The highest speed achieved on land by a hovercraft is 56.25 mph by John Alford (USA) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA on 21 Sep 1998.

The US Iowa-class battleships were powered by eight fuel oil boilers and four propellers, delivering 212,000 shaft horsepower. In 1968, during a shakedown cruise, the Iowa-class USS New Jersey achieved a top speed of 35.2 knots (65.2 km/h) which it sustained for six hours. As part of a brutal test of the ship’s engines, the captain then ordered the ship to go instantly from “all ahead flank” to “all back emergency”. New Jersey took some two miles to come to a stop.

The fastest speed reached in a wing suit is 363 km/h (225.6 mph) and was achieved by Shinichi Ito (Japan) over Yolo County, California, USA, on 28 May 2011. Mr Ito was equipped with full HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) equipment, ‘Gamine Colorado 300’ GPS, ‘Altitrack’ Skydiving computer and ‘Vampire 3’ wing suit manufactured by Phoenix Fly Inc. The jump started from an altitude of 9,753.6 m (32,000 ft).

The fastest sport stacking individual cycle stack is 5.93 seconds and was achieved first by Steven Purugganan (USA) at the WSSA Greater Cleveland Ohio Sport Stacking Championships Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on 3 January 2009. This was equalled by Mason Langenderfer (USA) at the 2011 WSSA Upper Atlantic Regional Sport Stacking Championships in Rochester, New York, USA, on 29 January 2011. 

The fastest FIA-approved steam car is the “Inspiration”, designed by the British Steam Car Team, which reached 225.05 km/h (139.84 mi/h), driven by Charles Burnett III (USA) at Edwards Airbase, California, USA, on 25 August 2009. We also carry a non FIA record (ID 43541) on our database which currently stands at: On 19 August 1985, Robert E. Barber broke the 79-year-old record for a steam car when Steamin’ Demon, built by the Barber-Nichols Engineering Co., reached 234.331 km/h (145.607 mi/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Continue reading →

The fastest 50 m on can and string stilts was 9.7 sec by Steven Bell (USA) in Cuero, Texas, USA, on 4 August 2010. The attempt was completed on a local athletics track, where Bell used string and canned chicken cans to break the previous record by more than 2.5 sec. Bell was witnessed by pastor Glen R. Moore, Jr., and managing editor of The Cuero Record, Coy Slavik.

The fastest streamlined motorcycle speed for a female rider is 229.92 kmh (142.86 mph) and was achieved by Erin Hunter (USA) on Jack Costella’s “Nebulous Theorem IV” motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on 3 September 2010. The speed represents the average of two passes on the track in opposing directions. This is an official FIM record.

15:42.54 Kate Ziegler (USA) Mission Viejo, USA 17 June 2007

The fastest time to swim 50 m (164 ft) underwater in a 25-m (82-ft) pool is 32.68 seconds by Andrew Vonasch (USA) in the Bellevue Club Pool in Bellevue, Washington, USA, on 1 August 2006 No fins or any other swimming aids were worn during the attempt. Smashed the previous GWR by over 6 seconds.

The fastest time for a dog to weave between 12 poles is 1.87 sec by Champion Mach Blazer owned by Elaine Havens (USA) on the set of Animal Planet’s Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals in Los Angeles, California, USA on 24 September 2005.