Pick 3 things that no one else in the world could beat you at all 3

1. Sub 4 mile. Got ya there
2. Rock climb a lot (V7-V8 boulder level), so definitely well above average grip strength (would probably cook you in a test of grip strength like a dead hang)

3. Spatial analysis = Top 0.05% in the world in Fortnite, a game where fast spatial analysis, not reaction time, is the key to succeeding

Our battle will be legendary

1. Tanning

2. Single Arm Bench Press on a Smith Machine

3. Claiming I am stronger than every track athlete in history on a track message board

This guy's doing it right with his #2. The key to this game isn't being impressively great at something loads of people compete on. It's finding something super niche that hardly anyone else does at all.

For example, I'm really good at math. Easily top 1%. But that is 1% of *all people*, which is still 80 million people. Meanwhile, I also play with a kendama sometimes. What's that? Exactly. I'm kinda bad at it, but way better than someone who's never played with one. This is probably more useful for this game than my math abilities.

One more thing to note - being 99.9% at three totally unrelated things isn't actually enough. This only gets you to 1 in a billion, even assuming independence. But I think the independence assumption is very optimistic - achievement, and especially extreme achievement, tends to correlate across domains. And probably even more so for the buckets you've chosen. Even things where this might not be obvious, like running and data science, or running and hockey.

So anyway, to be confident you probably need to be like 1 in a million or better at something, and the way to do that is to find something niche.

Yeah so the GIS spatial one is dirty, but I deadass could take you in the other two

Marathon (2:47)

boggle (I’ve lost one round in my entire life and that was when I was drinking and I lost to my husband with an IQ over 160)

chair challenge (TikTok challenge that only women can do)

1. Sub 78 half/sub 35 10k (currently)

2. PhD in Accounting

3. Speaks Afrikaans fluently

Always someone better.

not me but sounds too good not to upvote

These aren't nearly niche enough.

1. Nobel War Prize

2. FIFA Peace Prize

3. a self declared 3:25 1500

This person thinks there's not a single PhD in accounting from the bulk of Southern Africa that is kind of good at road running?

If in a Jeopardy type setting.

I do believe nobody in the world can beat me if these were the topics

Sprinters

Blues music

Pro Rasslin'

NFL

NCAA Football

Sword & Sorcery/Heroic Fantasy literature

As a combination I do believe I have no equal, first off nobody has been at that longer than I have as a combination.

1. Racing up the 4 mile hiking trail near my house at 9k elevation, in the dark.

2. Halo 3 1v1

3. Some kind of guitar speedpicking comp.

Im pretty confident that the dorks who can beat me at 2 and/or 3 aren't beating me up the mountain. And the people who can beat me up the mountain aren't dorky enough to beat me at both 2 and 3. If there is someone out there who thinks they can beat me at all three, hit me up and let's be best friends.

Re: Hockey - i only met a couple of players who also ran decently, including Mark Messier's cousin (many many years ago). He played high level Jr hockey not quite to the level of "The Moose" but still very good. Maybe 6 feet tall, barrel chested, head like a block of marble and had to weigh at least 180-190. Was impressed to see him float through a 10k in low 34 iirc. Not quite your speed, but he definitely stood out among the skinny guys.
But yeah, i think you're still safe on your 3 things.

1. 16:04 5k
2. Halo 2 1vs1
3. Replacing the head on 4.0L Jeep.

Qualified expert with:

1) Minuteman ICBM weapon system

2) Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) weapon system

3) 38 Revolver

4) Hand Grenades

5) Marksman with the M-16

I ask AI how many people have done this.

AI response: Given that the qualifications span different time periods, involve duties in separate parts of the Air Force (or other branches), and contain conflicting qualification types, the number of veterans with this specific record is effectively zero.

1. 2:28 marathon

2. Contra dance piano (I'm not amazing, but this is incredibly niche)

3. NYT Saturday crossword

Are you Gomer Pyle?