World Records

Levack, Ontario, Canada – July 5, 2016 – Chantelle Gorham from the Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., created a giant peanut butter cup in an afternoon; it’s almost 80 inches in diameter and it’s a blend of half chocolate and half peanut butter filling; the 600 pound treat is 17,768 times bigger than a normal peanut butter cup, thus …

Tilburg, Holland – July 1, 2016 – Nikki ‘The Fighter’ Bradley broke a Guinness World Record to become the fastest woman to complete a 5K on crutches; the successful record attempt took place in Tilburg, Holland, where she recorded a time of 44:21, smashing the old record by more than five-and-a-half minutes. Photo: Nikki Bradley smashed the world 5k crutch …

New York, USA – June 29, 2016 – A former NASA engineer partnered with two other men to create the world’s largest functioning Nerf-style gun; Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer who worked on the Curiosity rover project, designed a Nerf gun that launches giant darts at speeds up to 40 mphm thus setting the new world record for the …

Dübendorf, Switzerland – June 28, 2016 – The electric racecar «grimsel», developed by students of the Swiss universities ETH Zurich and Hochschule Luzern, has set a new world record for acceleration of an electric car.; the vehicle accelerated from zero to 60 in 1.513 seconds and reached 60 mph within a distance of 100 feet, thus setting the new world …

Dallas, Texas, USA – June 28, 2016 – During a special Which Wich Spreading Party at Winsight’s FARE Conference – held at the Gaylord Texan Resort, near Dallas—more than 750 attendees broke the Guinness World Records record of most sandwiches made in one hour; the official count of 39,303 PB&J sandwiches bested the previous world record of 37,558 achieved by …

Fountain Valley, California, USA – June 23, 2016 – More than 300 riders on attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike riders; Pedego Electric Bikes, a Fountain Valley-based electric bike manufacturer, organized the event. Photo: More than 300 electric bike riders attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike …

Hayling Island, UK – June 23, 2016 – Some 423 rode the waves off Hayling Island to win the World Record title for the Largest Parade of Kitesurfers; Virgin Kitesurfing Armada brought the gong back to Hayling by beating the mark of 413 set in Cape Town in 2013. Photo: Virgin Kitesurfing Armada UK’s attempt off Hayling Island, Hampshire, involved …

London, UK – June 23, 2016 – Around 1,186 attendees at Another Fine Fest in Ulverston participated in the world’s largest shaving-cream pie fight; the group threw nearly 3,000 pies measuring about 6.4 inches for one minute, thus setting the new world record for the Largest shaving cream pie fight. Photo: Ulverston set a new Foam Pie Fight World Record …

London, UK – June 20, 2016 – A world record was set at Avoncliff’s Cross Guns pub when Holt’s brewery bought the largest round of beer; between noon and 2pm, Box Steam Brewery ordered 412 drinks for assembled guests including the Mayor of Trowbridge, Councillor Linda Self, thus setting the new world record for the Largest round of beer. Photo: …

Summerville, South Carolina, USA – June 17, 2016 – Summerville reclaimed the world record for the largest brewed sweet tea with 2,524 gallons of southern-brewed goodness; organizers say there were more than 7,000 people at the event, and more than $20,000 was raised. Photo: The Town of Summerville smashed the current Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Sweet Iced …