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12 November 2006, 16:16
New World Record: SMS with 160 Characters in 41.52s
 Singapore, 12 November 2006 - The third SingTel SMS Shootout has successfully made an attempt on putting Singapore back on the map of the world’s fastest SMS thumbs.
Mr Ang Chuang Yang, 16, a student from Raffles Institution, clocked 41.52 seconds - a timing faster than the current world record - in a bid to smash the time of 42.22 seconds set by American Ben Cook in July this year.
16 year old Ang Chuang Yang from Singapore is the new world record holder in SMS typing.
This weekend Ang Chuang Yang beat the world record by sending a SMS with 160 characters in 41.52 seconds. The old record was at 42.22s.
Of course the predictive text functions are turned off. He really types 3.8 characters per second. This is quite amazing.
"I'll try for 39 seconds next year," said Ang, adding 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 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"
 Over 300 participants showed up to pit their SMS skills against the clock in the SingTel SMS Shootout 2006. They had to type the set SMS text provided by Guinness 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"
The SMS message had to be accurately typed for the attempt to be recognised. The use of the mobile phone’s predictive text mode or spelling aids was prohibited.
Chuang Yang walked away with a trophy, $12,000 cash and more than $13,000 worth of prizes including a 17” MacBook Pro, shopping vouchers and the latest mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola.
“I was relaxed today and confident about winning, but I also knew that I was going to be up against some seriously tough competition,” said Chuang Yang, who spent an hour daily practising for the Shootout. “I’m definitely coming back next year and this time I’m going to try for 39 seconds!”
In addition to the individual category, SingTel also organised the first Inter-Varsity Team Challenge. The two best five-member teams in each university were chosen and sent to compete for this challenge. Members of the team keyed in the standard SMS message on a relay basis.
Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) Team A clocked 6.25 minutes and was the fastest group to type in the 160-character message. They won a trophy, mobile phones and Sony PSPs worth more than $6,000.
In 2004, the champion of the SingTel SMS Shootout, Ms Kimberly Yeo put Singapore in the Guinness World Records with the time of 43.24 seconds.
Supported by sponsors Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson, the SingTel SMS Shootout 2006 took place in conjunction with SingTel’s Christmas Fair this weekend at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre
You can try yourself how fast you are with this Guinness approved text:"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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