Guinness World Record Attempt

[DandyA]

In case you were wondering (or crazy enough to try and beat it) . . .

Colin Pilcher and Marc Murray played 8-ball billiards continuously for 72 hours, 2 minutes and 7 seconds. The duo started at 7 pm on July 31st, 2011 and finished shortly after 7 pm on August 3rd, 2011. The final score was Pilcher’s 335 wins to Murray’s 321 wins.

Rules
- two participants must play entire match
- players permitted a five-minute break every hour
- must play entire match on same table

http://recordsetter.com/world-record...contentsection

gosh that is a long, long time ... well done to them I watched a bit of that video, the standard wasn't bad considering the enormity of the challenge ... table looked pretty slow though ...

[DeanH]

in response to the question, does GWR do drug testing, the answer is yes, when some friends and I did a marathon pool session, GWR said they have the right to come along at any time and if so deemed can request blood samples for analysis.
by the way, we set a new record at 102hr 5 mins (team of 6)
back to the thread, yes you need at least two registered witnesses at all times, not that GWR told us that they had to be a pool-official type, only that they both had to be non-relative to all participants, "of good standing", and registered citizen.
Good luck with the attempt, and repeat "where is the attempt being held, where you need witnesses"?

[lambo]

Hi i,m in a small village just outside Woodbridge in Suffolk