“I am so grateful to have them as my closest friends. “I cannot imagine going through big things in life without having them,” Jacob said. Auldin Maxwell, 15, of British Columbia stacked a staggering 1,840 standard-sized Jenga pieces on a single block and also piled up 900 giant ones on a single block. These are only several examples of the world records. Sprained ankles haven’t deterred them yet. Here are some of them: The tallest tower is 397 centimeters (slightly higher than a single-story house) The fastest construction is 23.5 seconds from the beginning to the full tower The largest purchase 125 boxes with the game were bought at a time in a retail store. They’ve made some of their core memories in the mosh pits of emo concerts across the city. Kelvin (aka the Menga Man) broke his own world record when he stacked 1,512 Jenga pieces on top of one single block. Since becoming close friends, the three do everything together - Halloween costumes, college traditions, eating fistfuls of grapes on New Year’s for good luck. Leslie Scott, game designer and author, developed the original JENGA® Classic game from a wood block stacking game her family had created in Ghana in the 1970s. world when his family firm bought a Midtown tower with the inauspicious address 666 Fifth Avenue for what was then a record-setting 1.8 billion. “I’ve heard people say, ‘They’re a package deal.’ I mean, you’re not wrong.” “People will say, ‘If you invite one, the other two will come.’ That is how tight-knit we are,” Jacob said.

Now, Jacob and Bernal are roommates and Mata lives just five minutes away. Like Osorio, Alba and Sandoval, the three women met separately on Discord and at various events before Bernal formed a group chat to unite their individual friendships. Each of them was going through a life transition and had joined LAF looking to put themselves out there and form new friendships. And when they got to talking, they realized they had a lot more in common than that. This record is measured by number of competitors. This record is to be attempted by a group of competitors of unlimited size. Their love for musician Peso Pluma sealed their bond. This record is for the largest Jenga tournament.

Music also connected self-proclaimed best friends Lili Jacob, 27, Eliana Mata, 34, and Erika Bernal, 33.

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