Will Records Fall?

Guinness officials say that Matt Green and Don Badaczewski — the two subway aficionados who attempted to break subway navigation records — will not have a bona fide record because they did not stop at every station:

The next stop will not be the record books for the two MetroCard Magellans seeking to navigate the entire subway system in less than 25 hours and 11 minutes.

No matter what time Matthew Green, 26, and Donald Badaczewski, 24, finish this morning, Guinness World Records officials say the duo will have failed because “they did not follow the rules.”

According to Guinness, the “rules” require riders to stop at every station.

But this obviously needs further research, since, a) that’s not what the Amateur New York Subway Riding Committee rules say* and b) wouldn’t it be impossible to stop at every station?

*Then again, if you understand rules like “During the run, the contestants making the run must, for each platform group in the Transit Authority system, at least once either a) board a train from a platform in that platform group, or b) depart from a train at a platform in that platform group, or c)pass through that station on a train which stops to load or discharge passengers at a platform in that platform group” then maybe you deserve to hand out Guinness records.