Ronnie O Sullivan

Title and Description edited on 15th June 2019. Thanks to everyone who commented that the official time has been changed to 5 minutes 8 seconds. Blessed with the rare gift of being able to play to a high standard both left-handed and right-handed, he made the fastest 147 on record at the 1997 World Championship, completing the feat in just 5 minutes and 8 seconds. - World Snooker http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/r...​ Ronnie O'Sullivan's first 147 break againstMick Pricein their second round tie at the1997 world championshipset a still-standing world record for the fastest maximum in the history of the game.Guinness World Recordsrecorded the time of the break at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.However, an investigation undertaken byDeadspinin 2017 revealed that the time recorded by Guinness is incorrect because the timer was started too early on the BBC footage.Breaks are not officially timed in snooker and the officialrules of snookerdo not specify how they should be timed, instead leaving the timing to the discretion of the broadcaster.