Computer World Records

107 computer world records, videos, and challenges
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Records

01:08 United States

Most Internet Signals Picked Up In One Location

Corey Henderson

Corey Henderson picked up 41 internet signals at URDB HQ in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood.

00:02 England

Most Messages In A Facebook Email Thread

Ftards

Fahi A. created a Facebook email thread that contains 686,739 messages.

04:16 United States

Most Times To Unfollow Someone On Twitter In 30 Seconds

World Records For Everyone!

Jireh A. unfollowed someone on Twitter 48 times in 30 seconds.

01:15 United States

Most Insulting Tweets Directed Toward A Friend In One Minute

Streeter Seidell

Streeter Seidell sent 13 insulting tweets to his friend Jeff Rubin[] in one minute. He was angry at Rubin for not attending an event they’d planned to go to together. Seidell set the record at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. This record contains adult language. [#WRAS11][]

05:52 United States

Most Operating Systems Running On A Computer At Once

NoahPlotkin

Noah P. ran 21 operating systems on his computer at once.

00:43 United States

Longest Time To Watch "Amazing Horse" While Working

Corey Henderson

Corey Henderson continued working his job as CTO of RecordSetter while watching Amazing Horse non-stop for one hour, 31 minutes and 43 seconds.

00:34 India

Most Rotations Of A USB Flash Drive On A Lanyard Around Finger In 15 Seconds

Suresh Gaur

Suresh Gaur spun a USB flash drive on the end of a lanyard around his right index finger 60 times in 15 seconds.

00:28 Pakistan

Longest Two Person Comment Thread On A Facebook Wall Post

Dawar Kazi

Dawar Kazi and his friend commented back and forth 151,453 times on a [Facebook][1] wall post. NOTE: Moving forward, submissions in this category must meet the [RecordSetter Facebook submission criteria][2].

00:24 Netherlands

Fastest Time To Complete Track A01 Of "Trackmania Nations Forever"

DivisionX

Division X completed track A01 of “TrackMania Nations Forever” in 24.00 seconds.

01:07 United States

Longest Thumb Drive Domino Chain In 30 Seconds

Dustin James

Dustin Barker made a domino chain using 26 thumb drives and successfully made the entire chain toppled. Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will. General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.

03:52 Canada

Most Links To URDB.org On A Personal Web Page

Darryl Learie

Darryl Learie has 3,614 links that link toRecordSetter’swebsite on his personal web page.

01:38 The Internet

Most Digital Generated Explosions Featured In A 6-Second Video

John Kunze

John Kunze fit 15 digitally generated explosions into a 6-second video.

01:14 United States

Fastest Time To Create A Gravatar Account And Upload A Picture

Alex Cunningham

Alex Cunningham created a Gravatar account and uploaded a picture in 57.96 seconds.

02:00 The Internet

Fewest Words Typed In One Minute

Jeremy Dowell

Jeremy Dowell typed four words in one minute.

01:12 The Internet

Fastest Time To Register A Squarespace Site

Daniel John

Daniel John registered a Squarespace site in 24.15 seconds.

02:53 United States

Fastest Time To Collect The Eight Red Coins In "Cool Cool Mountain" In Super Mario 64 While Holding The Baby Penguin

Alex Cunningham

Alex Cunningham collected all eight red coins on Cool Cool Mountain in Super Mario 64 while holding the baby penguin in two minutes, 20.87 seconds.

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