Chef chugs 500 ml of his favourite orange soda in just a few seconds to claim record

How fast can you chug 500 ml of soda?

Tomi Kotilainen, a chef from Finland, set himself the challenge as he admitted: “I have always wanted to be good at something.”

That’s what we’re here for! We fully believe that everyone deserves to have their talents recognized.

Even when your talent is drinking loads of soda really quickly then doing a big burp afterwards.

On 13 June, Tomi smashed the record for fastest time to drink 500 ml of soda in just 3.16 seconds.

A crowd of people gathered to watch him show off his skills when he attempted the record in Järvenpää, Uusimaa.

When asked how he prepared for his attempt, the 26-year-old quipped: “By drinking.”

Well, there’s not much else you can do to practise, we suppose.

Read about more record-breaking challenges like this in our Food and Drink section.

Tomi chose Jaffa for his record, a popular Finnish orange soda he says is “the best drink” in the world.

He was the first ever person to break this record and had to do it in under five seconds to claim the title.

Despite downing the drink at blistering speed, he believes he could do it even faster if he tried again.

And he also admits, just like you’d imagine, that downing the fizzy drink so quickly caused him to let out a big rippling burp.

Tomi is planning to take on more drink-related records in the future.