Grab your running shoes, get your elbows pads on and down some coffee. Black Friday - the biggest shopping day of the year - is right around the corner, and everyone from big spenders to thrifty deal-seekers are preparing to storm store gates in the wee hours of the morning to wrestle their way to grab all the sale items they can!
In preparation of Friday's retail insanity and to mark the official launch of the Guinness World Records 2012 eBook, the authority of global extremes are taking a look back at some of the most ambitious shoppers who've achieved record greatness.
Check out the Guinness World Records inspired 'Shopping List' below:
Fastest Motorized Shopping Trolley
The fastest motorized shopping trolley achieved a speed of 42.8746 mph and was created by Tesco Plc and The Big Kick, at the Tesco Extra store in Hatfield, UK, on November 17, 2011 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day.
Largest Motorized Shopping Trolley
The largest Motorized Shopping Trolley measures 3 m (9.84 ft) long, 3.5 m (11.48 ft) tall and 1.8 m (5.9 ft) wide. It was made by Edd China (UK) and displayed at the Asda store, Watford, UK on 9 November 2005
Fastest time to scan and bag 50 shopping items
The fastest time to scan and bag 50 shopping items is 2 minutes and 22 seconds and was achieved by Ange Couch (UK) on the set of Guinness World Records Smashed, at the Tesco store in Bracknell, UK, on March 22, 2009. Ange was competing against three others, all of whom had to be disqualified, because they either scanned items twice or failed to scan an item.
Fastest person with a pricing gun - 1 minute
The record for the most books priced in one minute is 29, and was achieved by Mari Mohede Berg (Sweden) at the Nordstan Shopping Mall, Gothenburg, Sweden on November 24, 2007.
Speed Gift Wrapping
Hilary Wymer (UK) wrapped a Guinness World Record book in 19.71 seconds at the Borders book shop in Manchester Fort Shopping Park, Manchester, UK on November 9, 2005.
Supermarket trolley pushing - distance in 24 hours (team)
A team of 12 staff members from the company EDEKA Südbayern (all Germany), took turns to push a shopping trolley for 24 hours around a 434 m long track in the Forum Building of the Munich Airport (Germany) covering an overall distance of 183 miles on July 23, 2005.
Longest Escalator ride - longest
Suresh Joachim Arulanantham (Sri Lanka), travelled a distance of 140 miles on up and down escalators at Westfield Shopping Centre, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia for 145 hr 57 min from May 25-31, 1998.
Fastest Time to Scan and Bag 12 Shopping Items
The fastest time to scan and bag 12 shopping items is 2 minutes 13 seconds and was achieved by Okan Bayindir (Turkey) at the GWR Live! Roadshow at Forum Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 7, 2010.
The Guinness World Records 2012 eBook is available starting today, the perfect holiday gift for aspiring record breakers of all ages.
