Fastest-selling gaming peripheral
The fastest-selling gaming peripheral is Kinect for Xbox 360, which sold through an average of 133,333 units per day in its first 60 days on sale from 4 November 2010 to 3 January 2011.
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Fastest-selling digital album in the US by a female artist
For the week ending 13 November 2010, the album Speak Now by Taylor Swift (USA) sold a record 278,000 digital downloads.
Fastest-selling digital album in the UK
Take That´s (UK) album Progress, which featured re-united ex-member Robbie Williams, sold a record 79,807 digital copies on its first day of release (15 November 2010). In total, the album´s first week sales were 518,601 – more than any other album this century.
Fastest-selling US digital download by a female
In the week ending 6 February 2010, “Today Was A Fairytale” by Taylor Swift (USA) entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at No.1 and sold a US record 325,000 digital copies.
Fastest-selling PC game
Released on 7 December 2010, the third expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, Cataclysm, 3.3 million copies sold through as of its first 24 hours of release making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. The record has previously been held by the game’s first two expansion pack, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King.
Fastest-selling musical based on a videogame
The all-female Japanese theatre company Takarazuka Revue has so far produced two musical comedies based on Capcom’s Ace Attorney series. Their second show, Gyakuten Saiban 2, ran for 26 nights between 20 August and 15 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, and sold out all 7,000 seats in under 4 hours. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
Fewest losses by an NHL team in one season
The Montreal Canadiens hold the NHL record for fewest losses in a single season, 8, during a season of at least 70 games played, during the 1976-77 season.
Fewest golf strokes to complete a marathon distance
The fewest strokes taken to complete marathon distance playing golf is 494 strokes and was achieved by Jake Sand (United States) at Desert Mountain Golf Resort, Arizona, United States, on 28 May 2009. The event was to raise money for the Special Olympics and Jake and the other competitors including playing partner Shawn Gobden raised over USD40000. Shawn Gobden was the “fastest” competitor in terms of time, completing the marathon distance in 9 hr 57 min 14.69 sec compared to Jake Sand’s time of 9 Continue reading →
Fewest moves to complete a Rubik’s Cube
The fewest moves used to complete a Rubik’s Cube is 22 and was achieved by Jimmy Coll (Belgium) at the Barcelona Open 2009, in Terrassa, Spain, on 24 April, 2009. The record was equalled by Istvan Kocza (Hungary) at the Czech Open 2010 held in Pardubice, Czech Republic, from 16 to 18 July 2010.
Fire breathing – most flames blown in one minute
The most flames blown in one minute is 108 and was achieved by Fredrik Karlsson (Sweden), at Sergels Torg, in Stockholm, Sweden, on 3 November 2012. Fredrik Karlsson is a fireman and currently also holds the record for the longest duration for a continuous fire blow.