7.30 Colin Jackson (GB) Sindelfingen, Germany 6 March 1994

The longest tennis rally consists of 50,970 strokes between Frank and Dennis Fuhrmann (both Germany) achieved at Tennisclub Am Lerchenbühl Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, on 20 July 2013. Frank and Dennis also beat the one hour record with 8,156 strokes.

The longest paperclip chain is 37.41 km (23.25 miles) long, and was completed by employees of Lyreco Deutschland GmbH (Germany), in an event at Hotel InterContinental in Berlin, Germany, on 16 December 2011.

The longest journey by solar electric vehicle is 29,753 km (18,487 miles) and was achieved by the Solar Car Project Hochschule Bochum (Germany) who travelled around the world departing Adelaide, Australia on 26 October 2011 and finishing in Mount Barker, Australia on 15 December 2012. The team spent a total of 168 days driving and 8 days solely recharging the vehicle. The other days were spent exhibiting the Solar Car at a variety of locations, events and universities as well as being transported between continents.

The fastest time to solve a 4x4x4 Rubik’s Cube is 24.33 sec and was set by Sebastian Weyer (Germany) at the Velbert Easter Open 2014, held in Velbert, Germany, on 19-20 April 2014.

The fastest time for a team of four dogs to complete a 10-obstacle agility course in relay is 57.26 seconds, set by Karin Hellriegel (Eddy), Claus Ehrlich (Lynn), Petra Ehrlich (Lili), Thorsten Tiemann (Spin) (all Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records – Wir Holen Den Rekord Nach Deutschland, in Europa Park, Rust, Germany, on 12 July 2012. The hurdles used were 30 cm high.

6:10.80 Germany (Kathrin Boron, Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Köppen) Duisburg, Germany 19 May 1996

The Fastest 0-60 mph (96.56 km/h) acceleration by an electric kart is 3.4 seconds. The kart was built by Linde Material Handling and driven by Andreas Wolf (Germany) at the Motorsport Arena, in Oschersleben, Germany, on 24 April 2011. The record was attempted by the “Linde Material Handling” company, which has its headquarters in Aschaffenburg, Germany, as one of the world’s leading lift truck and warehouse truck producers. The E-Kart “Linde E1” was specifically produced for this event and its drive unit is manufactured with Continue reading →