[malone]

I've just been practicing Ian's fastest knot for the last 10 minutes and I can definitely see the speed advantage already.

My only issue is in keeping the starting knot tight. I usually use the standard shoelace knot which makes it easy to keep tension on the lace at all times, and that keeps the starting knot tight. But I'm finding with Ian's fastest knot I lose tension when I'm pushing the two loops towards each other, which causes the starting knot to loosen slightly. Is that something that can be solved with more practice?

[brianpan]

I don't know when I made this change, but apparently I use my middle finger to hold down the starting knot. I tie it exactly as pictured (left hand/yellow string behind, right hand/blue string in front), except starting at step 1 my left hand middle finger is holding down the starting knot. This keeps the tension while tying the knot.

[c17r]

Try the Double Start Knot on Ian's page, it holds the tension better

http://fieggen.com/shoelace/doublestartknot.htm