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Summer – Record Breaker Day #12 2025
July 26 or 27 - Summer Record Breaker Day #12 – International – multi venues
We will be hosting here in at the Grip Factory, 71 Common Road, ST163EQ, Stafford on Sunday 27th July, start 10am.
Please contact me if interested, etc.
You can chose whatever day you wish and then send me the results.
Entrance fees: £10 per person, £5 for under 16s - payable to World of Grip, max three WR’s per person.
If promoters wish to charge more for their venue this is at their discretion – the promoter will be liable to send payment directly to us at the time of submitting results.
World Record page
http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/worldrecords.html
Rules page
http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/bhsarules.html
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BRITISH BENDING AND SNAPPING CHAMPS 2025
This contest was originated in 1955 and was won that day by the famous steel bender Harold Cope; since then, other winners have been athletes such as Gary Hunt, Reuben Hughes, Austin Seitter and myself.
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Events:
1. ‘Sculpting’ - ‘Z’ Bend a 4”, 5”, 6” or 7” Red equiv., G5, or 6” nail - 20 min time limit [Double WOG wraps]
2. Max Kilo - Reverse Bending of Two 6” nails taped together in 30sec [Single WOG wraps touching]
3. Unbraced Small Steel Snap 70 or 80mm long pieces - 10 min time limit [one WOG wrap]
4. Barehand Rebar snap [No wraps] (rebar 18, 20, 24 or 30”) - 20 min time limit
Start: 10am
Classes: Open & Novice
Venue: Stafford Grip Factory, 71 Common Rd, Stafford, ST163EQ
Prizes: There will be World of Grip medals for the Top 3 in each class.
Entrance Fee: £30 in advance, £40 on the day. Please sign up as soon as possible as there may be a cut off number.
Paypal payments to world_of_grip@ntlworld.com
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
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Steel Shredder #13 - Unbraced Small Steel Snap
From 1 Jan up to and including 28 Feb 2025
Event – Unbraced Small Steel Snap the thickest and smallest piece
10 min time limit
Here is the order of difficulty, and the fastest wins:
4.7mm x 60, 65, 70, 75, or 80mm [rated @42k at 6”]
3.9mm x 60, 65, 70, 75, or 80mm [rated @26k at 6”]
3mm x 60, 65, 70, 75, or 80mm [rated @7.8k at 6”]
2mm x 60, 65, 70, 75, or 80mm [rated @2.75k at 6”]
Classes: Open, Women (Juniors are welcome to compete, with parental permission)
Venue: Multiple venues all around the world.
Promoter: David Horne and World of Grip
Trophies: There will be medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each class
The steel bent will be the World of Grip stock
Entrance fees: £15: steel is purchased on top of this fee.
Cost for steel:
150mm lengths are purchased, which you can cut to the size you require. This means that you will be able to choose the length you require after testing. Please show the length on video alongside a ruler.
10 x lengths = £15
20 x lengths = £25
To compete, please ask me for a total cost including your steel and shipping.
Paypal payments to world_of_grip@ntlworld.com
Using World of Grip steel
The Kilo number is the steel rated at 6” length
1. The unbraced rules in force here are a pure unbraced style so keep the wrapped nail away from the rest of your body. The hands are not to intentionally touch your chest, waist, neck or anything. Small nails are being snapped, so this feat is all about hand strength and endurance. If I see you deliberately flaunt this rule, the nail snapped will be disqualified.
2. Only one single World of Grip 10" x 4" suede wrap is used. It is meant to be a test of hands (fingers and thumbs), so only wrap the nail in the 4” wide part of the wrap, and not the whole 10” length to gain leverage.
3. The grip for opening the nail will be a double overhand grip (thumbs between the hands) with the thumbs pushing outwards against the index fingers of the hand.
5. No gloves are allowed. No wrapping or taping of any part of wrist, and hands is allowed.
7. Please make a clear video for me to view. Show me the steel at the beginning, and measure it before wrapping it. Please post the video on facebook/YouTube, and tag me.
Only chalk is allowed.
8. You can purchase as many ‘nails’ as you wish, and can have as many attempts throughout the time period till the last day. This will help your technique, strength and speed over time.
Please sign up as soon as possible, so that we can get your steel to your venue in time.
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Winter Grip League #12
Starting 1 Dec until and including 31 Jan, 2025
Event – Fence Post – Hold for time (one hand)
Open Class and Women's Class
Rules
Scale the weight on a calibrated scale on the video before or after your performance. Then upload the video and tag me in it.
Fence Post - Hold (one hand)
Only the post is to be grasped above the sticker line (170mm to the sticker-line).
The usual Fence Post Lift rules apply; except you do not have to lift the apparatus to a certain height. Timing is started from the moment the weight is lifted off the floor, and stopped when it either drops out of the hands, or it is put down. The apparatus is not allowed to touch the legs, or any other bodyparts apart from the hands holding it. Also the hands or forearms are not allowed to be locked against the thighs.
The minimum time accepted in the contest is 5 seconds. All times are rounded down to the full second ie. 17.77secs, becomes 17secs.
Weights to be used are: 80k, 70k, 60k, 50k, 40k, 30k, 20k or 10k if needed.
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Winter Grip League #13
Starting 1 Dec until and including 31 Jan, 2025
Event – ‘Saxon’ Pinch Barbell – Hold for time (two hands)
Open Class and Women's Class
Rules
Scale the weight on a calibrated scale on the video before or after your performance. Then upload the video and tag me in it.
Two Hands Pinch Barbell – Hold
For this event, any ‘Saxon’ Pinch Barbell can be used as long as the sides are flat, and the fingers do not encroach underneath. In the video tell me the kind of barbell used, and the size.
The barbell is grasped with an overhand pinch grip (fingers on the front and the thumbs on the rear of the barbell), and the fingers are not allowed to go underneath the barbell.
The usual Two Hands Pinch Barbell Lift (2” x 4”) rules apply; except you do not have to lift the apparatus to a certain height. Timing is started from the moment the weight is lifted off the floor, and stopped when it either drops out of the hands, or it is put down. The apparatus is not allowed to touch the legs, or any other body parts apart from the hands holding it. Also the hands or forearms are not allowed to be locked against the thighs.
The minimum time accepted in the contest is 5 seconds. All times are rounded down to the full second ie. 17.77secs, becomes 17secs.
Weights to be used are: 120k, 105k, 90k, 75k, 60k, 45k, 30k or 15k if needed.
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IT’S BACK! - “USAIN BOLT-OFF!” – Perfect for the cold days!
Sprint #12: Snap a Grade 8 bolt Standing – single wraps
From now till and including Saturday 21 Dec
If you use a World of Grip rated Grade 8 bolt (6” x ¼”), tell me the rating, and this will be put forward towards any records.
Get the videos done and the link sent to me to referee!
Rules
1. The bolt is usually bent back and forth using the hands and legs, but cannot be bent by the feet or on the floor.
2. Wraps for protection will be the World of Grip 10" x 4" suede wrap on each side of the bar.
3. No gloves are allowed. No wrapping or taping of any part of elbows, wrist, forearm, and hands is allowed, as is the case with all grip contest events.
4. Use a towel for leg protection. You can strap the towel to your leg with a knee wrap or gaffa tape so that the towel stays in place.
5. Bend the bolt, back and forth till it snaps. Max time limit = 20 minutes
6. Time starts as soon as you start, and finishes when the bolt is snapped. It is useful to have a 3-2-1 countdown to start.
7. For online submissions, please show on the video all of the centre of the bolt close up, by rotating it.
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Conan the Barbarian day – Record Breaker Day #11 2024
We have promoters already involved. For others, here are the details. Please contact me if interested, etc.
Nov 23 or 24 – Conan the Barbarian day – Record Breaker Day #11 – International – multi venues
You can chose whatever day you wish and then send me the results.
92 years since the first Conan story "The Phoenix on the Sword" was published in ‘Weird Tales’ magazine, December 1932. Unleash your inner Barbarian!
Entrance fees: £10 per person, £5 for under 16s - payable to World of Grip, max three WR’s per person.
If promoters wish to charge more for their venue this is at their discretion – the promoter will be liable to send payment directly to us at the time of submitting results.
We will be hosting here in at the Grip Factory, Stafford on Sunday 24th, start 10am.
World Record page
http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/worldrecords.html
Rules page
http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/bhsarules.html
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Steel Shredder #12 – ’Multiples’
From 5 Feb up to and including 20 Apr, 2024
Event: Multiples – how many 6” nails taped together can you bend?
6” nail [150 x 6mm]; rated 80k [Red] or 68k [White] being used.
20 mins time limit.
Here is the order of difficulty, and the fastest wins:
Five x 80k nails
Five x 68k nails
A quad x 80k nails
A quad x 68k nails
A Triple x 80k nails
A Triple x 68k nails
A double x 80k nails
A double x 68k nails
A single x 80k nail
A single x 68k nail
Double or single WOG 10” x 4” wraps to be used.
[World of Grip rated steel]
Classes: Open, Women (Juniors are welcome to compete, with parental permission)
Venue: Multiple venues all around the world.
Promoter: David Horne and World of Grip
Trophies: There will be medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each class
The steel bent will be the 6” nail; rated 80k [Red] or 68k [White]
Entrance fees: £10, steel is purchased on top of this fee.
Cost for steel:
Rated nail = £1.70 GBP each
20 rated nails = £20 GBP total
You tape your own multiples of the same nail (80k [Red] or 68k [White]) together as required.
To compete, please ask me for a total cost including your steel and shipping.
Paypal payments to world_of_grip@ntlworld.com
Rules:
rules video -----
For the video attempt, please follow these usual instructions.
1. Show the nails all on the video before wrapping and bending.
2. Please post the video on facebook/YouTube, and tag me.
3. Show the finished nails’ bend gap alongside a ruler when done so I know they are bent fully. A completed bend is when the nail has been bent into a "V" shape and the inside ends of the legs are no more than 2” apart.
4. The bend must be completed within 10 or 20 minutes.
5. The person who does the fastest bend wins.
6. You can have as many attempts throughout the time period up to and including 15 Mar, 2024
7. As usual no wrist wraps allowed.
