James Popplewell A.K.A. ‘The Mayor of Flair’ (UK) potted all of the colours in sequence on a snooker table in 23 seconds at the studios of Sky Sports Soccer AM’s All Sports Show, Isleworth, Middlesex, UK on 12 May 2005. Chris Marais adjudicated. Stopwatch was stopped at 23.09 and a view was taken to ignore the hundredths of a second.

The fastest slot car was a Scalextric Honda F1 replica, which reached a speed of 983.88 scale mph (1,583.4 scale kph) when it was controlled by Dallas Campbell (UK) of The Gadget Show at the Chatsworth Rally Show, Chatsworth, UK, on 6 June 2008. “Scale MPH” is the standard measurement for speed records on slot cars. Since the majority of cars are built to a 1/32 scale, their speed is measured over a distance that is 1/32 of a mile (165 feet). In standard speed Continue reading →

The record attempt was set up and filmed for the ITV motoring programme Pulling Power. The Caterham 7 Fireblade is powered by a 900 cc Honda motorcycle engine with built-in gearbox. Because most motorcycles don’t have reverse gears, the drivetrain on this car is configured to allow all six forward gears to become reverse gears, allowing theoretical reverse speeds of up to 200 km/h (125 mph).

The official FAI speed record for helicopters is 400.87 km/h (249.09 mph) and was set by John Trevor Eggington with co-pilot Derek J Clews, over Glastonbury, Somerset, England on 11 August 1986 in a Westland Lynx demonstrator.

The fastest speed in a hydro-jet powered kayak is 40 km/h (24.85 mph) and was achieved by Shaun Baker (UK) at Eton College Rowing Lake, Berkshire, UK on 6 September 2006.

The fastest completion of Emerald Hill, Zone 1 on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Xbox Live Arcade is 21 sec, achieved by Justin Towell (UK), at the Golden Joystick Awards in London, UK on 30 October 2009. The previous record of 22 seconds, held by James Richards, was beaten by Justin at the end of the day, after news of James’ time had already been announced.

Dave Coates (UK) reached a speed of 244.1 km/h (151.7 mph) on a motorcycle sitting with his back to the handlebars at Elvington airfield, Yorkshire, UK, on 28 October 2002.

Having stood for 114 years, the oldest record in ocean-rowing history was finally broken in 2010, when the crew of the Artemis Investments – Leven Brown, Don Lennox (both UK), Ray Carroll (Ireland) and Livar Nysted (Faroe Islands) – rowed the Atlantic west to east from Battery Park, New York, USA, to St Mary’s, Scilly Isles, UK, in just 43 days 21 hr 26 min 48 sec. The four men rowed from 17 June to 31 July 2010, beating the previous record, set in 1896, Continue reading →

A production standard S 2000 Scorpion Peacekeeper tank (complete with appliqué hull armour, ballistic skirts, K10000 replaceable rubber pad track and powered by an RS 2133 high-speed diesel engine) developed by Repaircraft PLC (UK), achieved a speed of 82.23 kph (51.10 mph) at the QinetiQ vehicle test track, Chertsey, UK, on 26 March 2002. The speed is an average of two consecutive runs in opposite directions. It was officially measured by Malvern Motor Sports Timing Services (internationally qualified timekeepers) using two light beams.

The fastest time to throw ten tennis balls around a circle of ten people is 16.57 seconds and was achieved by Luke Rozanski, Adam Cocking, Alex Moffatt, Zak Tully, Hannah Middleton, Corey Hunter, Dean Grant, Daryl Everitt, James Foster and Michael Joyce (all UK) at the Tyne Metropolitan College, Tyne and Wear, UK, on 8 February 2012. The team were all undertaking extended diplomas in Sports Coaching. On the day (which was celebrating National Apprenticeship Week) the team beat 3 others, which consisted of teachers, Continue reading →