Watch the moment when a 16-year-old becomes the world champion of 'Tetris'

How fast can you Tetris? This teenager can absolutely blitz the classic puzzle game.

16-year-old gamer Joseph Saelee has defeated seven-time Tetris world champion (and current champ) Jonas Neubauer to take the official crown, reports Kotaku.

The Classic Tetris World Championships wrapped up at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo inside the Oregon Convention Center on Sunday.

The game on the table? The same version of Nintendo Tetris used since the 1990 Nintendo World Championship competition.

Players bring their own standard unmodified NES controllers, and can often use a technique called “hypertapping,” which the publisher explains as tapping the D-pad constantly instead of holding it down. Not all players use this, but the new king of Tetris, Saelee, does. Read more…

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