The most concerts attended in 1 week is 15, achieved by Richard Hulligan (UK) who watched performances at 10 different venues in London, UK, as part of the Born By Ted Baker Gig Race from 26 August to 1 September 2009. The most visited venues were the Dublin Castle (3 times), the Proud Galleries (3 times) both of which are in Camden, North London.
The most computers streaming simultaneously on the same network is 84 and was achieved using the Motorola AP 7131N 802.11n Access Point in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on 5 October 2010.
In terms of the number of individual parts, the world’s most complicated wristwatch is the Piguet/Muller/Gerber Grand Complication watch, which contains 1,116 parts. It was most recently added to by master watchmaker Paul Gerber (Switzlerland) and is owned by Willy Ernst Sturzenegger, Territorial Earl of Arran (Switzerland).
The most completed journeys from Land’s End to John O”Groats (or viceversa) is 20 and was achieved by John Taylor (Australia) by cycling, driving or on foot from 14 January 1980 to 18 May 2009. The last journey was the record attempt for the lowest average fuel consumption around Britain.
The most complete changeovers juggling three objects in one minute (leaping) is 13 and was achieved by Matt Baker and Joe Ricci (both USA) on the set of ‘Torihada Shoop 100 – New Year SP’ in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 January 2012. The attempt took place on the TV show “Torihada Shoop 100 –New Year SP” in the TV Asahi studios in Japan. Matt and Joe beat their own previous record.
The most competitive games of squash played in a lifetime is 2,982 by Sam Balsdon (UK) of Totnes, UK, as of 4 November 2009. He played his first match on 25 November 1974 and has played games on 245 different courts. Balsdon has played in local box leagues, amateur clubs, knock out competitions and box league championships, both in singles and team play.
The most consecutive backflips on a Russian Bar is 39 and was achieved by the Russian Bar Trio (Canada) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 10 March 2011. The Russian bar (or Russian barre) is a circus act which combines the gymnastic skills of the balance beam, the rebound tempo skills of trampoline and the swing handstands skills of the uneven bars and the parallel bars. The bar (or barre) itself is a flexible vaulting pole around 4 metres
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The most consecutive pogo backflips is 9 and was achieved by Fred Grzybowski (USA) on Live! with Regis and Kelly in New York, New York, USA, on 13 September 2010. Stuart Claxton adjudicated.
The most consecutive backcross juggling catches with 5 balls is 248 and was achieved by Ty Tojo (USA) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 14 April 2011. This record is for the most backcross juggling catches of five objects. The objects are juggled “behind the back”, without dropping them. This record is for backcrosses, i.e. the throws pass behind the back but are caught in front of the body. If the throws are caught behind the body the record
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The most consecutive at-bats in one Nippon Professional Baseball inning by a team is 11 and was achieved by the Yakult Swallows against the Orix Buffaloes (both Japan) in the fifth inning at the Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan, on 14 June 2009. The inning was a 10-run inning and helped the Swallows to an eventual 14-10 victory. The score was tied at 2-2 at the time when Norichika Aoki started the run with a single, eight consecutive hits followed until a walk ended the run
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