Earbuds always getting tangled? There is a mathematical explanation

So, you’re jamming to tunes while on a walk or run, once done, you neatly wrap the cable around your phone, or very neatly around a couple of fingers and place them in a snug pocket. When you go to retrieve them later, your accessory is a mangled mess. How does that happen?



It has happened to everyone, and anyone who says it hasn’t happened to them is either lying, or they don’t own a set of earbuds. It is enough of a problem that there is a whole section of accessories that promise to control or eliminate the tangling.



There are even so-called “tangle-free” designs that are flat, ...



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