The fastest time to duct tape oneself to a wall is 2 minutes 12.63 seconds, and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA), at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 5 October 2011. Furman has now held this record a total of 6 times.
The fastest time to eat three pickled eggs is 34.50 seconds, and was achieved by Kyle Thomas Moyer (USA) in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, USA, on 19 November 2013. This record was broken on the Guinness World Record Challengers site (Challengers’ tag: ITS_GUMBALL): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/223-fastest-time-to-eat-three-pickled-eggs/
The fastest time to enter a zipped suitcase is 5.43 seconds achieved by Leslie Tipton (USA) on 14 September 2009 in New York, USA on the LIVE! with Regis & Kelly show.
The fastest time to halve 10 matches with an axe is 3.59 seconds and was achieved by Bipin Larkin (USA) at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 20 October 2010.
The fastest time to peel 50 pounds (22.68 kg) of onions is 2 minutes 39 seconds and was achieved by Bob Blumer (Canada) at the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival in Walla Walla, Washington, USA, on 18 July 2010. 31 onions were peeled during the attempt, which was documented for the television show “Glutton for Punishment.”
The fastest time to peel and eat three oranges is 1 minute 9.72 seconds and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 30 April 2011. Two oranges weighed 10 oz exactly and the third weighed 10.2 oz.
The fastest time to sail from New York to San Francisco is 43 days 3 min 18 sec and was achieved by the 110 ft (33.5m) multihull, Gitana 13, crewed by a team of nine and skippered by Lionel Lemonchois (France) between 16 January and 28 February 2006.
The fastest time to shell one unpricked boiled egg is 5.59 seconds, achieved by Matthew Mark Mason (USA), in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, on 15 January 2012. This record was broken on the Guinness World Record Challengers site (Challengers’ tag: mmm0225): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/91-fastest-time-to-shell-a-boiled-egg
The fastest time to throw 10 knives alternatively to both sides of a human target is 4 seconds, and was achieved by Dr. David R. Adamovich (The Great Throwdini, USA) and his target girl Tina Nagy (USA) in New York City, New York, USA, on 10 November 2008. The record was set in the rehearsal for “The Morning News” in CW11. Only 10 knives were used for the record at a distance of 6 feet to the target.
The fastest time to visit and watch a complete game in every Major League Baseball Park is 29 days by Michael Wenz and Jacob Lindhorst (both US) from 12 June – 10 July 2005 They started at the New York Mets’ Shea Stadium, and finished at Dolphin Pro Player Stadium, home of the Florida Marlins in Miami. They had only one day without seeing a game (June 26th) and caught double headers on the 15th (in Chicago) and the 22nd (Pittsburgh and Cleveland). They did
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