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Farthest Distance To Throw A Golf Ball Over The Shoulder Backwards Using A Teaspoon

Scott Jackson

Scott J. used a teaspoon to throw a golf ball backwards over his shoulder. The ball traveled a distance of 69.58 feet (835 inches).
Fastest Time To Run A Mile Backwards Juggling

Joe Salter

Joe Salter ran one mile backwards in seven minutes, 37.25 seconds while juggling.
Most Times Reciting Alphabet Backwards In One Minute

Matt Delaney

Matt D. recited the English alphabet backwards 24 times in one minute.
Most Times Walking Backwards Across A Slackline

Tai Star

Tai Star walked backwards across a slackline five times.
Farthest Distance Hopped Backwards On One Foot While Carrying A 90-Kilogram Weight In Mouth

Montystar Agarawal

Montystar A. hopped backwards on one foot for 10 meters while carrying a 90-kilogram weight in his mouth.
Fastest Time To Spell "BACKWARDS" Backwards 10 Times In A Row

Kevin Zuccherato

Kevin Zuccherato spelled the word “backwards” backwards 10 times in a row in 10.63 seconds.
Fastest Time For A Person Dressed As A Superhero To Surf Down A Flight Of Stairs Backwards Through Three People's Legs

Jaiden Pillai

Six-year-old Jaiden Pillai, dressed as Captain America, surfed backwards down a flight of stairs containing 14 steps in 2.55 seconds. During the attempt, he passed under the legs of three people.
Fewest Backwards Shots To Hit Five Balloons From 65 Yards Away

Doug McManaman

Doug McManaman fired five shots backwards using a mirror, hitting five balloons from 65 yards away.
Fastest Time To Run 100 Yards Backwards While Wearing Swim Fins

Sean Sonic

Sean Sonic of radio station Channel 933ran 100 yards in a backwards facing direction while wearing swim fins in 28.00 seconds.
Fewest Shots To Hit Nine Plastic Bottles From Backwards 50 Yards Away Using A Mirror

Doug McManaman

Doug McManaman fired 14 shots backwards using a mirror, hitting nine plastic bottles from 50 yards away.
Most Recitations Of The Alphabet Backwards While Standing On One Leg In One Minute

Sunil Kamath

Sunil Kamath recited the alphabet backwards 13 times in one minute while standing on one leg.
Highest Skee-Ball Score While Rolling Balls Backward Between Legs

Steve Welch

Steve Welch earned 350 points in a singleSkee-Ballframe, rolling each ball through his legs while facing backwards.

He set the record at the Brewskee-Ball National Championship at Full Circle Bar in Brooklyn, New York.

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Fastest 30-Foot Backwards Dash

Erik Chard

Erik Chard completed a 30-Foot Backward Dash in 2.50 seconds.
Fastest Backwards Recitation Of The English Alphabet

Gita Smith

Gita Smith recited the English alphabet backwards in 1.93 seconds.
Largest Collection Of Guinness World Record Holder Autographs By A Universal Record Database World Record Holder

Art Hoffman

RecordSetter record holder Art Hoffman has Guinness World Record holder Plennie Wingo’s autograph.

Hoffman bumped into Wingo in Santa Monica, California in 1973, and asked him why he was walking backwards. He discovered Wingo was in the midst of an 8000-mile trek walking backwards. Wingo had small rearview mirrors affixed to his glasses that originally caught Hoffman’s eye.