The most socks sorted in 30 seconds is 16, achieved by Reynald Nicod (France), in Courbevoie, France on 6 January 2012. This record was equalled by Paul Basil Smuts (South Africa), in Waterfall, Natal, South Africa, on 4 February 2012.

This record was broken on the Guinness World Records Challengers site (Challengers tag: coinsmover and PaulS): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/76-most-pairs-of-socks-sorted-in-30-seconds