World Records

Widnes, UK – March 31, 2016 – A football freestyler has broken a world record held by Lionel Messi for Greatest height to control a football by controlling a football from 32 metres (104ft); John Farnworth set the record in Widnes, near Liverpool after being inspired to take on the challenge set by the Barcelona legend. Photo: John Farnworth, a …

Atlanta, Georgia, USA – June 23, 2017 – Parker Hannon, a 15-year-old from Roswell High in Georgia, set a world record for Most American Football field goals made in one minute, by making 31 field goals from 20 yards out in 60 seconds at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Photo: Roswell High kicker Parker Hannon has kicked …

Tokyo, Japan – March 19, 2017 – Yokohama FC striker Kazuyoshi Miura notched a goal vs. Thespa Kusatsu in Japan’s second division to secure a 1-0 win; at 50 years and 13 days old he has become the oldest professional goal-scorer (Oldest professional football/soccer player to score a competitive league goal). Photo: The Japanese striker, Kazuyoshi Miura, has become the …

Mumbai (Maharashtra), India – November 29, 2017 – The team of doctors from the civic-run Sion Hospital led by Dr. Ajit Sawant, head of urology, successfully operated on Manju Devi, a 28-year-old woman from Bihar’s Darbhanga district; it took a team of surgeons eight hours to remove the 12 lbs 12 oz. (5.5 kg) tumour from her kidney, which sets the …

Mumbai (Maharashtra), India – November 15, 2017 – KPMG in India conducted a mass outreach program to educate young school children about being cyber safe; reaching out to a whopping / impressive 3673 participants in schools across India, the company has set a new world record for the Largest computer security lesson at multiple locations. Photo: KPMG globally celebrated Cyber …

Byford, Australia – December 11, 2017 – A total of 997 students, staff and parents dressed as boy wizard Harry Potter gathered at West Byford Primary School, to set the new world record for the Largest gathering of people dressed as Harry Potter. Photo: West Byford Primary School smashed the Guinness world record for the most people dressed as the …

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA – October 2, 2017 – A total of 327 people assembled in Calder Plaza to set a new world record for the Largest Cakewalk Dance, during an event organized by Consumers Credit Union and Nothing Bundt Cakes in Grand Rapids. Photo: A new world record was set for the Book of Records at Calder Plaza. According to …

Beijing, China – October 2, 2017 – A total of 5,599 women wearing qipao dresses set a new World Record for the Largest gathering of people wearing cheongsam at a qipao show in Siping city, Northeast China’s Jilin province. Photo: A total of 5,599 women wearing qipao dresses set a new World Record at a qipao show in Siping city, …

Manila, Philippines – October 2, 2017 – A total of 17,011 students of University of Santo Tomas (UST) formed the sentence “My teacher is my hero” to commemorate their teachers during the National Teachers’ Month on the UST Open Field, thus setting the new world record for the Largest human sentence. Photo: Thomasians took to the UST Open Field and …

Kuantan City, Malaysia – September 29, 2017 – Mr. Ab Majid Ab Rahman from PMC Pahang, Cherating, Pahang, has made an 17.8-m long (and 1 m width) beaded art, tied each other by strings with variety of colours and motives, which sets the new world record for the Longest beaded Art. Photo: Mr. Ab Majid Ab Rahman, (aka. ‘The King’s …