Most Universities Named in Five Seconds

Pakistan

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Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan / November 7, 2026

Hanzala Nazir stands under a digital prayer-times clock in Faisalabad, Pakistan, while a friend counts him in with "one, two, three, go." With the clock's seconds already on 7:02:00, he rattles off 17 universities, from IIT, MIT and Oxford through Cambridge and Zurich to Rice, London and Leeds, and finishes before it reaches 7:02:05, raising his own mark of 14. RecordSetter timed the run frame by frame against the clock and followed each name against the list he sent. Seventeen campuses in less time than it takes to say "early decision."

Tags: speed, naming, education, memory, university

Rules

- Say the names of real universities aloud, one after another, within five seconds.
- Each name must refer to a different university or university system; widely used short names count (for example Oxford, MIT or IIT), and a repeated name counts once.
- Start on a clear signal with a running stopwatch or timer visible in the video; only names finished within five seconds of the start count.
- Film the attempt in one continuous, unedited video in which every name can be heard.
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