Kosovo mathematics teacher puts on 17 T-shirts without letting a ball fall from his head

Guinness World Records confirmed a new record on 25 August: 56-year-old Kosovo mathematics teacher Agim Agushi put on 17 T-shirts without stopping for a second from keeping a ball in the air with his head. The previous achievement in this category belonged to him as well — 14 T-shirts.

The entire attempt took just under four minutes. The number was not chosen at random: 17 T-shirts are a reference to 17 February, Kosovo’s Independence Day, the record-holder himself explained.

Agushi teaches mathematics at a school and says he prepared for the attempt for a long time: he tried different techniques, restricting himself to an area of one square metre, and adjusted the conditions — lighting and weather when training took place outdoors. “As a mathematician, I like to say that we have a formula for combinations that allows us to arrive at the simplest and most effective solution,” he said.

His Guinness World Records titles also include putting on 28 T-shirts removed from his body while keeping a ball in the air with his head, putting on and taking off a T-shirt 164 times in a single attempt, and the longest time two people have kept a ball moving between them using their heads — 34 minutes and 1 second together with Bujar Ajeti.

The record-holder wants to make his next attempts at the Burj Khalifa — the tallest building in the world.

It is worth noting that Guinness World Records records such achievements according to strict regulations: an applicant submits a video recording and witness confirmations, and the title is considered official only after verification. That is why some time usually passes between the attempt itself and the announcement of the record.