Aug. 17 (UPI) — A serial Guinness World Record-breaker recruited 10 coworkers and a Las Vegas mentalist performer to help earn a title for folding T-shirts as a team.
David Rush, who holds more than 200 concurrent Guinness World Records titles, attempted the record for the fastest time to fold 12 T-shirts in a relay team of 12 during a corporate team-building trip to Las Vegas.
Rush recruited 10 coworkers and John Rotellini, a Las Vegas mentalist given a keynote address the previous day, as his team.
“The existing record was two minutes and 24 seconds. To beat it, we needed fast hands and a clean run because a clumsy fold, early step, or errant touch could (and did) nuke entire runs,” Rush wrote online.
Rush said it took the team 10 tries to finish with a time of 2 minutes and 19.65 seconds.
“Our early attempts were a clinic in how not to run a relay,” Rush said.
“We endured disqualification after disqualification. Some teammates rushed their folds, leaving crumpled rectangles that failed strict Guinness standards. Others left too early, their adrenaline overriding their patience, resulting in agonizing near-misses where our speed was great, but a technical violation rendered the run void.”
