Singaporean student broke the Guinness World Record for the shortest time needed to type a 160-character SMS (short message service) message on Sunday after whizzing through the task in less than 42 seconds in a competition.

Sixteen-year-old Ang Chuang Yang typed the SMS message in 41.52 seconds, beating the previous record of 42.22 seconds set by American Ben Cook in July, according to Singapore Telecommunications, organisers of the competition.

In a statement after breaking the record, the 16-year old boy said, "I will try for 39 seconds next year."

Ang said that the trick to speedy text messaging was to use a mobile phone with larger keys on the dial pad.

SMS messaging competitions around the world use the same SMS text provided by the Guinness organization.

The record-breaking message is as follows: "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."

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在上周日的手机短信输入大赛中，一名新加坡学生用了不到42秒的时间输完一条长度为160个字符的短信，从而打破了吉尼斯世界纪录。

据比赛组织者新加坡电信介绍，这位名叫洪庄洋的16岁学生以41.52秒的成绩刷新了美国少年本·库克于今年七月创下的42.22秒的纪录。

洪庄洋在破纪录后发表的一份声明中说：“明年我将冲刺39秒。”

他还“透露”，用按键较大的手机输短信能使速度变快。

全世界的手机短信输入比赛用的都是由吉尼斯组织提供的同一条短信。

这条短信的内容是：The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.（拥有锋利牙齿的Serrasalmus 及Pygocentrus属水虎鱼，是世界上最凶猛的淡水鱼，但实际上，它们很少攻击人类。）


Vocabulary:


dial pad :手机键盘

强人
没法比啊...

my idol~

我还以为发短信发得多呢

这有什么意思哦！

是给定的字符还是随意的？
感觉如果是给定的几乎就不可能实现嘛
即使是随意的也会收手机反应速度的限制，160个字符似乎有点太猛了

有什么意义~~吉尼斯就是无聊的

可不可以用全键盘的手机，那样应该可以更快

要是有新的输入法可以吗？

无聊
这也算个记录？
放到综艺里大家娱乐下就差不多了

无聊的人做无聊的事.......

It's a waste of time to send short message

这也太bt了,来中国做针线活应该可以胜任.