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7:36 Pool Dive refers to a series of memes parodying a part of the "Morning Routine" video from fitness and lifestyle coach Ashton Hall in which the influencer takes a dive into a pool, with the start of the dive timestamped 7:36 a.m. and the moment of him entering the water timestamped 7:40 a.m. The editing error became a subject of jokes while the image of Hall diving has been used as an exploitable meme after it went viral in late March 2025.

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On February 7th, 2025, fitness influencer Ashton Hall posted a timestamped Instagram^[1] video showing his early morning routine to his followers. At one point in the video, Hall goes for a swim at his apartment complex pool. The moment Hall starts the dive is timestamped at 7:36 a.m., however, the moment he lands into the water is incorrectly timestamped at 7:40 a.m., giving the wrong impression that his dive lasted for four minutes despite only lasting a second in the video.

On March 20th, 2025, the X^[2] account @tipsformenx reuploaded the video, which would go viral in the following days as the Ashton Hall Morning Routine meme. The upload (shown below, dive happens at the 0:54 mark) garnered over 668 million views, 70,000 reposts and 191,000 likes in three days.

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— Tips For Men – Fashion | Essentials | Luxury (@tipsformenx) March 20, 2025

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On March 21st, 2025, X^[3] user @freelancegoon posted a still image of Ashton Hall mid-dive with the caption "7:36" in the middle. The post (shown below) received over 12,000 reposts and 278,000 likes in two days.

Later on March 21st, X^[4] user @AlpelDokkan posted two images of Ashton Hall diving timestamped "7:36" and "7:40," commenting, "HE FLOATED FOR 4 MINUTES." The post (shown below) garnered over 45.6 million views, 51,000 reposts and 908,000 likes in two days.

In the following days, Ashton Hall's 7:36 pool dive became a subject of jokes and humorous references while the image of him diving has been used as an exploitable.

For example, on March 22nd, 2025, X^[5] user @buckfastbadlad posted a screenshot of an alarm set for 7:36 with the note "Hover in the air for 4 minutes while jumping in a pool." The post (shown below) received over 23,000 reposts and 367,000 likes in one day.

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