The fastest time to scan and bag 50 shopping items is 1 min 53 sec and was achieved by Rosilda Ferreira (Brazil) at Prezunic Supermarket in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 6 February 2009. 50 different items must be scanned and the last item scanned must be a Guinness World Records edition.
The fastest time to skateboard 100 cones in slalom was 20.77 sec by Janis Kuzmins (Latvia) at Meza Park in Riga, Latvia, on 12 September 2010. Each cone was placed 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) apart from each other at the centre of the base as part of the Nike Riga Run event.
The fastest time to shell one unpricked boiled egg is 5.59 seconds, achieved by Matthew Mark Mason (USA), in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, on 15 January 2012. This record was broken on the Guinness World Record Challengers site (Challengers’ tag: mmm0225): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/91-fastest-time-to-shell-a-boiled-egg
The fastest time to shear a single mature sheep is 39.31 seconds by Hilton Barrett (Australia) at the Wellington Show 2010 in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, on 1 May 2010. The record was set as part of a competition at the annual show, in which six different participants had two chances each to attempt to break the world record. Barrett was the only one to finish with a time below 40 seconds.
The fastest time to solve 5 Rubik’s cubes using one hand is 1 min 52.46 sec and was achieved by Yumu Tabuchi (Japan) on the set of Bikkuri Chojin Special #3 (Fuji TV) in Tokyo, Japan, on 15 March 2010. The attempt was part of the TV show ‘Bikkuri Chojin Special #3.’
The fastest time to solve 10 Fifteen puzzles is 3 min 51 sec and was achieved by Dror Vomberg (Israel) on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 4 March 2010. The record was part of the Italian TV show “Lo Show dei Record”. Dror also used to hold the record for “Fastest time to solve a Rubik Cube – blindfolded” in 2003.
The fastest time to solve a Pyraminx (Rubik’s Cube) is 2.40 sec and was set by Oscar Roth Andersen (Denmark) at the Fredericia Open 2011 held in Fredericia, Denmark, on 29-30 January 2011.
The fastest time to solve a Megaminx (Rubik’s Cube) is 46.81 sec and was set by Simon Westlund (Sweden) at the Helsinki Open 2011 held in Helsinki, Finland, on 22-23 January 2011.
The fastest time to solve a 4×4 Cube blindfolded is 3 minutes 37.80 seconds (including memorizing time) and was achieved by Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) at the Melbourne Summer 2011, held in Melbourne, Australia, on 29-30 January 2011.
The fastest time to solve a Square-1 (Rubik’s Cube) is 8.65 sec and was set by Bingliang Li (China) at the Guangdong Open 2010 held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on 3-4 October 2010.