The highest limited overs total in professional cricket is 496-4 from 50 overs by Surrey in their match against Gloucestershire at the Brit Oval, London, UK, on 29 April 2007.

The highest throw and catch of a person is 3.66 m (12 ft) and was achieved by Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Edward Upcott, Alex Uttley and Chris Rogers (all UK) from Spelbound Dance Company on the set of Blue Peter in London, UK, on 17 January 2011. The Spelbound Dance Company began its activity in 1994. Founded and directed by Mauro Astolfi, the company has right from the start been constant and vigorous in choreographic research with a mixage of kinds so as to make Continue reading →

The highest vertical drop on a bicycle onto a target is 3.3 m (10 ft 9.92 in) and was achieved by Ian Drummond (UK), at the Access All Eirias event, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, on 27 July 2012.

The highest vertical drop on a bicycle is 4.1 metres (13.45 feet) and was performed by Wayne Mahomet (UK) at the Dounby Show 2013 in Dounby, Orkney Islands, UK, on 8 August 2013. Wayne failed in his first effort but was successful in his second attempt, landing with both feet on the pedals and then cycling away over the 3 metres required in the record guidelines. Wayne beat the previous record, a record that had stood for over 10 years, by a total of 10 Continue reading →

The world record for the oldest racehorse to win on the flat was aged 19 years. Al Jabal, a pure bred arab, ridden by Brian Boulton, owned by Andrea Boulton (both UK) won The Three Horseshoes Handicap Stakes (6 furlongs) on 9 June 2002 at Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK.  Al Jabal is a chestnut gelding, whose date of birth is 5 April 1983 and is registered with the Arab Horse Society.

The farthest distance climbed on a ladder in 24 hours by an individual is 13.12 km (8.15 miles) and was achieved by Gareth Gawne (Isle of Man) in Douglas, Isle of Man, from 13 to 14 July 2012. Gareth was part of the team that achieved the “The farthest distance climbed on a ladder in 24 hours by a team of ten”.

The largest advent calendar is 71 m (232 ft 11 in) high and 23 m (75 ft 5 in) wide and was built at St Pancras station, London, UK, to commemorate the station’s refurbishment in December 2007.

The largest area over which artificial snow fell continuously measured 12,462.78 m² (134,148 ft²), and was achieved by Snow Business International (Gloucestershire, UK) over Bond Street, London, UK to celebrate switching on the street’s Christmas lights, on 23 November 2006. **Please make sure that it is listed as: ‘Snow Business International’ and NOT Snow Business (UK) as this is a different company.** The length measured 903.1 m (2,963 ft), the width at the narrowest point 13.8 m (45 ft 3 in). In total, 40 machines Continue reading →

10,000 ticket holders attended the premiere of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” at the O2 Arena in London, UK, on 19 June 2008.

The largest audience for a video game performance is 16,000 and was achieved by ZOO Magazine’ s Matt Beadle and Activision’s Jon Edney, who played DJ Hero at The Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight, UK on June 11 2010. Damian Field adjudicated