Indian Teenager Soham Mukherjee Bags Guinness World Records Title For 101 Hops Over A Ruler

Soham Mukherjee

A total of 101 hops over a stationery ruler has brought Dubai-based Indian teenager Soham Mukherjee a Guinness World Records title.

Hailing from New Delhi, Mukherjee managed to break the previous title of 96 hops in 30 seconds. Mukherjee completed 110 hops in total but 9 were deemed invalid by the global authorities.

Mukherjee, who is in 11th grade at Dubai’s GEMS Wellington International School said the record was captured with two cameras and measured by a close-up slow motion so that the line object and my feet are clearly seen.

Mukherjee said what helped him break this specific record title is his long history of 13 years in taekwondo that requires a lot of leg work.

“I came from a background of several sports, so I always felt more competitive than my peers. Since I moved to Dubai a year ago, I started to feel more productive,” he said.

“During lockdown, I wanted to test my determination, so I started to search for something to do to keep active and do a remarkable achievement, and then decided to go for an official attempt with Guinness World Records,” he said.