The fastest time to visit all National Hockey League arenas was 28 days, 6 hr and 34 min by Andre Delsol (USA), who began at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on 12 March 2011 and ended at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on 9 April 2011. Delsol was required to view an entire game at each venue. Delsol logged and submitted all expenses for his journey, which he was able to complete in under 30 days by watching a game in Continue reading →

The fastest time to play a concert in each of the 50 states of the USA is 50 days by Adam Brodsky (USA) between 3 August and 21 September 2003. Brodsky went on play an extra date on 22 September in Washington DC.

Playing for the Dallas Cowboys against the Philadelphia Eagles on 12 October 2003, wide receiver Randal Williams ran in the fastest touchdown in NFL history. On the opening play of the game, the Eagles attempted an onside kick, but Williams caught the ball and returned it 37 yards for a TD. The play, which set up a 23–21 Cowboys win, took just 3 seconds off the clock.

The fastest speed ever reached by a vehicle powered through its wheels is 737.794 km/h (458.444 mi/h), by the turbine-powered Vesco Turbinator, driven by Don Vesco (USA) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on 18 October 2001. Wheel-driven refers to the fact that the power of the engine is directed to the car’s wheels, which then power it forwards. Thrust SSC, the car that set the absolute land speed record, was jet-powered, meaning that it was the thrust of the jets that powered it forward Continue reading →

Grace Pak (USA) typed a prescribed 264-character text on a QWERTY mobile phone in 56.57 sec at Abington Junior High School in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, on 8 June 2011. The text was: The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell (UK), who filed his patent for the telephone on 14 February 1876 at the New York Patent Office, USA. The first intelligible call occurred in March 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, when Bell phoned his assistant in a nearby room and said ‘Come here Watson, Continue reading →

The fastest time to complete a Very Easy Sudoku puzzle is 1 min 23.93 sec by Thomas Snyder (USA) at BookExpo America, Washington DC, USA on 20 May 2006. The attempt was carried out under the auspices of the International Sudoku Organisation and the puzzles were created by Sudoku Grand Master Mike Mepham. Thomas Snyder is American champion and was the second-place finisher at the first World Sudoku Championships in Lucca, Italy in March 2006.

10,000 m 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina (USSR) Seattle, Washington, USA 24 July 1990

The Best Man achieved a speed of 99 km/h (62 mi/h) in Shelbyville, Illinois, USA, on 30 September 2010.

The whip-cracking speed and accuracy world record is held by Robert Dante (USA) who hit 10 targets consecutively with a cracking whip in 3.87 seconds at the Camp Crucible, Darlington, Maryland, USA, on 1 June 2013.

The fastest speed ever reached by a vehicle powered through its wheels is 737.794 km/h (458.444 mi/h), by the turbine-powered Vesco Turbinator, driven by Don Vesco (USA) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on 18 October 2001. Wheel-driven refers to the fact that the power of the engine is directed to the car’s wheels, which then power it forwards. Thrust SSC, the car that set the absolute land speed record, was jet-powered, meaning that it was the thrust of the jets that powered it forward Continue reading →