30 Guinness World Records You Can Try to Break All Alone

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My youngest brother enjoys looking at the Guinness World Records book, and it got me thinking, Could I break a record? After looking through them, I'm not so sure. But, for anyone with more confidence and skills, here's some records you can try to break all on your own:


1) Longest Continuous Vocal Note (Male)
Current Record = 2 minutes and 1.07 seconds by Richard Fink IV of Las Vegas, Nevada 

2) Most Words Spelled Backwards In One Minute
Current Record = 56 by Pam Onnen of Hastings, Minnesota 

3) Tallest Tower of Tortillas
Current Record = 79 centimeters by Angel Zayas 

4) Most Jenga Blocks Stacked on One Vertical Jenga Piece
Current Record = 485 by Tai Star Valianti of the United States

5) Largest Sticker Ball of Recycled Stickers
Current Record = 308.25 pounds by Sticky Band Creative Group of Vermont 

6) Most Magic Tricks Performed Underwater in Three Minutes
Current Record = 20 by Martin Rees of Hertfortshire, United Kingdom

7) Fastest Time to Apply 10 Surgical Masks
Current Record = 12.15 seconds by Cherry Yoshitake "Mr. Cherry" of Japan 

8) Most Toilet Paper Rolls Balanced on the Head
Current Record = 56 by Jay Rawlings of the United Kingdom

9) Fastest Time to Build A 10 Toilet Roll Pyramid
Current Record = 3.6 seconds by Silvio Sabba of Italy 

10) Most Hula Hoop Rotation Around the Foot While Lying Down
Current Record = 136 by S. Kanishka of Chennai, India

11) Farthest Horseshoe Throw
Current Record = 175 feet by Dariusz Slowik of Canada

12) Most Billiard Balls Held in One Hand
Current Record = 16 by Rocco Mercurio of Villa San Giovanni, Italy 

13) Longest Table Tennis Serve
Current Record = 14.86 meters by Alvaro Martin Mendieta of Spain

14) Most Teabags Thrown Into Mugs in 30 Seconds
Current Record = 7 

15) Longest Gum Wrapper Chain
Current Record = 106,810 feet by Gary Michael Duschl of Virginia Beach, Virginia

16) Most Math Questions Answered Correctly in One Minute
Current Record = 196 by Nadub Gill of Pakistan

17) Largest Stack of Eggs
Current Record = 3 by Mohammed Muqbel of Yemen 

18) Most T-Shirts Ripped in One Minute
Current Record = 29 by David Rush

19) Largest Display of Origami Elephants
Current Record = 78,564 by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Bronx Zoo in New York City, New York

20) Most Cinema Productions of the Same Film Attended
Current Record = 108 by Joanne Connor

21) Lowest Note Sung (Female)
Current Record = 72.5 hertzes by Helen Leahey of the United Kingdom 

22) Most Drumbeats Using Drumsticks in Three Minutes
Current Record = 5,570 by Devaagyh Dixit of India 

23) Largest Collection of Newspaper Titles
Current Record = 1,444 by Sergio Bodini of Italy 

24) Most Juggling Tricks in One Minute (Three Balls)
Current Record = 39 by Taylor Glen of the United States

25) Fastest Time to Solve a Rubik's Cube Blindfolded
Current Record = 16.22 seconds by Jack Cai of Australia 

26) Most Cappuccinos Made in an Hour
Current Record = 420 by Liza Thomas of Queensland, Australia

27) Largest Video Game Collection
Current Record = 20,139 by Antonio Monteiro of Richmond, Texas

28) Most Consecutive Wins of "Honor of Kings" Video Game
Current Record = 333 by Saobai of China

29) Longest Wedding Veil
Current Record = 6,962.6 meters by Maria Paraskeva of Larnaca, Cyprus 

30) Largest Collection of Spreadsheets
Current Record = 506 by Ariel Fischman of Mexico City, Mexico


And don't forget that you can propose your own record. That may be the easiest way to get your name in Guinness's next publication.


- Liv

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