Pressing World Records

Levi Rudolph of Merion Station, Pennsylvania pressed the lap button on an iPad stopwatch 125 times in 15 seconds. Sitting on a couch, he starts the Clock app's stopwatch from zero and drums the lap button with one index finger while his other hand steadies the iPad. The stopwatch's own lap list keeps the count: Lap 125 is logged at 14.84 seconds and Lap 126 lands just past the mark at 15.01. That works out to more than eight presses a second.

Admiral Tophat pressed down a stapler 42 times in 10 seconds.

Nathan D. pressed the equal sign on a scientific calculator 467 times in one minute.

Drew M. pressed the keys zero to nine on his mobile phone 18 times in 30 seconds.

Simon Perkins pressed the A button on a Nintendo Wii controller 87 times in 10 seconds.

Simon Perkins pressed a button 87 times on a gaming controller in 10 seconds.

Darius S. pressed the R1 controller on a Playstation 3 controller 195 times in 30 seconds.

Thommy Ohlund performed 23 consecutive 70-pound dumbbell presses using his left arm.

Thommy Ohlund completed 18 50-pound left arm dumbbell presses in 15 seconds.

Mark Z. pressed the "lap" button on his iPhone stopwatch 122 times in 10 seconds.

Clint Poore pressed a 55-pound anvil 14 times with his left arm.

Clint Poore pressed a 55-pound anvil 15 times with his right arm.

Matthew O. pressed the lap button on her iPad stopwatch 112 times in 10 seconds.

Clint P. completed 18 reps overhead pressing a 101-pound keg.

Clint P. completed 15 reps overhead pressing a 175-pound wooden log.

Clint P. pressed a wooden log weighing 275 pounds. Clint's body weight at the time of the attempt was 231 pounds. WARNING: Weightlifting can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional weightlifter. We will not accept submissions from minors.