Our Six Favorite Events From The PC Olympics

Instruction Toss In the Instruction Toss event, competitors must remove instruction manuals, registration cards and quickstart guides, and (without looking at them) hurl them into a garbage can at the other end of the room. Points are deducted for accidentally hurling driver CDs, warrantee information and mail-in rebates.

UnBoxing An event held early in the games, UnBoxing is a test of strength, endurance and patience. A match loss is awarded if the competitor uploads a breathlessly-narrated video of the event to YouTube.

100 Meter LAN Haul Symbolically representing the struggle to haul a newly-built gaming PC to your friend's cousin's smelly basement, the LAN Haul is one of the most strenuous events at the games. Suggested Weight Classes: MicroATX, ATX, and HPATX.

Troubleshooting, Three Positions Of all the ‘shooting events at the PC Olympics, perhaps the most challenging is the three positions event, which measures your troubleshooting accuracy and speed in three positions: Kneeling, triple-checking every connection inside your rig; standing, on the phone to tech support; and prone, lying face down and swearing into the carpet.

Synchronized DIMM Press Few events in the PC-building Olympics can come close to the raw grace and precision of a successful DIMM installation. It requires two thumbs working in perfect unison, inside the confines of a cramped computer case. Points are awarded for evenness of pressure, synchronicity of “click” sounds, and not destroying the DIMM or slot with your fat, clumsy fingers.

Greco-Roman CPU Cooler Wrestling One of the oldest sports in the games, Greco-Roman CPU Cooler Wrestling pits man against machine, as the competitor attempts to force an aftermarket CPU cooler to submit by pinning all four mounting pegs against the motherboard. The match goes to the cooler if it can force the Olympian to tap out by scraping, pinching and stabbing the fingers.