Perhaps one of the most eyebrow-raising eSports tournament hits is the enthusiasm for playing and watching people face spreadsheet challenges. The source report notes that Excel as an eSport is more than 20 years old.
Microsoft’s Excel has grown to be a remarkably capable and complex application over the years. Earlier in 2025 we even highlighted that a dev had managed to get Linux running inside the app , just for fun.
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cyrusfox Impressive, no VBA at all, native excel syntax understanding with custom scripts (not sure what or how those are running in Excel). I could definitely improve my game. I miss the excel of old with the zero lag. but that might be more an issue of whatever company malware is on my computer logging every keystroke, although I swear even on personal laptops my excel feels very sluggish. Fun challenge and a good reasonably short video explaining how he tackled the problem. Reply
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