Street Fighter champ Ryan Hart smashes World Record on Street Fighter V

Guinness World Records has confirmed that Ryan Hart has achieved a new world record title for Most Consecutive Opponents Fought in Street Fighter V.

Ryan fought 260 opponents during an eleven hour record attempt, winning every match. The event was hosted at GAME in the Trafford Centre, Manchester during Street Fighter V’s launch event on  Wednesday 16 February.

Speaking on his new world record, Ryan Hart said: “I’m thrilled to have set a new Guinness World Record for Street Fighter V, I feel it compliments the longevity my gaming career has had and I’m really happy about that. Not being allowed to take any breaks whatsoever for 11 hours was really tough. There were times in the challenge where I just wanted it to be over but I tried to stay calm and think in small steps.”

Stephen Daultrey, Editor of the Guinness World Records ‘Gamer’s Edition’ said: “A hearty congratulations to Ryan for bagging his latest Guinness World Record. Ryan is a bit of a gaming legend in Street Fighter circles, so it’s great to see his magic hasn’t worn off. Evidently, he’s just as fearless and dedicated to the new game as he was with all the previous series iterations.”

Guidelines for the record attempt were stringent, Ryan had to beat over 250 players and achieve a win percentage of at least 90% for the record to attempt to be successful. Each match was a best of three rounds with 99 seconds per round, no rest breaks and play had to be continuous.

Ryan is no stranger to holding World Records, in the past he has held the record for ‘Most international fighting videogame competition wins’ and ‘Longest winning streak on Street Fighter IV’.

You will be able to read about Ryan’s latest achievement in the new Guiness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2017 which is out later this year.