoms

[@Descender709]

"my hands were torn up a bit from the sharpening" *shows his bloody right hand*

[@noone-tj5fq]

I gave the 69th like

[@aiden.ambulance]

@@noone-tj5fq nice

[@Rids07]

Time stamp?

[@nouwaterfor6353]

@@Rids07 7:48

[@Rids07]

@@nouwaterfor6353 thanks bro I appreciate it

[@noahendinsight]

SmallAnt Quotes 5:41 “Two pencil sharpening titans appeared seemingly out of nowhere.” 8:57 “The sharpener was slipping between my pants during the run, so I needed to hold it against my bare skin.”

[@misspurdy27288]

this is the best example of what speedrunners do. They take something ordinary, do it faster than humanly possible, and work to find the perfect method to do perfectly.

[@philcollinslover56705]

Engineering and innovation at its finest

[@gdmayhem3056]

I'm the 420th like

[@idontknow2074]

Looks humanly possible to me

[@jokuvaa302]

Nobody: The kids in the back of the class:

[@ajjaja892]

As thaw kid at the back of the class can confirm

[@Nessie.137]

I am one of the kids in the back, and yes we even play monopoly, eat food, read, sit on our phones and sharpen pencils

[@datboi4469]

Y E S

[@VikasKumar-VKT]

Yep I know

[@hulkNP]

Lmao

[@guy_onfire]

This has the vibes of an anime protagonist’s story line.

[@chickenblade694]

E

[@1x1x1.-4]

E

[@PJBloop]

E

[@urmumgae4245]

E

[@simonhenry8797]

....G

[@LivingGuy484]

This man is just speed running through life, and I'm here for it