Letter World Records

In homage to his love of food, Colin Nissan sets a new universal record by opening a can of Campbell’s Alphabet Soup and spelling out ‘PANTYHOSE’ in one minute, 25.77 seconds. Nissan set the record on January 7, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City. He opened a standard size (10.5 ounces) pop top lid can, strained the letters, and then spelled out ‘PANTYHOSE’ using letters from the soup. Ronnie Gensler and Nicholas Fritzhand were present to document the achievement and confirm proper spelling. [#WRAS02][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

Rowan C. recited 106 four-letter words in one minute.

Triston Greene scored 171 points after placing one tile during a game of Scrabble.

Karan T. recited the alphabet backwards in 2.17 seconds.

Doron T. posted 40 consecutive tweets using every letter of the English alphabet.

Nick Pascarella recited the entire alphabet in 1.86 seconds.

Lucy Smith and Sophia Lipkin ink stamp the entire English alphabet in one minute and 56.32 seconds, a new world record. The letters were stamped in alphabetical order. The girls performed the feat on April 4, 2009 at the first annual Brooklyn World Record Day in Brooklyn, New York. The event was held by URDB in conjunction with Beam Camp. Dan Rollman was present as a witness. #BWRD01

Hunter Kerr of Great Falls spelled "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" out loud, all 34 letters, in 3.08 seconds. Filmed at home in one continuous take, Hunter starts a phone stopwatch, rattles off the letters in a single breathless burst, stops the clock on the final S and holds the 3.08 reading up to the camera. The stopwatch stays in the shot from start to stop, and RecordSetter checked the timing against the audio. Not even Mary Poppins could keep up.

Ben Butler stacked 60 Scrabble tiles in one minute.

Laura All spelled 43 words using the letters in ‘SAUCONY ORIGINALS’ in one minute, a world record. One-letter words weren’t accepted, but two-letter words were OK. She wasn’t allowed to read words from a computer-generated list. All achieved the feat on July 19, 2009 at the Pitchfork Music Festival[] in Chicago, Illinois. Representatives from RecordSetter.com were present to document the record. #PF01

Adam Pollock spelled out “I (Heart) PICKLED HERRING” with pickled herring and ate it in three minutes, 33.81 seconds. Timing began when he started spelling, and stopped when he’d finished eating. Herring for the record was donated by Russ amp; Daughters. Pollock achieved the feat on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation[] society event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. NOTE: Stuffing food in your mouth can be dangerous. Please use caution and have adult supervision on-hand. #WRAS08

Kai Yi Lim wrote the English alphabet in 6.90 seconds.

Josh Morden spelled “THE RECORD COLLECTION” in one minute, 55.80 seconds using Alpha-Bits cereal.

Maddi Stadtmueller and her friends created 25 backronyms in one minute.

Jeff Taylor sang a love letter that Alexander Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Schuyler in three minutes, 43.10 seconds.

Wes Turner made an “S” using sticky notes on someone else’s body in 12.56 seconds. 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.