Congratulations to Aidan Lampe for setting the 24-hr Outdoor Track record in the following categories: Solo, Male, 18-49, Velomobile, Outdoor track.
He also set the 6-hr, 12-hr, and1000Km records during this attempt.
| Distance Event Kilometers | Time | Avg Sp (Km) | Avg Sp (Miles) | |
| 1000 Km Outdoor Track | 15:09:10.31 | 65.99 | 41.01 | |
| Timed Event | Miles | Kilometers | Avg Sp (Miles) | Avg Sp (Km) |
| 6 Hour Outdoor Track | 255.743 | 411.578 | 42.62 | 68.60 |
| 12 Hour Outdoor Track | 497.437 | 800.548 | 41.45 | 66.71 |
| 24 Hour Outdoor Track | 939.995 | 1,512.775 | 39.17 | 63.03 |
These all qualify for (non-age group) Guinness World Records
pics here
Record attempt: 24 Hour Solo Outdoor Track
Rider: Aidan Lampe
Date: 28th March 2026 11:20am
Location: Vinfast Proving Ground, Circular Track, Lang Lang, Victoria, Australia
This was not my first time visiting this track to attempt a 24hour solo record so there was a sense of familiarity with everything and some past experience to build on and use to get the absolute most out of my body and the bike I was riding.
It was about 4 or 5 months ago that I was asked in conversation if I would be keen to ride the 24hour in Tim Corbetts Phantom Speedbike the Mini-T +24, a 3 wheeled aerodynamic recumbent HPV or Velomobile as some would call it. I was a little hesitant if I wanted to go again as 1 year prior I had ridden 1346km at the same track in a different vehicle, but just a few months later another rider improved the distance by almost 40km (both were not submitted to WUCA for certification) We felt that there was still a fair bit to be gained with the right combination of rider, vehicle, track and weather conditions.
Over the next few months I visited Tim to test ride the trike and get it fitted comfortably. I live in Adelaide, over 8 hours drive away from Tim in Geelong, so it was challenging to spend a lot of time in the vehicle in preparation. I spent the majority of my summer riding time indoors on a recumbent trainer to adapt my muscles to the position and train my gut to fuel in position too.
3 days prior to the event I drove across to help with the final vehicle prep which there was always something else we could keep improving so it resulted in later nights than what would be ideal given the effort upcoming. The day prior we drove the 2.5 hours to an Air BnB just 10 minutes away from the track so we could have a relatively reasonable wake up time.
The weather in the days leading into the event was not looking good, stormy, rain and lots of wind. As it turned out it was all calming down for the day of the ride, a couple of small rain showers as we were setting up the timing and the crew areas on the trackside. The temperature was going to stay cool and the wind dropping, almost ideal if the rain would just stay away.
The +24 has very limited space and I had to tape up my legs over quite a large area inside and outside to reduce irritation from rubbing on the wheel guards and ventilation tube. I’m glad to say that the tape stayed in place the whole time and did its job well preventing chafe.
I had planned to consume 100g carbs per hour through a fructose/gluctose powder blend in water bottles with added electrolytes to keep me cramp free. We had a second electric powered velomobile at the track that would ride up alongside me and hand me fresh bottles every 3-4 hours so that I wouldn’t need to stop. I also had some gels and energy bars in case I needed some extra energy or had issues and couldn’t keep drinking the fuel.
I started at 11:20am and very quickly realised that the bike was running much faster than our testing 3 weeks prior, I was also feeling very good. The first 4 hours I was averaging close to 70km/h, almost 10km/h faster than what my goal was. My power and heartrate were both very close to what I had planned to ride at, although now with hindsight I see that I got a bit too excited with the added speed and pushed a little too hard, something that would make the final few hours very challenging.
All of my bottle feeds went quite smoothly thanks to the experienced help from Lauchlan and Gareth. Only one of them went a bit off and took longer when the electric assist in the refueling trike failed and Gareth had to manually pedal up to 50km/h (much more challenging in the supply trike). I did not know at the time and expected him to be able to catch up to me with ease travelling at ~60km/h like the rest of the times.
At around 8:30pm there was a small band of rain that came through that very quickly turned my visibility to almost zero as the screens immediately started fogging quite badly. The internal venting in the trike gave me a vertical slot of about 50mm wide that I was able to use to see the inside white line I was following but if I looked away it was very easy to lose my bearings in the dark and ended up swerving up the track several times before I could find the next line up to see and get back to where I needed to be. We quickly made the decision to have my 1 planned stop a few hours early and clean the screens so I could see again. 13 minutes later I was back in and going again, the rain was gone and we were maybe going to only get another very light sprinkle or two. The early stop and screen clean helped and I was able to see better although it still fogged up a lot and stayed that way throughout the night.
There were a few animal encounters and close calls, a few hours into the ride there was an echidna that decided to cross the track as I was approaching, luckily all passed safely. During the night with my reduced vision I had two kangaroos jump across just in front of me, barely missing me by a couple of metres, I’m told that there were a few that passed between me and the follow car behind. There were also snakes sighted on track later in the event.
As I was approaching the 12 hour mark I received a phone call from my crew letting me know that if I lifted the pace a little bit I would be able to break 800km in 12 hours, an opportunity I couldn’t refuse. I increased my speed by about 3 or 4 km/h and it was enough to do it! Although it may have been another match burnt that would leave me struggling more later on in the ride.
It was about 4am when my light battery started giving me a warning that it was about to go flat, I had hoped it would have made it until morning but with a couple of hours still until daylight I knew I would need to stop again, the fogging had become worse again after another light rain shower. I called my crew and planned for a quick stop to change the battery and wipe the screens, 3 minutes after stopping I was on my way again, no time to get out. At each stop we took the opportunity to resupply with 4 fresh bottles and for me to have an extra snack, from this point I would only need 1 more resupply on the go.
Once daylight broke it took about another hour for the screens to clear up entirely of fog. There were about 6 or 7 laps when riding into the sunrise where I had to look directly out my side window to watch the line beside me to know that I was not about to ride off track.
The final 4-6 hours were the most mentally and physically challenging for me, I had gone too hard early on and my speed and power was dropping and it just kept getting harder and harder for me to keep pedalling. I was having to think about every pedal stroke to keep the speed up. News that I was about to surpass the previous record with still another 2 hours 10min to ride gave me an extra boost to keep pushing to the line attempting to get every extra km that I could. My drinking and fuelling had slowed down in the last couple of hours and I was relying on a few caffeine gels to keep me going until the end. I was counting down every single lap to the end.
My final lap the time ticked over about 30 seconds before the end of the lap so I rode an additional cool down lap giving me time to compose myself a little before stopping to the cheers of my crew. 1512km and 63km/h was way more than I had thought was possible and although it may not be considered a perfect ride I think it would have taken a miracle for me to go any further.