The record for the fastest time to spell the British Sign Language Alphabet is 4.7 sec and achieved by Thomas McWhinney (UK) in an event organised by Robert Skinner at the Sassoon Gallery in London, UK, on 23 August 2008.

The fastest time to travel to all London Underground network stations is 16 hr 20 min 27 sec and was achieved by Geoff Marshall and Anthony Smith (both UK) at Heathrow Terminal 5, London, UK on 16 August 2013. Marshall and Smith were assisted in their attempt by Chris Green (UK) who planned the route and itinerary used as well as providing live support during the attempt with directions as to which train to take. The record breaking attempt was actually the 25th time that Continue reading →

The fastest time to wrap a person in newspaper is 3 min 5 sec and was achieved by Jonny Andrews (UK) who wrapped Sam Williams (UK) live on ‘9AM Automatic,’ on SURGE Radio in Southampton, UK, on 27 April 2013.

The fastest century in Twenty20 cricket was made off 34 balls by Andrew Symonds (b. 9 June 1975, Australia), playing for Kent against Middlesex at Maidstone, Kent, UK, on 2 July 2004.

A total of 1.3 million tickets were sold for Take That’s (UK) 25-date UK and Ireland tour in one day, 29 October 2010. It was their first tour to feature Robbie Williams since he left the group in 1995.

The record for the fastest unsupported row around the British mainland by a team is 26 days 21 hr 14 min and was set by Lt William de Laszlo, Lt Ben Jesty, Sgt James Bastin and William Turnage (all UK) who departed from Tower Bridge, London on 7 June, rowed clockwise around the mainland and crossed the finishing line back at Tower Bridge, London, UK on 4 July 2005. The row was physically unsupported but they did have radio contact with a shore based team. Continue reading →

The fastest violinist is Ben Lee (UK) who played “Flight of the Bumblebee” in 54.24 sec at Norwood Productions, London, UK on 18 December 2011. Ben has held the record for fastest violinist several times and is one of the most committed competitors for this category. He tours the world with bandmate Linzi Stoppard (UK) as one half of the violin duo ‘Fuse’.

The fastest speed in a water jet powered car is 26.8 km/h (16.65 mi/h) and was achieved by Jason Bradbury (UK) on the set of The Gadget Show at Wattisham Airfield, Ipswich, UK, on 15 March 2010. The speed is the average speed of two runs in opposite directions. The speed was measured each time by independent professionals with a radar gun. The car had a pressurized tank containing 70 litres (15.4 gal) of water and 90 litres (19.8 gal) of air plus two auxillary Continue reading →

The fastest waste container – built using a modified 2 litre ( .43 gal ) Turbo Subaru Impreza Type R Rally Car around an 8 yd ( 7.3 m ) builders skip – set a landspeed record of 151.15 Km/h (93.92 mph), on the .25 mile (.40 km) dragster track at the Santa Pod Raceway in Northants, UK, on 3 November 2007.

Deborah Morris (UK) cleaned three standard 1.14 m x 1.14 m (45 x 45 in) office windows set in a frame with a 300 mm (11.75 in) long squeegee and 9 litres (2 gal; US 2.37 gal) of water in 16.28 sec at the Cleaning Show 2011 held at NEC, National Exhibition Centre, in Birmingham, UK, on 3 March 2011. A base time of 13.28 sec was achieved but 3 sec penalty was incurred.