Forget the Olympics, this man may be the fastest to type the alphabet with his nose

by Admin
July 23, 2024

In short:

An Adelaide man has attempted to set a new Guinness World Record at typing the alphabet with his nose.

Hitting the space bar in between each letter, he did it in 20 seconds and 51 milliseconds.

What’s next?

Omkar Palav has sent off evidence of his attempt to be verified by Guinness World Record officials.

Forget about the Olympics, at least for a few more days, because an Adelaide man may have just broken the Guinness World Record for typing the alphabet with his nose.

Yes, you heard that correctly.

Omkar Palav has typed out each letter of the alphabet with only his nose in 20 seconds and 51 milliseconds.

While his attempt is yet to be verified by Guinness World Records, if considered legitimate — and the evidence suggests it is — he will have beaten Indian man Vinod Kumar Chaudhary who reportedly did it in 25.66 seconds in May.

“As per Guinness World Record guidelines I have to put my hands behind me, and I have to type out the alphabet with a space between each letter from A to Z,” Mr Palav told ABC Radio Adelaide.

“When I am actually attempting, I wouldn’t know if I’ve done it correctly or not [without any nose typos].

“There are times when I could figure out that I might have gone wrong, but ultimately I was able to do that successfully.”

Omkar Palav tries to be the fastest at typing the alphabet with his nose.(Supplied: Mike Hill)

Mr Palav employed a photographer and videographer to record evidence of the attempt at the Findon Community Centre over the weekend, as well as the necessary officials.

“I have to involve two independent witnesses, usually people with certified professional documents in Australia. So I contacted two lawyers to witness that event, and two professional timekeepers from Athletics SA and The SA Athletic leagues,” he said.

“It’s something that is very new and is quite surprising that somebody is typing with their nose.

“It’s a bit hilarious sometimes but they kindly agreed to participate and I was very thankful to them because without them it was not possible.”

Officials take careful stock of Omkar Palav’s world record attempt.(Supplied: Mike Hill)

Mr Palav has uploaded the evidence for Guinness World Records to analyse and confirm, which could take up to three months for a standard application — unless he pays a fee to fast-track the process.

His first attempt at record

An IT worker for 15 years, Mr Palav said he had been training for a month to achieve the feat, and this was his first attempt at the record.

“Based on my typing skills, I just figured out this could be done,” he said.

“I was determined and committed to make this happen but, mostly, I have to bend continuously and move my nose and my face across for different letters in different angles along with the space bar.

“It was quite challenging, but I was able to figure out that sequence and make it happen.”

Mr Palav is now looking at records involving typing the alphabet with only his “pinkies”, and typing “100 decimal digits of mathematical constant pi”.

“But I’m yet to practise that. That is something I’ll do in the future,” he said.

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Posted Yesterday at 4:08amTue 23 Jul 2024 at 4:08am, updated Yesterday at 6:58amTue 23 Jul 2024 at 6:58am