TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

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I am (arguably) a "Transport Professional ", albeit not one of the preferred occupations, so am I therefore qualified to verify attempts.?
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andytube wrote:Maybe you'll have to have a GoPro cam attached to yourself and film the whole thing! Just point it upwards when relieving yourself :lol:
Too late for Steve and Andi (as TfL only keep on-train CCTV footage for 72 hours) but as anyone travelling on the Tube has a right to request access to the data TfL holds on them, it would theoretically be possible for someone to do a FNC one day, then put a request in to TfL the next for all the video of their attempt! That said, I suspect TfL would get narked off pretty quickly if we all started doing that! (And TfL don't make it easy - they've 'forgotten' to add the link to the request form to their website! https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/privacy-an ... -your-data )
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andytube wrote:Going Underground - did your cracker of a route get you a good time?
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Well it has taken the longest ever process but finally Guinness have seen sense and u all have a new target to aim for.

15h 45m 38s
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palkanetoijala31 wrote:Well it has taken the longest ever process but finally Guinness have seen sense and u all have a new target to aim for.

15h 45m 38s
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... d-stations

Congratulations on finally getting recognition!
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As my name once appeared in the Guinness Book of Records, I have to tell you not to hold your breath expecting to be in next year's book. They seem to be busy adjudicating pointless "records" and awarding certificates to anyone who has been in the news. Case in point, my local panto recently set a "record" for the most princesses gathered in one place - only requirement: every participant has to be wearing a dress and a tiara (including men). And they count that as an equal achievement to what Andi and Steve have done.

Full disclosure: I've never actually held a world record, but 22 years ago I was in a list of collectors who had every edition of the book.
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Congratulations! Finally getting the recognition you and Steve deserve :D Question is, are you going to attempt it again to shave off those 8 mins (or has Guiness put you off for life)?
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xcooler123 wrote:Congratulations! Finally getting the recognition you and Steve deserve :D Question is, are you going to attempt it again to shave off those 8 mins (or has Guiness put you off for life)?
To be honest I might the route is sound enough but the opportunities lie elsewhere Berlin new York I love to go back over and become that again
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Fantastic news, huge congrats guys :D
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Congratulations
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Took their time - what clinched it? And have they relented on the pics at every station demand?
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Well done, Andi!
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There's a BS ES article on it - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/t ... 49961.html - but the commenter at the end... :evil: :evil: :evil:
It's time the overcrowded tube system was cleansed of unemployed people like these taking up space and oxygen.
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hopeful traveller wrote:There's a BS ES article on it - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/t ... 49961.html - but the commenter at the end... :evil: :evil: :evil:
It's time the overcrowded tube system was cleansed of unemployed people like these taking up space and oxygen.
Has he never heard of annual leave?
Probably not, but another anomaly with the labyrinths, which are posted about in the comments, it is the odd order of numbering of them in the Finchley area.

Finchley Central 212 in the waiting room by the toilets on the southbound platform
West Finchley 213 In the waiting room on the southbound platform
Mill Hill East 214 In the waiting room on the platform

Anyone done that on a challenge attempt, least of all the one mentioned to get a record?

Labyrinth information from geofftech.co.uk with a few changes and BBCode formating added
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A Challenge wrote: Probably not, but another anomaly with the labyrinths, which are posted about in the comments, it is the odd order of numbering of them in the Finchley area.

Finchley Central 212 in the waiting room by the toilets on the southbound platform
West Finchley 213 In the waiting room on the southbound platform
Mill Hill East 214 In the waiting room on the platform

Anyone done that on a challenge attempt, least of all the one mentioned to get a record?

Labyrinth information from geofftech.co.uk with a few changes and BBCode formating added
Then Geoff has made a mistake,

http://art.tfl.gov.uk/labyrinth/artwork/mill-hill-east/ confirms that Mill Hill East is 213
http://art.tfl.gov.uk/labyrinth/artwork/west-finchley/ and West Finchley is 214

In fact, Geoff has made a complete mistake with the eastern end of the District. After West Ham, they must have gone NR to Upminster and District line back because it's 75. West Ham; 76. Upminster; 77. Upminster Bridge etc. Geoff has them going up in order going eastwards.
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