The largest collection of 3-piece tea sets consists of 999 full sets and belongs to Pyrmonter Fuerstentreff (Germany), displayed in Bad Pyrmont, Germany, on 7 July 2012. The record attempt took place during the 16th annual Pyrmonter Fuerstentreff, a three day historical festival, and the tea sets were displayed on a 300 m (984 ft and 3.02 in) table. The 999 full sets consist of 2,097 individual pieces of porcelain. Each set was unique.
The largest plastic cup pyramid in 30 minutes consisted of 652 cups and was achieved by Uri, Jonathan, Daniel and Oded Ish-Shalom (all USA) in Jerusalem, Israel, on 22 February 2012. The pyramid was 1.3 metres tall.
The most basketball forward flip slam dunks in 30 seconds is 18 flips and was achieved by Mark Odgers, Tyler Terrell, Matthew Griff, Nathan Felt and Justin Leavitt (all USA), known as ‘The Extreme Team’, on the set of Live! with Regis and Kelly in New York, New York, USA, on 12 September 2011. Stuart Claxton adjudicated.
The most bouncy balls scooped in 30 seconds was 29 and was achieved by Emiko Hanada (Japan) during the Park Challenge / GWR Live! at Tokyo Midtown, in Minato, Tokyo, Japan on 1 May 2012. This was part of the 2012 Park Challenge event in Tokyo Midtown.
6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) Berlin, Germany 20 February 1988
5.96 Irina Privalova (Russia) Madrid, Spain 9 February 1995
14:24.37 Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) Stockholm, Sweden 18 Feb 2009
18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) Moscow, Russia 14 February 1995
6.25 Mark McKoy (Canada) Kobe, Japan 5 March 1986
5.56, Donovan Bailey (Canada), Reno, Nevada, USA, 9 February 1996 This was equalled but never officially ratified by the IAAF by Maurice Greene (USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 13 February 1999. Bailey’s mark was set at high altitude. Ben Johnson (Canada) (b. 30 Dec 1961) ran 50 m in 5.55 sec at Ottawa, Canada, on 31 January 1987, but this was invalidated due to his admission of having taken drugs, following his disqualification at the 1988 Olympics.