BGR reader unofficially bests text messaging world record

By on Aug 25, 2010 at 2:37 AM
Humor August 25, 2010

A BGR reader (and fellow blogger) by the name of Brian stumbled upon our post about a U.K. woman who bested the Guinness World Record for text messaging speed. The 27-year old, named Melissa Thompson, used a Samsung Galaxy S — with the SWYPE keyboard — and managed to squeeze out: “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human”, in under 26 seconds. Brian — age 19 — videotaped himself texting the same sentence, on an iPhone, in just under 22 seconds. Now, this obviously wasn’t an “official” or “controlled” setting, but the feat is still pretty damn impressive. Hit the jump to see Brian slay that quirky sentence. Anyone think they can beat 21.8 seconds?

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  • http://minie250.blogspot.com/ Tom M

    Very impressive, but…. There’s someone that spends way too much time texting

  • SeattleBrad

    It’s a shame that this is fairly easy to fake now. You write an app with the sentence prepopulated, then every time you tap anywhere on the keyboard, it’s pops up the right letter. I’m not saying he did that, but it’s possible.

    • brian

      Of course in this video you could see where his fingers were striking so your little app wouldn’t be the cause of the fast time.

  • reusable

    Get a life….

    • http://gumballtech.com Brian

      I figured someone would say that. My response? You get a life. Trolling the Internet? Yeah, sounds like a life-long dream of yours.

      • DInc

        Get a life? You’re the one trying to break the text messaging world record. Who cares?

      • Celz

        Lmao your life must really suck if all you have to do is come in an article about another guy and tell him he sucks.. What the hell were you doing at 19 curing cancer or dating supermodels?? I bet this guy does more than you do now..

      • Hahaha

        Hahaha wow. Glad his little gf’s decided to chime in. What record did you guys break? The most iphones up your ass?

        LOL what was i doing at 19? Definitely not sitting at home seeing how fast i can write text messages. Fag.

        Josh and Brian sitting in a tree. T. E. X. T. I. N. G.

      • Jon W

        I am a fag, and I have to let you in on a little secret. I think I can speak for the rest of the team in saying that we don’t like iphones up the ass, we don’t text in trees, and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, including the not so hot ones, get laid 100 times more in one year than you will in your entire, pathetic lifetime. What a douche.

      • DInc

        bwahahaha

      • Michelle

        That is very impressive!! All though I would rather have good reception than a phone that I can text fast on. To each their own. But I sold ATT for a while and their reception SUCKS!!!!

      • Danny

        You sir, are a mean guy. I don’t like you anymore.

    • Maik

      Brian, I’m sure your parents must be so proud of you (rolls eyes back)

  • cellphoneguy

    @LostPlatypus,

    your an idiot. droid or what non vZw employees call it android is an awesome os just not for people with a low tech threshold. old peeps prefer iPhone techgeeks prefer android.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • Brian

    Well since he knows the sentence ahead of time and she didn’t it’s not all that impressive.

    • JT

      Guinness uses the same sentence every time someone attempts the record. So…unless you’re an idiot, you’d be aware of the sentence beforehand as well.

      • idiotalert

        Idiot ALERT!

      • yeppers

        uhh no they dont smarty pants…

        no

        they

        do

        not

        it is a completely unknown sentence to the contestant(s)

      • Electrofreak

        Smarty Pants.

      • Charlie

        If it’s not the same, how can they accurately measure who can type faster?

      • Malfoy Roark

        I’m with Charlie. if the sentence isn’t the same, the criticism easily falls into “X person got an easier sentence that person Y”.

        Knowing the sentence ahead of time only levels the playing field. If they have no idea the sentence the contest isn’t 100% about texting speed. It becomes in part about how fast they can one read a sentence, process it, and then type it.

      • JT

        One shouldn’t open their mouth without having a clue:

        http://gizmodo.com/5499723/samsung-sets-new-guinness-world-record-for-fastest-texting-ever-in-a-commercial

        Let me quote the important part for you: ” Guinness always uses the same message for texting records:”

  • George

    The guy is definitely on steroids..

  • http://www.twitter.com/jazzyl jazzyl

    That’s very impressive…. Definitely impossible on my storm2…

     Sent via BlackBerry

  • Robert

    Are you f**king kidding me. How absolutely inane.

  • Biggles

    The whole point of setting the texting record isn’t to mindlessly regurgitate a rehearsed message. It’s the ENTIRE human response which encompasses seeing or hearing a sentence for the first time and then outputting it to the screen. One shot. Not sitting at home practicing and recording it ad nauseum so you can pick your best time and brag about it on youtube. Pardon me if I’m not that impressed, Brian. Show up to a hosted competition if you want to prove you can do it faster, because the record holders and runners up didn’t have the advantage of practice like yourself. And Andrew, you should have known better than to waste your readers’ time with this.

  • Jon

    Thanks Jason, I saw that she typed the “same” sentence that the previous record holder held.

    All those that doubt, get off your high horses. Guinness World Records are people who try to break the “same” record held by the previous holder.

    Would the fastest runner have to run over a different course to make sure that it was how fast the human can adapt and run? No they perform on a regulation, approved course.

    Duh.

    • kilbasakid

      well they used different phones so one of them isn’t the fastest if they don’t use the same device, (approved course), according to your sentence.

    • TucsonGunz

      News flash retard. He “unofficially” broke the record. Guinness could care less if a BGR apple fanboy broke the record unless he does it in their presence.

  • Dan h

    Wow, what’s with all the anger girls?!?

  • comma

    missing the period at the end… no win :D

  • Matt Thompson

    Ey yo, Brian, I’m very happy fo’ you, an’ Imma let you finish, but I just wanted to say.. SWYPE IS THE BEST INPUT METHOD OF ALL TIME.

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