The fastest sport stacking individual cycle stack is 5.93 seconds and was achieved first by Steven Purugganan (USA) at the WSSA Greater Cleveland Ohio Sport Stacking Championships Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on 3 January 2009. This was equalled by Mason Langenderfer (USA) at the 2011 WSSA Upper Atlantic Regional Sport Stacking Championships in Rochester, New York, USA, on 29 January 2011.
The fastest sport stacking doubles cycle stack is 6.281 seconds and was achieved by Jae Ho Jung and Si Woo Kim (both South Korea) at the 2014 WSSA Korea Sejong City Open Sport Stacking Championships, in Sejong, South Korea, on 19 July 2014.
Ashrita Furman (USA) covered 8 km (4.97 miles) on stilts on the Huan Dao Road, Xiamen, China, in a time of 39 min 56 sec on 17 December 2004, beating the previous record held for 112 years by 2 min 4 sec. He was travelling at an average speed of 12.13 km/h (7.53 mph). He completed 8.04 km (5 miles) in a time of 40 min 7 sec (with an average speed of 11.85 km/h (7.36 mph).
3,000 m steeplechase 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Qatar) Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004
The fastest FIA-approved steam car is the “Inspiration”, designed by the British Steam Car Team, which reached 225.05 km/h (139.84 mi/h), driven by Charles Burnett III (USA) at Edwards Airbase, California, USA, on 25 August 2009. We also carry a non FIA record (ID 43541) on our database which currently stands at: On 19 August 1985, Robert E. Barber broke the 79-year-old record for a steam car when Steamin’ Demon, built by the Barber-Nichols Engineering Co., reached 234.331 km/h (145.607 mi/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats,
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The record for the fastest 20 metre run flat while wearing standard scuba-diving flippers is 3.50 seconds by Christophe Bertaux on the set of L’Emission des Records, Paris, France, on 29 March 2000.
The fastest 50 m on can and string stilts was 9.7 sec by Steven Bell (USA) in Cuero, Texas, USA, on 4 August 2010. The attempt was completed on a local athletics track, where Bell used string and canned chicken cans to break the previous record by more than 2.5 sec. Bell was witnessed by pastor Glen R. Moore, Jr., and managing editor of The Cuero Record, Coy Slavik.
The fastest mile on can and string stilts was 11 min 55 sec by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Louis-Riel Dome track in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on 8 January 2011. Furman made 16 trips back and forth across a 100 m straightaway, plus an additional 10-meter run at the end to total the 1,610 m necessary for one mile (1.6 km).
The fastest streamlined motorcycle speed for a female rider is 229.92 kmh (142.86 mph) and was achieved by Erin Hunter (USA) on Jack Costella’s “Nebulous Theorem IV” motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on 3 September 2010. The speed represents the average of two passes on the track in opposing directions. This is an official FIM record.
15:42.54 Kate Ziegler (USA) Mission Viejo, USA 17 June 2007