The world’s heaviest cherry was grown by Gerardo Maggipinto (Italy) and weighed 21.69 g (0.76 oz) on 21 June 2003. The cherry was presented at La Grande Ciliegia, in Sammichele di Bari, Italy in an event organised by Lorenzo Netti (Italy).
The heaviest deadlift was 455 kg (1,003 lb) achieved by Andy Bolton (UK) at the WPO Semi-Finals in Lake George, New York, USA, on 4 November 2006. WPO – World Powerlifting Organization
Alfred J. Cobb (UK) grew a cucumber weighing 12.4 kg (27 lb 5.3 oz) and presented it at the National Amateur Gardening Show’s UK National Giant Vegetables Championship at Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK on 5 September 2003. The cucumber is a zeppelin variety. Alfie also took 2nd prize with 10.8 kg (23 lb 12.9 oz) cucumber.
The record for the heaviest concrete block break on a bed of nails is held by Neal Hardy (Australia) who had 16 blocks weighing 532.3 kg (1173 lb 8 oz) placed on his chest and broken at Vikings Auditorium, Erindale, Canberra, Australia, on 16 February 2008.
The heaviest deadlift with one finger was 116.90 kg (354.72 lb) by Benik Israelyan (Armenia) with his right middle finger in Yerevan, Armenia, on 11 June 2011. Israelyan held the weight off the ground in a locked body position for 7 seconds. He lifted a collection of weightlifting plates vertically bound together by a metal rod in the center.
The heaviest deadlift in one minute is 5,520 kg (12,170 lb) and was achieved by Eamonn Keane (Ireland) at Louisburgh Gym in Louisburgh, Ireland, on 18 November 2012.
The 24 hour deadlift record by an individual is 475,065 kg (1,047,337 lb 12 oz) by Ian Atkinson at Thorn Cross Young Offenders Institution, Warrington, UK on 15-16 November 2002. Ian is a prison officer at this YOI. The previous record was: The deadlift record by an individual is 455,677.5 kg (1,004,595 lb) by Steph Smit at Warren’s Health Club, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 13-14 September 1997.
42.64 kg (94 lb) Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio) Martin Locke (UK) Lac de Curton, France 11 Jan 2010 The fish was nicknamed Lockey’s Lump before being released.
The heaviest fibroid weighed 30 kg (66 lb 2 oz) and belonged to Mrs Mahadevamma (India). The fibroid was removed by a team of surgeons and nurses, led by Dr Pushpanjali Malipatil (India) at the Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital in Raichur, Karnataka, India on 19 December 2005.
The heaviest deadlift with the little finger is 104.43 kg (230 lb 3 oz) achieved by Kristian Holm (Norway) in Herefoss, Norway, on 13 November 2008. Kristian broke his previous record set in 2007.