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Congratulations ot Brian Brockmeyer, Stefan Karpinski, Andrew Weir, Jason Laksa, Bill Amarosa and Michael Boyle (left to right) for shattering the 17 year old subway riding record and hitting all 468 stations in 24 hours, 54 minutes, and 3 seconds. Their website, Rapid Transit Challenge, is full of tidbits about their journey, and here's what they say about the finish:
- There were 75 transfers made over the course of the runAlso awesome: Friends visited them on the route, bringing food, and transit workers were enthusiastic, with one conductor on a B train telling other riders, "Everybody, you should know you're riding on the train with the guys who are trying to break the record." And this chart showing how much ahead of the old record they were at each transfer? Brilliant.
- We traveled on all but one of the 26 subway routes, missing the Z train
- The approximate distance covered during the run was 292.1 miles of track
- Our average speed was 11.7 miles per hour including all waiting time
- The total travel time was 18 hours, 8 minutes, 17 seconds
- The total waiting time was 6 hours, 45 minutes, 46 secondsBathroom breaks are a popular topic for questions. It was never really an issue for us during the ride. We drank only small amounts of liquids and visited four restrooms in the system at the following locations:
- Chambers St after getting off the C around 7:13pm
- 179 St after getting off the F around 12:59am
- Roosevelt Ave after getting off the V around 7:34am
- Lexington Ave/60th St after getting off the R around 1:05pm
But does this chart mean that subway service has gotten better? Hmm.
The team is submitting their results to the Guinness Book of World Records - they caveat it by saying it may take several months for the information to be officially accepted. Guinness, Schmuinness, they rule for their feat of transit endurance. We hope they put all sorts of other information up on the site after they've gotten some rest.
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Way to go, Regis nerds.
Hey Rocknrope, a little sour grapes perhaps?
Sounds like someone didn't cut the test/interview?
Sorry mom & dad had to pay for someplace else fitting your abilities.
Got laid a lot in the 70's & 80's by the Marymount/Dominican Academy/John Villa/St. Joe Hill/Kearney/Fontbonne/Fordham/CUNY/Columbia/NYU etc. crew with the old "you went to Regis?"
Married to a Marymounter.
No nerds Here.
Bofug, Regis '76
what the hell does all that mean?
Who does this subway shit?
"for shattering the 17 year old subway riding record"
I'm confused, didn't two 20 year-old guys break the record during the summer.
In August, Matthew Green and Donald Badaczewski set the Amateur New York Subway Riding Committee Class C Record of 24 hours, 2 minutes. The Class C rules treat multi-station complexes as one station (there are 424 in the system) and also allow passing through stations by using express trains. Their record is not the Guinness record, nor did they ever intend it to be.
The record set by the Regis High School group led by Bill Amarosa followed the rules for both the Guinness World Record and the Amateur New York Subway Riding Committee Class B Record and finished in 24 hours, 54 minutes. Those rules are more time-consuming as they treat each station in a multi-station complex as a separate station (there are 468 in the system) and they require riding local trains that stop at every station.
Both groups completed their record rides on a single fare as required by the Amateur New York Subway Riding Committee.
Ha, actually, I DID go to Regis, and I know I was a nerd in high school...some things don't change.
And Bofug, aren't you alittle old to be bragging about high school exploits? I smell a midlife crisis....
Regis 88'
As I recall, Marymount girls had the rep of being the sluttiest around. I'm sure your wife propulgated that stereotype by sucking off any Regian she could get her hands on.