# Sperm racing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002 "2025-04-13T16:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/1 "2025-04-13T16:54:56Z")
Surprisingly, there’s a thread called [Sperm Racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/217634) from 2003. Now there’s this: [Sperm racing? A new sport is coming to Los Angeles](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sperm-racing-a-new-sport-is-coming-to-los-angeles/) > You read that right. > > A startup recently announced the launch of the world’s first live sperm race, and you will be able to watch its inaugural edition right here in Los Angeles. … > > The Sperm Racing website’s “manifesto” cites [a worldwide decline in male fertility](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/17742/) as the catalyst for the idea. > > “Male fertility is declining. Like, a lot,” [the “manifesto” states](https://www.spermracing.com/manifesto). “It’s happening quietly, steadily and nobody’s really talking about it.” > > Thus, to raise awareness of the alarming trend, the founders are turning health into a sport. The ‘tracks’ mimick the reproductibe system, chemical signals, and such. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/2 "2025-04-13T17:07:04Z")
Oh, goody. A new way the male of this species can pull out their ruler. Cannot wait. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/3 "2025-04-13T17:52:24Z")
I guess that they’ll do genetic testing on the winner, to determine whose it was? ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/4 "2025-04-13T18:18:53Z")
John Barth has a story along these lines: Night-Sea Journey. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/5 "2025-04-13T18:44:34Z")
They raised $1 million and that crappy diagram that looks like it was scribbled on the back of a napkin is the best they could come up with? Maybe spend $100 of it to get someone who knows how to use Powerpoint to draw a diagram for them? [![](https://www.spermracing.com/_next/static/media/racetrack.d01db878.png) ](https://www.spermracing.com/_next/static/media/racetrack.d01db878.png) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/6 "2025-04-13T19:30:22Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > John Barth has a story along these lines: Night-Sea Journey. I remember that story, and the feeling of that light bulb going off and returning to read it from the start. That whole collection of stories is great. > [@markn\_1](#): > > They raised $1 million and that crappy diagram that looks like it was scribbled on the back of a napkin is the best they could come up with? I’m pretty sure that science-y phrases like “gradient/laminar flow” are enough to part some foolish people from their money. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/7 "2025-04-13T20:59:38Z")
Kinda reminds me of this (don’t worry, safe for work): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BTiVXayjotw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Human Race") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTiVXayjotw&t=0) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/8 "2025-04-13T22:17:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, goody. > A new way the male of this species can pull out their ruler. > > Cannot wait. 🙄 No seriously. It was 5 mph. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-racing/1017002/9 "2025-04-15T14:40:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Sperm racing? A new sport is coming to Los Angeles](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sperm-racing-a-new-sport-is-coming-to-los-angeles/) From the article: > The four men behind the idea are Eric Zhu (Thor Ventures, Aviato) Nick Small (the youngest sold-out founder in cryptocurrency), Shane Fan (Waterfall Market) and Garret Niconienko (Vertical Media, ex-MrBeast team) Hard to believe that out of around 70 million sperm, theirs was the fastest 😁