World Records

London, UK – June 14, 2016 – Lindsy James, 37, from Tickhill, a member of Kimberworth Striders Running Club, became the fastest person to ever complete a half-marathon while pushing a buggy, which held her son Archie, during Derby’s Ramathon; Mrs James completed the Ramathon in 1 hr 27 mins 34 secs, smashing the Guinness World Records record for the …

London, UK – June 7, 2016 – Steven Cusack, 29, from Davidsons Butchers made a whopping 54 sausages in 60 seconds at the annual Taste of Grampian food and drink festival, smashing the previous Guinness World Records world record of 44 and setting the new world record for the Most sausages produced in one minute. Photo: Steven Cusack, from Inverurie, …

Tokyo, Japan – June 7, 2016 – A 96-year-old man from Japan man has entered the Book of World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree; Shigemi Hirata, who lives in Takamatsu, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Design from Kyoto University at the age of 96 years and 200 …

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA – June 9, 2016 – With more than 150 gallons of OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM® stain and 33,000 WOOSTER® paint brushes, the Olympic Paints and Stains brand of PPG (NYSE: PPG) achieved the world record holder title for the Largest paintbrush mosaic; hundreds of shoppers and guests at 21 LOWE’S® locations across the Midwest and east coast helped …

London, UK – June 3, 2016 – Members of Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs have broken the Guinness World Records world record for the largest cup of milkshake; the members from across the Staffordshire clubs were scrutinised by four independent witnesses as they mixed 828 litres of milk with 50 punnets of blended strawberries, 48 litres of strawberry ice-cream and a …

Green Island, Taiwan – June 2, 2016 – Chen Ying-ming, owner of a Green Island-based souvenir business, installed the world’s deepest underwater mailbox to break a Guinness World Records record; a dive team that he organized from local enthusiasts will service the box, located 12m below sea level in the Shilang Diving Area, every other day. Photo: A resident of Taitung …

Escondido, California, USA – June 3, 2016 – A group of North County cancer survivors and caregivers took their battle against the disease to new heights last week by trying to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest cupcake tower; their sweet success — a 31.5 foot tower made out of 25,103 cupcakes – have crushed the previous …

Leicester, UK – May 31, 2016 – A grandad has broken his 57th world record after towing a 12-tonne double-decker bus – with nothing more than his tiny ponytail; strongman Manjit Singh, 66, smashed the previous Guinness World Records record of 9.5 tonnes set by another man in 2010 when he hauled the Arriva bus 15.5m (50ft), thus setting the …

Rome, Italy – May 29, 2016 – Costa Cruises, in partnership with Aperol, achieved a World Record aboard Costa Favolosa with the creation of the world’s largest Spritz; the impressive 1000-liter version of the classic Aperol Spritz cocktail is almost twice the size of the previous record (573 liters), which was set in Italy in 2010. Photo: Over 1,000 litres of …

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 …