The longest time balancing a football on the sole of the foot (male) was 5 min 49 sec by Ash Randall (UK) at the Cardiff Street Soccer Tournament in Cardiff, UK, on 4 September 2011. Witnesses timed the attempt to 5 min 51 sec but a timecode on the video evidence showed the attempt to last truly 5 min 49 sec.
Brian Tocher (UK) has been on haemodialysis for 33 years and continues to be dialysed 3 times a week at Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom. He first commenced haemodialysis on 13 June 1966 and had two kidney transplants during this time which were successful only for a short time. In summery, the periods of dialysis have been: 13 June 1966 to December 1971 7 November 1972 to July 1987 27 January 1994 to present day
The longest duration to maintain a Marinelli bend is 50 seconds and was achieved by Iona Oyungerel Luvsandorj (Mongolia) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 18 April 2009. Watch a previous attempt from Iona below, when she first set the mark at 33 seconds.
Excluding cases of elephantiasis, then the longest toes measured on a living person are the ‘big’ toes belonging to Xi Shun (China b. 1951) at 8.4 cm (3.3 in) long, as a result of measurements taken at the Millennium Hotel, London, UK, on 21 September 2005. The measurement was made by GWR Editor Craig Glenday.
The longest tongue measures 9.8 cm (3.86 in) from the tip to the middle of his closed top lip and was achieved by Stephen Taylor (United Kingdom), at Westwood Medical Centre, Coventry, United Kingdom, on 11 February 2009.
The longest underwater live radio broadcast (unsupported) is 4 hours, 43 minutes and 54 seconds. It was achieved by Richard Hatch (UK), presenter on BFBS Radio, at The Underwater Studios, Essex, UK, on 24 November 2011. The record attempt was called the ‘BFBS Pool Party’ was broadcast live to British troops around the world and on the front line including Afghanistan. The show included a live pool side performance by British band Toploader.
The longest waterski jump (female) was 57.1 m (187 ft 4 in) by June Fladborg (Denmark) in Lincoln, UK, on 24 August 2010.
A team of 75 volunteers pushed a wheelchair a distance of 386.2 km (240 miles) in 24 hours at Copeland Stadium, Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK on 8–9 September 2000. The event was organised by the Maryport branch of the Cumbria Cerebral Palsy Society.
The longest working pacemaker still in use was fitted into Lesley Iles (UK) on 15 January 1982 and last confirmed on 4th April 2007 to be operating as normal.
Casualty (BBC, 1986–present) is the world’s most enduring primetime medical drama series. Only the hospital-based soap opera General Hospital (ABC, 1963–present) – now the world’s longest-running daytime soap opera with the demise of As the World Turns (CBS, 1956–2010) – has been broadcast for a longer period.