How to tie world's fastest shoelace knot

Premature optimization is the root of all evil. -Donald Knuth

Related - a visual trick but amusing nonethless: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/360289/david_blaines_self_tyin...

Surprisingly interesting. You look at it and think, oh, of course it was a square knot, how come I didn't think of that? These things are so common and motorized that nobody cares to think of another way to do it.

this should free up at least 30 minutes of my day

I've been using Ian's Secure Knot from the same site for a few years now, after my slippery-shoelace problem reached such crisis proportions that I preferred to spend an hour Googling for, and learning, a better knot, than having to keep retying my shoelaces.

The new knot has never once accidentally come undone, and is about as quick to tie and untie as the Standard Knot -- maybe even a little faster.

There's something abnormal about having a site dedicated to shoelaces.

Anyway, this knot will shave about 5.5 seconds off my daily commute. Thanks!

Loafers FTW!

This is the kind of hack you can really appreciate.