Guinness World
Record™ for Travelling the NYC Subway in the Shortest Time
After a 24 hour ride, the Guinness World
Record™ for the fastest per-navigation of the New York City Subway on a
single fare once again belongs to native New Yorkers. A group of six classmates
from the Regis High School Class of 1996 - who represent all five boroughs
- broke the previous record by nearly 90 minutes.
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Start:
Thursday, December 28, 2006 at
3:43:06 PM ET at the Rockaway Park station in Queens
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Finish:
Friday, December 29, 2006 at
4:37:09 PM ET at the 241 Street station in The Bronx
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New
Record Time: 24 hours, 54 minutes,
3 seconds
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Shattered
Old Record by:
1 hour, 27 minutes,
5
seconds - previous record: 26:21:08
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Time
for Guinness to confirm our record: 151 days -
Guinness received our documentation on February 1, 2007 and our
record was not certified until July 2, 2007
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At the final
station on their journey: Bill Amarosa (front) with Brian Brockmeyer,
Stefan Karpinski, Andrew Weir, Jason Laska and
Michael
Boyle (left to
right)
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