The farthest distance static cycling in one hour was 109.57 km (68.08 mi) by Miguel Angel Castro (Spain) at the Calle Reverendo Cura Párroco Vicente Jorge Dorta in Arafo, Spain, on 14 August 2011. Castro broke the previous record — which he has also set — with 9 minutes remaining in the hour.
The farthest distance static cycling in one hour by a female is 35.3 km (21.93 miles) and was achieved by Tina Ternjak (Slovenia) at the Sports Hall Lukna in Maribor, Slovenia, on 22 May 2012. Tina also broke the Guinness World Records title for ‘Farthest distance static cycling in 12 hours – female’ at the same venue ten days earlier.
The record for the longest distance on static cycles in 24 hours is 1,335.5 km (829.84 miles) and was achieved by the New York Sports Clubs/Cadence Cycling Team consisting of Tucker Brown, Chad Butts, Holden Comeau, Mikael Hanson, Thomas Wood (all USA) and Stefan Kusurelis (Germany) during Saints & Spinners – The 24-Hour Spin Party and Benefit at Grand Central Terminal, New York, USA, on 19 January 2008.
The farthest distance static cycling in three minutes was 5.80 km (3.60 miles) and was achieved by Miguel Angel Castro (Spain) in Tenerife, Spain, on 18 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day. This record is Miguel Angel Castro’s fourth Guinness World Records title to date, for static cycling over different time periods. He has been aptly nicknamed “Recordman” in Tenerife. This particular record attempt required only 3 months of intense training. Miguel is a 42 year old professional spinning instructor and also
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The farthest distance to blow a coin is 4.947 m (16 ft 2.76 in) and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) in the gymansium of the Jamaica YMCA in Jamaica, New York, USA on 9 October 2010.
The farthest distance to walk the dog is 6.85 m (22 ft 5.68 in) achieved by Arron Sparks (UK), at Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, United Kingdom, on 18 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day.
London Bridge, unable to handle increasing volumes of traffic, was auctioned in 1962 to Robert McCulloch (USA) for $2,460,000 (£876,000). It was dismantled and moved brick-by-brick to Lake Havasu City, Arizona (USA) where it was reassembled and opened in 1971. The bridge was moved a total of 8,530 km (5,300 miles). There is an apocryphal story that McCulloch had bought the wrong bridge, and that he thought he was buying Tower Bridge. McCulloch ardently denies the story – the bridge was sold by the City
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The farthest distance to fire a pumpkin is 1,690.24 m ( 5,545.43 ft) and was achieved by Ralph J. Eschborn II, Alex C. Eschborn, Eric J. Eschborn, Pete Hill, Stefan Hill, John Piel, Verne Weidman, Don Brill, and Harry Harding (all USA) using their “Big 10 Inch” air cannon in Moab, Utah, USA, on 9 Sep 2010.
The record for the farthest distance to pull a single decker bus is 6.1 m (20 ft) achieved by Manjit Singh (UK) to raise money for the Manjit Fitness Academy at the Loughborough Tesco in Loughborough, UK, on 31 March 2008
The farthest distance to wheelbarrow a car in a minute was 55.75 m (182 ft 10.8 in) and was achieved by Paolo Capponi (Italy) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 18 December 2010.