The fastest time to lay down a mile of pennies is 2 hr 16 min 9 sec and was achieved by the Burnt Hickory Youth Ministry (USA) in Marietta, Georgia, USA, on 2 August 2008 The event raised over 16,000 USD for humanitarian aid for Honduras.

The fastest mile hopping on a pogo stick whilst juggling three balls is 23 min 28 sec set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Brooklyn Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA, on 26 September 2007.

The record for the fastest time to travel a mile on a space hopper is 13 minutes flat and was set by Ashrita Furman (USA) Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York, United States on 19 August 2010.

The record for the fastest time to travel one mile (1.6 km) on foot whilst balancing a pool cue on one finger is 6 min 55 sec and was set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Queens College track in Queens, New York, on 19 July 2009. Ashrita travelled 4 times around the 400-metre track plus an additional 10 metres .

The fastest time to create one balloon dog sculpture is 6.5 seconds by John Cassidy (USA) at the Balloon Saloon store in New York, USA on 28 March 2006.

The fastest oboe player is Jack Cozen Harel (USA), who played ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 26.1 seconds, for an average speed of 589 bpm at Thayer Hall, Los Angeles, USA, on 3 April 2008.

The fastest road race in the world is the Silver State Classic on Nevada’s Route 318, in which drivers frequently maintain average speeds in excess of 305 km/h (190 mph) over the 145 km (90 mile) course. The highest ever average speed in the race was 334.38 km/h (207.78 mph), set by Chuck Shafer and Gary Brockman in May 2000. Highly organised and run with the full endorsement of local law enforcement, the race was first run in 1988, and is now held biannually in Continue reading →

Hayley Bateup (Australia), Jenna Worlock, Nicola Mocke (both South Africa) and Aline Paterson (USA) paddled across the Florida Strait between Cuba, and Key West, Florida, USA, a time of 25 hr 44 min from 9 to 10 July 2003. As the crow flies, the distance is approximately 180 km (112 miles). They paddled in relay.

Dave Villwock (USA) reached a speed of 354.849 km/h (220.493 mph) in Miss Budweiser, an unlimited class hydroplane, on 13 March 2004 at Thermalito Afterbay, Oroville, California, USA. The boat is powered by a Lycoming T-55 L-7 turbine engine from a Chinook helicopter, which is rated at 1,976 kW (2,650 hp). The record was timed over 1 km.  Miss Budweiser  is 9 m (29 ft 10 in) long, 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in) wide and weighs 2.8 tonnes (6,200 lb).

A four-stage rocket sled system accelerated a 87 kg (192 lb) payload to a speed of 2,886 m/s (9,468 ft/s) in 6.031 seconds at Holloman High Speed Test Track, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, USA, on 30 April 2003. This is equivalent to 10,385 km/h (6,453 mph). The sleds carried a package designed to simulate the warhead of a ballistic missile defence system, and despite costing US$750,000 (£465,000 at 2003 rate) to stage, it is cheaper than staging an actual ballistic missile test. The Continue reading →