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London Marathon Beer Mat Flipping World Record Attempt

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:10:27 +0000

Today Jim Haysom announced that he will attempt to set a brand new world record for running the fastest London Marathon and flipping 15,000 beer mats. The record attempt will take place in 25 days during the Virgin Money London Marathon 2010 on Sunday 25th April.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lybmBiS3czU

This is such an incredible task, it certainly demonstrates that “impossible is nothing” Having already ran two previous London Marathons in 2004 and 2007 and raising money for charity, his third and possibly final attempt in 2010 will be again to raise money for a good cause.

Speaking of his latest challenge, Jim Haysom comments,

“This world record attempt will bring together endurance and skill. I had originally considered setting a record of flipping 1,042,010 beer mats, but that would mean flipping 25 beer mats every metre. Running 26.2 miles or over 42 km is difficult enough, but to do this at the same time, you’d be a fool. Therefore, I’ve decided to flip a stack of 25 beer mats at a rate of 100 times an hour and set the bar at 15,000 in about 6 hours.”

Jim Haysom’s training started today along the Richmond riverside at 8am and flipping beer mats off a wall. It was a crisp morning and the the fresh air and blue sky was enough to get him all fired up.

I’ll be looking for any opportunity to flip beer mats during the race, whether it be outside the many pubs that line the route, off park benches in front of the Tower of London or even on the water stations if it’s not too crowded. Hopefully the London spectators will be cheering me on and into the world record books.

If you want to sponsor Jim Haysom for running the London Marathon, you can donate online at www.justgiving.com/jimhaysom where money will be raised for the NCT Charity.

Simultaneous two hands, 130, Dean Gould, March 1987

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:46:21 +0000

This is a bit of an oldie, the record I mean, for simultaneous beer mat flipping with two hands. This is two piles of beer mats flipped by two hands at the same time.

Set back in March 1987 by Dean Gould, he successfully flipped two piles of 65 beer mats in each hand, a total of 130 at the Feathers Public House, Felixstowe, UK.

Unfortunately, there are no public videos of this record or photos, so Dean please get in touch so we can share if you have anything.

Alternatively, if anyone out there wants to try and beat this record, it’s been standing for over 20 years!

Beer mat flipping, 112, Mat Hand, May 2001

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:30:38 +0000

The current World Record holder for flipping beer mats is Mat Hand. He successfully flipped 112 beer mats on 9 May 2001, after 4 hours and 129 attempts at Waterstone’s Bookshop Gallery, Nottingham, UK.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any videos to show this, but it is a Guinness World Record. If anyone does have a copy, or Mat, should you be reading this, it would be great to share.

There is an action photo of Mat flipping a pile of beer mats that can be seen here.

Beer mat flipping blindfolded, 71, Dean Gould, March 2009

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:11:25 +0000

As a YouTube video response to the World Record set by Jim Haysom in July 2008, Dean Gould broke the record for flipping beer mats whilst blindfolded in March 2009. The record currently stands at a stack of 71.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=39z4n3PiiZQ

Jim Haysom setting a World Record for beer mat flipping

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:56 +0000

Here is a great video of Jim Haysom on YouTube flipping a stack of 45 beer mats blindfolded, which originally set the World Record in July 2008 for beer mat flipping blindfolded.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI9j_PdDq0

The record was beaten in March 2009 with an incredible 71 beer mat flip by Dean Gould.