QWOP

QWOP (/kwɒp/) is a 2008 ragdoll-based browser video game created by Bennett Foddy, formerly the bassist of Cut Copy.

If I had put a social leaderboard or par system in, those people would probably have all quit out of frustration, leaving only the most determined or masochistic players behind.

Using only the Q, W, O and P keys, players must control the movement of the athlete's legs to make the character move forward while trying to avoid falling over.

[7] The Guinness World Records awarded Chintamani resident Roshan Ramachandra for doing the fastest 100m run on the game on April 10, 2013, doing it in 51 seconds.

[13] Kotaku called the iPhone version "4000 Percent More Impossible" than the original game[14] and "An Olympic Challenge For Thumbs".

Bennett Foddy , QWOP 's creator, at Fondation Brocher in October 2009
QWOP 's title refers to the four keyboard keys used to move the muscles of the sprinter avatar.
QWOP featured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2011