Fastest Mental Addition Of Ten-Digit Numbers
7 year-old maths prodigy Cherlyn Lee improved her own timing by more than one minute to become the fastest person to complete 10 sums without a mistake. Each sum has 10 numbers and each number has 10 digits. She calculated them mentally and broke her own record at the CMA competition at Republic Polytechnic on 29 May 2011. She completed ... Read More »
First Grandmaster Norm Of Memory
Michelle Low , 23, was ranked 18th at the World Memory Championship (WMC) 2004, held at Manchester, UK. Singapore’s first Grandmaster Norm of Memory, Low had attempted and successfully recalled the sequence of 940 playing cards. Read More »
Most Caricature Portraits By An Artist In A Single Sitting
Peter Draw spent 24 hr drawing 952 caricatures for people at East Coast Park from 30-31 Dec 2007. No fee was charged but people were encouraged to donate money to Habitat for Humanity Singapore. Read More »
First Woman To Trek To The South Pole
After 38 days and trekking 900 km, Sophia Pang, a mother of 3, reached the South Pole on 29 Dec 2009. She completed the gruelling journey with six other participants from Commonwealth countries – Cyprus, Ghana, India, Brunei, New Zealand, and UK. The expedition marks the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth. Read More »
First To Reach Both North Pole And South Pole
Khoo Swee Chiow became the first Singaporean to walk to the geographic South Pole on 31 Dec 1999 after a journey of 57 days and 1,125 km. He reached the North Pole on 5 May 2002, after trekking 771 km in 45 days. Read More »
