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Fastest time to decorate a Christmas tree

The fastest time to decorate a Christmas tree is 36.89 seconds and was achieved by Sharon Juantuah (UK) in Essex, UK, on 22 November 2013. Enterprise Plants Ltd. and London’s Artillery Property Design joined forces to try and break the record, with TV personality Bill Oddie present as one of the witnesses.

Fastest time to eat two bags of watercress

The fastest time to eat two 85 g (3 oz) bags of watercress is 49.69 and was achieved by Sam Batho (UK) at the Watercress Festival 2010 in Alresford, England, UK on 16 May 2010. Sam Batho is a 22 year old builder from Alresford. Sam said: “I love eating watercress. I think my win was down to my technique of chewing one bag at a time and swallowing it with large gulps of water”. The festival is an annual celebration of the start of Continue reading →

Fastest time to erect a four man tent

The fastest time to erect a four man tent is 2 minutes and 7 seconds and was achieved by Dillon Livingston, Thomas Watkins, Roy A. Edwards, Katie Olivier, Rose Hircock, John Logan, Des Woodcock, Elizabeth Jones, Joanna Charlton (all UK) and Olga Iljuscenko(Lithuania) at the Mary Ward House in Camden, London, UK on 1 July 2011. The tent used was not a pop up tent, as per the guidelines. The attempt was done indoors with sods of grass for the pegs to be pushed into.

Fastest time to hang three strips of wallpaper – team of two

The fastest time to hang three strips of wallpaper by a team of two is 1 min 16.435 sec, achieved by Phil Burgess and Simon Whitaker (both UK), at the National Painting and Decorating Show, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK, on 16 November 2011. Record attempts were held over the course of the two day expo. after two days of competition Burgess and Whitaker broke the previous record by 10 seconds.