Judge: 3, 2, 1 and Go, you can start picking your locks LPL: This is the LockPicking Lawyer and what we have here is ... Judge: Who are you talking to...?
Watch his video on pick-proofing a kwikset for $1... That's what I did, so now they'll be forced to kick in my wood framed doors or break my ground-level glass windows. Security is an illusion...
@@DetroitDiesel671 It's the same thing with digital security. It's all fine and dandy to encrypt all your data, making sure nobody can externally access your machine, and more good practices, but if someone has physical access to your data, it's all over, you're done. It all depends on how determined an attacker is.
@John Sampson by physical access, he likely means access to the drive holding the data in real world space. Online security is still housed somewhere in physical space. The only factor in breaking encryption is time, and if someone has physical access to data, time is irrelevant.
Judge: "All competitors, start now, you have half an hour!" *5 seconds later* LPL, holding an open lock: "That is all I have for you today, if you do have any questions or comments on this, please put them below."
I get that the judge/jury bit was the main part of the joke. However, the weird clause insertion cannot help but make me think of the infamous Resident Evil VO line (th-cam.com/video/bZMkkFKL-Ks/w-d-xo.html).
What you're seeing is an example of another security feature of the lock, Intimidation. Imagine being a burglar trying to pick his way into a lockbox. He picks up the padlock securing the box and sees "1st Champion, LockFest 2019".
Andrew Brannan this is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today I caught a burglar trying to break into my safe. This is the moment where I break his shackles
Lol, nah, he humblebrags all the time, and he's acknowledged as much in at least one comment I saw somewhere. Basically said that you don't have to brag if it's obvious how good you are. (Though I believe he used a football metaphor about touchdown dances or something like that.)
@@lauratimmel3402 It's also just that he's so good, that he finds this stuff he does on the daily not worth bragging about. Like; Kid gets a good headshot in a game and he freaks out and brags to his friends, pro competitor does it on the daily with no reaction because it's the norm to him. Even when you know what you're doing is impressive "to others", it just feels empty to brag about something you don't personally find impressive, what you find impressive is always relative to your own skill. And when you're at the top, your standards as to what's impressive are even higher. It's akin to the phenomenon that most world record holders are convinced that their record sucks, because all they see is how it could've been better. Like, are you going to brag to a toddler learning to walk about how good you are at walking? Since walking doesn't feel impressive to you, bragging about it just feels wrong even if that toddler finds it super impressive. Most people you find that don't seem this humble about their skills are either just playing the part for views (football dances included) or they lack confidence in their skills are really fishing for validation from others.
LPL: "I won my first lock picking competition!" Me: "How didn't he win a competition before?" LPL: "I've just came back from the first lock picking competition I've participated in." Me: "Oh, that's how."
@@imbk Pentesting is needed for just about every form of security in existence. If only so that you can ensure you didn't miss something blindingly obvious in your narrow focus on the attacks you try to prevent.
Picked, gutted, arranged, explained every part of his First Place Prize, and in any case, told us as always to have a nice day in under 5 minutes. What a legend.
@@GoatzombieBubba Well there's no real need to splurge, anyone who can win that lock is going to have a whole wall full of custom locks worth a hell of a lot more. It is just ceremonial.
Haha I just looked up the times for LockFest 2019. 2nd place opened 3 of the 4 locks in 14 minutes, but got stuck on the last one. LPL opened all 4 locks in 8 minutes.
I think it's so nice of you that you always use the pinning tray BosnianBill made for you, it's a really awesome little touch in all of your newest videos
I'd love to see the faces of a couple adding a padlock, attempting to take a selfie but then some white due comes along rapidly dropping padlocks into the river below like a fucking champ.
Congratulations! My mental image of you in a lockpicking competition is narrating your pick, completely unnerving the competition. Psychological warfare.
I picked my first lock today. My better half asked why I was taking to the lock. My response, “I don’t know any other way to do this.” :) Thanks LPL!! One note” Even though I picked the barrel lock, I learned that the person that wanted me to open his gun safe damaged the latch mechanism trying to get into it so I didn’t get to celebrate. I ended up opening the safe with a very weak screw driver to defeat the latch. Lame. :)
could you maybe make a small video about that competiton? like what kind of locks you have to pick and how the whole thing is structured. i'm kinda curious.
I could imagine how much in demand LPL would have been in medieval times to crack open chastity belts: I have clicketh in 1. 2 thou hast bindeth thusly.
Chastity locks weren't used in the middle ages, it's a Renaissance invention to mock how people in the "dark times" were backwards. Then people made a fetish out of it.
@@sharpfang you can gut a lock once it is picked. He used the key because it makes it easier. If you accidentally rotate the core you could relock the lock which would be kinda annoying. So he uses the key.
"And, we got it open. Saving well over ten thousand children. In any case, that's all I have for you today." Here it is, captured on film: th-cam.com/video/YOnSXw9coq8/w-d-xo.html
@@narfash-yt I'd think if you can get the lock open without breaking a tool or the lock, that's no disqualifier. Now a lock that *uses* a fork inside might be interesting...
Someone upthread found the scores. Second place got three out of four locks in 14 minutes but got stuck on the last one a while... our boy LPL was done with all four in eight minutes.
When I saw the title I thought "Is this just the first time he won first place, or the first time he has competed period?" Not even remotely surprised it's the latter. Seriously. I think you may actually be the greatest lockpick alive. Your method of having literally dozens of individual locks, picked at random, as practice is probably what sets you apart from everyone else. You also use this incredible skill for good. I admire that greatly. Keep it up!
So I made some makeshift tools out of paper clips, a tension tool and a picker, and i basically raked open a lock we had sitting around at work. It was my first "picked" lock and I was so proud!
I get the feeling! I bought a padlock off Amazon for less than $20 (Thanks, Master Locks XD) and picked it open using a bobby pin I broke in half and reshaped into a tensioning tool and hook, and that was my first picked lock. I have since acquired a new padlock to pick from a gift exchange, but the core wiggles in the lock, and the pins seem a bit imprecise, so it's harder than I thought it would be.
I have no idea how I end up here, but every few months I end up watching 4 or 5 of your videos in a row. I don’t care about locks, I don’t care about lock picking, but I enjoy your videos.
Now look at this lock, that I just found! When I say 'Go!', be ready to pick! and Go! Pick the lock, not me! Ugh... let's try something else. Now watch, and learn, here's the deal! They'll slip and slide on this serrated pin! Ha Ha Haa.... WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
[In the hotel room of the lock picking competition judge] LPL (whispering): This is the lockpicking lawyer and I'm here to show you how to bypass most hotel keyways. Judge: Just take the thing and go. LPL (Louder now): That's a click out of one moving on to number two... [heads for the next judges room]
LPL: I'll start by using an angelic tension bar. By the way, all of my tools from here on out will be divine in nature so that no one can claim me to be the Devil. Now, I'll use a thin rod made of tempered ethereal energy which, to those who don't know, is what halos are made of--the only difference being that halos are hardened instead of tempered. So I'll just bend the tip here and get started. Got a nice click on one...nothing on two...three is binding...four seems to have a false gate...got a click on five...got another click--I think that five is set now...and nothing on six, so back to the beginning. GOD: You can earn the keys, you know. LPL: Oh! That's the first gate opened! Time, now, to open the other one!
I swear that when I read the title of the video, I said to myself "yeah- probably the first one he's ever entered". Eight seconds into the video, "I knew it, son of a..."
Just a beginner, but I'll do my best on the terms you mentioned. Counter rotation: normally, you're exerting a constant rotational force with your tension wrench to identify which pins need to be set first, and to hold the pins in place you've already set. Counter rotation usually refers to when you feel a force resisting your tension and pushing back in the opposite direction. This is generally from a false gate. False gate: also known as a false set. This happens when you encounter a "security pin", a pin with a nonstandard, usually grooved shape. They're designed so that when you lift up on them, one of the grooves will click into place and trap the pin halfway up before the pin is actually fully set above the shear line, preventing the lock from opening, while still feeling and sounding very similar to a pin that is properly set. If all pins seem to be set but the lock isn't opening, you can probe all the pins you've already set and feel for counter rotation. The one that gives counter rotation is probably a security pin in a false gate. A false gate can sometimes be detected right away by sound or feel by a skilled lockpicker, but a beginner probably won't know until all the pins seem to be set. At that point, dealing with a false gate can require slightly loosening your tension to move the security pin up farther, which can make the other pins that are properly set fall back out of place. It can defeat random picking methods like raking, as well as inexperienced single pin pickers, as well as slow down intermediate pickers. Binding: when you're exerting tension on the lock with your tension wrench, you'll start probing pins individually with your pick. With the right amount of tension, most will be loose and will move up and down freely, but the one that feels most stuck or "binding" is the first to contact the edge of the pin chamber, and should be the one you picked first, because you can get it above the shear line ("set") and hold it in place with the least amount of tension, then move on to the other pins requiring higher tension and repeat the process.
@@eldonhill4840 "Counter rotation usually refers to when you feel a force resisting your tension and pushing back in the opposite direction. This is generally from a false gate." Or more often from a spool. You get counter rotation when the fat bit of the spool is trying to get thru and into the shearline and it's the time for the picker to easy the tension on the lock or no go ;)
Good plan: but you wouldn't have had to compete this year (2019) to see him, since he was (from what I've read) the fest's "featured speaker." Seems like he's the most famous lock picker around, this side of the Atlantic. Kind of neat when a big shot is able to back it up....
Staff: "congratulations you are the winner, take this padlock has a trophy, please come to the stage to pick it!" Him: *starts picking the lock open* Staff:"ham... That's not the picking i meant but we're ok with that"
I don't give a crap about picking locks, I just love this guy. It's legit the best channel I have found that is interesting and helps me fall asleep. 🤣❤
I would like to see the video of you putting it back together. I never knew precisely how they were built. Just a rough understanding of the key and pin system. Love your channel by the way. Thanks for all you do.
Congratulations man! Your channel is amazing and you are really skilled at picking locks. Your videos are very enjoyable to watch, so keep 'em coming:)
Ronny Cook a gun usually does the trick Also I’m pretty sure that hearing “little click on 1. 2 is binding. Click from 3, 3 is set” would give a pretty good idea of what he is doing
Congrats ! Your hours of practice, and rehearsal paid off with the trophy, that you well deserve ! And as always, straight to the point, in clear exacting verbiage, with a pleasant conclusion. It is no wonder that your videos are so well received. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, and experience with the world !
Can you PLEASE do a video talking about how you would design a lock that is a better standard than what we have ? If you were gonna create a hypothetical lock, that wasn't a regular tumbler pin or disc whatever.
It is widely accepted that no mechanical lock can be invulnerable to picking. If it opens with a mechanical key, it can be opened with other tools; if it hasn't been opened with other tools, it hasn't been opened with other tools *yet*. Time and again that has proven to be true, most recently when huxleypig slayed the Abloy Protec 2 on camera.
You sir are very humble. I've seen many videos of yours where you claim that you are not as skilled as many other individuals at lock picking. In spite of such claims; you have won your very first contest. I find this to be very remarkable and I have nothing but praise for you.
I hope you picked it on stage as soon as they presented it to you. Also if I was running the competition and the lock was the trophy I'd have secured the only set of keys to the shackle. Would have made it more apt.
From reading the comments, it seems LPL has created a legion of practicing lockpickers that use his voice as their guiding light whilst picking. A true legend!
Congratulations on an outstanding accomplishment. Competions are tough with the pressure I do safe manipulation and my trick is to apply pressure early and make others hurry causing mistakes.Again Great job!
"So, as you can see by the pinning, Paclock tends to be at the front of the pack as far as pick resistance goes. However, that's probably not going to be a problem for anyone who earns this trophy." LPL feeling himself with the flex! As he should, belated congrats dude.
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Judge: 3, 2, 1 and Go, you can start picking your locks
LPL: This is the LockPicking Lawyer and what we have here is ...
Judge: Who are you talking to...?
This comment :D hahahaha
🤣 This comment is too underrated! 👊
And he still finishes before everyone else....
😂😂😂
LockPickingLawyer congratulations my friend.
Man wins lockpicking trophy. First thing he does - picks it and disassembles it. Attaboy.
Did you mean; Assa Abloy?
If I was a host for a lockpicking contest I would WELD the trophies SHUT.
@@MortalSoul0725 if you know you know
yeah!!!
@@blk-00000 I see what you did there...
I feel unsafe now, knowing that there are enough lock-pickers to warrant a competition
Watch his video on pick-proofing a kwikset for $1... That's what I did, so now they'll be forced to kick in my wood framed doors or break my ground-level glass windows. Security is an illusion...
@@DetroitDiesel671 It's the same thing with digital security. It's all fine and dandy to encrypt all your data, making sure nobody can externally access your machine, and more good practices, but if someone has physical access to your data, it's all over, you're done. It all depends on how determined an attacker is.
@John Sampson by physical access, he likely means access to the drive holding the data in real world space. Online security is still housed somewhere in physical space. The only factor in breaking encryption is time, and if someone has physical access to data, time is irrelevant.
@@PKMNwater That is not true unless you have a universe age of time om your hands.
@@DetroitDiesel671 Security is a social contract, absolute security is an illusion.
LPL in competition: "nice click out of 1"
Other participants: "IT'S HIM! I SURRENDER!"
Y E S
Lol
@@anegg5946 How... EGGsiting.
@ALAN CHOW HO HAN Moe did I CRACK you u
*up
Judge: "All competitors, start now, you have half an hour!"
*5 seconds later*
LPL, holding an open lock: "That is all I have for you today, if you do have any questions or comments on this, please put them below."
Petr75661
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As always, have a nice day
🤣🤣🤣
Wait, you mean he didn't disassemble the lock after opening it?
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After winning he immediately disassembled the competition lock out of habit. The judges were not pleased
lol
lol
lol
IoI
mom
I almost heard excitement after he mentioned the competition.
You can HEAR the grin on his face as he talks.
#onceInALifeTimeMoment
He was even gloating at the very end!
Reminds me of Spock
@@KiraSlith yep
the only competition where "picking my own trophy" isn't a confusing line
And where "just pick one" has nothing to do with choice. :-)
Tomato plant competition
@@christopherlevesque3577 fare to complicated for me:-)
I'm wondering why the lockpicking competition would provide the keys to the trophy.
Unless you won a sniffing contest
Judge: everybody ready? 3 2 1
LPL: loud bang from his Ramset. Oh, you wanted non-destructive opening?
This tho
The mental image made me laugh, not gonna lie
😂🤣
He wouldn't use the Ramset, he proved several times that he picks faster than a destructive opening or sometimes even using the key.
@@__The_Real_V__ grammar nazi alert
Was there a lock picking judge determining you, the lock picking lawyer, the winner?
👍
@@VETERANMASTER very true i had to read it twice got me to chuckle second time around :)
More importantly...was there a lock picking jury? 🤷♂️
I get that the judge/jury bit was the main part of the joke. However, the weird clause insertion cannot help but make me think of the infamous Resident Evil VO line (th-cam.com/video/bZMkkFKL-Ks/w-d-xo.html).
@@michaelraney6732 He's sitting near Lock Picking Executioner I hear
What you're seeing is an example of another security feature of the lock, Intimidation. Imagine being a burglar trying to pick his way into a lockbox. He picks up the padlock securing the box and sees "1st Champion, LockFest 2019".
Andrew Brannan this is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today I caught a burglar trying to break into my safe. This is the moment where I break his shackles
@@garrisonbush7886 got a nice click on his left toe's bone, moving on the the right toe.
@@bsams2436 Toe 1 is loose, toe 2 is binding, little click on toe 3...
B Sams Oh god
@@bsams2436 he only has 2 toes left bcs lpl took the rest off with the ramset
"For anyone who earns this trophy" - that's about as close to a brag as you're ever gonna see from this guy.
how about *picks lock in 15 seconds* this is a good lock, one of the best on the market
he's picked more locks than the trophy has atoms and yet he stays humble :) goodness knows how!
Lol, nah, he humblebrags all the time, and he's acknowledged as much in at least one comment I saw somewhere. Basically said that you don't have to brag if it's obvious how good you are. (Though I believe he used a football metaphor about touchdown dances or something like that.)
@@lauratimmel3402 It's also just that he's so good, that he finds this stuff he does on the daily not worth bragging about. Like; Kid gets a good headshot in a game and he freaks out and brags to his friends, pro competitor does it on the daily with no reaction because it's the norm to him. Even when you know what you're doing is impressive "to others", it just feels empty to brag about something you don't personally find impressive, what you find impressive is always relative to your own skill. And when you're at the top, your standards as to what's impressive are even higher. It's akin to the phenomenon that most world record holders are convinced that their record sucks, because all they see is how it could've been better.
Like, are you going to brag to a toddler learning to walk about how good you are at walking? Since walking doesn't feel impressive to you, bragging about it just feels wrong even if that toddler finds it super impressive. Most people you find that don't seem this humble about their skills are either just playing the part for views (football dances included) or they lack confidence in their skills are really fishing for validation from others.
@@DDracee Very true.
LPL: "I won my first lock picking competition!"
Me: "How didn't he win a competition before?"
LPL: "I've just came back from the first lock picking competition I've participated in."
Me: "Oh, that's how."
Zorgdub same
Kinda insulting that you get keys with the trophy
@@Obinndash How would you gut the lock without the key?
@@mikasa1641 because he won the lock picking competwtion so he does not need to use a key to open it
@@Nilchaan "gut"
I really hope he is a criminal lawyer, his company sign should Read
"LPL : Even if you do end up in Jail , I'll get you out"
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa! That was funny!! 😂
iirc he is a corporate lawyer for businesses
good one 😂
Criminal lawyer or CRIMINAL lawyer?
One way or the other.
The fact they gave you the keys to the lock is an insult. :)
The keys are purely there to be able to disassemble the lock core. And probably to prove it's indeed a functional lock.
Got to mss as me then make them find the bitting themselves. Take home trophy...homework.
🤣🙊🙉
Just like there are a lot of hackers. But many are white hat hackers, and I assume many are white hat lock pickers.
@@imbk Pentesting is needed for just about every form of security in existence. If only so that you can ensure you didn't miss something blindingly obvious in your narrow focus on the attacks you try to prevent.
Picked, gutted, arranged, explained every part of his First Place Prize, and in any case, told us as always to have a nice day in under 5 minutes. What a legend.
Imagine lockpicking the 1st prize just to flex on the other participants. What a god.
30 dollar padlock:
www.paclock.com/product-line/900a/
@@GoatzombieBubba Well there's no real need to splurge, anyone who can win that lock is going to have a whole wall full of custom locks worth a hell of a lot more. It is just ceremonial.
@@GoatzombieBubba but is it engraved as a trophy
Haha, was about to say this, this entire video is just a legendary flex
Haha I just looked up the times for LockFest 2019. 2nd place opened 3 of the 4 locks in 14 minutes, but got stuck on the last one.
LPL opened all 4 locks in 8 minutes.
He's truly a master.
Damn. Respect +100
@@akpokemon So humble for him to not even mention the scoring.
What a boss! And doesn't even mention the score!
Holy fuck he smoked everyone else
Imagine being in the competition and three seconds in you hear LPL
say "2 is binding".
Woulda been cool if the inside was engraved with a message or something. There’s no way they didn’t think the winners were gonna take them apart.
I think it's so nice of you that you always use the pinning tray BosnianBill made for you, it's a really awesome little touch in all of your newest videos
Yeah a not so obnoxious watermark
Friendship
LPL and Bosnian Bill both seem like really good people.
@@Wheresmy240 They're the only lock picking channels I watch.
LPL has publicly said bill was a strong motivating factor in his decision to make a TH-cam channel. He learned a lot from Bill.
I would like to see you speedrun a love lock bridge in a famous tourist destination
I'd love to see the faces of a couple adding a padlock, attempting to take a selfie but then some white due comes along rapidly dropping padlocks into the river below like a fucking champ.
I would too
Maybe go with a crew that is paid tot remove them
Honey, with this lock our love will be forever!
“Nothing on one...two is binding..”
Yes, steal ALL the dreams!
Congratulations! My mental image of you in a lockpicking competition is narrating your pick, completely unnerving the competition. Psychological warfare.
"Nothing on first, nothing och second, third is binding, nothing on four..."
@@linuxares "Fifth fell into a false set."
Skeptisk counter rotation and we have 5 set
Imagine the competition training all year for this event with his voice in their head narrating their every move,
Judge: "we have a tough competition for you today; ready, set, g-"
LPL- "Done"
No this is false lock picking lawyer wouldn’t start until AFTER the judge says go
He picks locks so fast I spend longer in the comment sections then the watching the actual video
Same
Oh boy, I've been here listening to "slot pin in 5, standard in 6..."
Lol same, I just hit the replay button 😁😁
I picked my first lock today. My better half asked why I was taking to the lock. My response, “I don’t know any other way to do this.” :) Thanks LPL!!
One note” Even though I picked the barrel lock, I learned that the person that wanted me to open his gun safe damaged the latch mechanism trying to get into it so I didn’t get to celebrate. I ended up opening the safe with a very weak screw driver to defeat the latch. Lame. :)
Lol he could have it picked before I remember which is the right key to the lock on my key chain
-shaking the judges hand-
"Thank you and as always, have a nice day."
Did you know about the virus lol
@@Boss.Stephen I made it, so yep
@@Pickleriiiiiick GOD DAMMIT SONNY, GIVE US THE CURE!
could you maybe make a small video about that competiton?
like what kind of locks you have to pick and how the whole thing is structured.
i'm kinda curious.
borntochill no. He won’t do that
That would be very interesting.
Were the other competitors shocked that you weren't just a pair of hands and a voice?
I bet they were
Lmao
Or were they shocked that he is in fact just a pair of hands, and a voice?
It’s normal for them, I’m sure a fair bit of lock based youtubers attend
followers know he has a beak th-cam.com/video/f5pV1dOlrw0/w-d-xo.html
@@notahotshot LPL went in his mask disguise.
Judges: One minute has elapsed
LPL: disassembling and explaining to the audience the locking mechanism
Lets zoom in to see the pins
*casually moves the thropy in frame*
rfdzn nice
3:40 💀
As you do
Low key flexin on ya
@@DaehokProductions i think you mean no key flexin
I honestly have no real interest in lock picking, but I can’t stop watching his videos.
Agreed, I can't work out why I end up watching so many of these. Strange indeed.
I’ve gained an interest in lock picking from watching lpl nonstop
He has nice, short, high quality, no-bullshit videos thats why
Nice try, we still keep you on our List!
-FBI
Plot twist: he got third place, but picked his way into the safe that the first place lock was in
Top kek
OMEGAKEKW
Probably deserves it then at that point lol
Yay I was your 1100 like
And thus earning the first place prize
I could imagine how much in demand LPL would have been in medieval times to crack open chastity belts:
I have clicketh in 1.
2 thou hast bindeth thusly.
Fucking. Underrated
🤣🤣🤣
That's, probably, another situation like quicksand which feels important to prepare for but doesn't happen... ever
Chastity locks weren't used in the middle ages, it's a Renaissance invention to mock how people in the "dark times" were backwards.
Then people made a fetish out of it.
Nice Type 40 TARDIS you have as avatar!
Judge: And these are the finalists for this year's competition!!
Every competitor who's not LPL: "Why do I hear final boss music?"
The other competitors when LPL appears: DOOM MUSIC STARTS PLAYING
"I went to my first Lock Picking Competition!"
"And I won!"
700K people, as dryly as possible: You don't say?
@@eleventwentyninefortyn1568 I'm happy for him, but at the same time of fucking course he won.
@@eleventwentyninefortyn1568 I mean, I said "go figure" when he said "my first lock picking competition" that's close enough
Lol
I thought the same mate.
@@eleventwentyninefortyn1568 I did. TBH I was suprised it was his first one. He's the type of guys who could organise the competition hahaha.
I like how they gave you keys for that thing, like you'd ever use them.
He used one at 2:20.
Of course they did! How else could he remove the core?!
@@sharpfang Shims and a pick.
@@sharpfang you can gut a lock once it is picked. He used the key because it makes it easier. If you accidentally rotate the core you could relock the lock which would be kinda annoying. So he uses the key.
You can break locks by picking them
I swear you pick faster than most of us non pickers can insert and turn a key. Congratulations on your trophy. Well deserved!
Congrats, LPL!!
Wish we could have seen you in action! haha.
Surprisingly there is no *Lockfest 2019 Seattle* presence on TH-cam...
@@__The_Real_V__ LPL could have dug out his disguise.
To be fair I would be way more scared if he DIDNT won 1st place. Imagine someone even more powerful than LPL and we don´t even know their identity
99.9% of people don't know LPL's identity either.
LPL's identity is fairly well hidden. he's pretty careful about it
not all heroes wear capes
@@marvindebot3264 100% great point!
LPL made that mistake ONCE; and he's not gonna do it twice.
@@vani1030 I thought capes were out. last season, hobo suites (Incredibles reference).
Judge at competition: "I know those fingernails from somewhere"
"And, we got it open. Saving well over ten thousand children. In any case, that's all I have for you today."
"And, we got it open. Saving well over ten thousand children. In any case, that's all I have for you today."
Here it is, captured on film: th-cam.com/video/YOnSXw9coq8/w-d-xo.html
How delightful that the trophy itself is a lock. Congratulations, LPL!
Would be better trophy with two keys twisted around the hasp.
"however that's probably not going to be a problem for anyone who earns this trophy "
Love the comment Lol.. Congratulations on winning ;-)
Plug4uk a well deserved pat on self’s back
Mic drop.
Everyone else at the competition: still picking
LPL with the lock picked and completely disassembled: ...a spool in slot 3, a serrated in slot 4...
JohnGeorge Lulu 😂😂
...disqualified for using a fork.
@@narfash-yt I'd think if you can get the lock open without breaking a tool or the lock, that's no disqualifier. Now a lock that *uses* a fork inside might be interesting...
Someone upthread found the scores. Second place got three out of four locks in 14 minutes but got stuck on the last one a while... our boy LPL was done with all four in eight minutes.
"there's just no excuse for this poor design. I opened this with an orange juice bottle I found in the trash."
A little boasting toward the end but as Frank Lloyd Wright said "I'd rather be honestly arrogant than hypocritically humble". Good job LPL!
😂😂😂 👍
@Can a swallow swallow? Read the post?
Once every few years is OK!
When I saw the title I thought "Is this just the first time he won first place, or the first time he has competed period?" Not even remotely surprised it's the latter.
Seriously. I think you may actually be the greatest lockpick alive. Your method of having literally dozens of individual locks, picked at random, as practice is probably what sets you apart from everyone else.
You also use this incredible skill for good. I admire that greatly. Keep it up!
I went to Lockfest, but missed all the action. I locked myself in the toilet
So did anyone pick the lock u used to lock urself in toilet?
Haha! good one.
bad news: they only know how to unlock key locks. good news: someone has a chainsaw. bad news: you'll be terrified.
hERES JOHNNY
You should have picked your way out
"Lock Picking Competition"
Hosted by local police department
GENIUS!
ZeidGho - I think it’s actually the army engineers corps?
And in other related news:
A nose picking competition was hosted by a local elementary school’s custodial staff
That’s where the “lawyer” part comes in handy. Besides, what jail could they possibly keep him in?
LPL: This is the Lockpicking Lawyer and what we have here is a standard prison cell lock
Geraldkaiser them things are huge ive always wondered and i imagine its easy to pick
I love how he just disdainfully throws the keys to the side before picking the lock
I'm surprised these trophies actually have keys...
I just expect him to have a bucket full of keys he never uses. But your right every video he just throws the keys like they slighted him in some way!
He doesn't know their purpose or how to use them
So I made some makeshift tools out of paper clips, a tension tool and a picker, and i basically raked open a lock we had sitting around at work. It was my first "picked" lock and I was so proud!
I get the feeling! I bought a padlock off Amazon for less than $20 (Thanks, Master Locks XD) and picked it open using a bobby pin I broke in half and reshaped into a tensioning tool and hook, and that was my first picked lock. I have since acquired a new padlock to pick from a gift exchange, but the core wiggles in the lock, and the pins seem a bit imprecise, so it's harder than I thought it would be.
I have no idea how I end up here, but every few months I end up watching 4 or 5 of your videos in a row. I don’t care about locks, I don’t care about lock picking, but I enjoy your videos.
Now if I was the competition organiser, I'd have Master supply the winner's lock prizes. Just for the amusement value.
"Congratulations on winning the lock picking competition, here's a lock anyone can pick"
You were always #1 to us, no matter how much your wife claims you as hers.
Cue "We are Number One!"
RIP ;_;
Now look at this lock, that I just found! When I say 'Go!', be ready to pick! and Go! Pick the lock, not me! Ugh... let's try something else.
Now watch, and learn, here's the deal! They'll slip and slide on this serrated pin! Ha Ha Haa.... WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
@@jon87386 Cringe, but I did enjoy reading this parody. +1
@@elliejohnson2786 the real cringe is the live on stage performance of We Are Number One
@@jon87386 To me it's kind of cringe. I was just impressed that they all decided to get back together to do it.
[In the hotel room of the lock picking competition judge]
LPL (whispering): This is the lockpicking lawyer and I'm here to show you how to bypass most hotel keyways.
Judge: Just take the thing and go.
LPL (Louder now): That's a click out of one moving on to number two... [heads for the next judges room]
LPL dies and gets to heaven
GOD: thou shall not trespass for i have locked the gates to heaven
LPL: locked gates you say....
😂
LPL: I'll start by using an angelic tension bar. By the way, all of my tools from here on out will be divine in nature so that no one can claim me to be the Devil. Now, I'll use a thin rod made of tempered ethereal energy which, to those who don't know, is what halos are made of--the only difference being that halos are hardened instead of tempered. So I'll just bend the tip here and get started. Got a nice click on one...nothing on two...three is binding...four seems to have a false gate...got a click on five...got another click--I think that five is set now...and nothing on six, so back to the beginning.
GOD: You can earn the keys, you know.
LPL: Oh! That's the first gate opened! Time, now, to open the other one!
"This lock has an inexcusable design flaw"
@I'm sucotik but it is
God goes to his house outside he hears "nice click out of 3".
I swear that when I read the title of the video, I said to myself "yeah- probably the first one he's ever entered". Eight seconds into the video, "I knew it, son of a..."
Lock Picking -Lawyer- Champion
Lock Picking DESTROYER
Did you use the ramset in the competition 😂
So THAT'S how he won!
He rarely breaks stuff anymore.
@riba2233 No. He used the ramset ON the competition!
He won using the Double-Wrench-method
@@among-us-99999 that was the video that made me subscribe!
Can we get a video someday where you explain some of these terms, and what you're 'feeling?' Counter rotation, false gate, binding, etc?
Matthew Thrasher check out Bosnian Bill and his Lock Lab for more of the tech talk and explanations. LPL and Bill have done several collaborations.
TH-cam has started recommending some of his older videos to me which contain that kind of content. You might look through his older videos.
Just a beginner, but I'll do my best on the terms you mentioned.
Counter rotation: normally, you're exerting a constant rotational force with your tension wrench to identify which pins need to be set first, and to hold the pins in place you've already set. Counter rotation usually refers to when you feel a force resisting your tension and pushing back in the opposite direction. This is generally from a false gate.
False gate: also known as a false set. This happens when you encounter a "security pin", a pin with a nonstandard, usually grooved shape. They're designed so that when you lift up on them, one of the grooves will click into place and trap the pin halfway up before the pin is actually fully set above the shear line, preventing the lock from opening, while still feeling and sounding very similar to a pin that is properly set. If all pins seem to be set but the lock isn't opening, you can probe all the pins you've already set and feel for counter rotation. The one that gives counter rotation is probably a security pin in a false gate. A false gate can sometimes be detected right away by sound or feel by a skilled lockpicker, but a beginner probably won't know until all the pins seem to be set. At that point, dealing with a false gate can require slightly loosening your tension to move the security pin up farther, which can make the other pins that are properly set fall back out of place. It can defeat random picking methods like raking, as well as inexperienced single pin pickers, as well as slow down intermediate pickers.
Binding: when you're exerting tension on the lock with your tension wrench, you'll start probing pins individually with your pick. With the right amount of tension, most will be loose and will move up and down freely, but the one that feels most stuck or "binding" is the first to contact the edge of the pin chamber, and should be the one you picked first, because you can get it above the shear line ("set") and hold it in place with the least amount of tension, then move on to the other pins requiring higher tension and repeat the process.
@@eldonhill4840
"Counter rotation usually refers to when you feel a force resisting your tension and pushing back in the opposite direction. This is generally from a false gate."
Or more often from a spool. You get counter rotation when the fat bit of the spool is trying to get thru and into the shearline and it's the time for the picker to easy the tension on the lock or no go ;)
www.locklab.com
Competition: starts
LPL after a minute: let's do this 1 more time so you can see it was not a fluke
Video title: "[887] I Won My First Lock Picking Competition!!!
"
Me thinking: to no one's surprise?
😂😂
I was actually very surprised.
Until I heard that it was his FIRST lock picking competition.
Lockpicking Lawyer enters first lock picking competition. Wins!!
In other shock news, water feels wet.
Ringer!
Even Bosnianbill knows LPL is an actual genius at lock picking
**Picks 886 locks on camera**
**Wins lockpicking competition**
**Surprised pikachu face**
Im going to compete in next years competition.
Just so I can see who wins and finally see LPLs face.
You'd be surprised to learn that he is, in fact, actually just a floating pair of hands and a voice.
Good plan: but you wouldn't have had to compete this year (2019) to see him, since he was (from what I've read) the fest's "featured speaker." Seems like he's the most famous lock picker around, this side of the Atlantic. Kind of neat when a big shot is able to back it up....
What if he has a lock for a head
I expect he has locks of hair
@@wolfbrave4866 "This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today we'll be picking my head..."
Congratulations and thank you for sharing your gift and talent with the world. Well deserved.
Being a UW Seattle student and hearing that Lockfest takes place in Seattle I immediately felt that nothing I own is safe anymore
So basically your prize for lockpicking is another lock to pick? 😂
Seriously though, I love the unique interactive trophy, and congrats!
Sometimes winning is it's own reward.
Sometimes winning means more work =P
And a meh lock at that. Like seriously? They couldn't have gotten something from a naughty bucket?
@@pws3rd170 Also: they included the keys! As if anybody winning the trophy needs them.
Someone must have picked LPL's emotion chip at LockFest. His excitement at winning is pre-chip Data level.
He got stuck with an older model after a spill.
He actually just picked into an ATM in Seattle and won a cash prize.
You legit got me thinking for a bit that ATM were using locks
@@thisflyingpotato4227 they do
@@SuperAWaC ya but digital locks (I hope, otherwise I might gain a big interest at locksport very soon)
@@thisflyingpotato4227 they use a tubular lock to cover a hatch, the hatch has a digital lock on it
@@thisflyingpotato4227 Good luck trying to undo the cameras first, there are usually some in the machines too
I love how at the start you can still hear a little bit of excitement in his voice from the competition
Truly a championship. I like Bills but yours is unique. You always find ways open to new lock mechanism. Very entertaining and educational
I would have expected a, “You Won!” or “Hello” engraving on one of the pieces inside the lock! That’s a missed opportunity for fun.
Staff: "congratulations you are the winner, take this padlock has a trophy, please come to the stage to pick it!"
Him: *starts picking the lock open*
Staff:"ham... That's not the picking i meant but we're ok with that"
Imagining the judge awarding LPL the prize..."Congratulations, you've won the...Wait! How did you get in? We didn't invite you...ohhhh."
SECURITY! YOU HAD ONE JOB!!....
I don't give a crap about picking locks, I just love this guy. It's legit the best channel I have found that is interesting and helps me fall asleep. 🤣❤
I would like to see the video of you putting it back together. I never knew precisely how they were built. Just a rough understanding of the key and pin system. Love your channel by the way. Thanks for all you do.
The sound when you pick this is just amazing (you can literally hear every single click loud and clear)
You can thank heavy tension for that, I'm sure. He talked about it in his tensioning video, I believe.
LPL Confirmed the best lockpicker in the world to attend that particular competition.
Ahhh!!! Congratulations !! We are all so proud of you
Competitor: *starts picking competition lock... kinda hard*
LPL: “Click our of 4. 6 is binding”
Competitor: *Sweats profusely*
Judge: “Ok now you can begin”
LPL: “And it looks like we got this open”
I hadn’t even watched the video before I liked it. You deserve it. You are so methodical and well approached in your picking. Well done that man! 👍
Congratulations man! Your channel is amazing and you are really skilled at picking locks. Your videos are very enjoyable to watch, so keep 'em coming:)
Congratulations. Can hear the grin on your face :)
Imagine this man as a criminal.
P U R E T E R R O R
How could they keep him in prison?
Ronny Cook a gun usually does the trick
Also I’m pretty sure that hearing “little click on 1. 2 is binding. Click from 3, 3 is set” would give a pretty good idea of what he is doing
Congrats ! Your hours of practice, and rehearsal paid off with the trophy, that you well deserve ! And as always, straight to the point, in clear exacting verbiage, with a pleasant conclusion. It is no wonder that your videos are so well received. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, and experience with the world !
Can you PLEASE do a video talking about how you would design a lock that is a better standard than what we have ? If you were gonna create a hypothetical lock, that wasn't a regular tumbler pin or disc whatever.
If he did do that he would be explaining it with the patent as a visual aid, no sense in giving away proprietary information
It is widely accepted that no mechanical lock can be invulnerable to picking. If it opens with a mechanical key, it can be opened with other tools; if it hasn't been opened with other tools, it hasn't been opened with other tools *yet*.
Time and again that has proven to be true, most recently when huxleypig slayed the Abloy Protec 2 on camera.
Congratulations on winning the competition - I love that the first thing you did was dismantle the prizewinning trophy! 😁
Congratulations on your 1st place win! Skills!
You sir are very humble. I've seen many videos of yours where you claim that you are not as skilled as many other individuals at lock picking. In spite of such claims; you have won your very first contest. I find this to be very remarkable and I have nothing but praise for you.
as he opens the lock:
Me- "Oh that doesnt look too hard"
After he shows the pins-
Me- "sweet jesus".
Does anyone else want a detailing of the competition? I'm deadly curious.
Legend has it that the other contestants are still there picking for second place.
Wait, they give you the keys to your trophy? That's almost insulting.
Cim it’s so A he can use it out picking it every time and B as he did here it seems you need the keys to dissemble it.
Yes. If they gave the keys, they at least should have locked them onto the lock first so picking is required to get the keys.
I'd have secured the key to the shackle some how. It would make a more appropriate trophy.
@@FireTome they may have and he may of picked it before he got on camrea. No way to tell.
Ikr
I hope you picked it on stage as soon as they presented it to you.
Also if I was running the competition and the lock was the trophy I'd have secured the only set of keys to the shackle. Would have made it more apt.
Judge: hands lpl trophy
Lpl: picks it before the judge finishes saying congrats
From reading the comments, it seems LPL has created a legion of practicing lockpickers that use his voice as their guiding light whilst picking. A true legend!
Congratulations! Having watched a BUNCH of your videos over the years, I would have guessed that you were one of the best.
Congrats my friend... I would imagine there would be no competition for you though.😆 Well done, that's a sweet lock from Paclock. 🍺😎
I'm sure there was. I wonder if there's a website listing the leader board.
Congratulations on an outstanding accomplishment. Competions are tough with the pressure I do safe manipulation and my trick is to apply pressure early and make others hurry causing mistakes.Again Great job!
This is like when AvE did a teardown of the silver play button. Maybe we get a video of LPL shimming the frame to bypass the glass on the plaque
Skookum as frig
"So, as you can see by the pinning, Paclock tends to be at the front of the pack as far as pick resistance goes. However, that's probably not going to be a problem for anyone who earns this trophy."
LPL feeling himself with the flex! As he should, belated congrats dude.
Not gonna lie, I am disapointed. I expected you to disassemble it and reveal a medal or some kind of plate with your name on it.
Just winning is enough for our 'ol friend The LPL. He don't need no stinking trophy! 😁