The most basketball neck catches in one minute is 27 set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Panorama Café in New York City, New York, USA, on 2 October 2009. Mr. Furman was timed by Mr. Gabriel Pelletier and Mr. Marty Lebenson (both USA). Mr. Pelletier also gave Mr. Furman the signal to start and the signal to mark the passing of one minute. Mr. Lebenson counted Mr. Furman’s catches.
The most basketball lay-ups in one hour is 2,640 and was achieved by the UBALL (Utrecht BasketBALL) U-18 boys team at Sporthal Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands, on 24 May 2008 Here is the breakdown of the lay-ups in 10 minute slots: 1. 493 2. 409 3. 409 4. 386 5. 409 6. 534
The most basketball lay ups in three minutes by a team are 248 and were achieved by Youth Team Olimpia Armani Jeans Milano (all Italy) on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 1 April 2010. The record was part of the Italian TV series “Lo Show dei Record”.
The most basketball underhanded half-court shots made in one minute was three by Arve Gravdal (Norway) at Stavanger Idrettshall gym in Stavanger, Norway, on 10 December 2010.
Mat Hand (UK) flipped and caught a pile of 112 beermats on 9 May 2001 at Waterstone’s Bookshop Gallery, Nottingham, UK. It took him over 4 hours and 129 attempts before Matt broke the previous record of 111.
John Evans (UK) balanced 11 empty beer kegs on his head for the required ten seconds on the set of Guinness World Records: Primetime on 17 June 1998 in Los Aangeles, California, USA.
The most beer bottles opened with a helicopter in three minutes is four and was achieved by Jan Veen (Germany) on the set of “Wetten Dass???” in Dortmund, Germany on 26 January 2008.
The greatest number of bee stings sustained by any surviving human subject is 2,443 by Johannes Relleke at the Kamativi tin mine, Gwaii River, Wankie District, Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) on 28 January 1962. All the stings were removed and counted. Johannes Relleke currently resides in Australia.
The most beads threaded in one minute is 90 and was achieved by Ashok Parakh (India) in Jodhpur, India, on Guinness World Records Day, 12 November 2009. Ashok decided to hold his attempt on 12 November because it is GWR day.
The record for most beach handball jump shots in one minute is 16 and was achieved by Olivier Girault, Sylvain Ventre, Quintin Yann, Bruno Basneville and Amadou Aude (all France) on the set of L’Été de Tous les Records in St Cyprien, France on 28 June 2005.