World Records

Dubai, UAE – March 13, 2017 – The Islamic Fashion Design Council (IFDC) is the first to bring out a virtual fashion week as a part of their Pret-A-Cover program; each Cover Magazine will have a Pret-A-Cover Fashion Week section; this section keeps you up-to-date on trends in modest fashion on a weekly basis, thus setting the new world record …

Brisbane, Australia – March 14, 2017 – Forty-year-old Kate Beeley completed 1321 burpees in 60 minutes, beating the Guinness world record by a massive 42 repetitions and setting the new world record for the Most burpees in one hour (female). Photo: Forty-year-old Kate Beeley, owner and founder of MissFit PT, did 1321 burpees in an hour to break the previous …

Kerala, India – March 1, 2017 – Abeesh Dominic, 25, a native of Poonjar in Kottayam district, smashed 124 coconuts with bare hands in less than a minute, thus setting the new world record for the Most coconuts smashed with one hand in one minute. Photo: Abeesh P. Dominic, a native of Poonjar in Kottayam district, broke 124 coconuts with …

San Francisco, California, USA – March 1, 2017 – Russian startup Hoversurf has unveiled the first commercial hoverbike; the Scorpion-3 is electric-powered, featuring a motorcycle seat and quadcopter drone technology; capable of reaching heights up to 10 meters, the hoverbike sets the new world record for the World’s first commercial hoverbike. Photo: Russian startup Hoversurf has unveiled the first commercial …

London, United Kingdom – March 6, 2017 – Peter Hill, 60, and John Drew, 62 said cheers as they marked their incredible milestone having visited a boozer every week for the last 33 YEARS; they have spent an eye-watering £182,000, guzzling almost 50,000 ales at 20,000 different pubs across Britain thus setting the new world record for the Longest Pub …

New Delhi, India – March 6, 2017 – An Air India flight departed from New Delhi to San Francisco and returned to the Indian capital; The Boeing 777 flew over the Pacific Ocean on its trip to the US, while its return flight was over the Atlantic, encircling the globe and setting the new world record for the First journey …

Bucharest, Romania – March 8, 2017 – A giant forty martyrs cake (“Mucenic”), made by Gabriela Mateiuc from the county of Botosani, was displayed in Bucharest; the cake has 1m (3.280 ft) in length and 40cm (1.312 ft) in width, setting the world record for the “Largest Forty Martyrs Cake”. Largest Forty Martyrs Cake Photo: The World’s largest Forty Martyrs …

Lake Forrest, California, USA – March 8, 2017 – While hanging out with the Vurtego crew in Southern California, Biff Hutchison broke the previous Highest Frontflip world record (9′ 2″) with a 9′ 6″ flip, then immediately followed that up by breaking his own new record with an epic 10′ frontflip, thus setting the new world record for the Highest …

Watari Town, Japan – March 9, 2017 – A crowd of 1,141 people enjoyed the sweet taste of success when they broke the world record for mass strawberry picking at a farm here; the strawberry pickers came together in a large-scale greenhouse, not only to demonstrate their collective recovery, but also to show gratitude for the support they have received …

Dundee, UK – March 10, 2017 – Alan Clark, who runs Clark’s 24-hour Bakery in the West End, has made a giant Dundee Cake, weighing in at a whopping 26lb; at 18 inches round and 26lb — or 11.7kg it sets the new world record for the Largest Dundee Cake. Photo: Baker Colin Smith (left) holds the “biggest Dundee Cake …