David Rush, who holds more than 200 concurrent Guinness World Records titles, attempted the record for fastest speed folding 12 shirts in a relay team during a corporate team-building trip to Las Vegas. Rush recruited 10 co-workers and John Rotellini, a Las Vegas mentalist who had given a keynote lecture the previous day, to form his 12-person team.
The existing record was two minutes and 24 seconds. Rush wrote online that the team needed "fast hands and flawless execution because a careless fold, a premature handoff or a wrong touch could invalidate entire attempts". According to Rush, the team required 10 attempts to finish in 2 minutes and 19.65 seconds.
"Our first attempts were a lesson in how not to execute a relay," Rush said. "We suffered disqualification after disqualification. Some co-workers rushed their folds, leaving wrinkled rectangles that did not meet Guinness' strict standards. Others withdrew too soon, their adrenaline overwhelming their patience, which resulted in frustrating near-successes where our speed was excellent, but a technical violation invalidated the run".
