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The annual World Pie Eating Championships in England in disaster on Friday because the pies too big. A competition worker a mistake and pies that were the wrong size. In fact, the pies in the contest were twice as big as the rules say they should . The pies for the competition in Wigan, England, got to a nearby divorce party. The competition was stopped when organisers the rules had been . The competition pies should be a diameter of 12cm and a depth of 3.5cm. The meat and potatoes in the pies should be no more than cubes of 1cm. Barry Rigby, 37, a part-time fitness instructor, had the fastest time of 42.6 seconds.

The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England. It has been held since 1992. It with competitors to eat meat and potato pies as fast as they could. However, in 2006, a vegetable pie was after pressure from England's Vegetarian Society. The speed-eating competition has had a few problems in the past. In 2005, there protests because the pies were not from Wigan. A year later, the competition had to to government healthy-eating guidelines. Contestants then had to one pie as quickly as they could instead of as many pies as they . And in 2007, disaster happened when the competition out of pies.