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Top 10 Weirdest Competitions You Can Enter
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Dec 3, 2024
From toe wrestling to cheese rolling, the world hosts some truly bizarre contests. Explore the top 10 weirdest competitions you can enter and the passionate communities behind them.
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from bizarre Sports to quirky challenges
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the world is full of unique competitions
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that push the boundaries of creativity
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skill and endurance some of these events
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may seem odd at first but they bring
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together participants from around the
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globe to celebrate the strange and
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unexpected if you're looking for
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something unusual to participate in here
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are 10 of the weirdest competitions you
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can enter one Wife Carrying World
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Championships originating in Finland
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this competition requires male
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contestants to carry their wives or a
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female partner through an obstacle
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course the event is all about speed and
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balance with the wife often carried in a
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unique position such as over the
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shoulders or piggyback style the prize
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the wife's weight in beer two the great
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Kilted run held annually in Scotland
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this race encourages participants to run
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in traditional Scottish Kilts while it
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might sound like a regular race The
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Twist is that all Runners must wear a
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kilt and keep it on for the entire event
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making for a fun and Lively spectacle
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it's a celebration of Scottish Heritage
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exercise and a lot of wind three extreme
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mining World Championships the bizarre
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sport of extreme ironing combines the
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art of ironing with extreme sports
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participants take an iron and ironing
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board tooutdoor often dangerous
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locations think mountaintops caves or
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while skydiving and iron their clothes
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the competition judges both the quality
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of the ironing and the daring location
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four tow Wrestling Championships if
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you're looking for a unique test of
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strength tow wrestling might be the
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competition for you it's essentially arm
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wrestling but with toes two competitors
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lock toes and attempt to force each
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other's foot down using only their feet
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this quirky sport is held annually in
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the UK and has garnered a devoted
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following five World beard and mustache
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championships for those who take facial
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hair seriously the world beard and
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mustache championships is a mustt try
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event contestants from around the world
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compete in various categories based on
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the length style and creativity of their
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facial hair whether you prefer a
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handlebar mustache or a full beard this
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competition celebrates all things facial
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hair six bog snorkeling Championships
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held in Wales the bog snorkeling
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championships invite participants to
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race through a muddy water-filled trench
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while wearing a snorkel and flippers the
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goal is to swim through the bog as
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quickly as possible with the added
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challenge of Muddy Water and the lack of
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visibility it's definitely one of the
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messiest and most unusual races around
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seven cheese rolling Championship the
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cheese rolling Championship is a
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long-standing tradition in glou England
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where participants race down a steep
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hill chasing a wheel of cheese the goal
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is to catch or outrun the cheese which
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can roll at speeds of up to 70
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mph the event is notoriously dangerous
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with many competitors taking spills and
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tumbles but it's also thrilling and full
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of excitement eight rock paper scissors
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World Championship ship it's the classic
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game everyone knows but now it has
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become a competitive sport the rock
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paper scissors World Championship
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invites players to face off in this
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simple yet strategic game with the
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winner walking away with a trophy and
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bragging rights the event is taken so
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seriously that there are even official
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rules in professional
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tournaments nine Man versus Horse
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Marathon a truly bizarre test of human
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and animal endurance the man versus
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Horse Marathon in Wales pits human
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Runners against horses in a grueling 22m
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race through the countryside the event
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was designed to settle the debate over
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whether a human can outrun a horse in a
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race and though horses generally win
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some determined humans have managed to
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finish ahead of their four-legged
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competitors 10 Air Guitar World
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Championships for those who rock out
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without an instrument the air guitar
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World Championships in Finland are the
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perfect competition participants perform
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air guitar solos in front of an audience
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judged on their enthusiasm creativity
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and Showmanship it's all about the
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performance as the winner is crowned the
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best air guitarist in the world these
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weird competitions might seem out of the
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ordinary but they reflect the creativity
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and fun Spirit of people who love to
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push boundaries and try something new
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whether you're running with a kilt
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wrestling with toes or racing through a
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bog there's a strange competition out
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there for everyone so why not Embrace
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The Oddities and try your hand at one of
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these bizarre challenges
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