World Records

Swiss Alps, Switzerland – May 26, 2016 – The world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel will be opened on June 1 in Switzerland; the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT), hewn through mountain rock and providing a high-speed rail connection between northern and southern Europe, will become one of the main rail links across the Alps and the longest in the world, …

Beijing, China – May 26, 2016 – More than 31,000 Chinese participants have set a record for mass plaza dancing in multiple locations; some 31,697 people in Beijing, Shanghai and four other cities set the new mark by performing choreographed dance moves together for more than five minutes, thus setting the new world record for Most choreographed mass plaza dancers …

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA – May 24, 2016 – The Greatest height from which a basketball is shot now stands at 533ft (162.45m); the shot was performed from Cotter Ranch Tower in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and bettered the previous record – Australian Brett Standord’s 415ft (126.5m) – by a remarkable 118ft (35.95m). Photo: Five friends from Frisco, Texas, known as …

Essen, Germany – May 24, 2016 – Zenises has presented the world’s most expensive tyre at the firm’s Reifen Show launch event; the Z-branded 295/35 ZR21 107Y XL tyre at the centre of the record attempt was produced in the Sentury Tire factory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China; the world record has set the bar high at US$600,000 for a …

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA – May 24, 2016 – In the spirit of changing lives, the largest U.S. swing set manufacturer Backyard Discovery partnered with the largest youth mentoring network Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) to build the longest swing set; the swing set was was over 562 feet long, which is almost twice the size of a football field and sets …

Boston, Massachusetts, USA – May 19, 2016 – Massachusetts General announced that Thomas Manning, 64, a bank courier from Massachusetts, has received a penis from a deceased donor and become the third penile transplant patient in history — the first of his kind in the United States. Photo: A hospital in Boston has become the first in the US to …

Derby, UK – May 19, 2016 – Jonathan Kinder, a Rolls-Royce worker, ran more than 82 miles in just 12 hours in Derby city centre smashing a Guinness World records word record and setting the new world record for Greatest distance run on a treadmill in 12 hours. Photo: Jonathan Kinder’s distance of 82.58 miles broke the Guinness World Record …

Dubai, UAE – May 17, 2016 – Employees from Majid Al Futtaim – the shopping mall, retail and leisure giant across the Middle East and North Africa – painted 930 wooden blocks in four hours – measuring 45.5 m2 (489.75 ft2), thus setting the new world record for the the largest painted wooden block mosaic. Photo: Employees from Majid Al …

Geneva, Switzerland – May 17, 2016 – Campaigners for a minimum income in Switzerland set a World Record for the world’s largest poster as they sought support for the controversial proposal ahead of a referendum next month; the record-breaking 8,115 square-metre (87,350 square-feet) poster consisted of a series of massive black plastic sheets, with the words “What would you do …

Beijing, China – May 17, 2016 – Mao Weidong, a 45-year-old Beijing SWAT team member and master planker, has set a new world record for planking, holding the abdominal position for 8 hours and 1 minute at a competition in Beijing, thus setting the new world record for the Longest abdominal plank (Longest time in an abdominal plank position). Photo: Mao …