Episode 7 Officially Amazing

This is the world of records... # Officially...

# Biggest shoe, weirdest face Fastest loo, tightest space

# Longest snake, smallest van Biggest cake, tallest man

# Longest ears on a dog... Aw... Most poisonous frog... Argh!

# And a woman with a beard! What?

# Officially, officially Officially...

# Amazing. #

Woo-hoo!

Welcome to Officially Amazing, the place to come for the world's

greatest records and record attempts.

Today, we're in El Paso, Texas,

for a flipping amazing record involving that lady right there.

Flipping.

But before all that, here's what else we have for you today.

Thank you, cheerleader Al.

Yup, we have some awesome Guinness World Record attempts, including...

..our three competitors take on each other

and their patience as they try to build houses of cards.

Banging break-dancer Roxy takes on a head spinning record that will

both bedazzle and be dizzy.

And over in Japan, nimble-fingered Yuichi risks paper cuts galore

in an outstandingly tricky origami challenge.

But first, back to Al for something...

officially gymnastic.

Welcome to the Sun Bowl here in El Paso, Texas, for a record

attempt that's truly going to flip your world upside down.

This is American college football team The El Paso Miners'

home ground.

American football's a lot like your rugby but the players are

padded in safety gear because there is a lot of this...this...and this.

Now, every American football team has their cheerleaders who get

the crowds going.

They're impressive athletes and one of them

is after a new Guinness World Record here today.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Jalyssa Walker.

23-year-old US Army Officer, Jalyssa, used to be a top

cheerleader here at UTEP, that's the University of Texas El Paso.

In 2011, her cheer squad were national champions.

In 2012, she won their Most Valuable Player, or MVP, award,

and was crowned top tumbler five years in a row.

Pretty handy for today's record attempt of...

most consecutive backflips,

or handsprings as they're known in the record breaking world.

Don't ask. These are consecutive handsprings.

Jalyssa's going to try and backflip the entire length

of this 110 yard pitch without stopping.

That's a little over 100m to you Brits.

Her target today is 50 consecutive handsprings, which is 14 more

than the current world record of 36. You're trying to shatter the record.

That's right, I want no-one else to catch up to me.

No-one else will touch it, OK.

What kind of gets sore as you go through your flips?

-My legs. Once I get to 35, 40, that's when I start feeling it.

-OK.

The stadium is pretty empty now, but Jalyssa wants to attempt it during

tonight's game, at half-time, in front of 40,000 screaming home fans.

No pressure! All right, well, I'm done talking,

I want to see what you can do. Will you show me?

I sure can, I just need some help from some of the cheerleaders.

Let's do it.

We're about to see some of Jalyssa's old cheerleading moves.

Americans take cheerleading very seriously.

As you can see, you need to be extremely fit and flexible

and it requires a lot of practice and skill as well.

-Jalyssa, get over here, that was awesome.

-Thank you.

-It was like you didn't miss a beat.

-No, not at all.

-All right. Did that bring back memories of cheering?

-It did.

-It makes me want to go back out there tonight.

-All right.

Well, get ready for tonight, I know you're going to get it.

The stadium might be empty now, but Jalyssa wants it to be full

for her fliptacular most consecutive handsprings record attempt.

Can she pull it off in front of 40,000 home fans?

Stay tuned to find out.

Now for something...

Welcome to Butzbach, in Germany, a town that seems a million miles

away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

But it's hustle and bustle that we're here to see, as this

record attempt requires superhuman speed.

This...is...sport stacking.

Sport stacking, also known as cup or speed stacking,

was founded in the early '80s in Southern California.

It involves stacking specialised plastic cups in specific

sequences as fast as you can.

18-year-old Timo Reuhl and Ryan Powell, who's just 14,

want to beat their own stacking Guinness World Record, for which they

have to work together, using one hand each to do the stacking.

Let's meet the speedy stacking supermen now.

What makes it a sport? Is it just that you're wearing shorts?

-TRANSLATION:

-Let me tell you, if you do it for 20 or 30 minutes

you'll sweat. That's sport.

I want to see it. Can you show me a demonstration?

-TRANSLATION:

-Why-aye!

Timo and Ryan are demonstrating the cycle stack slowly.

This is the one they hold the world record for.

Pay attention.

This is a 3-6-3 stack, followed by a 6-6 then a 1-10-1,

concluding with a 3-6-3 down stack.

Got it?

Wow. That was incredible. Two people working as one.

I think we need a slow-mo. The attempt you're watching now

took the boys a fraction over eight seconds.

You practically need a telepathic connection to stack this fast.

But to beat their record today, they'll need to do everything

they've just done in under 6.53 seconds.

Here are the rules -

only official cups can be used.

The attempt is timed electronically.

It starts when the boys' hands leave

the timing pad and stops when both hands are placed back on it.

The boys have just three attempts to try and beat the record.

Mess them up and it's game over.

Guys, in your own time. Take it away.

Preparation is key.

They're ready, the cups are ready, let's see how they do.

6.53 seconds to beat.

3-6-3 done.

Flying fingers. Oh, no, you can see here how hard this really is.

We're talking milliseconds and millimetres,

that's the difference between success and failure.

Ryan missing the drop, end of attempt.

OK, that's the first attempt down and they're going

straight into the second.

Limbering up, the sportsmen's fidget there.

Hands, cups, matt, sweaty hands, trousers, cups.

That's a mixture of superstition and rehearsing their moves.

And sweaty hands. It has to be perfect.

Oh, and that's it for attempt two.

It was over before it had really begun.

But that's the fickle nature of the cycle stack.

OK, that's two down, no record yet.

If they're going to do it, it's got to be now.

Final chance now. Nail it, and eternal glory will be theirs.

Mess it up - well, it doesn't bear thinking about.

3-6-3 - boom.

Now the 6-6, yes. Yes.

The 1-10-1 and... Oh, capitulation. Timo catching an edge again

and sending everything flying.

Look how close they were this time!

It was the 1-10-1 that cost them the record.

They still had a full second to complete the down stack

but just a tiny slip.

Ooh, painful stuff.

Now, if you thought cup stacking was a weird sport, check this out.

We're in Beijing, China, to see

two presenters witness an unlikely record attempt involving flippers.

But what is it?

The most football juggles in flippers?

The fastest time to eat three kippers in flippers?

Or the fastest 100m hurdles in flippers?

And the answer is - the fastest 100m hurdles in flippers.

Obviously!

And this is current record holder

Veronica Torr from New Zealand who's here to challenge two local

athletes and try and beat her current record of 19.28 seconds.

Now, the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, runs 100m in 9.58

seconds, which is only about nine seconds quicker than Veronica and

he didn't have to clear ten hurdles and he runs without flippers.

Lazy!

On your marks, get set, flip!

Veronica's the hot favourite here and she is already racing ahead.

She's using the classic frog technique - run fast,

jump high and catch flies.

OK, I made that last bit up, but it's sort of froggy.

She's storming ahead,

her competitors just two specks in the distance.

And it's an easy win for Veronica, but is it a Guinness World Record?

Yes! Veronica has smashed it, finishing the course in just 18.52

seconds, beating her previous record by nearly a second.

Well done, Veronica. Officially a bit odd but still officially amazing.

Now, from flippers back to flipping in...

Part two.

Welcome back to El Paso, Texas, where we're about to find out if

Jalyssa Walker can set the record for most consecutive handsprings.

Now, if you notice, our atmosphere has changed just a little bit

since you've been gone.

The fans are here, the players are here, the game is on.

Now the attempt is taking place at half-time so we have to get ready.

It's record breaking time.

Wo-ho-ho! Touch down!

That's like a try in your rugby, or a goal in what you call football.

That's REAL football, Al. Let's just get on with today's record.

Hold on, Shires.

First you have to do a little good luck ritual with Jalyssa

and her mum Jolene.

Almost half-time. Are you a little nervous?

-How are you feeling?

-I'm just really excited to show everybody.

I can see it in your eyes, you're ready to go.

Do you guys have like a good luck ritual

that you do before she goes out there?

We sure do.

Oh, that's so cute! Can I get some pinkie love now?

All right, there you go, a little pinkie love for you.

Good luck. I know you're going to do it.

Can I have some pinkie love, Al?

Uhhh, no. OK, that's half-time.

I'm going to have me a hot dog and tell you the rules.

The handsprings must be consecutive. There must be no stopping.

Only feet and hands can touch the ground.

The record to beat is 36.

Miners fans, are you guys ready to see a world record being broken?

CROWD CHEERS

Let's go UTEP! Let's go Jalyssa! Let's go!

Jalyssa doesn't think the field is long enough,

so she's starting from this blue matt

for that little extra bit of length.

That, my friends, is confidence!

And she's off!

Remember, the record to beat is 36 consecutive handsprings,

but Jalyssa thinks she can do 50.

Look at that precision. Every handspring looks exactly the same.

Rhythm is vital and she seems to be in the groove.

Think how dizzy she must be getting.

Plus, this is super tiring.

She's going so fast,

official adjudicator Amanda is having to run with me to keep up.

One slip and it's all over but Jalyssa is a machine.

She's made it all the way to the end zone.

Incredible! She's still going. That's the spirit, Jalyssa.

And she's done. Wow.

How can she even stand up?

Her head must be spinning.

-THEY CHANT:

-Officially amazing! Officially amazing!

Jalyssa, that was awesome. How are you feeling?

Extremely tired.

Can I hear some love for Jalyssa?

CROWD CHEERS

Well, we're pretty sure she's got a new record

but we need the official result.

Well, the number to beat was 36 back handsprings.

And you achieved a total of 53, which is a new Guinness World Record!

A new world record!

Jalyssa has smashed the record into smithereens.

-CROWD CHANTS:

-Officially amazing! Officially amazing!

You did awesome. You're officially amazing.

What a day. 40,000 ecstatic fans

and a record officially obliterated.

Boom!

Magnificent!

Now, here's Haruka.

On Officially Amazing, we've seen some odd records from Japan.

We've seen a man run like a monkey.

A man catching tennis balls with a boxing glove.

And we've seen a man skip in a sewer. Eww!

But today, we're leaving the world of the weird records behind

and doing something a bit more traditional.

You may think that paper folding is only about airplanes,

but here in Japan you can pretty much make anything.

Wow, Haruka! These are amazing.

There's a flower, and a cat and... No idea what that one is, a house?

Oi, I made that. It's a fish. Obviously.

Yes, today, we've come to the National Origami Museum in Nagoya

for an Officially Amazing record attempt

and I want to find out more from origami grandmaster, Mr Kobyashi.

He's been doing origami for 41 years

and he reckons it's not only an art form but it's good for you, too.

-TRANSLATION:

-Doing origami keeps your brain fit.

My dad's 91 and still as sharp as a tack,

and he puts it all down to the benefits of origami,

so we should all do it, you know?

If that's not a great advert to take up origami then

I don't know what is.

But it's not Mr Kobyashi who's taking on the record today,

instead it's a younger paper player, Yoneyama Yuichi.

Yuichi holds the record for making an incredible 13 origami cranes,

which are a type of bird, in just five minutes.

Amazing!

He has a condition called autism

and making his paper cranes is one of his favourite things to do.

Can he break his own Guinness World Record today?

For this attempt, each crane must be made from a square of paper

measuring 15cm x 15cm.

The clock begins the moment Yuichi starts folding

and he has fives minutes to make as many cranes as he can.

Can he break his own Guinness World Record today?

Remember, the clock won't start until Yuichi makes the first fold.

He's making it look simple, but the crane takes 16 precise folds

and it is an extremely intricate and tricky thing to do.

His fingers have to work fast,

but Yuichi has to be incredibly precise with every single fold

and the first one is done in no time at all, but he's going to need to

press on if he's to beat his own record of 13 cranes in five minutes.

That's a whole crane around every 16 seconds.

This takes extreme concentration, skill and accuracy

and Yuichi is demonstrating all of these without even breaking a sweat.

He's folding flipping fast,

but has he been fast enough to break the record?

And that's it, time's up.

Nimble fingers, frantic folding, super skills - has he done enough?

Well, he did make 13 cranes in total but official adjudicator Aya

has disqualified three for not being identical enough.

Still a great attempt. Well done, Yuichi.

So he hasn't quite broken his own record

but he is still officially amazing.

Bye-bye from Japan.

Now, from a peaceful record attempt to some of the noisiest.

# Proud to be loud

# Turn up the decibels

# Proud to be loud

# Plug up your ears

# Proud to be loud

# The world's loudest records

# Proud to be loud

# They might bring you to tears

# Domestic pets are wonderful

# Cute creatures covered in fur

# But how about the loudest bark?

# And the loudest pussycat purr?

# Smokey the kitten made a noise so pretty

# When stroked or presented with ham

# Charlie the mutt had a bark that

# Was louder than the pneumatic drill, oh, man

# Miguel Milano cracks his knuckles

# It's not a good thing to do

# But here's a fact that might make you chuckle

# The noise is louder than flushing the loo

# Kare Walkert snores so loud when he's sleeping through the night

# 93 decibels is louder than a motorbike

# Proud to be loud

# Turn up the decibels

# Proud to be loud

# Plug up your ears

# Proud to be loud

# The world's loudest records

# Proud to be loud

# They might bring you to tears

# The howler monkeys have a whole lot of things to say

# The loudest land animals that can be heard from three miles away

# But there's one lovely lady with the loudest scream in the world

# Jill Drake She's louder than thunder

# She's my kind of girl

# Proud to be loud

# Turn up the decibels

# Proud to be loud

# Plug up your ears

# Proud to be loud

# The world's loudest records

# They might bring you to tears. #

On Officially Amazing, we've scoured the globe to find three

giants of international record breaking proportion.

They're facing off against each other in a fierce battle with

world records and national pride on the line as they take

on challenges that you can try at home.

Representing the UK, it's Sizzlin' Steve,

a steadfast stick of record breaking British rock.

-HARUKA:

-And for Japan, it's the man who puts the...

-ROAR

-..into...

-WHIMPER

-..it's Mr Cherry.

-AL:

-And finally, he flips, he springs, he wears funny things.

Representing the United States, it's US Ray!

As things stand, Japan's Mr Cherry is in the lead with three victories.

Sizzlin' Steve is on two, with US Ray lagging behind on one.

And, impressively, they've already chalked up an astonishing

five new Guinness World Records between them.

Today's titanic tussle requires a steady hand, a keen eye

and a pack of cards as they build a house of cards over three

levels in the fastest time possible.

I braved the hordes of adoring fans to bring you an exclusive

interview from Steve's theatre of dreams.

They're notoriously easy to fall over, a house of cards.

Are you worried about that?

-Not really.

-No? Why? Why is that?

Cos it's going to fall down at some point.

Right. That's quite a philosophical way of looking at things.

Hopefully not during the record attempt though?

Hopefully not.

And with that battle cry, it's time for the rules.

For this record attempt, standard playing cards must be used

and they cannot be bent or creased in any way.

The house must be built in a pyramid shape

and needs to stay up for at least 30 seconds.

Stack! The world record time Steve's aiming to beat

is 6.8 seconds, which is just about...

..now - so it's no record,

but there's still a competition to be won here.

Can he stack all three levels quicker than Ray and Cherry?

Nice, nice. You've got foundations, you've got a second level coming on.

Not even my best chat can distract the Sizzler.

Is there room for an extension if I want a conservatory?

No.

Oh. OK then. Thank you.

Stop. And he's done. But will it hold?

It is holding, but, at 30.18 seconds, Steve is

nowhere near the record held by Silvio Sabba of Italy who could

build five of these in the time it's taken Steve to make just one.

However, this is a tricky challenge. It's now about beating his rivals.

-Ray, are you ready to do it?

-I'm ready.

-Are you ready?

-All right.

Three, two, one, go.

BEN: Remember, the record is 6.8 seconds...

..which is now.

Oh, so nowhere near the record either,

but they can still beat Sizzlin' Steve's time.

-AL:

-Or maybe not.

Things aren't going Ray's way but he's not a man to give up easily.

-HARUKA:

-Cherry seems to be doing a bit better.

Actually, no, he's not.

-AL:

-That is a pyramid, Ray,

but I'm not sure you'll be able to get three levels from it.

Card-lamity!

-HARUKA:

-Cherry's getting there.

Oh, no! So close but is it going to collapse?

TRANSLATION: Oh, no, Japanese spirit.

It collapsed like a... Well, like a house of cards.

We could pretend to build up the tension for these results,

but seeing as Steve was the only one to actually

build his house of cards, that would be a bit pointless.

US Ray huffed and puffed, but his house fell down.

And it seems Mr Cherry had a few too many jokers in his pack.

Well, Sizzler wins, and doesn't he look delighted?

No new world record today, but he takes another win for the UK.

That brings him level with Mr Cherry on three victories each,

and US Ray has some catching up to do on one.

The boys will be back to fight another day.

For now, though, it's off to bonny Scotland for something...

Hello and welcome to Edinburgh where I'll be tripping the light

fantastic for a dance record.

MUSIC HALL MUSIC

Yes, I've been known as a bit of a mover and a groover in my time.

And while I look the part,

and certainly have the skills to pay the bills - oh, yeah -

it takes two to tango.

I think it's time to meet my dance partner. Roxy?

Well, she clearly didn't get my e-mail about the dress code.

Introducing Roxy Milliner,

a former world trampolining champion, she's now a professional

break-dancer and travels the globe showing off her amazing skills.

Since she's more street than Strictly, I'd better ditch the tux.

Roxy, I'll catch you outside... when you've finished showing off.

Fierce!

It looks really cool to watch.

Is it the coolest dance form?

Yes. Definitely.

What's the most difficult trick that you can do?

The head spins, they take the longest to learn,

but now it's the easiest because I practise it a lot.

Cos the head spin is everything to do with the record

that you're going to be attempting today.

-Yes.

-Today, Roxy is after most head spins in a minute -

the record for which is currently 91.

Yup, you heard, 91!

Whilst Roxy gets her head round this record attempt,

why don't we check out the rules for most head spins in a minute.

Wheee!

Clearly, I'm not going to try it and you shouldn't either.

Please leave head spinning to the professionals

and look at the rules instead.

A hat may be worn, but no additional head padding is allowed.

Hands may be used to propel the challenger through the spin,

but only head and hands can touch the ground.

And each 360 degree rotation counts as one spin.

Well, it's about record time.

Crowd, are you ready to cheer her on?

The crowd are ready, Roxy looks ready,

her knuckles sound ready... CRACKING

..now she just needs a regulation hat.

That one will do just fine. Here we go.

We begin as soon as Roxy starts spinning.

And she's off.

This one's all about speed and balance.

She needs roughly three spins every two seconds to break the record.

That's incredible. You can feel the wind.

91 spins to beat, remember.

And she's looking fast there.

30 seconds, halfway point.

Keep your head, Roxy.

With each spin she gets dizzier,

so balancing gets much, much harder.

Ten seconds to go.

Nine, eight, seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one.

Stop.

Roxy, if you can, do you want to make your way over here?

Do you want to take my hand?

Do you need me to spin you the other way and put you right?

I'm really dizzy.

Keep our fingers crossed for this record.

Official adjudicator Anna is carefully verifying every spin.

Did Roxy get more than the 91 spins she needs?

The results are in, and...

..she did, with 101 spins!

Officially amazing. Obviously.

Incredible. Well, after all that, my head is spinning,

so I'm off for a lie down.

See you next time for more Officially Amazing record breaking.

# Well, the cards were on the table

# But only Steve was able

# To build a house that didn't fall

# And Cherry and Ray they should be ashamed

# They couldn't build a house at all

# Roxy put our heads in a spin

# Veronica Torr used flippers to win

# Yuichi tried his best

# But the German cup stackers failed the test

# And Jalyssa's one of the best flipping things we've seen

# It's all officially amazing. #