The fastest escape from a pair of double locked regulation prisoner transport irons is 1 min 37.34 sec, achieved by Stuart Burrell (UK) at the Magic At The Barn event at Sutton Hall, Rochford, Essex, UK, on 13 July 2014.
The fastest escape from a straitjacket in suspension without chains is 25.37 seconds and was achieved by Peng Deming (China) on the set of CCTV Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 17 August 2011. Peng Deming is a magician.
The fastest time to escape from a regulated Posey straitjacket is 4.69 seconds and was achieved by Sofia Romero (UK) at the Aylestone Leisure Centre, Leicester, UK on 9 June 2011. Sofia attempted the record five times and the fifth was the fastest. She used a regulated Posey straitjacket, not a theatrical one, in accordance with the guidelines.
The Fastest Farmer’s walk over 20 m carrying two weights of 150 kg each is 7.55 sec and was achieved by Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 14 April 2011. The farmer’s carry event is seen in many of the strongman competitions today. For years, it has been a common event at competitions of all levels. In this case participants held a weight of 150 kg in each hand and walked in a straight line for
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The fastest time to be sent off in a World Cup finals match is 1 minute by José Batista, playing for Uruguay against Scotland on 13 June 1986 at the Estadio Neza ’86, Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico.
The fastest espresso machine is the ‘Swiss Espresso Extractor’, designed and built by A. Schurr, J. Lüönd, A. Lütold (all Switzerland) and SK tec SA. It produced 11.5 litres (3 US gal) of espresso coffee in one minute on 26 September 2008.
The fastest completion of the CTIF’s Fire Fighting Attack Class A competition is 28.5 seconds and was achieved by the Ebersegg fire brigade (Austria) at the 15th International Fire Brigade Competition in Mulhouse, France, on 19 July 2013. The CTIF’s “fire-fighting Olympics” take place every four years. This is the second time Ebersegg have won the title, having been victorious in the 1989 competition, and they defeated 80 other teams to win the 2013 Class A division. The Ebersegg fire brigade is stationed in a
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The fastest fiddle player is Frankie Gavin (Ireland) who played “The Foxhunter’s Reel” at 150 bpm. The live performance took place at the Aula Maxima at the National University of Ireland (Galway), in Co. Galway, Ireland, on 20 September 2010. A fiddle is the same instrument as a violin, but the styles in which they are played varies greatly. The violin is played slowly and normally with more classical pieces, whereas the fiddle is played at a fast pace and with more upbeat music. This category was
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On 11 July 1999 at the North England Ferret Racing Championships held in Blythe, Northumberland,UK, an albino ferret named ‘Warhol’, owned by Jacqui Adams (UK), ran the 10 m (32 ft 9 in) tube race in 12.59 sec thus beating 150 other ferret competitors. Warhol weighed 2.72 kg (6 lb) at the time of the race.
The fastest Track 300m by an individual female inline speed skater is 26.426 seconds by So Yeong Shin (Korea) at Haining, China, on 18 September 2009.