TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

[Steeevooo]

...If either of us could be bothered to jump through the endlessly ridiculous hoops and hassle that guinness insist on making you go through

[tractakid]

...If either of us could be bothered to jump through the endlessly ridiculous hoops and hassle that guinness insist on making you go through

Ignore Guinness, and be happy to know you are the fastest ever to do this configuration. A great achievement.

[RJSRdg]

A-ha!

[palkanetoijala31]

Well just to appease them idiots i now have an oyster card!

[hopeful traveller]

Legally, ...

Unfortunately, this is Guinness' private members club - they set the rules and they allow entry at their discretion. This is not a case of legally.

Well done Andi and Steve - a truly great time. My current fastest paper route is a 15:37 and that relies on perfection (which as we know, doesnt usually happen).

Same train scenario here?

[moley]

Not sure.

[palkanetoijala31]

Not sure.

No offence to moley here but i wouldnt reveal my start and finish places its probably likely though! although i have 3 runs in there that dont conform to normal tube challenge protocols! and might explain some reticence on guinness part!

[moley]

No offence at all.

Longer than usual runs Andi?

[palkanetoijala31]

No offence at all.

Longer than usual runs Andi?

unusual runs i would say in fact one i dont even need to do yet but its practice for later on with added minutes extra!

[RJSRdg]

No offence to moley here but i wouldnt reveal my start and finish places its probably likely though! although i have 3 runs in there that dont conform to normal tube challenge protocols! and might explain some reticence on guinness part!

Well, 0712 start from Amersham ans 2249 finish at T5 would be 15:37 but that involves a 30 min wait at Chalfont & Latimer so unlikely.

0544 start at T4 and 2121 finish at Chesham might be possible, but 0544's too late to get the 0645 Olympia if you do Richmond first....


As to unconventional runs, I discovered an interesting shortcut when Plotting my 16:14 theory route which had the potential to knock a few minutes off if the train prior to the one I would otherwise have caught was running late. As far as I'm aware all perfectly "legal", just a somewhat unconventional route.

[moley]

No offence to moley here but i wouldnt reveal my start and finish places its probably likely though! although i have 3 runs in there that dont conform to normal tube challenge protocols! and might explain some reticence on guinness part!

Well, 0712 start from Amersham ans 2249 finish at T5 would be 15:37 but that involves a 30 min wait at Chalfont & Latimer so unlikely.

0544 start at T4 and 2121 finish at Chesham might be possible, but 0544's too late to get the 0645 Olympia if you do Richmond first....


As to unconventional runs, I discovered an interesting shortcut when Plotting my 16:14 theory route which had the potential to knock a few minutes off if the train prior to the one I would otherwise have caught was running late. As far as I'm aware all perfectly "legal", just a somewhat unconventional route.

Straight through the uni building between Goodge Street and Russell Square?

[RJSRdg]

No, but thanks for the tip!

[greatkingrat]

Useful on a zone 1, not sure it helps on a full network.

[tractakid]

It has been done on a full network... desperate times!

[Nigel]

Apologies for not commenting on this earlier, but I've been away in Germany for the past couple of weeks with only very limited Internet access.

As others have already said the Guinness stance seems utterly ridiculous. I already had a fairly low opinion of Guinness, but it has sunk even further.

If somebody could let me have the date of this completion, I will add it to the top times list.