Odd Talents
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CORDMANIA
HEAVIEST STACK
OF BOTTLE CRATES
BALANCED ON CHIN
On 13 Jan 2016, Sun
Chaoyang (CHN)
balanced a 44.2‑kg
(97‑lb 7–oz) stack
of bottle crates on
the set of CCTV- Guinness World
Records Special
in Beijing, China.
The previous best
was 42.40 kg (93 lb
7 oz), set by Ashrita
Furman in 2006.
Sun also holds
the record for most
bicycles balanced
on the chin – three,
on 8 Dec 2011.
When it comes to a talent for record-breaking, Ashrita Furman (USA)
remains the greatest. More than 550 records broken, and counting...Coins snatched off elbowCream-filled biscuits
stacked in 30 seconds
Mr Cherry, aka Cherry Yoshitake (JPN), stacked
2 6 cream-filled biscuits in half a minute on the
set of CBBC’s Officially Amazing programme
in Glasgow, UK, on 22 Nov 2016. He edged out
rival Stephen “Sizzling Steve” Kish, who had
managed 2 5 in the same time.
Also on Officially Amazing, acrobatic group
Acropolis (UK) completed the most skips over
a human skipping rope in one minute: 48,
achieved on 18 Oct 2016 at Durham Cathedral
in County Durham, UK.Coupé glasses stacked with a forklift
An Liqiang (CHN) stacked a total of 16 coupé
glasses using a forklift on the set of CCTV –
Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China,
on 9 Jan 2016. This tricky feat took almost an
entire hour to complete.Head spins in a wind tunnel in one minute
On 6 Dec 2016, a trio of skydiving records were
attempted across Australia and broadcast
on Facebook Live. At iFLY Indoor Skydiving
Downunder in Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia, Kurmet Jaadla (EST) achieved
54 head spins in 60 sec.
At iFLY Indoor Skydiving Perth in Western
Australia, instructor David Hyndman (AUS)
managed the longest distance run on the
wall of a vertical wind tunnel in one minute –
2 27.89 m ( 747 ft 8 in).
Meanwhile, at iFLY Indoor Skydiving Gold
Coast in Queensland, 11‑year‑old Amy Watson
achieved the most 360 horizontal spins in
one minute (individual), with her mark of 44
smashing the previous best of 2 6.Socks sorted with one foot in one minute
Using just one foot, Japan’s Yui Okada sorted
out 1 1 pairs of socks, picked them up and put
them in a basket in one minute. The attempt
took place on the set of Grand Whiz-Kids TV
(NHK) in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, on 3 Jun 2012.Skips of a rope wearing ski boots
and skis in one minute
Sebastian Deeg (DEU) managed 61 skips
while dressed for the slopes on the set of ZDF
Fernsehgarten in Garmisch‑Partenkirchen,
Germany, on 27 Nov 2016.Fastest time to duck tape (duct tape)
a person to the wall
Ashrita Furman taped Alec Wilkinson (both USA)
to a wall in 26.69 sec at the Sri Chinmoy Centre
in New York City, USA, on 9 Jun 2015. It was the
sixth time that Ashrita had broken this record.
Ashrita is also responsible for the fastest
time to duck tape (duct tape) yourself to
a wall – 2 min 12.63 sec, also achieved at the
Sri Chinmoy Centre, on 5 Oct 2011.Fastest sport stacking
individual cycle stack
William Orrell (USA) broke the 5‑sec sport
stacking cycle stack barrier for the first time
on 7 Jan 2017, recording a time of 4.813 sec
in Columbus, Georgia, USA. William also holds
the record for the fastest sport stacking
individual 3–3–3 stack: 1.363 sec, achieved
in Eatonton, Georgia, USA, on 14 Nov 2 015.
On 18–19 Oct 2013, Mohammed Sahraoui
(DEU) of the SST Butzbach club completed
the most sport stacking cycle stacks in
24 hours: 4,719. The record attempt took
place at the ninth Sportkongress staged
in Stuttgart, Baden‑Württemberg, Germany.MOST...
Lit candles in the mouth
On 10 Jul 2016, Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya
(IND) stuffed 1 7 lit candles in his mouth in his
home city of Mumbai, India.
He followed up with the record for the
most blueberries stuffed into the mouth –
7 0, recorded on 25 Jul 2016.
Dinesh had previously set the fastest
time to peel and eat three oranges – 1 min
7 .94 sec – on 25 Feb 2016.Bowling balls stacked vertically
Shen Xiaoshi (CHN) vertically stacked
10 bowling balls without the use of
adhesive on 8 Jan 2016, in front of
the audience of CCTV – Guinness
World Records Special in Beijing,
China. It took Shen more than 2 hr
to complete his stack, which
collapsed when he tried to add
an 1 1th ball. He equalled the mark
set by Dave Kremer (USA) in
Los Angeles, California, USA,
on 19 Nov 1998.Swim caps put on
in one minute
André Ortolf (DEU) put on
26 swim caps in 60 sec
in his home town of
Augsburg, Germany,
on 16 May 2016.FASTEST TIME TO BUILD A 171-CUP PYRAMID
On 3 Jan 2017, James Acraman (UK) returned to GWR HQ in London
to take another shot at the 171‑cup stacking record, having missed
out by just 5 sec on a previous attempt on 1 Dec 2016. This time,
watched by thousands of viewers on Facebook Live, James
successfully completed a pyramid with an 18‑cup bottom row
in 1 min 26.9 sec. James has been a dedicated sport‑stacker
for almost eight years, and practises his skills for 1–2 hr a day.Official sport-
stacking cups
are designed to help
competitors stack
as quickly as possible.
They have inner ribs to
separate them when
nestled and holes in
their top to prevent
them sticking.Q: Singer Justin Bieber
has a talent for puzzles.
Which one in particular?
Mouse traps on
the tongueRubber bands on facePassing body through
a tennis racketMost hand clapsToothpicks in a beardSweet Pepper Klopek (CAN)
set off 5 8 mouse traps on
his tongue in 60 sec on
16 Jul 2015Shripad Krishnarao Vaidya
(IND) stretched 82 rubber
bands over his face in 1 min
on 19 Jul 2012Thaneswar Guragai (NPL)
passed through a tennis
racket 38 times in 60 sec
on 26 Feb 2012On 5 May 2014, Eli Bishop
(USA) clapped 1,020 times
in 1 min in Boston,
Massachusetts, USADean Gould (UK) caught 328
1 0p pieces from the back of
his forearm into the same
downward palm on 6 Apr 1993Jeff Langum (USA) made a
beard of 3,157 toothpicks on
3 Jul 2014 in Milan, ItalyAMAZING
BODIES: The Rubik’s Cube. He can A
complete one in under 2 min.