Fastest solo, unsupported and unassisted journey to the South Pole On 13 January 2011, 35-year-old Christian Eide (Norway) completed a solo and unsupported trek to the South Pole in a record time of 24 days 1 hr 13 min. He set of on the 1,150-km (715-mile) adventure on 20 December 2010 and opted for the Hercules Inlet route, covering an average of 47 km (29 miles) per day – although on his last day, he managed to ski 90 km (56 miles). Eide smashed the Continue reading →

The fastest speed recorded by a rider on deubt in Isle of Man TT is 125.808mph by Steve Plater (UK) on a 1000cc Yamaha in 2007.

The fastest speed kite surfing was 55.65 knots (103 km/h; 64 mph) achieved by Rob Douglas (USA) at the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge in Luderitz, Namibia, on 28 October 2010 Extraordinary winds at the Speed Challenge helped aid this record in falling multiple times during the event. Douglas, in fact, broke the previous record of 55.49 knots that was set only 14 minutes earlier.

The fastest speed possible in the universe is the speed of light. This is achieved only by light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, ie radio waves, X-rays, infrared radiation etc. The speed of light actually varies depending what it is travelling through. It is fastest when travelling through a vacuum where its velocity is 299,792,458 m/s (983,571,056 ft/sec). This means that, when you look at the Moon, you see it as it was about 1.3 seconds ago, and the Sun around 8.3 minutes ago. Continue reading →

The fastest sport stacking doubles cycle stack is 6.281 seconds and was achieved by Jae Ho Jung and Si Woo Kim (both South Korea) at the 2014 WSSA Korea Sejong City Open Sport Stacking Championships, in Sejong, South Korea, on 19 July 2014.

Paula Radcliffe (UK), 2:17:18, 13 Oct 2002

The fastest time to blow a Malteser 100 metres by a team of 10 is 3 minutes 1 second and was achieved by Alex Debenham, Gareth O’Neil, Jay Chauhan, Kathryn Bridger, Lucy Ostermeyer, Mick Style, Pippa Rubin, Dan Alderson (all UK), Amelia Ross (New Zealand) and Katriona Connolly (Ireland) at the World Trade Centre in Barcelona, Spain on 14 May 2010. A straw was used to blow the Malteser over 10 x 10 metre stretches. The team took part in a relay formation.

The fastest time to complete 20 calculations on Dr. Kawashima’s Brain training, was achieved by YouTube poster hirokiti55nanakusado (Japan), who submitted a time of just 7 seconds to complete the “20 calculations” component. This effectively means solving three (simple) maths problems every second.

The fastest time to complete a marathon in orbit was achieved by NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams (USA), of Needham, Massachusetts, USA, above Earth on board the International Space Station. Ms Williams, who ran the 42 km (26.2 miles) strapped to a treadmill with bungy cord, competed as an offical entrant of the 111th Boston Marathon (USA) on 16 April 2007, finishing in a time of 4 hr 24 min. Ms Williams circled the Earth at least twice in the process, running as fast as 12.8 Continue reading →

The fastest time to complete the London Marathon by a male wheelchair athlete is 1:28:57 by Kurt Fearnley (Australia) on 26 April 2009.