In May 2010, Solopos reported that enumerators of that year's census had recorded his age next birthday as 142, which would have made him 19 years older than the official oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997.
En maio de 2010, Solopos reportou que os responsables do censo anual rexistraron a súa idade en 142 anos, o que o convertería en 19 anos máis vello que a persoa máis vella oficialmente rexistrada, Jeanne Calment, que morreu en 1997.