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Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 27 Jul 2015, 19:05
by 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

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 27 Jul 2015, 19:37
by tractakid
Steeevooo wrote:...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.

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 27 Jul 2015, 23:53
by RJSRdg
A-ha! ;-)

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 08:30
by palkanetoijala31
Well just to appease them idiots i now have an oyster card! :shock:

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 20:58
by hopeful traveller
moley wrote:
hopeful traveller wrote: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?

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 07:59
by moley
Not sure.

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 12:54
by palkanetoijala31
moley wrote: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!

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 17:17
by moley
No offence at all.

Longer than usual runs Andi?

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 17:48
by palkanetoijala31
moley wrote: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!

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 20:04
by RJSRdg
palkanetoijala31 wrote:
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.

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 20:38
by moley
RJSRdg wrote:
palkanetoijala31 wrote:
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?

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 22:55
by RJSRdg
No, but thanks for the tip!

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 30 Jul 2015, 00:18
by greatkingrat
Useful on a zone 1, not sure it helps on a full network.

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 30 Jul 2015, 07:29
by tractakid
It has been done on a full network... desperate times!

Re: TUBE 55 WORLD RECORD NO 6 NOT ACCORDING TO GUINNESS

Posted: 30 Jul 2015, 10:07
by 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.