Can we beat the Covent Garden lift?!... (193 steps!)

RACE THE LIFT // Covent Garden Underground Station
What happens when you try to race a lift up a 15-storey spiral staircase? The Supers are about to find out!
Rules:
- Only Race Up
- Race begins when lift doors open
- First to the ticket barrier at the top wins
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[@raalaa121]

These steps were the shock of my life. I came to covent garden for the first time in my life during rush hour and did not read/process the notice saying it's 15 floors. I panicked after getting up half way and needing to stop to catch my breath. Very claustrophobic too.

[@FinnishElevators]

Actually those stairs are equivalent to a 9 storey building. Geoff Marshall made a video about it called "All Tube Stations Have Fifteen Floors
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[@flyingscotsman_a3]

I love these things, I love the tile patterns the twisting steps and in general the whole feel it gives!

[@Ed.E]

Awesome video! Shocked you're not big, all the love

[@robo_head5974]

I recently thought I could beat the lift, forgetting both that I had asthma, and a cold giving me a cough. Sprinted for a while at the start, thinking I was nearly at the top and saw a sign saying 93 steps remaining. I genuinely nearly collapsed, and couldn't breathe properly for nearly an hour after I effectively clambered out at the top.
Can't say I recommend the stairs to anyone.

[@nickpistolas4428]

My exact experience and situation 😅

[@grassytramtracks]

The fifteen storey thing is nonsense, and has turned into a joke. Other stations with different numbers of steps still give the same number, for example Hampstead with 320 steps. Geoff Marshall did a video about it, measured the steps, and calculated what it should say. I assume they just pulled a number of storeys out of thin air because it sounded like a lot

[@Emre_uyanik_625]

How long did I take

[@Emre_uyanik_625]

I ran up them in 1 min 23 sec and I’m only 12

[@OinkBalloon]

Ok