This thread is fun! Am I the only one who thinks all the frustration being shown has to do with the delicacies/expenses of lhe benching? I mean, it must be quite frustrating to think you have the world record only to find out you didn't at all to begin with. Published score or no published score, a record is a record. I know this is open to debate. May be people need to re-evaluate their benching strategies from henceforth - that is do not look to only exceed the wr, just go nuts, and push your hardware till it screams and drops dead.