Hacker News with Generative AI: World Records

Don't Think, Just Solve (nytimes.com)
Max Park is a longtime speedcubing world record holder — for the 3x3x3 cube, his best official time is 3.13 seconds. Let's show you how he does it.
Hyperion (Tree) (wikipedia.org)
Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measured at 116.07 metres (380.8 ft) tall in 2019.[1][3]
The household item turning runners into world record holders (nbcnews.com)
In an eight-day span in February, seven of track and field's historic marks were broken. And it's partly thanks to baking soda.
The Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 13.5 Seconds (nytimes.com)
In early February, Vishvaa Rajakumar, a 20-year-old Indian college student, won the Memory League World Championship, an online competition pitting people against one another with challenges like memorizing the order of 80 random numbers faster than most people can tie a shoelace.
Seagate smashes largest HDD world record with 36TB hard drive (techradar.com)
Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets (cbc.ca)
Toronto-based financial modelling director Michael Jarman, centre, wins the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas on Dec. 4. 2024. (Financial Modeling World Cup/YouTube)
Elon Musk Apparently Just Became the No. 1 'Diablo 4' Player in the World (forbes.com)
The mystery of how Elon Musk has so much time to become a world-ranked Diablo 4 player continues, and despite his recent appointment to run the Department of Government Efficiency by Donald Trump, he is demonstrating that efficiency in the form of speed clearing Pit 150 in Diablo 4. It appears he also may have just set a world record, becoming the #1 player in the game. Seriously.
No One Knows How Big Pumpkins Can Get (theatlantic.com)
A decade ago, the world’s heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. Now the 3,000-pound mark is within sight.
Gamer Sets World Record by Hooking Up 444 Consoles to 1 TV (cnet.com)
Is a 'slow' swimming pool impeding world records? (yahoo.com)