People and Feats
139 records
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01 / Human Body 8′ 11.1″ Tallest person ever Robert Wadlow · Alton, Illinois, USA See record ↗ -
02 / Endurance 449 ft Deepest constant weight freedive (men) Alexey Molchanov · Limassol, Cyprus (AIDA World Championships) See record ↗ -
03 / Mass Participation 7,327 high fives Most high fives given while completing a marathon (team) EDP (Portugal) See record ↗ -
04 / Human Body 2.51 s Fastest Rubik's Cube solve Xuanyi Geng · Guangzhou, Guangdong, China See record ↗ -
05 / Endurance 5 hours (18,000 seconds) Longest abdominal plank (female) DonnaJean Wilde · Burns Arena, St. George, Utah, United States See record ↗ -
06 / Human Body 25 years Longest-frozen ovarian tissue resulting in a live birth Kassandra Bacon · University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom See record ↗ -
07 / Mass Participation 782 people Largest knockout basketball game ACB and participants, Badalona See record ↗ -
08 / Mass Participation 46,818 people Largest Garba dance Viksit Bharat Sankalp Garba participants, Vadodara See record ↗ -
09 / Human Body 40 layers Most tattooed living person by multiple layers Jeremy “Remy” Schofield, also known as Ephemeral Remy · Alberta, Canada See record ↗ -
10 / Endurance 45 days, 17 hours, 47 minute Fastest completion of the Pacific Crest Trail Nick Fowler · Pacific Crest Trail, United States, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border See record ↗ -
11 / Exploration 15 years Youngest person to climb the Seven Summits Jordan Romero · Mount Vinson, Antarctica See record ↗ -
12 / Human Body 32,631 ft Highest altitude reached by paraglider Ewa Wiśnierska · Between Barraba and Niagra, New South Wales, Australia See record ↗ -
13 / Exploration 14 summits Most eight-thousand-metre summits by a woman Kristin Harila · The 14 eight-thousanders in Asia, finishing on K2 See record ↗ -
14 / Human Body 341.8 mph Fastest wingsuit flight speed Sebastián Álvarez · West Tennessee Skydiving, Whiteville, Tennessee, United States See record ↗ -
15 / Human Body 8,891 ft Longest highline walk Julien Roux, Augustin Moinat, Arthur Lefebvre, Benoît Brume, Mattis Reisner, Joseph Premoselli, Tania Monier, and Mia Noblet · Between Puy de l’Angle and Roc de Cuzeau, Mont-Dore, France See record ↗ -
16 / Exploration 25 years Youngest person to visit every country Cameron Mofid · North Korea, his 195th and final country See record ↗ -
17 / Exploration 16 years Youngest person to sail solo around the world Laura Dekker · Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten See record ↗ -
18 / Human Body 33.2 miles Longest wingsuit flight by distance Sebastián Álvarez Orellana See record ↗ -
19 / Human Body 193 ft Highest high dive Lazaro "Laso" Schaller · Maggia, Ticino, Switzerland See record ↗ -
20 / Endurance 638 miles Greatest distance cycled in 24 hours (road) Christoph Strasser · Zeltweg, Austria See record ↗ -
21 / Mass Participation 300,105 people Largest gathering for a yoga session Ayush Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh · Visakhapatnam, India See record ↗ -
22 / Endurance 6:45:25 Fastest English Channel swim Andreas Waschburger · English Channel See record ↗ -
23 / Endurance 9 hours 55 minutes 43 second Fastest ascent of Everest (south side) Tyler C. Andrews · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
24 / Human Body 25,262 ft Highest BASE jump Valery Rozov · Cho Oyu, Himalayas, on the China-Nepal border See record ↗ -
25 / Exploration 354 climbers Most climbers on the Everest summit in one day The 354 climbers who summited Mount Everest from both sides · Mount Everest, Nepal and Tibet, China See record ↗ -
26 / Human Body 24,934 ft Highest skydive without a parachute Luke Aikins · Simi Valley, California, United States See record ↗ -
27 / Endurance 313 miles Longest swim without stopping (open water) Martin Strel · Danube River, from Melk, Austria, to Paks, Hungary See record ↗ -
28 / Exploration 13 years Youngest person to climb Everest Jordan Romero · Mount Everest, North Ridge, Tibet, China See record ↗ -
29 / Human Body 195 ft Longest human cannonball flight David "The Bullet" Smith Jr. · Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, United States See record ↗ -
30 / Endurance 239 marathons Most marathons run in one year Larry Macon · United States, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to San Antonio, Texas See record ↗ -
31 / Human Body 379 miles Longest paraglider flight by distance Sebastien Kayrouz · Del Rio, Texas, United States See record ↗ -
32 / Human Body 86 ft Biggest wave ever surfed Sebastian Steudtner · Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal See record ↗ -
33 / Exploration 10:59:59 Fastest ascent of K2 Benjamin Védrines · K2, Pakistan-China border, via the Abruzzi Spur See record ↗ -
34 / Mass Participation 3,703 people Most people simultaneously performing push-ups for one minute U.S. Air Force Academy See record ↗ -
35 / Human Body 117 years Oldest living person Ethel Caterham · Surrey, England See record ↗ -
36 / Human Body 74.8 in Largest afro on a living woman Jessica Martinez (USA) · New York, New York, USA See record ↗ -
37 / Human Body 28 digits Most fingers and toes on a living person Devendra Suthar (India) · Himatnagar, India See record ↗ -
38 / Human Body 7.1 in Longest ear hair Victor Anthony (India) · Madurai, India See record ↗ -
39 / Human Body 108 decibels Loudest burp (female) Kimberly Winter (USA) · Springfield, Virginia, USA See record ↗ -
40 / Human Body 0.7 in Farthest eyeball pop (male) Williams Martin Sanchez Lopez (Uruguay) · Melzo, Italy See record ↗ -
41 / Human Body 107 in Longest hair on a living woman Renu Dhariyal (India) · Haldwani, India See record ↗ -
42 / Human Body 11.2 in Largest hands on a living person Sultan Kösen (Türkiye) · Ankara, Türkiye See record ↗ -
43 / Human Body 16 in Largest feet on a living person Jeison Orlando Rodríguez Hernández (Venezuela) · Beauvais, France See record ↗ -
44 / Human Body 5′ 6.9″ Highest standing jump (male) Christopher Spell (USA) · Shrub Oak, New York, USA See record ↗ -
45 / Human Body 8.1 in Longest eyelash You Jianxia (China) · Shanghai, China See record ↗ -
46 / Human Body 112.4 decibels Loudest burp (male) Neville Sharp (Australia) · Darwin, Australia See record ↗ -
47 / Human Body 25.7 in Shortest man living Afshin Ghaderzadeh (Iran) · Dubai, United Arab Emirates See record ↗ -
48 / Human Body 4.1 in Widest mouth (female) Samantha Ramsdell (USA) · Norwalk, Connecticut, USA See record ↗ -
49 / Human Body 11.8 in Longest beard on a living woman Erin Honeycutt (USA) · Caro, Michigan, USA See record ↗ -
50 / Human Body 8′ 4″ Longest beard on a living man Sarwan Singh (Canada) · Surrey, British Columbia, Canada See record ↗ -
51 / Human Body 24.7 in Shortest woman living Jyoti Amge (India) · Nagpur, India See record ↗ -
52 / Human Body 514 in Longest fingernails on both hands (female) Diana Armstrong (USA) · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA See record ↗ -
53 / Human Body 70,000 digits Most digits of pi memorized Rajveer Meena (India) · VIT University, Vellore, India See record ↗ -
54 / Human Body 4 in Longest tongue (male) Nick Stoeberl (USA) · Salinas, California, USA See record ↗ -
55 / Human Body 358 in Longest fingernails on one hand ever Shridhar Chillal (India) · Pune, India See record ↗ -
56 / Human Body 114 years Oldest living man João Marinho Neto (Brazil) · Ceará, Brazil See record ↗ -
57 / Human Body 3.8 in Longest tongue (female) Chanel Tapper (USA) · Los Angeles, California, USA See record ↗ -
58 / Endurance 525 ft Deepest no-limit freedive (women) Tanya Streeter · Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands See record ↗ -
59 / Endurance 3:33:33 Longest full-body contact with ice (female) Maria Bodaj · Bąkowo, near Gdańsk, Poland See record ↗ -
60 / Endurance 9:39 Longest static apnea (women) Heike Schwerdtner · Budapest, Hungary See record ↗ -
61 / Endurance 7 days, 15:56:00 Fastest Race Across America (solo) Christoph Strasser · Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland, USA See record ↗ -
62 / Endurance 11:35 Longest static apnea (men) Stéphane Mifsud · Hyères, France See record ↗ -
63 / Endurance 117 days, 6:50:00 Fastest Seven Summits (Carstensz list) Steven Plain · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
64 / Endurance 140 miles Longest open-sea swim without fins Veljko Rogošić · Grado to Riccione, Adriatic Sea, Italy See record ↗ -
65 / Endurance 7:25 Fastest English Channel swim (female) Yvetta Hlaváčová · Shakespeare Beach, England to Cap Gris-Nez, France See record ↗ -
66 / Endurance 5:08:02 Longest full-body contact with ice (male) Wojciech Pruński · Słupca, Poland See record ↗ -
67 / Endurance 44 crossings Most English Channel swim crossings Chloë McCardel · English Channel, England to France See record ↗ -
68 / Endurance 301 miles Greatest distance run in 48 hours (men) Matthieu Bonne · Pabianice, Poland See record ↗ -
69 / Endurance 108 days, 12:12:00 Fastest cycle around the world (women) Lael Wilcox · Chicago, Illinois, USA See record ↗ -
70 / Endurance 42 days, 6:30:00 Fastest run across the USA (men) Pete Kostelnick · San Francisco to New York City, USA See record ↗ -
71 / Endurance 7,079 pull-ups Most pull-ups in 24 hours (female) Olivia Vinson · Launceston, Tasmania, Australia See record ↗ -
72 / Endurance 47 days, 12:35:00 Fastest run across the USA (women) Jenny Hoffman · San Francisco to New York City, USA See record ↗ -
73 / Endurance 271 miles Greatest distance run in 48 hours (women) Patrycja Bereznowska · Pabianice, Poland See record ↗ -
74 / Endurance 636 miles Greatest distance run in six days (women) Megan Eckert · Balatonfüred, Hungary See record ↗ -
75 / Endurance 173 miles Greatest distance run in 24 hours (women) Sarah Webster · Albi, France See record ↗ -
76 / Endurance 651 miles Greatest distance run in six days (men) Ivan Zaborskii · Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France See record ↗ -
77 / Mass Participation 18,112 people Largest gathering of people dressed as Santa Claus Thrissur Citizenry and Thrissur Archdiocese · Thrissur, Kerala, India See record ↗ -
78 / Mass Participation 13,597 people Largest Thriller dance Instituto de la Juventud del Gobierno del Distrito Federal · Monumento a la Revolución, Mexico City, Mexico See record ↗ -
79 / Mass Participation 157,574 people Largest Mexican wave Bristol Motor Speedway crowd · Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee, USA See record ↗ -
80 / Mass Participation 7,681 people Largest pillow fight MyPillow, Inc. · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA See record ↗ -
81 / Mass Participation 8,957 people Largest water balloon fight Christian Student Fellowship, University of Kentucky · Lexington, Kentucky, USA See record ↗ -
82 / Mass Participation 4,411 people Largest Bhangra dance Gurcharan Mall (Dhol King) at Lovely Professional University · Jalandhar, Punjab, India See record ↗ -
83 / Mass Participation 6,084 people Largest game of dodgeball University of California, Irvine · Irvine, California, USA See record ↗ -
84 / Mass Participation 7,681 people Largest snowball fight City of Saskatoon, Wintershines Festival and Yukigassen Team Canada · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada See record ↗ -
85 / Mass Participation 59,830 people Largest marathon (most finishers) TCS London Marathon 2026 · London, UK See record ↗ -
86 / Mass Participation 15,458 people Largest gathering of people dressed as zombies Zombie Pub Crawl · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA See record ↗ -
87 / Exploration 9 d 00:03:44 First non-stop, unrefuelled flight around the world Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager (Rutan Voyager) · Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA See record ↗ -
88 / Exploration 19 d 21:55:00 First non-stop balloon flight around the world Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones (Breitling Orbiter 3) · Château-d'Oex, Switzerland to Egypt See record ↗ -
89 / Exploration 31 d 13:19:00 Fastest solo unsupported ski journey to the South Pole (female) Preet Chandi · Hercules Inlet to the South Pole, Antarctica See record ↗ -
90 / Exploration 3 d 15:25:48 Fastest transatlantic crossing by sail Pascal Bidégorry and crew (Banque Populaire V) · New York, USA to Lizard Point, UK See record ↗ -
91 / Exploration 10 people First winter ascent of K2 Nepali team led by Nirmal Purja and Mingma G · K2, Pakistan/China See record ↗ -
92 / Exploration 14 summits First to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen Reinhold Messner · Lhotse, Nepal (final peak) See record ↗ -
93 / Exploration 64 d 19:22:49 Fastest Vendée Globe (solo non-stop race around the world) Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) · Les Sables d'Olonne, France See record ↗ -
94 / Exploration 20 summits Most Everest summits by a non-Sherpa Kenton Cool · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
95 / Exploration 46:40:00 Fastest flight around the world via both poles One More Orbit crew (Gulfstream G650ER) · Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA See record ↗ -
96 / Exploration 22 d 06:08:00 Fastest solo unsupported ski journey to the South Pole (male) Vincent Colliard · Hercules Inlet to the South Pole, Antarctica See record ↗ -
97 / Exploration 35,873 ft Deepest dive by a crewed vessel Victor Vescovo · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
98 / Exploration 15 visits Most visits to the Challenger Deep Victor Vescovo · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
99 / Exploration 73 years Oldest person to climb Everest (female) Tamae Watanabe · Mount Everest (north side), China/Nepal See record ↗ -
100 / Exploration 68,986 ft Highest flight by a hot-air balloon Vijaypat Singhania · Mumbai, India See record ↗ -
101 / Exploration 25,767 miles Longest non-stop flight by any aircraft Steve Fossett (Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer) · Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA to Shannon, Ireland See record ↗ -
102 / Exploration 11 days Fastest solo balloon flight around the world Fedor Konyukhov · Northam to Bonnie Rock, Western Australia See record ↗ -
103 / Exploration 117:52:00 Longest solo flight in a solar-powered aeroplane André Borschberg (Solar Impulse 2) · Nagoya, Japan to Hawaii, USA See record ↗ -
104 / Exploration 120 days Longest time living underwater without depressurisation Rüdiger Koch · Caribbean Sea, off northern Panama See record ↗ -
105 / Exploration 135,899 ft Highest freefall parachute jump Alan Eustace · Roswell, New Mexico, USA See record ↗ -
106 / Exploration 80 years Oldest person to climb Everest (male) Yuichiro Miura · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
107 / Human Body 84.7 in Tallest woman living Rumeysa Gelgi · Safranbolu, Turkiye See record ↗ -
108 / Mass Participation 460 people Largest floating human image Municipality of Mudanya · Mudanya, Turkey See record ↗ -
109 / Mass Participation 1,068 people Largest human image of a four-leaf clover Galaxy Entertainment Group · Macau, China See record ↗ -
110 / Human Body 18′ 5.5″ Longest hair ever (female) Xie Qiuping · China See record ↗ -
111 / Mass Participation 23,235 people Largest human sentence Iglesia Ni Cristo · Manila, Philippines See record ↗ -
112 / Mass Participation 18,431 people Largest line dance Beijing Redance League Technology Co., Ltd. · Xianghe, China See record ↗ -
113 / Mass Participation 13,350 people Largest Zumba class Provincial Government of Camarines Sur · Pili, Philippines See record ↗ -
114 / Mass Participation 160,000 people Most people singing karaoke at once Bristol Motor Speedway · Bristol, Tennessee, USA See record ↗ -
115 / Mass Participation 121,440 people Largest choir The Art of Living · Chennai, India See record ↗ -
116 / Mass Participation 2,025 people Largest human image of a house Lokmat Sakhi and partners · Pune, India See record ↗ -
117 / Exploration 238 days Fastest Seven Summits and polar last degrees (female) Masha Gordon · Worldwide See record ↗ -
118 / Exploration 499 days Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries Michael Zervos · Worldwide See record ↗ -
119 / Exploration 1,090 ft Deepest scuba dive Ahmed Gabr · Dahab, Red Sea, Egypt See record ↗ -
120 / Exploration 138 days Fastest Seven Summits and polar last degrees (male) Colin O'Brady · South Pole to Denali See record ↗ -
121 / Exploration 42 d 16:40:35 Fastest solo non-stop circumnavigation by sail Francois Gabart (MACIF) · Ushant, France See record ↗ -
122 / Exploration 32 days Fastest solo row across the Atlantic (west to east) Patrick Favre · Trepassey, Canada to Baltimore, Ireland See record ↗ -
123 / Exploration 159 days Fastest solo row across the South Pacific Fedor Konyukhov · Chile to Australia See record ↗ -
124 / Exploration 78 d 14:40:00 Fastest circumnavigation by bicycle (male) Mark Beaumont · Paris, France See record ↗ -
125 / Exploration 92 days Fastest ascent of all 14 eight-thousand-metre peaks Kristin Harila · Himalaya and Karakoram See record ↗ -
126 / Exploration 40 d 10:45:50 Fastest non-stop circumnavigation by sail (crewed) Thomas Coville and crew (Sodebo Ultim 3) · Ushant, France See record ↗ -
127 / Exploration 1,491 days Fastest time to visit all countries by public surface transport Graham Hughes · Worldwide See record ↗ -
128 / Endurance 29:03.07 Longest time breath held underwater (male) Vitomir Maricic · Opatija, Croatia See record ↗ -
129 / Endurance 199 miles Greatest distance run in 24 hours (men) Aleksandr Sorokin · Verona, Italy See record ↗ -
130 / Endurance 9:38:47 Longest abdominal plank (male) Josef Salek · Pilsen, Czech Republic See record ↗ -
131 / Endurance 46,001 push-ups Most push-ups in 24 hours (male) Charles Servizio · Fontana, California, USA See record ↗ -
132 / Endurance 105 miles Longest continuous swim in a lake Sarah Thomas · Lake Champlain, USA See record ↗ -
133 / Endurance 830 ft Deepest no-limit freedive (men) Herbert Nitsch · Santorini, Greece See record ↗ -
134 / Endurance 32 summits Most Everest summits Kami Rita Sherpa · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
135 / Endurance 11 summits Most Everest summits by a woman Lhakpa Sherpa · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
136 / Human Body 21.5 in Shortest person ever Chandra Bahadur Dangi · Nepal See record ↗ -
137 / Human Body 8′ 2.8″ Tallest living person Sultan Kösen · Turkey See record ↗ -
138 / Human Body 116 years Oldest man ever Jiroemon Kimura · Kyōtango, Japan See record ↗ -
139 / Human Body 122 years Oldest person ever Jeanne Calment · Arles, France See record ↗
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