3) Successfully took (killed) a whitetail deer with a bow on a solo hunt
Throw in an over 40 year old requirement and I doubt few people have done this trifecta in a 12 month period. Doesn't make it impressive, just moderately unique.
1) Running. 1:07:53 half/2:26 marathon (pre-super shoes). Nothing elite, but eliminates most of the general population.
2) Sea of Thieves. A relatively niche open world pirate video game (yes, it's about as nerdy as it sounds) where I have achievements that less than 1% of the playerbase have achieved. Most people play it casually so the "competitive scene" is a niche within a niche.
3) Hockey. I was a decent, by no means great player. But I can say from experience the crossover between running and hockey is very small, so the odds someone is better than me at both and also great at Sea of Thieves is astronomically low.
I'm also a running and hockey cross over! I do know a few decent hockey/sprinter crossovers, but not many distance. My hockey was maybe better (ACHA club player), but worse running (1:15ish half).
Nice! I'm sure you were a better hockey player. I wasn't that good, but couldn't think of a great third one and figured I was probably mostly set with OP's hypothetical with my 1 and 2. The hockey/distance runner crossover isn't very common though like you said, and hockey isn't that popular (relatively) worldwide, so thought it was an all right backup.
I've never heard of Sea of Thieves...
Exactly! For OP's challenge you definitely need 1 or 2 really niche things and Sea of Thieves is that for me. I'm probably about as good at this particular video game as I am at running, but there are orders of magnitude less SoT players than there are runners.
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3. Pop a shot. I can usually beat the high score in most bars/arcades - so while I'm not as good at this as the first two, I'm hoping it's distinct enough to eliminate the people who are good at the first two
1) Piano (Classical) - can play Chopin's 1st and 4th ballades and ~10 other pieces from memory (total time est. 1 hour or so), eliminates at least 99% of the population (the other 1% is playing in international competitions :skull:)
2) Geography - currently sitting at ~3,750 geography cards on Quizlet and counting (I deleted a couple hundred in the past though so probably at 4K+); regularly play random geography quizzes (flags, bird's-eye view of cities, capitals, second/third-largest cities on )
3) Diet - running probably made me crazy for some reason but I eat super plain (ex: I recently stopped using instant oatmeal packs with my breakfast in favor of making quick oats to cut out unnecessary added sugar in my diet) and basically never eat out (only when traveling and physically unable to cook) because 1) too expensive for my broke @$ and 2) extreme taste aversion/Garcia effect due to multiple food poisoning experiences in the past
A rather unusual triad, however I figured I would share since this seemed like a fun thread!
1. These are the demanding piano pieces I've learned: