The fastest time to undress a child mannequin is 3.87 seconds and was achieved by Anil Bedir (Turkey) at the GWR Live! Roadshow at Forum Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 14 February 2010
The fastest time to dress a female mannequin is 28.57 seconds and was achieved by Nuran Ozdemir (Turkey) at the GWR Live! Roadshow at Forum Trabzon, in Trabzon, Turkey, on 04 June 2010
The fastest time to dress a child mannequin is 19.43 seconds and was achieved by Ahmet Emin Ozyurt (Turkey) at the GWR Live! Roadshow at Forum Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 14 February 2010
The most hits of a tennis ball with a tennis racket handle in one minute is 185 and was achieved by Florian Zoller (Austria) at the Vienna Recordia 2008 in Vienna, Austria, on 28 September 2008.
The longest tennis racket and ball control duration is 4 hours 8 minutes and 16 seconds, achieved by Palmer Campbell (USA) at Belle Meade Tennis Courts in Nashville, Tennessee, USA on 16 January 2012.
The only bowler to bowl out all ten was John Wisden (1826-84) for North v. South at Lord’s in 1850.
The largest infra-red telescope dedicated solely to infrared astronomy is the UKIRT (United Kingdom Infrared Telescope) on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i. It has a 374cm 147in mirror. It is, however, so good that it can be used for visual work as well as infra-red.
The smallest operational telephone was created by Jan Piotr Krutewicz, Munster, USA on 16 September 1996. It measured just 47.5mm x 10mm x 21mm 1.8in x 0.3in x 0.8 in.
The most light bulbs hit in 3 minutes shooting arrows with recurve bows is 11 and was set by Marco Vitale and Oscar De Pellegrin (both Italy) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 19 April 2009.
The most taps in one minute was 1,163 and was achieved by Anthony Morigerato (USA) at Eleanor’s School of Dance in Albany, New York, USA, on 23 June 2011. Anthony Morigerato is a professional tap teacher, currently teaching the master class at the NUVO Dance Convention. Morigerato broke the record performing reverse paddles, with each leg kick or paddle making four taps. He executed 293 reverse paddles within the one minute time period, yet with 9 of these paddles only making 3 audible sounds, the
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