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World Nugget Challenge is the collective term for several amateur food speed eating challenges involving Chicken Nuggets founded by Dominic Crux in the United Kingdom. However, although the concept was born in the early nineties, it was only fully realised in 2009.

Origins
During mid nineties Dominic Crux challenged himself to eat 50 nuggets, although there was no time limit he only managed 26. In a casual conversation in the summer of 2009 Dominic Crux furthered the concept with Robert Heppell where they worked on a more structured competition roster. Over the coming months they also created a ruling body to govern the competitions.

Plagarism
Although the idea was totally original one during the nineties many people have copied the idea and tried to make it their own. However, although no direct action has been taken by the W.N.C. ruling body. Because of lack of evidence, it is widely accepted that the original concept was founded by Crux and Heppell, further enforced by the fact they have established a ruling body, health and safety for the competitors, and well as rules and guidelines.

Debut Year
The first attempt was a solo effort by Piotr Glodowski at Sonisphere Festival, Athens, Greece in June 2010, who after 60 minutes reached an impressive total of 40. Because this was a solo effort the world record and title was awarded but over the next six months the rules were changed to create a head to head title challenge.

The Glodowski Era
In January 2011, the first head to head challenge came from Robert Heppell, the challenger and also chairman of the W.N. C. and the title holder would be head to head for 60 minutes, after 45 minutes Heppell retired at 36 but Glodowski continued on to the hour mark breaking his old record and creating a new benchmark of 50. Although he actually consumed 50.5 nuggets it was disputed as the W.N.C. rules insist on full nugget counts. After this controversy the rules were updated again towards the end of 2011.

In December 2011, further rule changes were made for the safety of the competitors and a new challenger Luke Cartwright instegated a challenge - Cartwright stormed to an early lead hitting a unbelievable 180 Nph (Nuggets per hour) rate of consumption, and quickly forced a lead of 5 nuggets. But slowly the champion caught up, overtook and created a small lead of 3 nuggets as he kept his pace steady. Cartwright never managed to regain the lead after that, but kept up with Glodowski until the end finishing with an impressive debut tally of 57. Glodowski set a groundbreaking record of 61, keeping his title in the process his expertise and experience showing through. After the match Cartwright stated that a lack of ketchup forced him to hit the wall around 40 minutes, although he did not dispute the outcome of the match or hand in an official complaint. It is expected that a rematch will happen in 2012.

Outline
This discipline was the first challenge under the W.N.C.rulling body, the basis is too eat as many McDonalds Chicken Nuggets within 60 minutes.

Regulations

 * As of November 2011 the rules state that;
 * Only 2 people go head to head.
 * Total match time is 60 mins.
 * No toilet break during match time.
 * Drinking and additional eating is allowed.
 * The participants must be placed either side a match table.
 * A divider is placed between the 2 contestants.
 * The contestants must be able to see each other but not each others nuggets.
 * Each match must have an official referee. The referee announces the nuggets consumed every 10 minutes.
 * A contestant can retire at any point, where the nuggets are counted and agreed.
 * If any contestant vomits after or during the match they are disqualified and their nugget count voided.

Terms

 * Laying Out - when a competitor consumes 51 nuggets, they are allowed to "lay out" 10 more onto their plate. At the start of the match the contestants lay out 51 nuggets onto their plates.
 * The Wall - commonly thought to be around 35 nuggets, is the point where the pace dramatically slows down. Contestants normally engage in psychological battles at this stage.
 * Stretching - when the competitor tries to ease any blockage, or ingestional bloat by doing light exercise
 * NPH - Nuggets Per Hour, is the rate of consumption - an average pace of 61 NPH is required to equal te current wold record
 * A Glodowski - 60 nuggets is also referred to as a "Glodowski" is reference to the first person to surpass this huge milestone.

World Records

 * June 2010, Athens, Greece - Piotr Glodowski, 40. (Solo Record)
 * January 2011, Brighton, UK - Piotr Glodowski, 50 vs Robert Heppell, 36
 * December 2011, Brighton, UK - Piotr Glodowski, 61 vs Luke Cartwright, 57

Title Holders

 * 2010 - present, Piotr Glodowski

Nugget Man Challenge
A new discipline designed to take place in Summer of 2012, essentially based on the Ironman Triathlon it has no limit to the number of participants. The competition has no time limit instead being based on a set of three trials.

Rules

 * As of December 2012 the rules state that;
 * There is no limit to the number of participants.
 * There is no time limits.
 * No toilet break during competition time.
 * Drinking and additional eating is allowed.
 * The participants must be placed around the match table.
 * There are three separate disciplines which must be completed before moving onto the next one, as well as in the correct order.
 * The first discipline is the consumption of 25 nuggets.
 * The second discipline is the consumption of 5 standard drinks of Coca-Cola.
 * The third discipline is the consumption of 1 500ml tub of Ben & Jerrys ice-cream.
 * Each match must have an official referee.
 * A contestant can retire at any point, but will be disqualified upon doing so.
 * If any contestant vomits after or during the match they are disqualified.