Fastest time to eat a bowl of pasta
The fastest time to eat a bowl of 100 gr (3.53 oz) of spaghetti is 45 sec and was achieved by Takeru Kobayashi (Japan) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy on 25 March 2011.
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Fastest time to erect a four man tent
The fastest time to erect a four man tent is 2 minutes and 7 seconds and was achieved by Dillon Livingston, Thomas Watkins, Roy A. Edwards, Katie Olivier, Rose Hircock, John Logan, Des Woodcock, Elizabeth Jones, Joanna Charlton (all UK) and Olga Iljuscenko(Lithuania) at the Mary Ward House in Camden, London, UK on 1 July 2011. The tent used was not a pop up tent, as per the guidelines. The attempt was done indoors with sods of grass for the pegs to be pushed into.
Fastest time to enter a suitcase
The fastest time to enter a zipped suitcase is 5.43 seconds achieved by Leslie Tipton (USA) on 14 September 2009 in New York, USA on the LIVE! with Regis & Kelly show.
Fastest time to fly a helicopter around the world eastbound
The flight was made solo, with no support aircraft or other pilot to share flying duties. The route was from Shoreham across Europe and Russia, into Alaska via the Bering Strait, then down the Rockies into the US before heading back north to the UK across the North Sea via Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
Fastest time to flip a Fingal’s finger twice
The fastest time to flip a Fingal’s finger twice is 23.76 sec and was achieved by Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 8 April 2011. Fingal Finger – a heavy, hinged pole “finger”) lifted starting from a horizontal resting position and flipped over to the other side. The event takes its name from Fingal, a mythological Gaelic hunter-warrior. The Finger in the record weighs 200 kg and is 5 m tall.
Fastest time to escape from three handcuffs underwater
The fastest time to escape from three handcuffs underwater is 38.69 seconds and was achieved by Zdenek Bradac (Czech Republic) in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, on 9 September 2009. Mr. Bradac also holds the record for the fastest handcuff escape (1.66 sec).
Fastest time to handcuff 10 people
The fastest time to handcuff 10 people is 25 seconds and was achieved by Shivaji Lahu Chakane (India) on the set of Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega in Mumbai, India, on 22 March 2011. Shivaji went head to head with a colleague of his.
Fastest time to halve 10 matches with an axe
The fastest time to halve 10 matches with an axe is 3.59 seconds and was achieved by Bipin Larkin (USA) at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 20 October 2010.
Fastest time to high five 20 people (blindfolded)
The fastest time to high five 20 people blindfolded is 24.88 seconds and was achieved by Joseph Macnab (UK) at the Black Island Television Studios, London, UK, on 3 February 2011. Joseph is an actor who was taking part in the Cadbury’s Spots vs Stripes campaign advert filiming.
Fastest time to hang three strips of wallpaper – team of two
The fastest time to hang three strips of wallpaper by a team of two is 1 min 16.435 sec, achieved by Phil Burgess and Simon Whitaker (both UK), at the National Painting and Decorating Show, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK, on 16 November 2011. Record attempts were held over the course of the two day expo. after two days of competition Burgess and Whitaker broke the previous record by 10 seconds.