Fastest Time to Stand a Pencil

China

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Beihu-Chenzhou-Hunan, SAR, China / October 31, 2026

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, stood a green pencil upright on its end in 1.94 seconds, starting with the pencil lying flat on a table beside a smartwatch stopwatch. In one continuous clip, Yanhao starts the watch from 00:00.00, picks up the pencil, plants it on its flat end, lets go and stops the watch at 00:01.94. RecordSetter checked the footage frame by frame: the pencil stands untouched for more than a second after the hand leaves it and does not move as the hand sweeps past it. Steady as a flagpole.

Tags: balancing, pencil, hands, dexterity, fastest

Rules

- Use one full-length pencil, lying flat on its side at the start
- Stand the pencil upright on a flat end using hands only; one or both hands may be used
- No glue, adhesive, stands or other supports
- Timing starts on a stopwatch started on camera and stops when the pencil is standing on its own
- The pencil must stay standing on its own, with nothing touching it, for at least one second after the hand lets go, and must still be standing after the timer stops
- Must be one continuous, unedited video showing the pencil and the stopwatch
- Must follow form of current world record holder
- Must provide video evidence
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