Hall set off on 18 February as one of nine riders taking part in the grandly titled World Cycle Racing event, and is several thousand miles ahead of the handful of competitors who remain. Under the rules of the record, days spent in airports or planes are not counted, meaning Hall will have ridden the requisite 18,000 miles in 92 days, an average of almost 200 miles a day.

This shatters the existing 106-day mark, set in 2010. If that is not enough, the previous record holder had support vehicles carrying his supplies, while Hall carried everything with him on his bike as he rode through Europe, Turkey, India, Australia and to New Zealand before heading back via the US.

The round-the-world record has only become prominent in recent years. A key figure was Mark Beaumont, the Scottish rider who in 2008 completed the trip in 195 days, taking 81 days off the then-record. His next ride, down the Americas, became a BBC documentary.