High-speed racer Alex T Trammell clocked a lap time of 1 min 0.757 sec on the High difficulty level of the PlayStation adaptation of Namco’s classic arcade title Ridge Racer in Maple Valley, Washington, USA, on 21 June 2005. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
The fastest time to complete the three disciplines of single buck, underhand chop and tree fall, is 1 minute 57 seconds, equaled by Ernesto Herrero and Daniel Vicente (both Spain) on the set of ‘Guinness World Records’, in Madrid, Spain, on 23 January 2009.
Two high-speed lifts installed by Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems (Japan) in Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building situated in Taipei, Taiwan, have a maximum speed of 1,010 m/min (3,313 ft/min), equivalent to 60.6 km/h (37.6 mph). The lifts take just 40 seconds from ground level to the 89th floor, situated at 382 m (1,253 ft), and have atmospheric pressure regulatory systems to avoid discomfort (ears ‘popping’) for the occupants. In addition the lifts are streamlined to reduce wind noise.
The record for the fastest time to complete the lifeguard drill relay is 45 sec by Guillem Riand, Gregory Pratlong and Marie Passebosc (all France) on the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, Benodet, France on 23 August 2005.
The highest speed attained by a manned superconducting magnetically levitated (maglev) train is 581 km/h (361 mph) by the MLX01, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company and Railway Technical Research Institute, on the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on 2 December 2003. Magnetically levitated (‘Maglev’) vehicles harness the power of magnetism to lift them off the ground and propel them forward, using elecromagnets made of superconductive metals. Instead of running on conventional metal tracks, they run on specially constructed ‘guideways’. Because there
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The fastest time to lunge a mile is 37 min 58 sec and was set by Dorothea Voegeli (Switzerland) in Dachau, Germany on 6 November 2005.
The fastest lunge mile was 25 min 21.11 sec by Jamasen Rodriguez (USA) at the Modesto Junior College track in Modesto, California, USA, on 7 August 2010. Rodriguez performed 1,370 lunges to complete the mile.
The fastest marathon run in bare feet is 2 hr 15 min 16.2 sec by Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, on 10 September 1960.
The fastest marathon backwards on inline skates is 1 hr 45 min 56 sec and was achieved by Werner Fischer (Germany) at the 2006 Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany, on 23 September 2006.
The magnetically levitated (maglev) train linking China’s Shanghai International Airport and the city’s financial district, reaches a top speed of 431 km/h (267.8 mph) on each 30 km (18 mile) run. The train, built by Germany’s Transrapid International, had its official maiden run on 31 December 2002. Maglev trains use the power of electromagnetism to levitate the carriages above the guideways, meaning that there is effectively no contact (and friction) between train and track. The train makes the 30 km (18 mile) journey in just
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