People are going mad for a YouTube hack demonstrating how to tie shoelaces in less than a second. Check it out below:
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The clip has swiftly notched up over 300,000 views and in excess of 18,000 likes with other YouTube users commenting how useful the trick is.
In the 59 second video, YouTuber Steve Mould has the camera on his left foot as he instructs the viewer how to tie their lace.
He says: "That first knot is usually already there. And it causes one end of lace to fall downwards and one bit to fall upwards.
"The end that's falling downwards, loop it up and hold it. The end which is falling upwards, loop it down and hold it."
As Mould speaks the instructions, he demonstrates what he means on his own trainer: "Now we're going to grab this bit with this hand, and this bit with this hand.
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"I use the middle finger and thumb for this hand, and then index finger and thumb for this hand.
"Simultaneously grab each side and there we go. The knot you get is identical to the knot you get from the traditional way of tying."
YouTube users took to the comments to share what they thought of the lifehack. One user said: "I have permanently shifted to this a few years ago. Best shoelace related decision I've ever made."
Another commented: "How am I nearly 40 and just learning this now."
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Another said they'd been using the hack for ages: "I was in first grade when I came up with this myself. Thanks, I finally feel validated that someone thinks it's the best invention ever. Although I'm not taking his credits."
A final commenter gave a good old dose of English sarcasm: "If only I had this information 50 years ago! I'd have saved up months of bonus quality life experiences by now that were squandered tying my shoes! I bet I would have become a doctor or the president."
Mould's YouTube channel consists of mainly science videos, with new videos released every second Thursday. His videos range from shoelace tying to 'The Truth About Orbital Resonance'.
Words: Poppy Bilderbeck