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Olle Lundin. Only 23 and already a Guinness record holder!
He consecutively cracked 46 joints.
He prepared for this:
" Every day for a month, he practised cracking his joints in different sequences to determine the most efficient order.
On the day of the official attempt, Olle avoided making any sudden movements, “much like a sloth,” to prevent any of his joints from cracking prior to the attempt."
He was warned about the risks of the high-stakes game of joint cracking:
" Olle began cracking his fingers as a young child, around age six. He remembers his grandmother telling him to stop or else his fingers would become “crooked like hers.”
Olle believes that the reason he started cracking his joints as a young child was because it felt “exciting” and “dangerous” without causing himself any real harm, despite his grandmother’s warnings."
He insists there are psychological benefits:
" Nowadays, joint cracking serves as a stress reliever for Olle. “I do notice that I crack them more when I feel restless,” he said."
However, as his grandma would remind him, he could do better:
" Olle cracked 46 different joints consecutively to achieve his world record – including ones in his neck, back, and ankles - however, he believes he could do 60 “if all goes perfectly.”"
The human body contains 360 joints in total, which means there are many that Olle has been unable to crack, despite trying."
And there are rules in this contest:
"In order to successfully achieve the record, there must be no more than a three-second gap between each crack. If a joint doesn't crack the first time, the challenger must move onto the next one."
(My depiction of how the previous record-holders reacted when they heard of Olle's 46 cracks.)
There have been previous holders of this record:
History of the record
2003: 26 consecutive cracks achieved by James Syiemiong (India)
2017: 32 consecutive cracks achieved by Kalai Selven Kali Shanmugham (UK)
2021: 36 consecutive cracks achieved by Sebastian Qval Wold (Sweden)
2022: 40 consecutive cracks achieved by Kamal Pokhrel (Nepal)
2023: Olle takes the title with 46 consecutive cracks.
Swedish man cracks 46 joints in a row to break world record
A highly-competitive joint-cracking record has been broken by 23-year-old Olle Lundin (Sweden).
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
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