World Records

Auckland, New Zealand – June 14, 2017 – It took 1799 students from Glen Eden Intermediate, Kaurilands, Konini and Oratia schools five minutes standing under the winter sun to accomplish the World Record for the largest human bike image. Photo: A group of 1799 school children, teachers and parents claimed the World Record title for the ‘largest human image of …

Glasgow, UK – June 12, 2017 – Over 1000 people participated in the Big Smile Big Band event, which took place at the SEC Glasgow, including Dental School and other University staff, dental alumni, school children and teachers from the Glasgow area, setting the new world record for the Largest human smile. Photo: To celebrate National Smile Month, UofG’s Dental …

Mumbai, India – June 2, 2017 – Tiluck Keisam, a nine-year-old Indian boy from Manipur, northeast India, skated beneath 146 bars over a 145-meter stretch in just 56.01 seconds, thus setting the new world record for the Farthest Distance Limbo Skating Under Bars. Photo: A nine-year-old Indian boy from Manipur, northeast India, has set a new World Record in limbo …

Beijing, China – June 2, 2017 – The team from Cangwu County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region covered a distance of 13,518m on the Xunjiang River in a dragon boat measuring 18.3m-long and 1.2m-wide, thus setting the new world record for the Greatest distance by a dragon boat in one hour. Photo: A dragon boat team from south China’s Guangxi …

Mumbai, India – June 2, 2017 – A total of 1,007 Mumbai residents broke a Guinness World Record by running in reverse at Hiranandani Gardens, Powai; they ran 150 metres, thus setting the new world record for the Largest backwards race. Photo: A whopping 1,007 Mumbaikars turned their backs to the finish line in the ‘What !f Backward Run’ that …

Austin, Texas, USA – May 30, 2017 – Austin native Richard Overton, who turned 111 years old on Thursday, May 11, sets the new world record for the Oldest living World War II veteran. Photo: Richard Overton is World’s oldest living World War II veteran, and at age 111 he still drinks, smokes, and drives his own pickup. The Guinness …

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada – May 26, 2017 – More than 340 students from R.L. Beattie Public School in Sudbury, Ont., gathered to conduct the experiment to isolate banana DNA and set the new world record for the Most people conducting a DNA isolation experiment simultaneously. Photo: More than 340 students gathered to make World Record history, setting the world record …

Ningbo, China – May 26, 2017 – “The Maze of the Butterfly Lovers” set two new world records: covering 33,565 square metres, it sets the new world record for the Largest permanent hedge maze; with a total of 8,375 metres it is the hedge maze with the longest length of paths. Photo: The world’s largest hedge maze in Ningbo, China. …

Riga, Latvia – May 28, 2017 – Latvian technology company Aerones created a drone that can lift heavy weights to great heights; daredevil skydiver Ingus Augstkalns was lifted 1,082 feet (330 meters) into the air by a 28-propeller drone, dropped and parachuted safely back to the Earth, thus setting the world record for the World’s First skydive from a drone. …

Kathmandu, Nepal – May 28, 2017 – Anshu Jamsenpa, 37 and the mother of two, has climbed Mount Everest twice in less than a week, thus setting the new world record for the Fastest double ascent of Mount Everest by a woman. Photo: Anshu Jamsenpa has established a new women’s record for a double ascent of the world’s highest mountain …