Singapore Book Of Records

Water Feats

Longest Ride On A Motorbike With One Tank Of Petrol

On 14 Jul 2007, Poh Yu Seung covered 502 km on one tank (18.9 litre) of petrol, riding from Gelang Patah to the outskirts of Ipoh. He rode a Harley-Davidson Road King FLHR with a 1,584cc engine and the fuel used was Caltex Silver with Techron (95 octane).

Longest Solo Motorbike Expedition Around Australia

UWA undergraduate Theodore Teo took a 24,802-km ride around Australia on his BMW R100GSPD. Starting from Perth on 22 Nov 1995, he rode to Darwin, Ad- elaide, Melbourne, Tasmania, Rockhampton, Alice Springs, Port Lincoln, and back to Perth on 10 Feb 1996.

Greatest Static Cycling Distance In 24 hours

A six-man team here broke the world record by cycling 1,425 km from 8pm on Dec 11 to 8pm the next day. Sandy Snakenberg, Bernard Ow Tai Wai, Mohd Faizal, Teo Song Kang, Clement Neo and Pang Ren Hui achieved the distance at City Square Mall. The event was also in conjunction with the lighting of a 16m tall Christmas tree by the public pedalling bikes.

Longest Distance Driven On A Tank Of Fuel (1-2 Litre Car)

From 18-20 Jun 2004, John Taylor completed 838.5 km in a Subaru Impreza TS 1.6-litre during the Singapore to Genting Fun Drive organised by Shell.

Longest Distance Driven On A Tank Of Fuel (3-4 Litre Car)

Most Number Of 100m Laps Covered On Wheelchairs In 1 Hr

18 participants completed 54 laps in a wheelchair relay on 24 Apr 2009 organised by Tan Tock Seng Hospital Rehabilitation Centre at its level four courtyard.

Driving Round The World With Least Fuel

John and Helen Taylor, founding members of Singapore Book of Records, returned to London on 4 Apr 2006 after having driven round the world in 78 days. Their Volkswagen had only 24 fi ll-ups for the entire expedition, breaking the Guinness record for fuel economy. They travelled 28,970 km using only 1,303 litres of Shell fuel. This works out to an astonishing low fuel consumption of 22.2km per litre.

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From 15-16 Oct 2004, Helen Taylor attempted the Shell Better Mileage Challenge from Singapore to Penang, and then to Kuala Lumpur in a Lexus RX300 SUV 3-litre V6 Automatic. She completed the 1,025.8-km journey within 19 hr.

Longest Distance Driven On A Tank Of Fuel (2-3 Litre Car)

From 8-10 May 2005, Tricia Ang drove from Singapore to Penang and to Kuala Lumpur, a total of 1,176.2 km on only 61.13 litres of fuel from a 70-litre tank. Ang drove a 4-year-old Volvo S60, an automatic 2.0-litre sedan.

First To Swim From Batam To Singapore

Khoo Swee Chiow swam across the Singapore Straits on 18 Sep 2004. He completed the 19-km distance in 8 hr.

Fastest To Swim From Batam To Singapore

On 11 Nov 2007, Gerald Koh swam from Batam to Singapore in 6.5 hr in the event organised by the Student Advisory Centre. Koh is a national swimmer who had competed in the Olympics.

First To Swim The English Channel

Thum Ping Tjin became the fi rst Singaporean to swim the English Channel on 6 Aug 2005. He completed the 34-km swim in 12 hr 24 min. Known as the Everest of open-water swimming, the Channel is a treacherous strait that separates England and France. Thum represented Singapore in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was a Rhodes Scholar.

Gibraltar Fastest Swim Around Rock Of

Thum Ping Tjin broke the existing world record when he swam around the Rock of Gibraltar in 2 hr 52 min on 28 Jul 2005 while preparing for his English Channel attempt.

First To Swim Across The Malacca Straits

Khoo Swee Chiow was the fi rst to complete a 38-km swim across the Malacca Straits. He accomplished it on 5 Dec 2004 in 21 hr 53 min.

Longest Distance Swum With One Leg Vertically Upright

At the NUS Splashdown on 9 Sep 2006, Samuel Seetoh, 62, swam 22m facing upward, sculling with both hands and one leg pointing verti- cally upwards.

Longest Distance Swum Leg First And Using Only One Hand

At the NUS Splashdown on 9 Sep 2006, Samuel Seetoh, 62, swam 500m face upward, leg fi rst, sculling with only one hand. His other hand and legs were kept still in the endeavour.

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