Paul Tucker (UK) pedalled across the English Channel from a point near Cap Gris-Nez, France, to Folkestone, Kent, UK, in 7 hr 6 min on 21 May 2002. His 3.7 m (12 ft) boat Escapade was powered by a propeller turned by pedals. The record attempt was in aid of the Royal British Legion. The crossing above was the return leg of a double crossing (he also holds the record for fastest double crossing).
The fastest crossing of the English channel by a coxed team of rowers is 2 hr 41 min 45 sec, by Victor Evans, Andrew Byrant, Stephen Tupper, Lee Stampton and cox Joshua Stevenson (all UK) from Dover Rowing Club, Dover, UK on 19 September 2005. They rowed from Shakespeare Beach, Dover to Sangatte, France. Good claim with maps and GPS tracking
The record for the fastest time a dog can pass through a tunnel made of 50 people is 2.1 sec and was set by Fizzy as part of the Animal Roadshow Live at Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK on 23 April 2005.
The fastest escape from a pair of double locked regulation prisoner transport irons is 1 min 37.34 sec, achieved by Stuart Burrell (UK) at the Magic At The Barn event at Sutton Hall, Rochford, Essex, UK, on 13 July 2014.
The fastest time to escape from a regulated Posey straitjacket is 4.69 seconds and was achieved by Sofia Romero (UK) at the Aylestone Leisure Centre, Leicester, UK on 9 June 2011. Sofia attempted the record five times and the fifth was the fastest. She used a regulated Posey straitjacket, not a theatrical one, in accordance with the guidelines.
On 11 July 1999 at the North England Ferret Racing Championships held in Blythe, Northumberland,UK, an albino ferret named ‘Warhol’, owned by Jacqui Adams (UK), ran the 10 m (32 ft 9 in) tube race in 12.59 sec thus beating 150 other ferret competitors. Warhol weighed 2.72 kg (6 lb) at the time of the race.
British Airways Concorde took 2 hrs 52 mins 59 secs to travel the 6,035 km (3,750 miles) between New York (JFK airport) and London (Heathrow) on 7 February 1996, breaking its own record set in April 1990 by one and a half minutes. The plane, piloted by Captain Leslie Scott (UK), averaged over 2,011 km/h (1,250 mph).
The flight record is 1 hr 54 mins 56.4 secs by USAF Major James V. Sullivan, and Major Noel F. Widdifield, flying a Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird eastwards on 1 September 1974. The average speed for the New York–London stage of 5,570.80 km (3,461.53 miles) was 2,908.02 km/h (1,806.96 mph). The speed only slowed to refuel once from a specially-modified KC-135 refuelling tanker aircraft. The aircraft then went on display at Farnborough Air Show for one week – the first time the secret plane had been
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The record for the fastest group of Maasai Warriors to complete a marathon is 5 hr 24 min 47 sec and was achieved by six Maasai Warriors from Tanzania at the Flora London Marathon 2008, in London, UK, on 13 Apr 2008. It was the first time these warriors had left Tanzania. The GWR Team Marathon adjudicated.
The fastest half marathon in a full fireman’s uniform is 2 hr 41 sec and was achieved by Stuart Ruston (UK) at the Ironbridge Half Marathon in Telford, Shropshire, UK, on 31 March 2013. Stuart is a fire fighter for the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and ran to raise money for ‘The Fire Fighters Charity’ and ‘Help for Heroes’. The official race time was 02:00.41.