Watch A Darts Crowd Explode After An Incredibly Rare Nine Darter

Hey, it’s been a long week, the weekend is but a few hours (or perhaps minutes!) away, and you might need a jolt of energy to get to the finish line. For that jolt of energy, I recommend watching this video of Scottish darts player Gary Anderson causing a crowd in Blackpool, England to become completely unglued in the magical way that only darts crowds can lose their minds.

That would be a nine darter. To compare the accomplishment to something in another sport, think of a hole-in-one in golf: A singular moment of brilliance within the confines of a larger event that is so exceedingly rare that it is a moment of history. Prior to Thursday, there had been 51 televised nine-dart finishes ever, and thanks to Anderson’s mastery of the darts, we got No. 52.

Anderson, currently ranked No. 4 in the world and a two-time world champion, faced off against Joe Cullen in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Matchplay. He found himself trailing Cullen in legs, 2-1, but in the match’s fourth leg, Anderson caught lightning in a bottle.

The shortest explanation for what happened here is that you win a standard leg of darts by getting to zero from 501 faster than your opponent. The fastest — and rarest — way to do that is in nine darts, and for the third time in his career, Anderson was able to do that during a televised event. For proof of how hard it is to do this, you could head to your local bar and try and do this yourself, or you can just listen to this crowd roar, because they know they just witnessed something historic.

Anderson won the match, 19 legs to Cullen’s 17. It was a best of 31 legs match, so it required a few extra legs to crown a victor. Also, this happened.

Darts rules.