Latest Fastest (blindfolded) Texter

A Dunedin teen is New Zealand's latest Guinness world record holder - for texting blindfolded. Stuff reports.

"Elliot Nicholls, 17, broke the world record in Dunedin yesterday,not once but twice, texting a 160-character message blindfolded and finishing in 51 seconds on his second attempt and then 45 seconds on his fourth try. The previous record was set by an Italian at one minute 23 seconds.

The text was: "the razor toothed piranhas of the genera serrasal musand pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. in reality they rarely attack a human".

Links to previous texting championships.

emily | 11:00 AM | News, Buzz |
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