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Inside the hidden world of competitive lockpicking

https://www.cnet.com/culture/inside-the-hidden-world-of-competitive-lockpicking/

https://lockjudge.com/locksport/

7 Best Practice Locks For Beginners by Ralph ￮ December 3, 2015 https://unitedlocksmith.net/blog/7-best-practice-locks-for-beginners

https://www.3dlocksport.com/shop/Padlock-Storage-Box-p390192661

1. Locksmiths

Locksmiths have credibility and trust, but what they do isn't picking. A locksmith helping someone who's locked themselves out of their apartment, for example, wants to get in as quickly as possible. This means potentially using drills and other tools to break the lock, whereas a picker has the time to feel for the mechanics.

"People see locks and keys as these magical items that just work when you use them together," he said. "They don't always understand the mechanical intricacies, and when we show them how simple they can be it just blows their minds."

It's those mechanical intricacies that appeal to locksport devotees. 
It's creating lockpicking tools, adapting pressure, developing techniques, creating challenge locks, videoing successes, rising up the internal ranks and even mentoring newer members of the community. 
Like the hidden workings of a lock itself, it's the unseen side of locksports that advocates like Rezzelle and Sell are so excited to showcase.

2. picking

To understand the basics of lockpicking, you must first understand the mechanics of a lock itself. While there are countless types of locks to examine, most standard pin tumblers -- the most common lock style in use -- have the same basic elements. These include:

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