On July 13th, 2013, Tom Grosset, from Toronto, Canada, broke the world record with 1,208 single strokes in 60 seconds.

The previous record was 1,203 single strokes set by Dream Theatre drummer, Mike Mangini in 2005. Tom broke that record and set a brand new one (1,208 single strokes) at Summer NAMM at the Music City Center in Nashville, TN.

Tom Grosset of Toronto, Canada became the second person in history to break 1,200 single strokes (hits) in 60 seconds at this year's WFD-World Fastest Drummer, Extreme Sport Drumming event. This means that his hands were moving over 20 times per second every second for a full minute. On July 13th, 2013, Tom set a brand new world record of 1,208 single strokes in 60 seconds making him the world's fastest drummer. The previous record of 1,203 was held for over a decade by Dream Theater's drummer Mike Mangini of Boston.

The new WFD World Record was set at WFD World Finals 2013. The event was held July 11-13 at the new Music City Center in Nashville, TN as a featured attraction of the Summer NAMM Show. All records and scores were recorded by the Drumometer, a machine which serves as a teaching tool to detect the speed of drummer's hands and feet.