The fastest time to eat a bowl of 100 gr (3.53 oz) of spaghetti is 45 sec and was achieved by Takeru Kobayashi (Japan) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy on 25 March 2011.

The fastest time to flip a Fingal’s finger twice is 23.76 sec and was achieved by Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 8 April 2011. Fingal Finger – a heavy, hinged pole “finger”) lifted starting from a horizontal resting position and flipped over to the other side. The event takes its name from Fingal, a mythological Gaelic hunter-warrior. The Finger in the record weighs 200 kg and is 5 m tall.

The fastest time to lift 5 Atlas stones and throw them over a 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) obstacle is 15.83 sec and was achieved by Travis Ortmayer (USA) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 28 April 2011. Travis Ortmayer (born August 9, 1981) is an American Professional Strongman athlete from Cypress, Texas. Travis is the owner of Athletic Nation gym. Travis is nicknamed the Texas Stoneman due to his many world records in the Atlas Stone event. Continue reading →

The fastest time to pierce 4 coconuts with a finger is 12.15 sec and was achieved by Ho Eng Hui aka Master Ho (Malaysia) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 21 April 2011. Each coconut is considered pierced once the inside water pours out. For this records, the coconuts must have been removed from the plant for at least 10 days.

The fastest time to solve 10 Fifteen puzzles is 3 min 51 sec and was achieved by Dror Vomberg (Israel) on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 4 March 2010. The record was part of the Italian TV show “Lo Show dei Record”. Dror also used to hold the record for “Fastest time to solve a Rubik Cube – blindfolded” in 2003.

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.

30,000 m walk 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano (Italy) Cuneo, Italy 3 October 1992

The first aerial bombardment ever was attempted in 1849 when Austrians launched 200 pilot-less hot-air balloons to drop timed-release bombs over enemy defences in Venice, Italy. Due to unpredictable winds, however, there were few casualties. Please note: Italy, at that time, was not unified – rather it was a collection of smaller states.

The first diver to execute a running takeoff in cliff-diving competition was Gary Hunt (UK), who launched into four front-piked 4 somersaults with 2.5 twists during the inaugural Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event at Polignano a Mare, Italy, on 8 August 2010.

The first World Sudoku Championship were held in Lucca, Italy, by the World Puzzle Federation, between 10–12 March 2006. The winner was Jana Tylová (Czech Republic).