The shooter pro TenZ creates an illusion with his fast aim. To dissolve it, you must pause the video.
Who is it about? Tyson “TenZ” Ngo is a former CS:GO and Valorant pro. He was able to win the Valorant Masters twice – in 2024 in Madrid and in 2021 in Reykjavik.
- In September 2024, TenZ ended his career as an eSports athlete to work as a content creator for the Sentinels.
- On Twitch, he has over 4.2 million followers and streams regularly to about 8,000 viewers (via sullygnome). His videos on YouTube regularly reach over 150,000 views.
TenZ is primarily known for his incredibly good aim and strong reaction time, impressing with precise headshots.
He shoots so fast that an illusion arises
Why do I doubt my eyesight? TenZ has occasionally played the aim trainer Aimlabs in the past. This kind of “game” is meant to help players aim better with the mouse. There are various exercises in which different targets, such as balls, are shot at. Depending on the exercise, precision, speed, or tracking is to be improved.
A 4-year-old clip of TenZ playing Aimlabs has gathered over the years 1.8 million views. I recently rewatched this clip and noticed that he destroys the targets so quickly that he creates a kind of optical illusion.
What kind of optical illusion is this? To explain this optical illusion, I need to do a little test with you. Check out the clip in the YouTube video and tell me:
How many balls are shown on the screen at the same time?
The correct answer is 3. If you saw 4-6 balls, that was probably some kind of optical illusion.
In the clip, TenZ plays the exercise “Gridshot Ultimate,” where a maximum of 3 balls are shown at the same time. Once a ball is shot, a new one appears in a different spot. If you pause the video or let it run at a low playback speed, you can also see that there are always only 3 balls.
I asked 5 different people in advance of the article how many balls they see – all with different hardware, gaming preferences, and varying ages. Each of them admitted to often seeing 4 balls or more. Also, in the comments below the video, several users noted that they sometimes see 5 balls, even though they know that in the exercise there are a maximum of 3.
I suspect that due to the speed, a kind of “ghosting” occurs and for a short time the balls that have already been shot are still visible.
If you’re wondering whether Aimlabs really improves your aim after the TenZ clip, I can answer this question with my personal assessment. I trained there for several months straight every day and closely observed whether I actually got better: I played an aim trainer for 100 hours to get better at shooters – But did it really help?
