The fastest average time to solve a Square-1 (Rubik’s Cube) is 12.37 sec and was set by Bingliang Li (China) at the Guangdong Open 2010 held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on 3-4 October 2010.
The fastest escape from a straitjacket in suspension without chains is 25.37 seconds and was achieved by Peng Deming (China) on the set of CCTV Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 17 August 2011. Peng Deming is a magician.
The fastest Road 200m by an individual female inline speed skater is 18.101 seconds by Jersy Puello (Colombia) at Haining, China, on 23 September 2009.
The fastest time to human crab walk 20 metres is 7.84 seconds, achieved by Cameron Jones (USA) on the set of CCTV Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 14 August 2011. Cameron broke his own record.
The magnetically levitated (maglev) train linking China’s Shanghai International Airport and the city’s financial district, reaches a top speed of 431 km/h (267.8 mph) on each 30 km (18 mile) run. The train, built by Germany’s Transrapid International, had its official maiden run on 31 December 2002. Maglev trains use the power of electromagnetism to levitate the carriages above the guideways, meaning that there is effectively no contact (and friction) between train and track. The train makes the 30 km (18 mile) journey in just
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Xu Zhenjun (China) ran the fastest backwards marathon by completing the Beijing International Marathon, China in a time of 3 hr 43 min 39 sec on 17 October 2004.
Dubbed the ‘Blade Runner’, Oscar Pistorius (South Africa) set the track alight at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, China, blazing his way to the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m titles and setting a 400 m record of 47.49 seconds on 16 September 2008. Born without his fibulae, Oscar had his legs amputated below the knees at 11 months old and today runs on carbon-fibre blades in the T44 class. He is now bidding to become the first amputee sprinter to compete at the
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The fastest time to run 5,000 m in the men’s T46 classification at the Paralympics is 14:20.88, by Abraham Cheruiyot Tarbei (Kenya) in Beijing, China, on 13 September 2008.
At Beijing 2008, Kenyan track star Henry Kiprono Kirwa claimed gold in the men¹s 5,000 m in a record time of 14 min 24.02 sec, competing in the T13 category the minimum level of visual impairment.
The line between the cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan in China is the world’s fastest rail link with trains achieving an average speed of 350 km/h (217.48 mph), covering the 1,069-kilometre (664.24 mile) distance in just three hours. This compares favourably with France, where the average speed for high-speed trains is 277 km/h (172.12 mph), while in Japan high-speed trains manage a relatively sedate 243 km/h (150.99 mph).