When the contest crossed 33 hours and 9 minutes, only three competitors remained. (Representational image/Pexels)

A 23-year-old man in northern China was the last man standing in a “lying flat competition” after staying on a mattress for 33 hours and 35 minutes, according to a report by the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, cited by South China Morning Post .

The event, held on 15 November at a shopping centre in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, was sponsored by a domestic mattress brand, SCMP reported. Its title borrowed from the popular slang term “lying flat” (tang ping): a mindset often adopted by many young Chinese who feel weighed down by social pressure and a difficult job market.

The trend promotes doing just the bare minimum instead of pursuing relentless hard work.

Organisers told SCMP

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