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Did you know the Guinness World Records™ title for the fastest time to sort 30 Smarties using chopsticks is only 30.34 seconds? This record was achieved by Silvio Sabba 2016.
Here’s the deal...
Anyone, anywhere can be a record-breaker. To show you how *cough* easy it can be, we’ve sent you some items to take your best shot at beating Silvio’s time!
The challenge is simple, sort 30 smarties into their respective color group using chopsticks. This challenge will show you how science can play an important role in achieving the amazing (or the OFFICIALLY AMAZING™).
Our team has been practicing for this day. We are challenging you and your team to take your best shot at beating our time! We’ve taken a video which you can see at our below so you know what you are up against.
**HINT**
Check out the video below to learn how science can help refine your Smarties sorting skills and unlock your record-breaking abilities.
THE LEADERBOARD
Phil Howard
Marketing Specialist
Science North
0.54 seconds
Paloma Latorre
Sales and Client Relations Leader
Science North
1.09 seconds
Chris Thériault
Technical Installer
Science North
.59 seconds
Troy Rainville
Senior Manager of International Sales
Science North
1.20 seconds
Kirsti Kivinen-Newman
Staff Scientist
Science North
1.06 seconds
HOW IT WORKS
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Pick the sorting master in your team to go head to head against us and others in our community.
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Grab 30 Smarties in a variety of colours
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Layout the cupcake wrappers in a row
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Make sure the Science of Guinness World Records logo sign that is included in the box.
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Grab your chopsticks and start your timer
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Using the chopsticks only, pick up the Smarties one by one and sort them by colour into the cupcake wrappers
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Once you have sorted all 30 Smarties, stop the timer
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Upload your video to Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter and tag us @sciencenorthsales to submit your team’s best time. We’ll track all of the participating challenger’s time on our leaderboard!
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We’ll award points for the shortest time, most likes, most creative or anything else you can come up with that tickles our fancy. There are unlimited submissions! Winners will receive bragging rights and a shout out on social media!
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Visitors will gain an understanding of their body and how it reacts, focuses, and endures. This exhibition also includes opportunities for visitors to challenge themselves and others to OFFICIALLY break a world record with a formal adjudication of a record attempt.
Your visitors will:
Be amazed by the strongest, longest, highest, and fastest!
Be amazing as they explore, focus, react and endure!
Be OFFICIALLY AMAZING™ and break a world record!
EXHIBITION PHOTOS COMING SOON!
TARGET
AUDIENCE
Family
Teens and young adults
School groups
Leisure groups
Sports teams
EVERYONE!
SIZE
6,000 +
SQUARE FEET
Exhibit can be supplImented with additional items from the Guinness World Records vault.
COST
$220,000 - $250,000
(three-month lease)
KEY
FEATURES
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Leaderboard to track visitor attempts
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Attempt Arena
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Interactive multi-media theatre
SHIPPING
Travels in
4 Trucks
(estimated)
Inbound shipping paid by host venue.
INSTALLATION & TEAR DOWN
(estimated)
10 Days
each
Science North technician provided
THEMES
Science
Natural History
Popular Culture
Human Performance
Mathematics & Engineering
AVAILABILITY
STARTING
OCTOBER 2020
& BEYOND
The Science of Guinness World Records was developed and produced by Science North, in partnership with
Ripley Entertainment Inc. and Guinness World Records.