Category: Records

  • New World Records

    WHPVA have received a report sent in by Tim Corbett claiming Aidan Lampe and Adam Hari have achieved these new world records at the Vinfast test facility near Lang Lang, Victoria, Australia, on March 28th/29th, 2026:

    • 6hr 411.578 km
    • 12hr 800.548 km
    • 1000km 15hr 9m 10secs
    • 24hr 1512.775 km
    • 4000m 3m 22.145s

    Supporting material sent in can be accessed following this link:
    https://www.spins-live.de/Lang-Lang2026.pdf

    WHPVA has checked the report and found it to comply with their minimum requirements.
    The WHPVA record committee will report whether they propose to ACCEPT or REJECT the attempt within 15 working days from 15th May 2026.

  • Short Course Record Attempts

    Sydney

    Following the Gosford event last year those who participated were keen to explore using a different velodrome in the Sydney area with better surface conditions to support higher short course speeds. 

    The Sydney event has not yet been confirmed for 2026, but there appeared to be ample support and leadership to run an event in the final quarter of 2026. 

    Stay tuned for more info during the year!

  • Speedbike Record Attempts

    March 28-29, Lang-Lang

    We are excited to announce that we will again be returning to the Vinfast test facility at Lang-Lang over the weekend of 28 and 29th of March, 2026. 

    Member Tim Corbett has again taken on the financial risk for the event to sponsor these attempts:

    • 2x athletes to attempt endurance HPV records (12hr, 1000km, 24hr), and
    • 3 athletes to attempt shorter duration record attempts (4000m, 1hr (x2) and 100mile.
    •  ~4 other members have also confirmed for shorter records on the Sunday. 

    Vinfast have allowed for a sightly expanded attendance list this year, so there are still opportunities available at the event for motivated members. 

    In addition to 1hr/12hr/1000km/24hr distances, we will be surveying a 4000m course to set marks over this prestigious distance.

     Time permitting, F200 runs may also be a possibility.  WHPVA/IHPVA sanctioning of F200 and 4000m TBC.

    There are opportunities to attend the event as follows:

    • to act as an OzHPV official for the various attempts, (~2 openings)
    • as support crew for the Phantom Team or other entrants (#’s TBC), or,
    • make your own record attempt/s.

    Places will be confirmed during application on first come, first served basis that optimizes for overall headcount and event compatibility.

    Due to the limited number of people allowed on site, there are no opportunities to attend as a spectator, with all attendees expected to make a positive contribution to the event.

    Critical support crew and OzHPV officials need only be regular members of OzHPV.

    POA for record attempts. 

    Due to the significant cost (and opportunity!) of hiring the venue, attempt costs are non-trivial, and start at ~$1000 for short duration attempts. 

    50% deposit required to confirm your place.

    Please get in contact with me (Tim) if you would like to attend. 

    Notice of the event will go out to the broader community via the OzHPV FB group in 2 weeks on ~Feb 14th to allow OzHPV members first opportunity to attend, compete, officiate or act in supporting roles.

  • New 6-hour time trial WORLD RECORD

    the WHPVA hereby confirm that the WHPVA record committee has accepted the record attempt carried out
    by Francesco Russo on July 27th, 2025, on the DEKRA Test Oval in Klettwitz, Germany in the category 6-hour time trial with standing start and closed course as the new world record. He achieved 401.464 km.

    Congratulations!

    The new world record will be published on the WHPVA website and the report can be made available to the public upon request and with permission of all persons involved.

  • Adam Hari – Battle Mountain

    Adam has plans on increasing the Australian land speed record from 75 miles per hour to the next mile per hour hat of 80.
    This will put him in the top 10 fastest human ever and the fastest person ever to build and race their own bike without sponsorship.

    Adam’s bike was flown over to America last year and has stayed there in storage at the big chief motel for the past year. This means no shipping fee this year and allows him to continue his racing career year to year.

    He has improvements planned to be made to his streamliner before this year’s event that will squeeze some extra watts of efficiency and hopefully be enough to get him over the 80mph barrier.

    The first is a more reliable battery system for the camera and electronics. Previously individual 18650 lithium cells were joined together to create a larger capacity bank of 12volts.

    These were time consuming to charge and at risk of failure. If one failed the entire system would fail. These will be replaced with Milwaukee 12v 5ah battery banks. Off the shelf item means fast charging and extremely easy to source replacement parts if needed.

    The second is a new set of wheels.
    The wheels used in 2024 were built when Adam was first learning to use carbon fibre and composite materials. This meant the wheels were over engineered and weigh 4.5kg each. The surface finish on the front wheel is also not ideal for optimal efficiency inside the wheel fairing.

    The new wheels being built will be designed using years of experience Adam has gained.

    They will save a whopping 2kg per wheel in weight. This 4kg saving should make acceleration easier not only because there is less weight to accelerate but also because there is far less rotational mass to accelerate.

    Finally, Adam is looking into improving the efficiency of rolling resistance. See the link to a video trisled recently did showing the difference inner tubes can make to rolling resistance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMCRKP_h9wg

    In 2024 adam used butyl rubber inner tubes. This year he plans to swap them out with tpu inner tubes and hopefully find a faster make of tyre to go with that. Even only a few watts of saving can mean a big difference to top speed when 300watts get the streamliner to over 75mph/121kmh.

    Other minor improvements include more thorough taping of the fairing seam and installing a plastic sheet to separate the brake discs from the cockpit to limit any harmful smoke produced during braking entering his lungs.

    Other teams planning to attend this year are Russell Bridge with the team 77 hoping to break the British record of 77mph and the French university Annecy with rider Francois Pervis who is aiming to break the overall land speed record of 89mph. 

  • Lang-Lang World Records Ratified

    OzHPV have just received confirmation from WHPVA that they have ratified all records at the recent Lang-Lang event!  The records have already been posted to their website:

    Competition Records – World Human Powered Vehicle Association

    Congratulations to the riders and their new distance records!

    • Andrew Connolly:  12 hr world record holder            727.17km  – 60.60kph
    • Kyle Lierich:          1000km world record holder      17hr, 47min – 56.20kph
    • Aidan Lampe:        24hr world record holder            1347.34km  – 56.14kph

    OzHPV will be working to update its record list on our website. 
    We note that it is now out of date with records set in the last 18months not shown and apologise to the people affected.

    World Records

  • New World Records

    Lang Lang Speed Trial 2025

    The following athletes, according to a report sent in by
    Tim Corbett, claim to have achieved various new world records at the
    Vinfast proving ground in Lang Lang, Victoria, Australia, over the
    weekend of March 29 and 30.

    • Aidan Lampe, Men’s 12 hour, 683.119 km
    • Andrew Connolly, Men’s 12 hour, 727.167 km
    • Aidan Lampe, Men’s 1000km, 18h03m47s
    • Kyle Lierich, Men’s 1000km, 17h47m42s
    • Aidan Lampe, Men’s 24 Hour, 1347.342 km