Alain Trottier (USA) completed a 100-m sprint whilst skipping rope in 15.3 sec at Calvary Chapel High School, Santa Ana, California, USA on 25 October 2003.
The fastest 100 m with a can balanced on head by a dog is 2 min 55 sec achieved by Sweet Pea, an Australian Shepherd/Border Collie cross and her owner Alex Rothaker (USA) at the college of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, USA, on 3 September 2008.
The fastest 10m balancing a cue on chin is 3.02 seconds, achieved by Ashrita Furman, (USA) at Jamaica high school track, Jamaica, New york, USA on 30 August 2009. Ashrita balanced a pool cue on the chin while carrying out the record attempt. The length of the pool cue was 58.25 in and weighed 500g.
The fastest 400m while juggling five objects was achieved in 1 min 10.50 sec by Matthew Feldman (USA) at Polo Park Junior High School in Wellington, Florida, on 9 August 2011. Feldman has attempted several Guinness World Records for running and juggling (or ‘joggling’) and claims that he combined his two passions together into one to save time!
The fastest 5 km joggling with three objects (female) is 20 min 40 sec and was achieved by Dana Guglielmo (USA) at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey, USA, on 6 April 2014.
The fastest 400 metres on spring loaded stilts is 1 minute 32.78 seconds, achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA), at the Jamaica High School athletic track in New York, New York, USA, on 21 December 2011. The spring loaded stilts were commercially available.
The fastest time to skip 5 km without a rope is 29 min 33 seconds by John Earney (USA) at California State University San Marcos in San Diego, California, USA on 14 July 2014. He placed a 1978 edition Guinness World Records book, which he received on his 7th birthday, at the finish line in order to keep him motivated.
The fastest 50 m (164 ft) hand walk on stilts is 1 min 30 sec achieved by Carlos Rodriguez Diaz (Cuba) at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, on 16 June 2009. This attempt was organised as part of Cirque du Soleil 25th anniversary celebrations.
Perry Romanowski (USA) ran whilst juggling three balls (joggling) 80.5 km. (50 miles) in 8 hr 23 min 52 sec at Street Beach House, Chicago, USA, on 27 October 2007.
In August 2010, as part of its 1,800 hour flight test programme, a Gulfstream G650 passenger jet serial number 6001, flown by test pilots Tom Horne and Gary Freeman, reached a flight speed of Mach 0.995 in a 16-18 degree dive in Savannah, Georgia, USA and this, together with its maximum cruising speed of Mach 0.925, make the Gulfstream G650 the fastest civil business aircraft currently flying. Designed to carry eight passengers and four crewmembers, the G650 has a potential range of 7,000 nautical miles
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