So this is Eli, who we've been told
has the record for the most claps in one minute.
- Is that right? - Yep.
So how did you realize that you can clap so fast?
Well, when I was in high school,
I saw the original record holder for most claps in a minute.
I was a sophomore in high school
and I watched a video of him online
and just started trying to figure it out.
Took me about a week to figure out how to do it
and then figured out a way to hit twice per arm motion
and then suddenly could go a lot faster with it.
Okay. So why don't we run through the technique you use?
Sure. You want to hit your wrists and then your fingertips.
So you hit your wrists.
But then instead of stopping,
you let it pull right down from there
and then it resets.
It's just way more complicated than...
It's basically just, you know, doing that.
Okay. So first let's just see you do it on your own.
We'll get it on the Phantom cameras 1,000 frames a second.
So time will be slowed down by over 40 times.
Okay. Now let's see those double claps.
Okay.
All right, excellent!
It's like the sound blurs into one at that point.
It's not just a hand.
It's like a mouse's heartbeat.
It's just like a hum almost, isn't it?
Yeah.
All right. Let's review your claps.
See how many you got in one second.
So 17 is the world record that you got, right?
Yeah.
Still in your prime?
Well, we'll see, huh?
Dan:
13... that's a bit of a shoddy one.
Eli:
Gav:
Dan:
Eli:
Gav:
Eli:
Gav:
So I've seen what you can do slowed down.
And now we'll face off
and be embarrassed.
I'm gonna go on this side.
A round of applause for the winner.
Sorry. Can I get some lube, actually?
Yeah, yeah. You want some too?
- I'll take some too. - Sure.
Just a little bit there.
One, two, three, go!
I'm not even slapping!
I'm just rubbing my hands together!
All right, that's enough of that!
I'm rubbish!
I was just doing this.
The whole time.
Gav:
Are you doing that on purpose?
Dan:
Look at that mess that is! Look at that mess!
I, like, missed my hands.
Is it a clap if you did that?
I'm like hitting the back of my hands.
Gav:
Eli:
What is that?
How did you miss your hand?
Gav:
I wasn't even trying to...
Dan:
I've given up here at this point.
I'm just like I haven't got this.
I've just not got this.
Gav:
But it's exactly how I thought it would turn out.
Big thanks to Eli for coming out
and showing off his clapping skills.
Be sure to let us know if you ever get 18 in a second.
Yeah, I will.
Round of applause.
Thanks.
Forget it, forget it.
Well, thanks very much to all our fastest people.
Witnessed some amazing feats of speed.
I feel like we made some very talented new friends in this episode.
I wonder how many years of practice combined overall it was.
- Oh, decades. - Yeah.
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