A production standard S 2000 Scorpion Peacekeeper tank (complete with appliqué hull armour, ballistic skirts, K10000 replaceable rubber pad track and powered by an RS 2133 high-speed diesel engine) developed by Repaircraft PLC (UK), achieved a speed of 82.23 kph (51.10 mph) at the QinetiQ vehicle test track, Chertsey, UK, on 26 March 2002. The speed is an average of two consecutive runs in opposite directions. It was officially measured by Malvern Motor Sports Timing Services (internationally qualified timekeepers) using two light beams.
The fastest time to swim 50 m (164 ft) underwater in a 25-m (82-ft) pool is 32.68 seconds by Andrew Vonasch (USA) in the Bellevue Club Pool in Bellevue, Washington, USA, on 1 August 2006 No fins or any other swimming aids were worn during the attempt. Smashed the previous GWR by over 6 seconds.
The fastest Test match half-century was made from 24 balls by Jacques Kallis (South Africa), playing for South Africa against Zimbabwe at Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa, on 4-5 March 2005.
The fastest time to throw ten tennis balls around a circle of ten people is 16.57 seconds and was achieved by Luke Rozanski, Adam Cocking, Alex Moffatt, Zak Tully, Hannah Middleton, Corey Hunter, Dean Grant, Daryl Everitt, James Foster and Michael Joyce (all UK) at the Tyne Metropolitan College, Tyne and Wear, UK, on 8 February 2012. The team were all undertaking extended diplomas in Sports Coaching. On the day (which was celebrating National Apprenticeship Week) the team beat 3 others, which consisted of teachers,
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The fastest theatrical production was produced in 22 hours and was achieved by Youth Theatre Performerz (UK) in association with MRL productions (UK) at the Princes Theatre Clacton in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK, from 31 March to 1 April 2012. Youth Theatre Performerz staged the Tim Firth Musical ‘Our House’, which features songs of the British band ‘Madness.’ The record began at 21:30 on 31 March and ended at exactly 19:30 on 1 April 2012. The 22 hour time period included all aspects of production, including
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The fastest prescribed text message in Arabic blindfolded is 2 min 13 sec achieved by Mohamed Ahmed Al Mulla (UAE) at the Guinness World Records Pavilion in Global Village, Dubai, UAE, on 30 January 2009. The prescribed message was a translation of “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.”
The fastest time for a dog to weave between 12 poles is 1.87 sec by Champion Mach Blazer owned by Elaine Havens (USA) on the set of Animal Planet’s Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals in Los Angeles, California, USA on 24 September 2005.
The fastest time to climb the height of Mount Everest on a machine by a man is 2 hr 53 min 47 sec by Richard Pemberton (Australia) at Executive Fitness Managment Gym, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia on 25 November 2006 the previously recognised official measurement of Mt Everest is 8,848 m or 29,028 ft
The fastest throw of a rugby ball was 48.0 mph (77.25 km/h) and was achieved by Joe Simpson (UK), a professional rugby player for London Wasps, in an event organised by EMC (UK & Ireland) in London, UK, on 14 April 2011. The event was organised by EMC, the official sponsors of London Wasps rugby team, to promote their forthcoming St George’s Day game. 5 professional rugby players (ex and current London Wasps) competed against each other in a face-off challenge and each player had
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Samuel Wanjiru Kamau (Kenya) completed the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05.41 on 11 October 2009.