Awesome Talents

Berlin-based musician Xin An is an expert at replicating popular songs by looping and layering his beatboxing with singing. We were lured in by his cover of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence, then discovered his incredible interpretations of tracks by Massive Attack, Eminem, MGMT, and even Harry Styles. Be sure to check out his Instagram for many more.

Musician Bonnin Gabriel connected a hurdy-gurdy to the spinning wheel from a vintage Singer sewing machine to maximize its playing speed. In this first clip, he shows off just how badass the thing sounds with a performance of Daft Punk’s Aerodynamic. Bonnin has also posted some hurdy-gurdy tracks by The White Stripes, DJ Snake, and Die Antwoord.

Luo from Luo’s Warrior Life has a wild talent that looks straight out of an action movie. The shredded martial artist can hurl screwdrivers with such force and control that they stick into other objects he tosses at the same time. It’s a wild display of timing, focus, and precision. Judging from the number of holes in his backboard, this takes a whole lot of practice.

To make your own ceramics, you could run to a hobby store, buy some clay, and head to an art studio. Or you could do it like xiedapo. We watched in awe as this artist took a pile of rocks, crushed them up, then added water to create a thick clay for throwing on a manually-spun potter’s wheel. We had no idea making pottery could be such a workout.

Ralph Giese has an amazing whistling ability. His facial expressions might be weird as he whistles, but man, can he carry a tune. His performance of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Freebird is truly out of this world. Who needs a guitar solo, when you’ve got Ralph and his mouth? Clearly, he’s been doing this for a while.

With enough practice, paintballers can pull of precise headshots and body shots. But the guy in this video is an overachiever. We watched in awe as he perfectly outlined his opponent with paint pellets, then polished him off with the perfect sequence of finishing shots. But can he paint the Mona Lisa?

Sometimes it’s difficult to tell what a painting is going to look like when it’s started. We had no idea what this hydro-dipped image was going to look like until the artist submerged a handbag into it, transforming its canvas into a practical and portable work of art from seemingly random blobs of paint.

We already know that rollerblading on a single wheel is possible. But this little girl takes the skill to another level by performing twirls and skating backwards between cones while balanced perfectly on one wheel. Reddit commenter ThePheebs put it best: “That little girl skates better on one leg than I walk with two feet.”

A well-sharpened katana can slice through objects like a hot knife through butter. But in the hands of a skilled swordsman, it becomes a fast and precise weapon. Martial artist BladeMan B shows how the ancient quick-draw technique Battōjutsu can deal catastrophic damage in the blink of an eye.

Got a minor but oddly impressive skill? This person certainly does, and it’s oddly satisfying to watch. Using nothing but chopsticks and incredible patience, they meticulously separate individual black and white grains of rice. It’s the kind of thing that would leave most of us cross-eyed in seconds. Original video by Douyin user 43444719487.

Singapore’s indoor skydiving team shows off the mindblowing freestyle routine that won them the 2025 World Championships. The four teammates float so effortlessly as they tumble in the skydiving chamber that they seem to defy the laws of physics (but they don’t). Video by Mairis Laiva.

A few years ago, we saw a guy stack almost 500 Jenga blocks on top of a single vertical block. Abbetjes Meindert de Boer smashed through that and other records by balancing an insane 3,132 blocks on one upright block at the bottom. Building his 127-pound upside-down pyramid required a solid understanding of structural engineering and physics.

Dharni and Mamikoyoko are each amazing performers, but when they collaborate, something magical happens. Their multitrack beatbox recordings of trance and dance tracks like Children, Sandstorm, Castles in the Sky, and Better off Alone are so well-executed that if you close your eyes, you might think you were listening to synthesizers, not humans.

Musician GRAYSSOKER’s primary instrument is a customized accordion that he uses as a sound source for some incredible, genre-bending electronic mayhem. He uses a number of effect pedals to augment its sounds and to create mesmerizing, live-looped sequences. Can’t get enough? Enjoy another cool live performance.

Beatbox champion and human sequencer Gunho Kim aka WING shows off his incredible talents with the original techno track Dopamine. We’re amazed by his ability to maintain a rhythmic backbeat while interspersing vocals and drum breaks. For more of WING’s smooth beats, check out Triviallusion.

Expert inline skater Miriam Fatmi demonstrates her incredible core strength and balance by rollerblading along a street in Madrid, Spain, on just the front wheel of her left skate. In this run, she managed to keep it together for more than 33 seconds before she had to put her right foot down. We wonder what her longest time is. Video by chunky_panda.