Teenagers attempt to set a new record for the longest spiral of dominos

By
Jill Reilly

Last updated at 4:03 PM on 7th January 2012

It’s not a hobby for impatient people, but a teenager and his group of friends are willing to painstakingly align hundreds of domino pieces if it means they can break a world record.

Patrick Sinner and his friends attempted to make the largest spiral shaped wall of domino pieces, spending 40 hours putting it together in a community hall.

The fifteen-year-old built the wall in Kefenrod, central Germany and his friends Julian, Jan-Eric, Lukas,
Dustin and Christian hope that their patience and steady hands will be
enough to break the record as they await confirmation from the adjudicators. 

Concentration needed: Fifteen-year-old Patrick Sinner (2nd left) and his friends set up the pieces in their attempt to construct the longest spiral-shaped wall of domino pieces

Concentration needed: Fifteen-year-old Patrick Sinner (2nd left) and his friends set up the pieces in their attempt to construct the longest spiral-shaped wall of domino pieces

No room for mistakes: The pain-staking process takes a great deal of time and one false move could mean the task needs to be started again

No room for mistakes: The pain-staking process takes a great deal of time and one false move could mean the task needs to be started again

Record breaking country: Germany has already broke two world records using dominos, building the tallest domino structure and the largest number of dominoes stacked on one single piece

Record breaking country: Germany has already broke two world records using dominos, building the tallest domino structure and the largest number of dominoes stacked on one single piece

Initial counts indicate that the team used 30,000 dominoes and the circle had a diameter of ten metres, covering almost the entire hall floor, before they started the collapse.

The teens were attempting to break two world records, but their second attempt to build a wall of dominos was unsuccessful.

But they were pleased that the spiral fell as planned while being watched by 200 people in hall and by the adjudicators.

It
seems Germany has a reputation for setting domino records, as according
to the Guinness Book of Records, the tallest domino structure was
constructed by students in Buchloe
on 5 September 2010.

It
was 5.08 m (16 ft 8 in) high and consisted of 9,140 dominos –  the
students who spent the time building it, were also allowed to knock it
down at the end.

The Guinness Book of Records, also state that was in Germany that the largest number of dominos stacked on one
single piece was achieved by Maximilian Poserm, who managed 1002 pieces in Berlin, on 6
February 2009.

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What a totally pointless exercise!

anyone know were this is leading.

Wow!! I am so mean I just wanna knock it down!!
It looks great though soo well done!!!

Where’s the video?

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