On 7 September 2002, John Evans balanced 235 pint glasses of beer on his head for 13 seconds at the Guinness festival in Dassau, Germany.
Both Tony Ferko (Czechoslovakia) and Wally Eastwood (USA) hold the record for the most ping-pong balls ‘flashed’ from the mouth, with seven. Tony achieved his record in 1987.
The most pine boards broken with feet in 1 minute (pair) is 18 and was achieved by Alejandro Marín and Angel Sánchez (Both Spain) on the set of “Guinness World Records – El Show de los records” in Madrid, Spain on 4 June 2006. In this record, participants broke the pinboards as they were performing a backwards flip against a wall, and breaking the pineboards as they were falling backwards without losing their balance.
The most pine boards broken by hand in one minute is 359 by Glenn Coxon (Australia) on the set of Guinness World Records at Seven Network Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 16 August 2005.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most pinch-hit home runs in a career is 23 by Matt Stairs (Canada) while playing for 12 different teams since 1992.
The most pillowcases stuffed in one minute at multiple venues is 12,580 stuffed by 2,367 participants at an event organised by Intercontinental Hotels Group (UK) across 67 venues in the UK & Ireland, on 31 January 2013.
The most pierced man is Rolf Buchholz, from Dortmund, Germany, who had 453 piercings, including 158 around his lips, as of 05 August 2010. He has 16 in his right ear, 15 in his left ear, 25 in his eyebrows, 8 in his nose, 94 in and around his lips, 2 in his tongue, 8 in the rest of his body, 3 in his nipples, 4 in his navel and 278 in the genital area.
The most pierced woman is Elaine Davidson (Brazil/UK), who, on examination on 4 May 2000, was found to have a total of 462 piercings: 192 piercing on her facial area including ears, forehead, eye brows, chin, nose and tongue (30), 56 piercings on her body including stomach, breasts and hands and 214 adorning her pubic area (internal and external).
The most pieces of glass broken with flicking one finger in one minute is 32 and was achieved by Zhang Guowu (China) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 28 October 2007.
The most piano key hits in one minute is 765 and was achieved by Bence Peter (Hungary) at Debrecen Ball of the City, Kolcsey Convention Center, Debrecen, Hungary on January 14, 2012. Peter’s key of choice was C#.