Video taking off 12x its usual first day

The fan who beat The Freeze by saving his legs for the finish

A short on the Atlanta Braves' famous between-innings race became the clips channel's standout of the week, well ahead of a golf honesty story and a Pickford penalty save.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 452,958 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (36,580).

The Fan Who Actually BEAT “The Freeze” 😳⚾The Fan Who Actually BEAT “The Freeze” 😳⚾

Most people who race The Freeze lose. The ballpark sets it up that way: a fan gets a huge head start, and then a sprinter in an icy blue bodysuit comes from behind and passes them before the finish. The man in FitVision's newest short tried something different.

As the description tells it, he did not burn everything in the first stretch, as most challengers do. He kept something back, sped up at the right moment and held on to win. The Freeze has been a fixture at Braves home games since the club moved into its new park in 2017, so a fan actually getting to the line first counts as an event.

FitVision is a clips channel that collects odd and memorable sports moments: a golfer calling a penalty on himself, a corner kick taken while the defense wasn't looking, a motorbike rider hurling a sandbag mid-race. Its shorts usually open in the tens of thousands. This one passed half a million views in little more than a day, at a time when the channel's overall pace was a little below its usual.

The small comment section mostly argues about strategy. Some viewers praise the patience, others insist they would simply sprint from the start and keep going, and one wants IShowSpeed to try his luck next.

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What viewers say

  • Dang that’s pretty smart not wasting energy
  • there's no way the freeze runs a 200m 5-6 seconds faster than me, I'd just take off and maintain for the race
    @TheNoobiestNoob-lichessSee it on YouTube
  • Ishowspeed should race him. That would be tuff✌️🥀

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The facts
Channel
FitVision
Subscribers
268,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
19,561,263
Channel views, pace per day
1,926,951 (on a normal day: 2,578,927)
Video published
October 5, 2026
Video views so far
571,283 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
531,192

The numbers

A short that ran far ahead of anything else the channel posted this week.

the video's first day
usual first day here
36,580
this video
452,958
subscribers
268,000
▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days
total views
1,281,555,564
views per day
1,926,951
typical day: 2,578,927
the video
views
571,283
likes
5,607
comments
12
days online
2
compared with similar channels (subscribers)
NFL on FOX
274,000
Play Football
271,000
FitVision
268,000
HangTime
265,000
LeBatardShow
261,000
Canadiens de Montréal
260,000
As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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