A total of 161,811,236 singles/tracks were sold in the UK in 2010, the best year on record. The week ending 1 January 2011, holds the record for total sales in one week with 4,757,429 tracks. This was an increase of 12.7 per cent on the previous best week exactly two years earlier.
Using chopsticks, Kathryn Ratcliffe (UK) ate 170 Smarties in three minutes at the Guinness World Records 2005 Roadshow at The Trafford Centre, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, on 27 November 2004.
Henry Ayala (Venezuela) completed 211 skips in a minute at BIlly Smarts Circus, Durdham Down, Bristol, UK, on 30th September 2003. The wire was set at a height of 8.1 m (26 ft 6 in).
The most socks sorted and hung in one minute is 19 pairs and was achieved by Melanie Truby and Kimberley Brewer (both UK) at Butlins, Bognor Regis, UK on 14 August 2011. GWR Live! at Butlins.
The most socks put on one foot in one minute is 30, achieved by Oliver Agutu (UK), in Bexleyheath, Kent, UK, on 1 February 2012. This record was broken on the Guinness World Records Challengers site (Challengers tag: milk12): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/90-most-socks-put-on-in-one-minute/attempts/1350
The record for most squat thrusts in one minute is 70 and was achieved by Craig De-Vulgt (UK) on the event Wave for Wales in Margam Country Park, UK on 24 June 2007.
The most squats performed in one hour is 4,708 by Paddy Doyle (UK) at Stamina’s Boxing Self Defence Gym in Erin Go Bragh Sports Centre, Birmingham, UK, on 8 November 2007.
The most times a single jockey has been named champion jockey is 15, by Tony McCoy (UK), consecutively from 1996-2010. The title of champion jockey is awarded each year in British National Hunt horse racing to the jockey that has ridden the most winners.
The most sticky notes on the body simultaneously is 454 and was achieved by Sarah Greasley (UK) at Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK, on 17 June 2011. Sarah is a student at Cambridge University, who attempted a number of “one minute” Guinness World Records at her college over the course of a day. For this particular record, a number of sticky notes were discounted due to windy weather conditions. The event was timed by two experienced timekeepers from Cambridge University Athletics Club.
Leslie Ames claimed 418 in his career from 1926-51.