Miguel Ballesteros and José Francisco Dopcio de Pablo (both Spain) managed to toss a washing machine weighing 47 kg (103.61 lb) a distance of 6.37 m (20 ft 10.6 in) at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 23 October 2001.
The farthest triple jump (male) (indoors) was 17.92 m (58 ft 9.51 in) by Teddy Tamgho (France) in Paris, France, on 6 March 2011.
The record for the farthest treadmill distance in high heels by a team in one hour is 265.6 km (165.04 miles) and was achieved on the set of Germany’s Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum™ by 50 candidates (all Germany) of the show on 2 December 2010. The 50 girls ran simultaneously on 50 treadmills, which displayed the distance covered. For the record figure the single achievements were added. The treadmill model may be viewed at: http://www.smoothfitness.de/product/52/2/laufbaender/smooth-4.35e-laufband.html
The fastest time to send a prescribed text message blindfolded is 45.09 sec, achieved by Elliot Nicholls (New Zealand), at the Telecom shop on Filluel Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 17 November 2007. The message sent was “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.”
The fastest marathon in military desert uniform is 3 hr 50 min 31 sec and was achieved by Jennifer Jenks (UK) at the Flora London Marathon 2009, in London, UK, on 26 April 2009. Jennifer wore standard UK desert military dress including shorts, vest and hat that would be worn in desert combat zones such as Iraq. She wore running shoes rather than military boots.
The fastest film produced (script to screen) is ‘Shotgun Garfunkel’, which was produced by Best Local Fast Sheep Productions (South Africa) in 10 days 10 hours and 30 minutes, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1-11 May 2013. Best Local Fast Sheep Productions is a combination of 3 production companies, who joined forces for the purpose of the record attempt: Team Best (Asher Stoltz and Bryan van Niekerk), Localala Productions (Johnny Barbazano and Tiffany Barbazano), and Ghost Sheep Productions (Meren Reddy and Ryan Norwood-Young). These 6
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The fastest mile run in swim fins is 7 min 56 sec by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Marswiese Sport Complex in Vienna, Austria, on 17 May 2010. He was witnessed by Dr. Alexander Fulop and Mr. Ekagra Prankl. The official stopwatch times were 7 min, 55.47 sec and 7 min, 55.66 sec, with the average rounded up to 7 min 56 sec. Furman wore fins that were 58 cm (22.68 in) long, more than twice the length of his 27.4 cm (10.8 in) foot,
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Toy Story 3 (USA 2010), the computer-animated film from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, reached the US$100 million mark at the US box office in three days from its release on 18 June 2010 at 4,028 cinemas, making it the overall 5th fastest grossing film of all time. Information available on http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/fastest.htm?page=100&p=.htm
The record for the fastest wheelbarrow race over 100m is 14 seconds by Otis Gowa and was filmed on location for Guinness World Records at Davis Park, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia on 15 May 2005. The person pushed in the wheelbarrow was Stacey Maisel, she is 41 years old and weights 50kg.
The fastest time to complete 1,000 cuts of rolled straw mats with a sword is 36 min 4 sec by Isao Machii (Japan) on the set of The Best House 123 in Tokyo, Japan on 19 September 2007. Jun Otsuki adjudicated.