Hungarian teams race to dig the fastest, most precise grave

Thirty-eight competitors formed 19 two-person teams for a grave-digging contest in Nyergesújfalu, Hungary, organized to showcase cemetery workers’ skills and help reduce taboos surrounding death. In dry, hard soil, teams competed to dig the fastest and most precisely finished grave. Róbert Nagy and László Kiss won after completing a regulation grave in 1 hour and 21 minutes, earning a shared prize of 200,000 Hungarian forints, about $640.