Chinese magician performs world’s best magic trick

Eric Chien, based in Beijing and raised in the US, has won an International Federation of Magic Societies' world championship title. The 26-year-old performed his magic trick “Ribbon”, mesmerising the audience and judges with the illusion. The contest runs every three years and is considered the “Olympics for magicians”. The 2018 edition was held in Busan, South Korea in July. Competing in the close-up award category, Chen is the first Asian magician to win a top prize in the contest.

[aaronkwok]

If you watch the video at 0.25x speed, you’ll realize that the video takes much longer to finish.

[DChappelle]

I like how the one guy in the crowd just keeps yelling "woah" progressively louder

[anusual]

This is what every dealer in the casino feels like to me.

[doriandundee]

The dividing line is the smartest setup I've seen in a long time.
He's giving himself a legit reason to move his hands out of sight without being suspicious to the viewers.
Brilliant routine.

[gazzolapw]

Easy.. You can clearly see him opening and closing the fourth dimension several times during the vidio.

[shaunpatrick]

I can do the bit where you pick up a card and stare at it like you're confused, but the rest is beyond me.

[siddarthshreedhar]

There is a difference between a magician and a wizard.
This is just straight up sorcery.

[shockrolo]

When you have to act like an idiot so humans don't find out you're actually a wizard😱

[danielzywang]

He’s pretending so hard to be a magician while being an actual wizard

[saims.]

The best part is he acts like he’s confused which just makes this so much more entertaining, and then he does the tricks so flawlessly.

[orangu]

Sometimes I just think, some humans have real magic powers, they just hide it under the fact that no one would ever believe them

[Skulltroxx]

all those tricks are fuxking slick, he makes them feel so effortless and natural

[WhatEver-xnsn]

It's official, we need to petition Youtube for a 0.001 speed option

[starstuff]

This is cheating,

You’re not supposed to use actual magic

[jamaljackson]

At first I though... nah, this is not the greatest magic trick ever performed by far, but then he ended up doing some things that were truly amazing and mysterious... so this I'd definitely amongst the greatest magic tricks ever performed and certainly the greatest trick of it's kind I have ever seen! Truly magnificent!

[JaiceToy.]

*He is not just chinese, but the winner of Asians got Talent too! His name is Eric Chien btw*

[bengunn]

I do this routine at my nieces birthday every year. The only difference is that instead of making cards change colors or vanish, I make a gallon of Jack Daniels vanish, and no one is entertained, no one claps, and I always end up passed out on the floor covered in my own body fluids.

[ghwtzin]

I might have been more impressed if I wasn't color blind

[bodegabonsai]

He acts as if the magic is happening to him, not like he is making it happen. Makes his act very intriguing.

[tinaleanne]

I love how so many comment about "he did this" or "he did that" where their mind is refusing to believe this is real magic. These are the people that were total fooled.
Why can't you just appreciate the immense skills he has developed?
Of course, his ability to manipulate other dimensions helps s bit.