41.1M views · Jan 9, 2007 · 1:19 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016–2023
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN uses it as the go-to example of an astonishingly perfect hand-drawn circle.
“Here's a video of Alexander Overwijk, who has won the World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship numerous times, drawing a circle”HN comment, 2021
“if you want to see a really, really outrageously perfect sphere, check this out.”
A strikingly perfect freehand circle
Needs a 2007. "(And by the way, if you want to see a really, really outrageously perfect sphere, check this out.)" Assume it's - this video
“Here's a video of Alexander Overwijk, who has won the World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship numerous times, drawing a circle”
Champion drawing a freehand circle
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] this video [2] link [3] link
“As I was going down the dotted line chalk rabbit hole I ran in to this”
Found while exploring the chalk rabbit hole
This is why I read this site. As I was going down the dotted line chalk rabbit hole I ran in to this: this video
