Fastest time to eat a raw onion

According to Official Guinness Records,

The fastest time to eat a raw onion is 29.56 seconds, achieved by Yusuke Yamaguchi (Japan) at Commode 56 Shopping Street, in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan, on 31 December 2013.The attempt took place as part of end-of-year, count-down party on New Year's Eve. The same venue was used as one of the previous holders of the same record, Akira Kudo, achieved his record back in 2011.

For a complete list of 2013 records, please visit 2013 Guinness Records in Japan.

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