Andy Green (UK), driving Thrust SSC (jet engine), achieved a speed of 714.144 mi/h in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, on 25 September 1997.

The most Ironman 70.3 races completed in one year was 22 by James Lawrence (USA) of Lindon, Utah, USA, between 27 March and 13 November 2010. Lawrence concluded his record by participating in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships. An Ironman 70.3 is classified as a “half-Ironman.” Participants must complete a 1.93 km (1.2 mi) swim, 90.12 km (56 mi) cycle, and 21.08 km (13.1 mi) run. Lawrence’s best time for any of the races was 4 hr 39 min 24 sec in his 11th race.

The most skateboard 720 kickflips in one minute is 7 by Rob Dyrdek (USA) on MTV’s The Rob & Big Show in Los Angeles, California, USA on 17 September 2007.

The fastest time to carve one tonne of pumpkins is 3 hours 33 minutes 49 seconds, achieved by Stephen Clarke (USA) at Harrah’s Casino Resort, Atlantic City, NJ on 29 October 2008.

Skateboard legend Tony Hawk (USA) became the first person to achieve a ‘900’ (two and a half airborne rotations) in competition at the ESPN X Games Five in San Francisco, California, USA on 27 June 1999. The so-called 900 (named after the fact that the skater spins two and a half rotations) is regarded as one of the most difficult tricks in vert skateboarding. Hawk was successful on his 11th attempt of the evening. He was competiting in the Best Trick competition during the 1999 Continue reading →

The most basketball field goals scored in an NBA season is 1,597 by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961-62 season. In his career, he scored an average of 30.1 points per game, taking into account his total of 31,419 for Philadelphia Warriors 1959-62, San Francisco Warriors 1962-65, Philadelphia 76ers 1964-8 and Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73. He scored 50 or more points in 118 games, including 45 games in 1961-62 and 30 in 1962-63.

The largest online photo album of handwritten notes features 19,996 photos and was created by Johnny Monsarrat (USA), as verified on 20 April 2013. The website, soulburners.org, features photos of handwritten questions and answers submitted through a community art project called Soulburners. Since 2008, the Soulburners kiosk has sat on urban sidewalks and visited festivals in Northeast America, encouraging visitors to write a question about life on a small coloured card. Every day, Johnny retrieved the cards and wrote advice on the back, posting the Continue reading →

The largest gingerbread house had an internal volume of 1,110.1 m³ (39,201.8 ft³) and was created by Traditions Club (USA) at Traditions Club, Bryan, Texas, USA on 30 November 2013. The house was 18.28 m (60 ft) long, 12.8 m (42 ft) wide and 18.28 m (10.1 ft) tall at its highest point. Visitors to the house were able to meet Santa Claus, in exchange for a donation to St Joseph’s Hospital in order to raise monies to build a new trauma center.

The highest speed officially recorded for a land yacht is 202.9 km/h (126.1 mph) by Greenbird, piloted by Richard Jenkins (UK), at Ivanpah Dry Lake, Prim, Nevada, USA, on 26 March 2009. Greenbird is contructed from carbon composites, while airflow over the vertical sails propels the craft to reach up to five times the real speed of wind on land.

The most sets of twins in the same academic year at one school is 16 pairs and is shared by three schools. There are 16 sets of twins who were all enrolled in grade 9 at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, USA, in the academic year 2011-2012. There are also 16 sets of twins who were all enrolled in grade 10 at Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, USA, in the academic year 2011-2012 and 16 sets of twins in Continue reading →