Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris?

In which John examines what's driving the improvement in scores among high-level players of the 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System's version of Tetris. (And also what we might learn from the Tetris community.)

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If you want to learn more about Tetris (AND YOU DO), enjoy the incredible drama of the Classic Tetris World Championships: https://www.youtube.com/classictetris

Tetris players featured in this video include:

The seven-time champion Jonas Neubauer: https://www.youtube.com/user/JonasTeh81/videos

New world champion Joseph, whose video of getting to Level 31 is one of the single most beautiful things I have ever seen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9NQqMCVuOE

Hypertapper extraordinaire Koryan, seen here playing Jonas: https://youtu.be/h7GkEf2iK_c

As you might be able to tell, I am a huge Tetris fan. It is the most perfect video game ever made don't @ me.
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