Text Messaging world record has been BROKEN!!!

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Ben Cook, the 17-year-old who plays for his school basketball team, posted the record of 57.
75 seconds for a 160-character phrase used in Guinness World Record texting competition

Cook, his best friend Dave Stoddard and other high-speed texters identified over the past month-and-a-half during a Cricket Communications competition, were invited to the KUTV morning show to see if one of them could break the world record.

All predictive text functions on the phones were disabled, so competitors had to type each letter of the phrase: "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."

Stoddard, who also beat the world record with a 59-second time but was later edged out by Cook, said he's happy for his friend. But at school Tuesday other students were surprised to hear that Cook was the champion.

"'Ben, I didn't even know he texted,'" Stoddard said was a typical reaction, since Cook is less visible about his texting.

"I'm just always texting," Stoddard said, "My parents are always on my case about not taking (the phone) to church."