Two Guinness World Records® Achieved on the 44th Birthday of Cup Noodles! Cup Noodles on Display to be Presented to Visitors from September 25!!
Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. (President: Noritaka Ando) achieved two new world records ("Largest packaged product pyramid" and "Fastest time to build a 20 instant noodle cup/bowl pyramid") in a "Double Guinness World Record Challenge" that the company conducted at the Cupnoodles Museum, with the aim of getting Nissin Foods Group employees to establish two Guinness World Records by using Cup Noodles. Both records were certified as Guinness World Records and the official certificates were awarded on Friday, September 18, 2015, the 44th birthday of Cup Noodles.
To accomplish the "Largest packaged product pyramid," the first of the two Guinness World Records, Nissin Foods Group employees worked together to stack 57,155 Cup Noodles and formed a Cup Noodles pyramid approximately 7.4 meters high with 69 steps. With regard to the "fastest time to build a 20 instant noodle cup/bowl pyramid," the second of the Guinness World Records, Nissin Foods Group employees competed against each other to stack 20 Cup Noodles into a pyramid form in the fastest possible time. The winner succeeded in stacking the Cup Noodles in 6.54 seconds.
Cup Noodles first went on sale on September 18, 1971, as the world’s first cup-type instant noodles. To mark Cup Noodle’s 44th anniversary this year, the company has been enthusiastically promoting the message "It’s OK to go over the top. Don’t think about it, just be the hottest you can be! Nobody wants to live a cold life!", based on the slogan "STAY HOT!" The challenge was conducted to embody that message.
Cup Noodles first went on sale on September 18, 1971, as the world’s first cup-type instant noodles. To mark Cup Noodle’s 44th anniversary this year, the company has been enthusiastically promoting the message "It’s OK to go over the top. Don’t think about it, just be the hottest you can be! Nobody wants to live a cold life!", based on the slogan "STAY HOT!" The challenge was conducted to embody that message.
Time-lapse Movie: Cup Noodles Pyramid
Details of the Guinness World Records achieved
The number of the same product used to build a single pyramid by stacking was officially certified as the new Guinness World Record.
Record : 57,155 cups
Timeframe : Monday September 7 to Thursday September 17, 2015
Date of certification : Friday September 18, 2015
Achievers : Nissin Foods Group employees working at the group’s Tokyo Head Office
2. "Fastest time to build a 20 instant noodle cup/bowl pyramid"
The winning time was certified as the new Guinness World Record in the race in which Nissin Foods Group employees competed against each other to stack 20 Cup Noodles into a pyramid form in the fastest possible time (triangular layers, starting from the bottom: 10 cups, 6 cups, 3 cups, 1 cup).
Record : 6.54 seconds
Date of certification : Friday September 18, 2015
Achiever : Hiroaki Takeda
Display of the Cup Noodles Pyramid to the public
Display
Cupnoodles Museum (1F entrance)
[Address] 2-3-4 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama
[Opening hours] 10:00 – 18:00 (last entry at 17:00)
[Closed] Tuesdays, (the following day if Tuesday is a national holiday)
* After the exhibition, the Cup Noodles on display, each with a seal attached to commemorate the achievement of the Guinness World Record, will be presented at no charge to visitors to the Cupnoodles Museum from Friday, September 25. For details, please visit the website of the Cup Noodle Museum.
[URL] http://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/news/index.html
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