Amazing Jet Suit Sports Records - Guinness World Records

Hello, my name is Belle Donati, welcome to Southampton Athletics Center where we are here for today's anchor speed challenge. Now, if the idea of ​​human flight sounds a little crazy to you, stay with us, prepare to be amazed because we have Richard Browning, who is here today. he's making human flight a reality and is here to attempt a jet

suit

triathlon, so Richard tells us what we're doing today. We are going to perform a series of athletic endeavor challenges. The anchor essentially laid out some ideas for how we can try this. and reset the limits of the type of capacity of the human machine and it will be 100 meters, 400 meters with hurdles and then the pole vault, which will be interesting, of course, we have seen them done from the ground, now they are going to have to be done from above from the ground How do you feel?

I mean, we love challenges. I wouldn't be here in this if we didn't do it. And it's going to be interesting. I really don't know how far we can go. go against established

records

when you don't wear a thousand horsepower jet

suit

okay, I better get out of your way. I'm going to put on my hearing protectors. See you in a tick. Good idea, now he already has the record for going. the fastest with a body-controlled jet engine suit. He first broke the record with a speed of 32 miles per hour. Since then, he has surpassed it at 85 miles per hour.

Let's see if we can get the brief burst of speed he needs to break 100 meters. Today this is an official Guinness World Record attempt three two one come on God, I didn't realize he would go that fast. It's going to be a record. Well, he looked pretty fast. How fast were we going? Okay, so. We know that Usain Bolt achieved the 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. Now the Guinness World Record title was set today at eight seconds. You achieved seven point six and nine seconds, which means it's a new style of Guinness World Record. Good congratulations, I felt pretty good and had some.

Pretty decent speed crossing the finish line, but I have to say, everyone respects Usain Bolt because I thought he felt pretty fast. I can only imagine running not much slower. It's just incredible, fantastic. Okay, now on to the next one. We're doing well as Richard prepares for the next challenge. We're going to Elvington, where our judge Alan has met some of the fastest record breakers. I'm here at Elvington Airfield, where I'm pleased to announce two new Guinnesses. World record titles have been achieved, one for the fastest wheeled container and another for the fastest wheelbarrow. Incredibly, the highly advanced Hawk Mark 1 toilet failed to beat its own record for the fastest motorized toilet at 70.545 miles per hour, but there may be glory ahead. when our three vehicles go head to head, welcome back to Southampton Sports Centre, of course we're here for Richard's jet suit triathlon.

Now from what's behind me, maybe you can tell what the next challenge is, it's the obstacles, this is an official Guinness

world

. record attempt three two one going well here comes richard richard what was that like for you? It was a lot of fun, yeah, it was a really interesting challenge trying to get up and down between the obstacles and I felt like that was all I could do. do it without risking like touching the ground calum coming in seems unfair callum you should be out of breath at the end of it meanwhile richard isn't there at all how did it go? what did you feel oh well, was it quite difficult?

A lot of when I run is because I listened and not being able to hear myself made it quite difficult as I hit the first obstacle and couldn't hear it which is very strange, what's with the smell? Oh, that was gross, thank you. very disgusting smell, oh my god, okay, let's go to Alan because we want to know how Richard did it. He was talking about it up and down between each obstacle, was it low enough? Yes, as Richard mentioned, that is a crucial rule and guideline that The Guinness World Record set for this challenge states that there must be a drop between each of the fences and I am pleased to say that Richard managed to do it.

Now the current

world

track and field record for the 400 meter hurdles is 46.78 seconds. The record set the minimum time today at 50 seconds for Richard. He achieved 42.06 seconds, not only did he beat the current world hurdles record, but he is also a new Guinness world title holder, once again, congratulations, brilliant, thank you very much, yes, thank you, yes. It was an

amazing

experience, it was great just watching him take that first corner, I mean his ability to do what he does is fantastic and yeah, and I guess I blew a lot of hot air in your direction, uh, but yeah, it was. really fun it was a lot of fun wonderful to see them both competing together too uh let's let them prepare for the next event now yeah exactly yeah we better get going while Richard prepares for the last of our special triathlon events so We're heading back north to see more fast action from Judge Allen's recent trip to Elvington.

Well, we just saw our record breakers trying to break their own

records

, but how will they fare in a head-to-head race? Should I say toilet race with wheelbarrows and wheelie bins? It feels great to win the anchor speed challenge. I am very happy to have come. I had a very good day beating all the other contenders. Alan. That looks like a lot of fun. Do you have the best job? In the world, I would say probably yes, but certainly working with some of the best people in the world, they break records, but sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with them.

Yeah, I guess I wouldn't want to try it myself. Now we have the next event right behind us in preparation, it's the Alan Pole Vault. We have seen our athlete doing the pole vault. I know how it works. How does it work with a jet suit? So this record is about once again. speed, so Richard won't actually be using a pole, so what he has to do is about the time it takes him to travel 40 meters to the pole and then he has to go over six meters and then land on the mat and there it is When Time Stops, well, let's see if Richard can rise to the challenge.

This is an official Guinness World Record with it, three, two, one. Well, that was the third and final of our anchor speed challenges today. Richard, come on, well done, we saw it. You were going to make it over the jump, of course, but it was all about speed. Alan, did you get the record right? So what Richard had to accomplish in this was to go over the pole which was set just above the current pole vault world record. was 6.19 meters now the minimum requirement you had to overcome was 15 seconds and you achieved it in 13.09 seconds which means a Guinness world record title which means that during the anchor speed challenge you have achieved not one, not two, but three Guinness World. records mosaics congratulations you are officially

amazing

, really thank you very much, how does it feel great?

Yeah, it's really good, I mean, it's obvious that we are, we're not doing, you know, the Olympic disciplines are planned, but it's a pretty nice demonstration. of what you can do with a little bit of technology and you know the human mental body, so yeah, I'm delighted that we managed to break all those records, today was all about speed for you, what does speed mean to you? Well, this is actually actually, it's nice because a couple of years ago we set the speed record with this team and that was beating a record that we set with Guinness World Records a few years before, so actually speed is an ingredient. central to what we do here and uh yes, it's a pleasure to come and set more records, Richard, big congratulations to you, now holder of not one but three Guinness World Record titles, so, yes, we now have five, oh , they're um, yeah, there are motorized wheelbarrow engines underneath.

I have to stand on a platform behind because I can't run 45 miles an hour. It has a motorcycle engine in the back. An old prison steel toilet clamped. It has a pit bike engine. 110cc. The Gokart rear axle needs a skill. Driving has been a labor of love for two years, it's the craziest thing I've ever ridden or driven in my life and there have been some where I like to go fast because it's fun, exciting and adrenaline pumping, it just keeps going. You're young, aren't you? I like to go fast simply because going slow bores you.