{"id":4023,"date":"2024-01-01T15:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackbag.toool.nl\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2024-01-01T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:51:26","slug":"ukls-january-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbag.toool.nl\/?p=4023","title":{"rendered":"UKLS January challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The January challenge is a lockpicking game ran on the UKlocksport forum<\/a>. In short, the challenge is to picks\/impressions\/opens one lock a day for the days of January. The rules say to post pictures daily and not to play catch up. As in, to pick a lock every day, not just 31 in the month of January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can extend your lockpicking streak, if you so wish. Some people extend the streak by a few days, others do a full year. One exemplary lockpicker, Toni, picked a lock a day for 1093 days straight, which is three days short of three years! Furthermore, Toni started a new streak of several hundred lock in 2022, as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last two locks of the lockpicking streak by Toni are both sides of the same DOM Plura.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Lockpicking collage of the special picks from Toni from the first 365 locks. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I’ve used the January challenge as a good excuse to learn a new skill. For example, in 2018 I’ve impressioned a lock a day in January. In 2019, I’ve impressioned a dozen, and picked locks for the remaining days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All of my January challenge impressioning opens are on (regularly repinned) Abus C83. As you can imagine, the pictures of the opens are quite similar, thus I’m only posting a few here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s very easy to start the challenge, and then let it drop when that one lock doesn’t open. So to help you along, here are a few tips and tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n