Speed World Records

Aidan H. flared his nostrils 204 times in one minute.

Ivan C. ran around a church in 15.75 seconds.

Kamal A. performed 42 one-handed Charlier card cuts in 30 seconds.

13-year old Melissa White completed the 100 metre hurdles in 18.78 seconds while wearing a blue outfit.

Eliza and Emma sent and received seven text messages in 33.78 seconds quoting William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the speech “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”

Paula Ulloa said the word "Obama" 38 times in 15 seconds.

Radio host Paul Van Sickle ate a Big Momma’s Cinnamon Roll in 19 minutes, 52.32 seconds, a new world record. The roll measured 9 inches in diameter and 3 inches in height. He set the record on July 2, 2009 on the Great Getting Up In The Morning Show[] on KCWJ in Kansas City, Missouri. Royce Handy was present as a witness.

Led by Rob Roush, a member of Camp Revolution hugged 90 people in one minute.

Craig Morrison of The Record Collection squeezed open seven standard ketchup packets in 30 seconds. #RecordSetterBook01

Danny Puskarcik drank a pint of soda water, ate a cucumber without touching it, opened a fortune cookie, read it aloud and ate and it and finally put back a shot of peach schnapps in four minutes, 10.18 seconds. NOTE: Stuffing food in your mouth can be dangerous. Please use caution and have adult supervision on hand.

Corey and Autumn Pottratz got married in six minutes and 36 seconds, a new world record. Their ceremony was cut short due to rain. The record was set on July 7, 2007 in Westminster, Colorado. Laura Huffman was present as a witness.

Otra Movida host Cristina Pedroche placed 19 CDs back in ther original cases in one minute, 8.12 seconds. She placed back the 19 first volumes of the "Otra Movida" music collection by DjValdi.

Bethany Lee completed 39 dual lip curls in 10 seconds, a new world record. The original count was 40, but one curls was outside the 10 second limit. #RecordSetterBook01

Sam Klarich, Abby, Brittani, and Emily each read the first four limericks of John Ciardi’s The Hopeful Trout And Other Limericks[] in a combined two minutes, 18.92 seconds. The four limericks they read were The Elephant Boy, Goodbye Please, The Thingamajig and Keeping Busy Is Better Than Nothing.

Lawson Clarke drank a 24-ounce can of beer in 43.84 seconds with someone drumming on his crotch the entire time. Clarke 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. NOTE: Speed drinking can be dangerous. Please use caution and have adult supervision on hand. [#WRAS11][]

Matt Piper, Gareth Jones, and Lloyd Jones set off from London (England) and drove to Cardiff (Wales), Dublin (Ireland), Belfast (Northern Ireland) and finally Edinburgh (Scotland) in 23 hours and 10 minutes, a new world record. This feat was achieved on April 3, 2009. Piper, Jones, and Jones took the drive as a fundraiser for the British Red Cross on behalf of their organization, Wendy’s Appeal. NOTE: This record is dangerous and should only be attempted by trained professionals. #RecordSetterBook01