Snapping a photo of yourself is now a competitive activity.
We're not sure just which Internet wormhole it crawled out of or how its weird momentum got rolling, but there's a sport of sorts called the Selfie Olympics currently trending on Twitter.
Sorry, make that the #SelfieOlympics.
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The premise is simple. Take the Oxford Dictionaries' official 2013 word of the year (that's "selfie") and combine it with one of the most anticipated sporting events of 2014 (that's the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia). Mash those two together and you get some of the most elaborate, extreme and downright random selfies to hit the web. (Fair warning: a search of the hashtag does turn up a couple NSFW photos.)
The results—well, we'll let the results speak for themselves. Here below are 15 of our favorite #SelfieOlympics shots from Friday. You're all gold medalists in our book.
1. The Doorknob Perch
I'm having too much fun waiting for my mom #selfieolympics pic.twitter.com/MuTzArjDcf
— Princess Paige☯♛ (@pwincesspaiige) January 4, 2014
2. The Tony Hawk
Tony hawk's pro selfie #SelfieOlympics pic.twitter.com/S3GjpdDbzF
— SASQUATCH LA FLARE (@_JTHoward) January 4, 2014
3. The Actually Inspiring One
Selfie game over she won #SelfieOlympics pic.twitter.com/rs5CVBRIph
— Malik ♊️ (@PropertyOfBahja) January 4, 2014
4. The Shower-Bike
How's your selfie game? #SelfieOlympics #selfiegame pic.twitter.com/gsJjq8ar8i
— Stavros (@sxanthacos) January 3, 2014
5. The ET
The ET #SelfieOlympics pic.twitter.com/9NO40cZ9Z4
— \(•~•)/ (@That_Garcia_Kid) January 3, 2014
6. The Sleeper
Selfie game retarded .. I'm schleeep #SelfieOlympics pic.twitter.com/k9hUPTbWLB
— Li ' Shorty  (@OriginallyDee__) January 3, 2014
7. The Soup Kitchen/Bathroom
Soup Kitchen bathroom #SelfieOlympics @PRAYINGFORHEAD pic.twitter.com/XIExvARgzA
— $ (@melrusi) January 3, 2014
8. The DJ
#SelfieOlympics just listening to some music and killing the selfie game. #SELFIEGAME3000 pic.twitter.com/vHZ4uwB91W
— josh carpenter. (@josh_jexer) January 3, 2014
9. The Selfie Safari
#SelfieOlympics #selfiegame pic.twitter.com/iFdvKqHq9b
— King Charles III (@cldb3) January 3, 2014
10. The Tiki Torch
Brett, Brett, Brett of the jungle #SelfieOlympics pic.twitter.com/sRjnq6HDfB
— Brett Minnick (@bminni55) January 4, 2014
11. The Grillmaster
#SelfieOlympics never too cold to go grillin pic.twitter.com/m5uZkEW3zT
— Darian Parker™ (@DarianHatesUAll) January 3, 2014
12. The ... Wheelbarrow?
Rolled up to the #SelfieOlympics like... pic.twitter.com/pNrLJWhrr4
— BranZo (@BWesterblade) January 4, 2014
13. The Vertical Bed
had to make a comeback for the #selfieolympics pic.twitter.com/xeXKMofyDy
— Travis Newport (@damianluislove) January 4, 2014
14. The Superman
#SelfieOlympics And the winner is.... pic.twitter.com/ZlRMwSe2DX
— Superman (@SupermanTweets) January 3, 2014
15. The Jungle Commando
Catch me in the #SelfieOlympics pic.twitter.com/Eg49wMQvvb
— YNF Charlie. (@YounggC_Locc) January 4, 2014

Homepage image: @melrusi, Twitter