• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 03/30/2024
  • AO: PainLab
  • QIC: Hunchback
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Stagecoach, Hermie, VooDoo, Clavin, X-Wing, Bob the Builder, Timeframe

Though we failed to break any world records, six PainLab records were broken will live in infamy – or until next year. Perhaps, the eight PAX this year were younger, stronger, smarter, or couldn’t count. Regardless, no real drama ensued

The most side straddle hops in one minute

World Record: 136 by Binod Thapa (Nepal), in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 28 July 2023.

New PainLab Record: 94  by Bob the Builder in Gastonia, NC on 30 March 2024.

Old PainLab Record: 92  by Mayor in Gastonia, NC on 25 March 2023.

The most squats in three minutes

World Record: 239 by Muhammad Abubakar Mehsood (Pakistan), in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on 22 February 2023.

New PainLab Record: 171  by Hermie in Gastonia, NC on 30 March 2024.

Old PainLab Record: 155 by Tube in Gastonia, NC on 25 March 2023.

The most consecutive diamond merkins

World Record:  101  by Mohamed Hesham Abdul Hamid Ali in Fayoum, Egypt on 27 July 2022.

New PainLab Record: 38  by Hunchback in Gastonia, NC on 30 March 2024.

Old PainLab Record: 32 by Pilgrim’s Progress in Gastonia, NC on 25 March 2023.

The most lunges in one minute

World Record:  82 by Ali Mounir in Menofia, Egypt, on 14 March 2022.

New PainLab Record: 56  by Bob the Builder in Gastonia, NC on 30 March 2024.

Old PainLab Record: 50 by Pilgrim’s Progress in Gastonia, NC on 25 March 2023.

The most flying squirrel burpees in one minute

World Record: 33 by Leong Man Teng  in Macau, China, on 1 August 2022.

New PainLab Record: 28  by X-Wing in Gastonia, NC on 30 March 2024.

Old PainLab Record: 25 by Tube & Mayor (tie) in Gastonia, NC on 25 March 2023.

The most tricep dips performed in one minute

World Record:  119 by Stephen Buttler, in Shropshire, UK, in celebration of Guinness World Records Day on 17 November 2011.

New PainLab Record: 68  by Bob the Builder  in Gastonia, NC on 30 March 2024. *Clavin broke the 18+ age group record with 65.

Old PainLab Record: 61 by Pilgrim’s Progress in Gastonia, NC on 25 March 2023. (though Nutria had the best form with 60 dips).

 

With 20 minutes to spare, the group split in two for a few rounds of team dodgeball & then royal rumble dodgeball.  Hermie almost beat Bob the Builder. YHC’s rule that headshots were okay backfired.

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