"Not their fault you say? WRs keep changing you say?"

Yes, that is what I say, thanks 😃

I'm not trying to argue against the inaccuracy of the publishing. Obviously, they got a lot of the information wrong. I was trying to provide a perspective as to what may have been the cause of those inaccuracies, and it looks like my hypothesis is incorrect.

I do still think that it would be helpful to look deeper into the issue, rather than merely posting about it here. Posting here is good for awareness within the speed running community, but I think the "why" is more important than the "what". We know that Guinness published known inaccuracies, but it can't be dealt with until we know why.

Publishing books is a very complicated process, with multiple levels of involvement. It may not be wise to immediately point fingers at Guinness or "the guy" from Guinness without first contacting or hearing a statement from one or the other. Even then, there may be contractual obligations that may prevent "the guy" from sharing certain information, which could seem to incriminate him (I'm not specifically assuming this, at all. I'm just saying that publishing contracts are very in-depth, to such a degree).

From your description of your emails with "the guy", I would actually assume it wasn't his fault that the wrong times were published. If he genuinely appeared to understand and confirm what you told him, then it seems likely that it was some other factor that resulted in different information being published.

Note: I'm not arguing a point or trying to tell anyone how to deal with this situation. I'm just sharing my thoughts, in light of what I can see. Feel free to clarify anything that I'm not aware of. If anyone has already tried contacting Guinness since the book was published, then awesome.