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The Excel World Championship is your must-watch sporting event of the weekend.

Okay fine, the World Cup is cool too. But on ESPN this morning, a bunch of the world’s best Excel users played a pretty epic elimination battle to see who is the best keyboard shortcutter / puzzle solver / knower of sick Excel tricks. That might sound boring! It’s not. Excel Esports is a big and growing thing, and it’s a shockingly great spectator sport.

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