Guinness World Records 2018

RECORDMANIA On a unicycle India’s Krishnam Raju Gadiraju completed 170 cubes in less than 90 min while unicycling in Bangalore, ...

Great Balls of... RECORDMANIA LARGEST ANCIENT STONE BALLS There are more than 1,000 perfectly spherical granitic globes scattere ...

RECORDMANIA LARGEST BALL OF HUMAN HAIR Henry Coffer (USA), a barber from Charleston in Missouri, USA, collected hair into a gian ...

Recordmania Round-Up RECORDMANIA FARTHEST DISTANCE WALKED BALANCING A BIKE ON THE CHIN On 13 Apr 2016, Ashrita Furman (USA) cove ...

MOST DRINK CANS CRUSHED WITH THE ELBOW Pakistani martial arts instructor Muhammad Rashid set a new world record (and made a stic ...

< 30 years Youngest... SUPERLATIVES Starting with a 109-year-old great-great-great-great-grandmother and ending with a baby s ...

“Little” Stevie Wonder (USA, b. 13 May 1950) was just 13 years old when Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) topped the ...

Adventures Daredevil adventurer Erik Weihenmayer (USA) has conquered the Seven Summits and kayaked the length of the Grand Canyo ...

ADVENTURES LARGEST NO-GRIP WINGSUIT FORMATION (FAI-APPROVED) On 17 Oct 2015, a team of 61 wingsuit- clad skydivers led by Taya W ...

First circumnavigation by amphibious car The only circumnavigation by an amphibious vehicle was by Ben Carlin (AUS) and a series ...

JOURNEYS FASTEST CIRCUMNAVIGATION BY BICYCLE (FEMALE) Paola Gianotti (ITA) cycled around the world in 144 days, covering a dista ...

First ascent of Everest Earth’s highest mountain was first conquered at 11:30 a.m. on 29 May 1953, when the summit was reached b ...

JOURNEYS FASTEST ASCENT OF THE TOP THREE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTARY OXYGEN (MALE) Silvio Mondinelli (ITA) climbed E ...

FIRST... People to reach the South Pole A Norwegian party of five men led by Captain Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole at 11 ...

ADVENTURES FASTEST SOLO JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH POLE (FEMALE, UNSUPPORTED AND UNASSISTED) Johanna Davidsson (SWE) skied her way to ...

ATLANTIC First row On 6 Jun 1896, Norwegians George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen left New York City, USA, in an 18-ft-long (5.48-m) ...

ADVENTURES YOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW THE ATLANTIC TWICE Shaun Pedley (UK, b. 17 Feb 1992, above left) was aged 23 years 306 days wh ...

Highest altitude in elliptical orbit single astronaut On 12 Apr 1961, Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin reached an altitude of 327 km ( ...

ADVENTURES LONGEST INDOOR FORMATION “4-WAY” SKYDIVE SEQUENCE On 23 Oct 2015, the NMP Pch HayaBusa team – Belgians Andy Grauwels, ...

HIGHEST-ALTITUDE SCUBA DIVE On 21 Feb 2016, Ernő Tósoki (HUN) scuba dived into a permanent lake on the eastern flank of active v ...