The fastest Track 300m by an individual female inline speed skater is 26.426 seconds by So Yeong Shin (Korea) at Haining, China, on 18 September 2009.

The fastest Road 200m by an individual male inline speed skater is 16.209 seconds by Gregory Duggento (Italy) at Anyang, Korea, on 6 July 2006.

The fastest Track 10,000m by an individual male inline speed skater is 14:41.425 seconds by Bart Swings (Belgium) at Haining, China, on 18 September 2009.

The fastest goal scored in the Premier League by a substitute is six seconds by Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark) playing for Arsenal against Tottenham Hotspur on 22 December 2007.

The fastest goal in a World Cup finals match, as recognised by FIFA, is 11 seconds, scored by Hakan Sukur of Turkey against Korea Republic at Daegu, Korea on 29 June 2002.

The record for the fastest goal by a substitute is 18 seconds by Uruguay’s Richard Morales against Senegal at the 2002 World Cup in Suwon, South Korea on 11 June 2002.

The fastest goal from the start of a game by a player making his NHL debut was scored by Alexander Mogilny (USSR) just 20 seconds into his debut with the Buffalo Sabres, on 5 October 1989. Yannick Lehoux (Canada), playing for the Phoenix Coyotes, opened the scoring in Phoenix’s 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild with a goal at the 65-second mark of his first NHL game at Minnesota’s Xcel Energy Center, on 8 November 2005, the second-fastest goal from the start of a game Continue reading →

The world´s fastest-growing tree is the empress or foxglove tree (Paulownia tomentosa), named after its purple foxglove-like flowers. It can grow 6 m in its first year, and as much as 30 cm in three weeks. Native to central and west China, but naturalised now in the USA, this large species also produces 3-4 times more oxygen during photosynthesis than any other known species of tree.

The world record for the fastest growing plant belongs to certain species of the 45 genera of bamboo, which have been found to grow at up to 91 cm (35 in) per day or at a rate of 0.00003 km/h (0.00002 mph). According to the RHS Dictionary of Gardening, there are approximately 1,000 species of bamboos.  The tallest recorded in the tropics was reportedly 40 m (130 ft), in Europe and the USA 20-30 m (65-98 ft) has been the tallest.

The fastest time to bend a 6 m long iron bar and fit it into a suitcase is 25 seconds and was achieved by Alexander Muromskiy (Russia) in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, on 9 November 2008.