The fastest time to type from 1 to 50 with a full stop in between each number was 16.30 seconds achieved by Hind Al Mulla (UAE) at the Guinness World Records Pavilion in Global Village, Dubai, UAE, on 9 February 2009.
Christian Eide, Morten Andvig, Rune Midtgaard and Mads Agerup (all Norway) trekked from the Messner Start on the Filchner Ice Shelf to the Geographic South Pole in 24 days 8 hours and 57 mins between 2 December and 26 December 2008.
The fastest time to travel to all London Underground network stations is 16 hr 20 min 27 sec and was achieved by Geoff Marshall and Anthony Smith (both UK) at Heathrow Terminal 5, London, UK on 16 August 2013. Marshall and Smith were assisted in their attempt by Chris Green (UK) who planned the route and itinerary used as well as providing live support during the attempt with directions as to which train to take. The record breaking attempt was actually the 25th time that
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The fastest time to visit and watch a complete game in every Major League Baseball Park is 29 days by Michael Wenz and Jacob Lindhorst (both US) from 12 June – 10 July 2005 They started at the New York Mets’ Shea Stadium, and finished at Dolphin Pro Player Stadium, home of the Florida Marlins in Miami. They had only one day without seeing a game (June 26th) and caught double headers on the 15th (in Chicago) and the 22nd (Pittsburgh and Cleveland). They did
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The fastest time to type the alphabet is 3.43 seconds, achieved by Mohd. Khursheed Hussain (India), at the Sardar Patel Auditoriun, KMIT, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, on 2 February 2012. The event took place from 10.45 am to noon, with several members of the press in attendance.
The fastest time to walk 10 m backwards in iron shoes is 34 seconds, shared by Zhang Zhenghui and Kan Yong (both China), who went head to head on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 21 December 2010.
The fastest time to visit all 194 United Nations member countries is 3 years 3 months and 6 days and was achieved by Yili Liu (USA) between 23 September 2007 and 29 December 2010. The countries were visited in 26 separate trips. All the journeys were travelled using public transport, mostly by aeroplane but some bus and train journeys also.
The fastest time to visit all National Hockey League arenas was 28 days, 6 hr and 34 min by Andre Delsol (USA), who began at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on 12 March 2011 and ended at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on 9 April 2011. Delsol was required to view an entire game at each venue. Delsol logged and submitted all expenses for his journey, which he was able to complete in under 30 days by watching a game in
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The fastest time to wallpaper 16 m² (172.2 ft²) is 6 min 38 sec achieved by Manfred Warmuth (Germany) in Cologne, Germany, on 23 February 2008.
The fastest time to walk 20 m with feet facing backwards is 19.59 seconds and was achieved by Moses Lanham (USA) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 10 March 2011. As per guidelines Moses’s feet have remained at an angle of 120 degrees for the duration of the record.