World Record Committee / 17 Sep 2026

43 METRES: DISTANCE MEETS DELICACYA father, a son and one fragile object turned a simple throw into a precision record43 M Most throwing records begin with one question: How far can it go?&n...

World Record Committee / 17 Sep 2026

97 YEARS OLD. ABOVE THE WING. BEYOND EXPECTATION.Betty Bromage turned age itself into part of an extraordinary aviation record97 YEARS123 DAYS There are moments when a number seems to tell us wha...

World Record Committee / 16 Sep 2026

6,805.83 KM: WHEN EVERY STEP BECOMES THE JOURNEYEamonn Keaveney crossed countries without putting distance between himself and the ground6,805.83 KM BAREFOOT A journey of thousands of kilometres ...

World Record Committee / 16 Sep 2026

199 CM: WHEN SCALE CHANGES OUR PERSPECTIVEHugo turns an ordinary measurement into an extraordinary sense of scale199 CM TALL We understand height easily when we see a number. But sometimes a...

World Record Committee / 16 Sep 2026

50.2 CM: A CAR REDUCED TO THE ESSENTIALHow one engineering experiment challenged the minimum width of a functioning car 50.2 CM WIDE Cars are usually designed around the idea of more: more c...

World Record Committee / 08 Sep 2026

WHEN STANDING STILL BECOMES THE RECORDEgmond Molina Turns 13 Seconds of Resistance into a Measure of Human Strength 13 SECONDS Most strength records begin with movement. A weight rises....

World Record Committee / 08 Sep 2026

8 MARATHONS. 8 CAPITALS. UNDER 7 DAYS.WHEN THE FINISH LINE BECOMES THE START OF THE NEXT JOURNEY A marathon normally ends at the finish line. For British runner and adventurer Louis Alexande...

World Record Committee / 08 Sep 2026

67.5 METRES WITHOUT SUPPORTWHEN A BUILDING REACHES INTO EMPTY SPACE Architecture normally teaches us to expect a simple relationship: WEIGHT ABOVE. SUPPORT BELOW. Columns carry floors.&...

World Record Committee / 08 Sep 2026

20.4 KM ACROSS OPEN WATERWHEN PROPULSION COMES FROM TWO FEET AND DETERMINATION A swimming record is usually imagined through the rhythm of arms pulling through water. This record begins diff...

World Record Committee / 03 Sep 2026

822,242 KG IN 24 HOURSWHEN STRENGTH BECOMES A TEST OF ACCUMULATION A single deadlift lasts only seconds. But what happens when the challenge is no longer about lifting the heaviest possible ...

World Record Committee / 03 Sep 2026

1 BOTTLES IN 60 SECONDSWHEN ONE MINUTE BECOMES A RECORD OF PRECISION Sixty seconds. For most people, it is barely enough time to pour a drink. For Italian chef Mirko Rainer, it was enou...

World Record Committee / 31 Aug 2026

MOST MULTIROTOR / DRONES LAUNCHED IN ONE WEEK 66,123 DRONE LAUNCHES — WHEN THE NIGHT SKY BECOMES A DIGITAL CANVAS For most of human history, creating an image in the sky meant relying on n...