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hello im karan im 11 years old and earlier on today i just got a british record:D i made five cranes in five minutes to get the record it sounds unimpressive but its quite hard try it !

Ages ago i was making cranes in less than 30 secs...

Well, at normal folding speed, in the air, with a couple of minor mistakes which I corrected along the way, it just took me 1:13. If I were speed-folding I'm sure I could beat that. And if I didn't care about accuracy and/or used a table, that would crush that time. It did take longer than it seemed though...I'll grant you that.

Edit: messy one in 40

Also, see this thread: viewtopic.php?t=3213

All depends what you mean by a 'crane'. If you mean a display standard model, with all creases to less than a millimetre, than 5 minutes is a reasonable time.

If you are on about folding the pattern generally, and allowing a little slopiness, then 5 minutes is rather generous.

If you are on about a rough bird base, with thinning and reverse folds, then one could go much, much quicker.

Congrats on the record !

Along those lines, there are folks who can fold a crane with one hand, and a few who can do it with no hands ... They use their feet.

The most entertaining - performed by professional folder Jeremy Shafer -
is to set a piece of paper on fire and fold it into a crane (or flapping bird ?) before the paper is consumed !
[Don't try this unless you are a professional.]

So, there are more records to aspire to....

- Hank Simon

Here's a video of Jeremy folding on fire:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/ ... ne_lg.html

well done Karan keep on folding and don't let the negative attitude of some of the replies so far put you off what you have achieved.

Its easy, I can fold it in about 40 seconds.

You guys are all fast, the last time I folded a crane (A long time ago ) I took about two minutes! I'm so slow.

what kind of paper size are we talking? 15cm takes a lot longer than 7.5cm.

I'm talking standard 15cm kami.

Hmmm, 51.34 seconds! I timed it on the chronogropher on my stop watch . I think I might have started it about a second late, though... so we'll say 52.34 seconds.

First attempt: 57 seconds. A few more and I'm under 50 :p

My first attempt: 1:03
But I have to add I had trouble collapsing the Preliminary Fold since I had not made a horizontal precrease all the way through the cente

I'm surprised no-one's tried to upload a video of themselves doing this...