# how long are your IRGs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [July 26, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073 "2013-07-26T01:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyo143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo143/32/1384_2.png) [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/1 "2013-07-26T01:04:21Z")
My longest IRG (an irg is when your thumb goes in the lip right?) is 5 Mississippi’s. Is that good? My normal ones are 3-4 mississippies. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![nardcopter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nardcopter/32/1335_2.png) [@nardcopter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nardcopter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/2 "2013-07-26T01:10:14Z")
Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Noonar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/noonar/32/1244_2.png) [@Noonar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Noonar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/3 "2013-07-26T01:11:45Z")
Probably never more than 4-5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/4 "2013-07-26T01:13:33Z")
Can’t get much better unless you have some way of reducing the friction. IRGs are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo143/32/1384_2.png) [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/5 "2013-07-26T01:30:00Z")
> [@MiamiBuddha](#): > > Can’t get much better unless you have some way of reducing the friction. > > IRGs are awesome. Yup There so fun I find it hard to just pop up the yoyo and place my thumb in the lip. Like I said in another thread, I land a trapeze and quickly put my thumb in the lip… It sucks ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/6 "2013-07-26T01:34:10Z")
15-20 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/7 "2013-07-26T01:35:18Z")
Like ten to twenty minutes or so, you know, the usual. ---
**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/8 "2013-07-26T01:37:21Z")
> [@yoyo143](#): > > > [@MiamiBuddha](#): > > > > Can’t get much better unless you have some way of reducing the friction. > > > > IRGs are awesome. > > Yup > There so fun > > I find it hard to just pop up the yoyo and place my thumb in the lip. Like I said in another thread, I land a trapeze and quickly put my thumb in the lip… It sucks Maybe you’re not using an IRG-friendly yoyo? If you are then it just takes practice, like anything else. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo143/32/1384_2.png) [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/9 "2013-07-26T01:45:12Z")
> [@SR1](#): > > Like ten to twenty minutes or so, you know, the usual. You really need to practice SR… im using a yoyofactory supernova, it has an inner and outer lip. If I can get my thumb in the inner lip, I can get loner grinds, the outer one gets me 3 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/10 "2013-07-26T04:11:32Z")
At least 3 seconds on a yoyo that absolutely sucks at grinds and up to 15 seconds on my monkey buffed Chief. ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/11 "2013-07-26T04:38:43Z")
Around 30 feet. But I have no idea what Industrial Reality Groups have to do with yoyoing 4secs ---
**Author:** ![Casey888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/12 "2013-07-26T04:45:35Z")
10-15 usually. Grinds are a strength for me. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo143/32/1384_2.png) [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/13 "2013-07-26T05:07:50Z")
How are you guys getting 15 seconds? My longest one was 5! ---
**Author:** ![xmotoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xmotoby/32/1246_2.png) [@xmotoby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xmotoby)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/14 "2013-07-26T05:12:01Z")
~5 for me ---
**Author:** ![yoyo143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo143/32/1384_2.png) [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/15 "2013-07-26T06:34:17Z")
> [@nardcopter](#): > > Sounds about right. Uggghhh, accidental thank you… Whatever :🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/16 "2013-07-26T13:27:45Z")
I would say 4 or 5 seconds. Dont do them to often because I have huge hands and they dont fit very nicely ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/17 "2013-07-26T14:15:41Z")
15 seconds? Every time a grind thread comes along, I have swap out my “happy easygoing hat” for my “grumpy skeptic” hat. Anyone claiming a 10-15 second IRG had better cough up a video or I’m calling bull-puckey. It’s not just the friction, it’s the entire physics behind an IRG. It’s going to tilt out with that long of a grind! Gyroscopic effect will only keep it vertical for “so” long! What’s happening as it precesses? Are you transferring successfully for that long, or are you chasing it around in circles? I suddenly can’t help but wondering if I’ve had a rare moment of not recognizing a joke. :wink: As for popping up, some yoyos make it dead easy (Kyo DNS has an IRG a 4-year-old could pop up into!) and some are trickier (especially if they don’t have a lip for it). ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/18 "2013-07-26T14:32:51Z")
I’ve gotten a 15 second thumb grind on my Alpha Crash. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/19 "2013-07-26T14:41:21Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > I’ve gotten a 15 second thumb grind on my Alpha Crash. Why, you… ! ;D ---
**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073/20 "2013-07-26T14:56:40Z")
I highly doubt it. I need video evidence or I’m just going to call BS! 15 seconds is a long time balancing the outter rim of a spinning object on your fingernail… [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-are-your-irgs/57073.md?page=2)