Rankireddy and Tan smash Guiness World Records

Soka, Saitama JAPAN – Yonex is proud to announce that Yonex badminton athletes, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND) and Tan Pearly (MAS), have set new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the fastest male and female badminton hits. Since the previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the fastest badminton hit was recorded in May 2013, this means that Rankireddy broke the record for the first time in more than a decade.

Rankireddy’s smash surpassed the previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title of 493 km/h (about 306 mph (ca. 492 km/h)) by 72 km/h (about 45 mph (ca. 72 km/h)), establishing an astonishing new record for the fastest male badminton hit at 565 km/h (about 351 mph). Tan also set a new record for the fastest female badminton hit, with a remarkable speed of 438 km/h (about 272 mph (ca. 438 km/h)). With this, Tan became the first female GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titleholder in the category.

These records show that badminton is significantly faster than other ball sports and even Formula One when compared with other fastest speed records in the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title (Reference 1).

Rankireddy and Tan’s world record attempts were achieved on April 14, 2023, and were verified by official judges from the Guinness World Records™ based on the speed measurement results from that day.

Record details:

• Location: Yonex Co., Ltd. Tokyo Factory gymnasium

• Challenging athletes: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND), Tan Pearly(MAS)

• Racket: NANOFLARE 1000 Z

• String: BG80 (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy), EXBOLT 63 (Pearly Tan)

• Shuttlecock: TOURNAMENT

• Measurement method: The moments of impact in the actual smash were captured using a high-speed camera. The instant velocity of the shuttlecock after the impact was then calculated from the photographic recording

• Calculation method: The movement distance and the elapsed time of the shuttlecock were calculated between two coordinates

Instant velocity was calculated based on distance, time, and speed measurements. The changes in the flying speed of the shuttlecock were visualised using a graph.

The new record holders:

Approved record in The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title

The fastest badminton hit (male) is 565 km/h (351.07 mph) and was achieved by Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (India) at a gymnasium at Yonex Co., Ltd. Tokyo Factory in Soka, Saitama, Japan, on 14 April 2023.

The fastest badminton hit (female) is 438 km/h (272.16 mph) and was achieved by Tan Pearly (Malaysia) at a gymnasium at Yonex Co., Ltd. Tokyo Factory in Soka, Saitama, Japan, on 14 April 2023.

Comparison to other speed GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title