--- title: Video of Extreme Shoelace Tying Is Blowing a Lot of Minds description: A viral video shared on Twitter shows 12 different ways to tie your shoelaces — and viewers are mesmerized by the techniques. canonical: https://time.com/5554930/shoelace-tying-viral/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-20T15:13:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:13.586Z og:title: Video of Extreme Shoelace Tying Is Blowing a Lot of Minds og:description: A video of expert-level shoelace-tying is going viral on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/5554930/shoelace-tying-viral/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Video of Extreme Shoelace Tying Is Blowing a Lot of Minds twitter:description: A video of expert-level shoelace-tying is going viral on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Astounding Video of Extreme Shoelace Tying Techniques Is Blowing a Lot of Minds Right Now > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 20, 2019 3:13 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 20, 2019 3:13 PM UTC You thought your kicks [were fresh](http://time.com/5542996/vans-challenge/)? Think again. A video of expert-level shoelace-tying techniques is going seriously viral on Twitter this week — and teaching us all plebeians that we have some major upgrades to make to our laces game if we want to keep up with the pros. > [](https://twitter.com/bob%5Fkitt/status/1107425602016026625) Shared by Twitter user @Bob\_Kitt earlier this week, whose account is full of meme content and viral-style short videos, the origin of the footage appears to be from [Weibo](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6829789/Video-showing-12-different-ways-tying-laces-goes-viral-blows-minds.html). But in mesmerizing close-up, we can watch 12 different creative ways of [lacing up](http://time.com/4736710/science-shoelaces-university-california-berkeley/) a pair of shoes, from making fancy bows in the middle of each cross to using all kinds of loops and knots to challenge our understanding of what a lace can do — and, ultimately, look like — while still remaining functional. And viewers are wowed. The video has been watched over 12 million times and counting; no small feat for a 2-minute instructional clip set over country music. One helpful user even shared a series of slowed-down clips of each of the different styles, so perhaps we can attempt to emulate the masterful lacing. But as many respondents noted, it’s not as easy as it looks. Only try this at home if you’re also an expert at undoing knots. > [](https://twitter.com/farxchim/status/1108149277732339712) > [](https://twitter.com/sbhirang/status/1108123991724748800) > [](https://twitter.com/savannahsilvaa/status/1108140262843392001) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5554930/shoelace-tying-viral/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5554930/shoelace-tying-viral/"},"headline":"Astounding Video of Extreme Shoelace Tying Techniques Is Blowing a Lot of Minds Right Now","datePublished":"2019-03-20T15:13:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:13.586Z","description":"Only try this at home if you're good with knots","url":"https://time.com/5554930/shoelace-tying-viral/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","viral","fashion","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5554930/shoelace-tying-viral/","name":"Astounding Video of Extreme Shoelace Tying Techniques Is Blowing a Lot of Minds Right Now"}}]}] ```