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Fastest human calculator

Scott Flansburg of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, correctly added a randomly selected two-digit number (38) to itself 36 times in 15 seconds without the use of a calculator on 27 April 2000 on the set of Guinness World Records in Wembley, UK.

Fastest ice hockey shot in NHL

The fastest recorded shot in National Hockey League (NHL) history is a 105.9 miles per hour (170.4 km/h) slap shot by Zdeno Chara (Slovakia) of the Boston Bruins (USA) set during the All-Star Game’s Skills Competition in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, on 29 January 2011. Note: this is only for NHL competition. See record ID 74858 for overall competition.

Fastest ice hockey shot

The hardest recorded ice hockey shot in any competition was a 110.3 mph (177.5 km/h) slapshot by Denis Kulyash (Russia) of Avangard Omsk in the Continental Hockey League’s (Russia) All-Star skills competition in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 5 February 2011. Kulyash surpassed the previous mark of 105.4 miles per hour (169.7 km/h) by Zdeno Chara (Czech Republic) of the Boston Bruins (USA) set during the National Hockey League’s All-Star skills competition in Montreal (Canada) on 25 January 2009.

Fastest internet connection (country)

According to Cisco, South Korea has the best broadband service in the world, with an average download throughput of 33.5 megabits per second – nearly three times the speed of second-place Hong Kong – an average upload throughput of 17 megabits per second – more than twice that of Hong Kong, and has 100 percent broadband penetration.