I visited all 97 DC Metro stations in 8h 36m (WORLD RECORD)

[@hawktb9]

That's the beauty of the Washington Metro transit system: so many connections EVERYWHERE that it's nearly impossible to NOT go places. I am sure you have noticed that there are a LOT of bus lines that interconnect in Montgomery, Prince George's, Fairfax, and Loudon counties that will get you into and out of DC itself. That's the making of a great system utilizing ALL of the available connections, and congratulations for setting the record!

[@luislaplume8261]

Plus there is a Streetcar line from near Union Station to the east side of Washington D.C. Unfortunately it was not built to the front of Union Station where until 1962 there were streetcars on the second sidewalk behind where the taxis delivered their passengers to the front door. Why? Well we have stupid city planning!

[@colbymcarthur7871]

Do you know how much this ended up costing you? I imagine all of the runs to the end of the line added up!

[@RobertButler]

The way metro works. You tap your card to enter the station and then again to leave. Any time spent inside the system is free. Theoretically if you start the trip and end the trip at the same location which out ever leaving the system you're spending less than $5

[@TheBrassGeologist]

You can also get an unlimited daily pass. Might be worth it

[@WebSoak]

GG

[@Maurice-Navel]

Congrats! It was interesting to learn that the shortest distance between 2 metro stations is sometimes a bus!

[@captainkeyboard1007]

Especially when two stations are many miles apart.

[@christinalem9836]

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[@captainkeyboard1007]

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[@featscottyb]

Well done! I set the record for 91 in 2019 and had equally crappy weather. If we hadn't held outside nearly all of my transfer points, I had 91 timed to 7hrs 34 mins. Oh well. I'm waiting for PY to open before I go again. I'm pretty sure I remember you were also in the lead car of the first revenue Ashburn train back in November. Glad to see a fellow enthusiast do this and share their journey. I wish I hadn't had a bunch of rules to follow for my run so I could've put something cool like this together for others. Thanks for sharing!

[@floppavideo]

Glad you watched! I can’t wait until all the competition after PY. Tons of people have told me they plan to do it, I wonder if something huge can be coordinated

[@featscottyb]

@@lewnwdc When I applied to Guinness to make it an "official" record (bc I thought DC, as a national capital, deserved that prestige), they gave me a set of rules I had to follow, mostly for documenting every step of the journey since nobody would be there with me to verify. So I had to film the whole thing, get witnesses to sign at the beginning, end, and throughout, take timestamped photos of each stop, document arrival and departure time at each station, stop watch start/stop time rules, etc. Adds an extra layer of challenge, but I wish I could've just enjoyed the ride more and not had to pay attention to *every* stop for 8 hours to make sure I got a time stamped photo of the station name signs, etc. Following those rules for NYC or London would be just brutal.

[@luislaplume8261]

For what it was like for me as a boy back in the 1960s when there were no rules it took me 2 years in the summer to ride every subway line in my old hometown of NYC. Check out my comment above in the comments section about that ! 😊

[@ClassyWhale]

This is an amazing and well-produced video! Can't wait to beat your record when Potomac Yards opens ;)

[@floppavideo]

I am the undisputed champ around here. Good luck buddy

[@ClassyWhale]

@@floppavideo I mean if you wanted to do it together I'd be down...emails in my about page if you'd like to reach out!

[@RobertButler]

@classywhale @floppavideo I'm down to give this a shot now that Potomac Yards is open

[@MarcusAlder]

5:28 thank you for censoring the inappropriate language! There might be kids watching and they should grow up knowing it only as National or DCA

[@Lift_City]

Why do you only have two videos?

[@louisdiamond30]

I am also planning to do this! Congrats! I will definitely look into some of the shortcuts you used.

[@floppavideo]

I think I may have found the best routing for if you do it generally, but you’d want to really look into the timing- I bet there’s a specific combo that somehow gives you tons of perfect transfers. Once you get a good “on a whim I can get pretty close to the record if I get lucky enough” thing you gotta go in-depth

[@louisdiamond30]

@@floppavideo I started trying to plan a route of my own. I think I started it at New Carrollton and finished at Shady Grove

[@Fries_Flyzzz]

Very nostalgic. Went to DC in 2011 to air and space museum. That's what got me into planes. Love the vid.

[@AnastasiaHall-b9c]

Dude I don’t know how you visit 97 dc stations in eight hours 36 minutes and I will fall asleep on the train for eight hours and 36 minutes and I am going falling asleep on the train I will be asleep in a minute or two minutes and I have to go back to sleep when I g got off the train and I will be up at nine and I’m not going on train for eight hours and 36 minutes and I’m not sure if that challenge will not work for me but I’m sure other people are coming to see the challenge working for us and I need some people to help me with the challenge to ninety seven metro stations for eight hours And 36 minutes of the challenge

[@Dovietail]

DC ridership takes the rules seriously. I once saw a guy light up a cigarette on an open platform, and I thought the commuters were gonna push him onto the tracks! 😂

[@jb5music]

There's no such thing as an uncovered Metro ERL station stop as photoshopped in the thumbnail picture

[@rileydosh1605]

You're the first I know to do it with the new silver line extension. I did it in 2018 in 7:59 and the record at the time iirc was 7:20. Nice job though! I've been waiting for the yellow (and purple) lines to come in before I do another attempt

[@floppavideo]

The extension to Ashburn definitely adds a considerable amount of time but there were a lot of other places where the run could have been optimized (I did it on a whim, no planning beforehand). If service thru Rosslyn was running as normal, and I had a better transfer to the RideOn10, I likely could have cut up to 30 minutes off. When the yellow line reopens in May I plan to do it again. It should make it even faster

[@rileydosh1605]

@lewnwdc depends how plan on getting off that branch. I've looked at options of taking the blue line north to Arlington then doubling back to switch to the yellow at pentagon. It works, in very rare circumstances. I'm waiting for the purple line before I bother another run. I have a route planned which hits 7:40 with perfect luck, but probably averages an hour longer

[@rileydosh1605]

@lewnwdc true but I still count it. Plus it runs by my house so I'm biased

[@dvferyance]

@@floppavideo I wonder if it will ever be extended further out to Leesburg one day.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

I think the Silver Line has the most stations 34 station stops, compared to the Blue and Red lines with 27 stops. Since you caught many of the Metrorail stations, you are a lucky ducky. I may not want to combine bus trips with riding Metrorail. I hope the battery in your camera will be fresh enough to make it up and running than grease lightning! I am a rapid transit buff.

[@theunknown0887]

I wanna try and see if I can go to every station ina day I'm not necessarily trying to break the record but the idea of being at every station ina day sounds interesting

[@Utred2012]

Have added this run to the DC Metro's Wikipedia page, since it read as if Wall's run was still the record holder. May try to best it at some point this summer myself.

[@maotingdew]

Someone undid it :/

[@maotingdew]

Found an article that will (hopefully) keep that edit up.

[@jacklogansmith7646]

Added a post in the talk section, pls link article to it.

[@e4-nv2wi]

Ride On FTW!!! edit: I never knew Minnesota Avenue Station is a thing

[@CodeDeb]

Should have stopped at Wheaton to ride the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere

[@insertchannelnamehere8685]

The OP move is to time this so that you can take the 494 express bus between Tysons and Franconia-Springfield. This would be my hypothetical itinerary once the yellow line reopens: Leave around 11:50AM on a weekday Silver -Ashburn to McLean Walk 8 mins to 494 at 12:29 to Franconia-Springfield Blue Line to King St Yellow Line to Huntington Yellow Line to Greenbelt MARC to Union Station Red Line to Shady Grove, then back to Twinbrook Bus to Wheaton Red line to Glenmont, then back to Union MARC to New Carrollton Orange line to Stadium Armory Blue/Silver to Largo Town Center, then Blue to Arlington Cemetery, back up to Rosslyn Orange to Vienna (And I just realized I forgot the southern section of the green line, I'll think of how to add it eventually) I looked up the MARC and metro schedules and this should work without any long transfers.

[@e4-nv2wi]

*Interstate 495*

[@luislaplume8261]

In my time in my old hometown of NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s, it took me 2 summers after the school year was over to ride every subway line from end to end except for the Myrtle Ave El to Downtown Brooklyn which happened in the summer of 1968 with my late parents and my little brother. At the Bridge Jay Street Terminal we could see the stone towers of the Brooklyn Bridge about 4 blocks from the platform. Until October 1969 there was joint subway and wooden elevated trains that shared the same tracks on part of their routes from 1905 til 1969. Such were the exciting days in Old NYC and Old America! 😊

[@a.lima2512]

On the older trains the 6000s you can charge things underneath the seats

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

Thanks for that! And only the 6000-series? not the 3000-series or 2000-series?

[@a.lima2512]

@@CaradhrasAiguo49 not sure to be honest but probably

[@bryanhuang542]

I like how it's called a "world record" lol. Impressive!

[@Souleii]

This is an certified railfan moment 👍

[@TVDentouLiam]

Wait do you live in Maryland or NoVa if so I didn't know caracal cats are legal here

[@mcb187]

TIL that speedrunning the DC metro is a thing, lol.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Did the record reset after the extension opened?

[@davidrivera9743]

Yes.

[@realIncognitoTGT]

What stopwatch app did you use?

[@SpotlightGraphics]

i messaged my buddy in DC to beat this speedrun becaue i dont beliveve you went fast enough and it's easily beatable ill keep you updated

[@danielpintard7382]

did you use apple maps to plan this?

[@ayeeeeeeee6240]

i read the title as completing this in 38 minutes total😭 anyways we need the purple line RNNNNN

[@mrlebby_6610]

Nice that you chose the 3000 over the 7000 at glenmont. Those are going to be retiring soon.

[@superiorsalmon9237]

the music is so nice for a world record video lmao

[@mmhoss]

another enthusiast of both floppa and transit.. very nice

[@TexanJLN]

When did you stop at McPherson Square?

[@Enzo7503]

Hey my man, loved the video, but since your voice is sort of low, I think it would do you a lot of good to lower the background audio when you're doing a voiceover, I can barely hear you. Keep on keepin on! You got some real nice shots for this video!

[@wildgoldean]

Congratulations! Now do all the NYC subway stations plus the Staten Island Railway.

[@navyseal1689]

bro LOL 🤣

[@davidrivera9743]

I have done that. Personal best is 26hr 50 minutes. There's a sub 24hr routing out there but construction in NYC ( we dont count Staten Island for this exercise) subways only happens on 21-28 days notice has to be worked around.

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

I don't need to use Metro on my office commute, but was actually out the same evening you did this speed-run... with over half of an inch of rain at DCA I would call that "driving rain" as there's only an average of 29 days annually with precipitation at or in excess of half of an inch (12.7 mm), or less than 1 in 12 days. Without speed-running (and only the 1 usage of Huntington being sub-optimal), I've passed through 84 stations by rail so far, the exceptions being: - Franconia/Springfield - Green Line southeast of the Anacostia River (6 stations) - Morgan Blvd and Largo - New Carrollton [only via MARC / Amtrak, which doesn't count] - Silver Line west of VA-28 (IAD, Loudoun Gateway, and Ashburn)

[@samsondawitagegnehu8913]

That was 👍 good

[@bloatedblitz]

what is that app you were using? i would like to try the same for my city, buenos aires!

[@aoben92]

Ready to visit every MARC and VRE station?

[@dongvo9220]

THIS RECORD GOT BEATEN BY SCOTT AT 7 HRs

[@the2ndmedal]

got video?

[@溧水]

lmao i never even realized metros could be speedran and i might do something like that in my home city nanjing, love from china

[@knowledgeborn11]

This would be an amazing feat if you'd do this with amtrak transit 😆 🤣

[@davinp]

It could be quicker if the yellow line wasn't closed. The yellow is a shortcut into DC as the blue line takes longer as it has many more stops to DC

[@MrWennerstrom]

Wouldn't it be a DC record, not a world record?

[@jaihdedits]

W Video

[@BJMediaTransit8516]

Washington DC’s Metro is the third or fourth largest subway system in America!

[@ArinGokdemir]

Ah, our famous single tracking.

[@TheAmericanCatholic]

Do the Boston subway and the nyc lol

[@hunteralford14]

what app is ghat you're using to keep time?

[@dvferyance]

Sounds like a fun idea. Too bad my city doesn't have any kind of rail to be able to do this.

[@haslett_]

good content

[@jimothygooseshire]

Hero moves.

[@GettoBigBrid]

I am disappointed this isn't real time

[@theautistictransitfan]

I’m gonna do this on Thursday, maybe I’ll beat the record, but I bet my route is much less optimal than yours

[@KHAYREE-kc]

Best parts we’re seeing my stations hyattsvile and pg plaza we have the fastest trains 😂over here

[@christinalem9836]

Ladie

[@AnastasiaHall-jc4js]

Wow that 97 stations was coming in five or ten or many minutes and all their time and wow that their time as he was in a game with 97 metro stations from a go and all dc lines was in the same fame as Prince George here

[@ValsNemesis]

im gonna beat this (using yellow line + potomac yard ofc)

[@maiki5962]

Did you go to Potomac Yards Station? It just opened up recently!

[@the2ndmedal]

This one is basically outdated as in the map it’s called “future station”

[@maiki5962]

@@the2ndmedal Oh! I understand.

[@MrJamieBattle]

Congratulations on conquering the WMATA GAUNTLET

[@deliciousnoodles5505]

Floppa and public transit, the ultimate crossover

[@Georgiarailvideos6325]

dude i dare you to speed run all marta rail stations in atlanta

[@timothystark4475]

Wow! I was on metro (Jan 25th)!

[@DarkRazor-yw3hl]

Uh oh, they just built a new station on the blue line... You might need to do it all over again

[@charonsferryold]

Imagine doing this for the three MARC lines...

[@xwarped83]

Congrats, man! You made me miss taking the Metro.

[@erichayes9559]

Yery interested to see how the reopening of the yellow and, eventually, the new purple line will affect the meta, great vid!

[@DCTransitFilms]

W bro congrats on the achievement!

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

The old announcer is the best.

[@Jamesmusica]

this is great! great job! im planning on doing this in june do you have any tips?

[@rohilbhinge3110]

This is so cool! I'm gonna try to do this in the summer when I'm back in DC and the Yellow Line reopens :D

[@tonytsheng]

congrats - awesome job!

[@mariachrzski18]

That freaking computer voice that plays in the station must really bug the regular metro riders.

[@someone2639]

nice leotrix

[@JKanimations7718]

I wanna try this with MARTA

[@robinsechriest7052]

I did all of the Maryland Stops on New Year's Day because I found out that doing all of them would be over 9 hours. The new Virginia stops weren't worth goind to at that late time. I started at 1:56Pm and finished 8:46Pm

[@nasherbig]

Such a sick video and I think I might wanna do this as well! Do you mind if you let me know the name of the app you were using to track your time?

[@JhonnyBoi]

What day of the week and time of the day did you do this? Just saw your segment on NBC. Congrats!

[@BenRockeyHarris]

fucking epic sir, well done

[@zacharythomason7359]

Congratulations my good man well deserved😎😎😎💎💎💎

[@RMTStudios]

Nice job, you were super lucky on those trains!

[@EOtransitvideos]

Congratulations dude.

[@clarktownsend8991]

Congrats that was awesome. When they open the new yellow station at Potomac yards you gonna try it again?

[@czechistan_zindabad]

I wanna do the same thing since I am in DC now!

[@Owano]

what apps did you use for this?

[@tealmer3528]

Are you from Philly? I heard a "jawn" in there at Glenmont.

[@5hiranai]

DMV heads started saying jawn too

[@washingtondc9290]

@@5hiranai I don’t know what DC, you talking about but not the District of Columbia, DC slang is more of Ji/ jai/ jah - adv. Really/ very (used for emphasis) Jont - noun. A place; a word used to describe something (ex. referring to a car: “That jont is fast”; a thing/ anything

[@mikebel79]

You missed McPherson from what I can see. As you took the bus from Farragut West to Farragut north. Or, am I missing something? Either why, looks like a great record to beat! Congrats!

[@floppavideo]

I decided against that option (right after the graphic you can see me showing up at metro center)

[@mikebel79]

@@floppavideo I had to watch again. My mistake. Great job!

[@Lift_City]

You did not finish the silver line

[@EvanAviator]

He did? It interlines with orange and blue after Rosslyn

[@Lift_City]

Oh right

[@paulmccauley7098]

One of these days I should that.

[@thetrueglasses]

revisiting this after this one guy cheated on this challenge with rideshare 💀

[@astrowrld814]

💀💀💀

[@BJMediaTransit8516]

If you ever got to Atlanta, you could also try doing the MARTA Station challenge, that system is smaller than DC but still is a lot of fun.

[@rustyskengs]

great video how do u not have more subs

[@RailfanTurner]

Congrats! Terrific video!

[@KobiHameed]

watch out

[@bhyydy6353]

Wow! There is a record for everything. Just curious, if you enter a station and stay in the system all day and come out from the same station, how is the fare calculated?

[@EL-0825]

congrats! what app did you use to record the time

[@floppavideo]

Strava ✅

[@hugs0814]

wowie

[@Kleo1140]

Glad you didn’t get on that P12 to Eastover 😂😂