World Records

Whangaparaoa, New Zealand – November 18, 2016 – Domino’s Pizza Enterprises delivered one peri-peri chicken pizza and another chicken and cranberry pizza to a customer in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, New Zealand, thus setting the new world record for First commercial pizza delivery by drone. Photo: Customers eating their drone delivered pizza. Fast food company Domino’s had used an unmanned …

Munich, Germany – November 12, 2016 – A robot known as “Sub1 Reloaded” took just 637 thousandths of a second to analyse the Rubik’s cube and make 21 moves, so that each of the cube’s sides showed a single color, thus setting the new world record for being the Fastest robot to solve a Rubik’s cube. Photo: Infineon chips helped …

London, UK – November 7, 2016 – David Thomas from Cornwall has broken a 91-year-old Guinness World record for the world’s heaviest red cabbage; his 23.2-kilogram (51.1lbs) entry to the UK’s National Giant Vegetables Championship at the Malvern Autumn Show sets the new world record for the Heaviest red cabbage. Photo: David Thomas has broken a 91-year-old record for the …

Gervais, Oregon, USA – November 4, 2016 – Scott Holub broke his own Guinness World record that he set in 2014 for the biggest green squash; Scott Holub’s squash weighed in at 1,844 lbs. at Bauman’s Farm and Garden in Gervais, thus setting the new world record for the Heaviest squash. Scott Holub’s squash weighed in at 1,844.5 pounds Saturday, …

Stilwell, Kansas – November 1, 2016 Mark Angermayer, the owner of Tubby Fruits Peach Orchard in Kansas City, picked a “Lady Nancy” peach that weighed 1.68 lbs (763.39 grams) and measured 4.6 inches in diameter, thus setting the new world record for the Heaviest Peach. Photo: Angermayer had the peach, which was grown in the backyard orchard at his home …

Nokia, Finland – October 27, 2016 – The new world record for the fastest car on two wheels is 186.269 km/h (115.742 mph); the new world record was set when Nokian Tyres’ product development, Vianor’s professional pit crew and well-known stunt driver Vesa Kivimäki combined their strengths; the new world record for the fastest car on two wheels was measured …

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – September 26, 2016 – Temple University sent tens of thousands of sandwiches to Philadelphia-area food banks; the school has set the world record for the most sandwiches made in one hour, as hundreds of volunteers put together 49,100 sandwiches at the Liacouras Center. The school has set the world record for the most peanut butter and …

Berlin, Germany – September 11, 2016 – Using giant tires from an industrial fertilizer spreader and scrap steel, Frank Dose has built a bicycle weighing 940 kilograms (2,072 pounds) and with tyres more than 1.5 metres in diameter, it sets the new world record for the Heaviest rideable bike. Photo: Frank Dose constructed world’s heaviest rideable bicycle from scrap steel, …

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA – July 27, 2016 – Teal (founder and CEO George Matus Jr.), introduced the world’s fastest production drone; the drone can fly at 70 mph in all weather conditions and has reached a top speed of 85 mph in favorable conditions; it can withstand 40 mph winds, is built to run apps, and can be controlled …

Tokyo, Japan – July 7, 2016 – A bunch of about 30 grapes of the Ruby Roman variety sold for 1.1m yen (£8,350 or $5,400) – about £270 a grape, thus setting the new world record for the Most expensive grapes. Photo: A bunch of Ruby Roman grapes sold for 1.1 million yen, which is approximately £8400 in the central Japanese …