The quickest way to fill a glass

You have an empty glass in one hand, the faucet knob in the other. The faucet is not turned on.

If someone was timing you, how could you fill the glass the fastest? (assume it would fill without foaming so you can turn it on full blast)

Would you lift the glass up and down? Does it make any difference?

Makes no difference since the glass won't overflow. The overflowing part is the hard part.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Makes no difference since the glass won't overflow. The overflowing part is the hard part.

Guinness time, tilt it 45 degrees to prevent backsplash and tilt to vertical as it fills with the knob on full. (the glass under the tap of course)

tilt it 45 degrees to prevent backsplash and tilt to vertical as it fills

Makes sense - use a cycloidal path to make the water's descent fastest.

Guinness physics. It can't be beat.

it sounds to stressful

i would cry

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😛

Originally posted by uzless
ok, but you haven't stated how you would fill it the fastest

sounds good to me..you guys waste time thinking of the fastest way by then you could of done it just like normal...

Originally posted by jvanhine
sounds good to me..you guys waste time thinking of the fastest way by then you could of done it just like normal...

Well, actually, if we waste time thinking of it now, we can save lots of time (and water, beer, etc.) later on. That's the point. Worked in pub for nearly a year, trust me, whether it's water or beer, if you want to pour it fast you have to have the glass tilted sharply against the tap and bring it down and to the vertical as it fills to prevent spill.
From the side, the centre of gravity appears as a cycloid. It also minimises agitation inside the glass so that if the drink is fizzy you don't end up with 20% liquid and 80% foam.

Originally posted by agryson
Well, actually, if we waste time thinking of it now, we can save lots of time (and water, beer, etc.) later on. That's the point. Worked in pub for nearly a year, trust me, whether it's water or beer, if you want to pour it fast you have to have the glass tilted sharply against the tap and bring it down and to the vertical as it fills to prevent spill.
Fro ...[text shortened]... inside the glass so that if the drink is fizzy you don't end up with 20% liquid and 80% foam.

as the water cannot spill, any water entering will count towards filling the glass. The speed of the water will not change whatever you do, and so filling it normally is just as fast as any other way.