Everyone builds can towers

In an attempt to clarify the rules, anticipating potential rule-bending by Christine, Ève accidentally gives away to everyone a strategy for moving the hoop closer to the cans, by shuffling forwards. She then does this, along with everyone else, before constructing a two-can by two-can tower in her hoop, switching to two-cans by one-can after the third tier. She reaches eight cans tall before accidentally nudging her tower, knocking the entire thing over. She is able to quite quickly rebuild, though, getting her tower back up to seven cans before the whistle, and securing herself fourth place.

Christine shuffles forwards with the ring, to get closer to the cans. The bottom tier of her tower is two cans wide, but she then just balances single cans on top of that, reaching a very impressive 10 cans in height, and earning first place.

Jo shuffles forwards with the ring, to get closer to the cans. He then constructs a single can stack, reaching a very respectable eight cans in height, and earning third place.

Matthieu shuffles forwards with the ring, to get closer to the cans. He starts with a broad base to his tower, of five or six cans, and then puts three cans in the second tier, and two in each of the four tiers after that. He switches to single cans above that, reaching eight cans in height at the last moment, before most of the tower collapses when he lets go, leaving a tower just four cans tall. Frustrated, he attempts to fell his opponents' towers, after the whistle, by stamping on the stage, but this does not work. Unsurprisingly, he earns last place in the task.

Mehdi shuffles forwards with the ring, to get closer to the cans. He constructs a can pyramid at the bottom of his tower, with five or six cans in the first tier, and three in the second. He then stacks single cans from there up, reaching an impressive nine cans in height, and earning second place.

(Written by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by David Fuller)