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Library of Juggling

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
4
observed span
2017–2026
peak thread · 37 comments
140 pts
latest 20+ return · 2026-02-02
140 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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Perhaps of interest: I came across this retrospective of the author of that site and how he moved it to static hosting a couple of years ago [1]. I would also say that this library covers more or less the “lower half” of solo ball juggling in terms of difficulty. With lower ball counts (say ≤ 4), there are a lot of these patterns that have complex arm movements and can be difficult to explain with words, so having such…

mfsch·140-point thread·

For those of you who aren't jugglers here are some interesting patterns to look at: Mill's Mess. Once you've mastered this, you've mastered 3 balls! https://libraryofjuggling.com/Tricks/3balltricks/MillsMess.h... This 5 ball multiplex is a fun one to learn - look like you are juggling 5 balls but you are only really juggling 3. https://libraryofjuggling.com/Tricks/5balltricks/FiveBallSpl... Here is my favourite 4 ball pattern https://libraryofjuggling.com/Tricks/4balltricks/552.html Though the difficulty rating is…

nickcw·136-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
301

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
65

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2017-03-11Library of Jugglingpmoriarty30
2022-03-22Library of JugglingIsometricMan200
2024-02-28Library of Juggling (2015)Tomte20
2024-03-05Library of JugglingFirst breakoutTomte13637
2026-02-02Library of JugglingBest thread · Latest 20+ point returntontony14028