Understanding Hanna’s unusual Marinelli bend record
Hanna set our Longest Time Holding A Marinelli Bend record with a result of 2 minutes and 3 seconds in the Girls' 10–12 division, completed in Tsu City, Mie, Japan, on September 16, 2020. It is one of the more unusual titles in our archive, and the kind that sends most readers straight to a definition.
What a Marinelli bend is
A Marinelli bend is a specialized contortion pose in which the performer is supported by a mouth grip at the top of a short post.
That sentence is the whole definition, and the title supplies the only other thing that counted on the day: duration, timed to the second. Appearance and difficulty do not move the figure. The title is long and literal for exactly that reason — it names the pose, then says precisely what was measured.
Hanna's 2 minutes and 3 seconds belongs to the Girls' 10–12 category, so it sits alongside results from girls in the same age band rather than against every age at once. Our frequently asked questions explain how those age and gender divisions work, and Hanna's record carries hers next to the date and the place.
Patience and determination in Tsu City
Hanna showed patience and determination, and those are the right qualities for a record shaped like this one. There is nothing to sprint at and no last-second push available — only the decision to stay where she was until the time had passed.
She completed the achievement in Tsu City (津市), the capital of Mie Prefecture (三重県). Achievements reach Kids World Records from all over the world, and Hanna's brought us a title most people have to read twice, set in a city plenty of our readers will be meeting for the first time.
Precision is what makes entries like hers worth keeping. Nobody has to guess what Hanna did, how long it lasted or when it happened, because the result was measured once and recorded plainly. If you'd like to meet more of the children behind our titles, our list of current Kids World Records achievements is a good place to start.