Chinese man extinguishes 42 candles in one go using whip; watch video

On Friday, Guinness World Records shared a slow-motion video of this record attempt that shows rows of burning candles getting extinguished in one flick of the whip. The successful attempt was approved and verified overnight.

Overnight, this record was approved by our team: Most candles extinguished by a single whip crack – 42 by Wang Chuanfei from China

The slo-mo is just *chefs kiss* 🤌 pic.twitter.com/xfAFB5MHs3

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) March 17, 2023

This is not the only world record involving the extinguishing of candles. Last November, martial artist Anthony Kelly from New South Wales in Australia extinguished 37 candles with a single strike of the hand. He attempted the record on November 10 which was also Guinness World Records Day (GWR Day).

Before that, on October 27, 2021, Yue Haichuan from Shandong in China extinguished 82 candles in a minute using a nunchaku. India also holds a similar world record. On February 11, 2011, Anuradha I Mandal used her pigtail to extinguish 26 candles in a minute.