The fastest time to complete the London Marathon by a female wheelchair athlete is 1:48:04 by Sandra Graf (Switzerland) on 13 April 2008.

The shortest time taken by a female to reach the three extreme points of the Earth: Mt Everest, the North Pole and the South Pole (also known as the Three Poles) is 1 yr 336 days, and was achieved by Cecilie Skog (Norway). Ms Skog summitted Mt Everest on 23 May 2004, reached the South Pole on 27 December 2005, and finally claimed the North Pole on 24 April 2006. Cecilie’s trip to the North Pole was the Fastest unsupported North Pole trek by a Continue reading →

The shortest time taken to reach the three extreme points of the Earth: Mt Everest, the North Pole and the South Pole (also known as the Three Poles) is 1 yr 217 days, and was achieved by Adrian Hayes (UK). Mr Hayes summitted Mt Everest on 25 May 2006, reached the North Pole on 25 April 2007 (from Ward Hunt Island, Canada), and finally claimed the South Pole, journeying from the Hercules Inlet, on 28 December 2007 .

Giampietro Marion (Italy) cycled the South American portion of the Pan-American Highway, starting in Chigorodo, Colombia and finishing in Ushuaia, Argentina, in a time of 59 days between 17 September and 15 November 2000. Chigorodo is the closest town (and road) geographically to the border with Panama, and is therefore a logical starting point for an attempt on the South American portion of the Pan-American highway.

The fastest time to dry bob six marshmallows is 30 seconds and was achieved by Beatrice Boue (France) at the World Trade Centre, Barcelona, Spain, on 14 May 2010. Beatrice was guided in her attempt by Terry McParlane (Australia).

The fastest time to walk to both Poles unsupported was achieved by Thomas and Tina Sjögren (Sweden) who reached the South Pole on 1 February 2002, and the North Pole 117 days later, on 29 May 2002 – the shortest time between walking to both Poles.

The fastest time to complete the London Marathon by a male athlete is 2:05:10 by Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) on 26 April 2009.

The fastest time to complete the Tokyo Marathon by a female athlete is 2:25:38 by Mizuho Nasukawa (Japan) on 22 March 2009.

The fastest time to complete the New York Marathon by a male athlete is 2:07:43 by Tesfaye Jifar (Ethiopia) on 4 November 2001.

The fastest time to visit all 194 United Nations member countries is 3 years 3 months and 6 days and was achieved by Yili Liu (USA) between 23 September 2007 and 29 December 2010. The countries were visited in 26 separate trips. All the journeys were travelled using public transport, mostly by aeroplane but some bus and train journeys also.