Balloon World Records
Balloon Challenges
104 Records
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Farthest Distance To Hit A Balloon With A Knife While Aiming Backwards Using A Mirror
Ryan Stock hit a balloon with a knife from eight feet away aiming with a mirror.
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Most Consecutive Bounces Of Two Balloons On Head
Angel Barcia kept two balloons aloft using only his head for a total of 45 bounces.
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Most People To Sit On Balloons And Pop Them At Once
A total of 552 people blew up balloons and then popped them by sitting on them. They set the record during Thirst Youth Convention in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Greg Arrigoni used 1434 Qualtex balloons to build a balloon arch. The balloons were three feet in diameter. The arch measured 600 feet wide and 340 feet tall. It took 65 tanks of helium to fill the balloons. The arch was built at the Grand Excursion festival to commemorate the the 150-year anniversary of the founding of St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Longest Balloon Volley Using Heads
Jordan Yaun and Jason Sletten volleyed a ballon using only their heads for two hours, 38 minutes, 7.12 seconds.
See normal speed version here.
Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will.
General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.
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Fastest Time To Run Down An Up Escalator While Wearing An Indian Costume And Holding A Red Balloon
Wearing an Indian costume and holding a red balloon, Schacht N. ran down an up escalator in 7.56 seconds.
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Fastest Time To Blow Up A Balloon With Nose Until It Pops
An attendee at iD Tech Camps Macalester College inflated a balloon with his nose until it popped in 17.97 seconds.
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Most Balloons Popped With Butt In 30 Seconds
Adrian T. popped 39 balloons using only his butt in 30 seconds.
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Most Balloons Popped Domino-Style With A Laser
Scott A. Stevenson popped 100 balloons using Wicked Lasers' Spyder III Krypton laser.
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Most Balloons Popped By Two People Hugging In 30 Seconds
Elisha and Meredith popped 18 balloons from hugging in 30 seconds.
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Farthest Distance To Pop A Balloon In A Basketball Rim While Breathing Fire
Brian Pankey breathed fire and popped a balloon held in a basketball rim 10 feet away.
NOTE: This record is dangerous and should only be attempted by trained professionals.
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Fastest Time To Make A Balloon Animal
Joachim J. made a balloon animal in 3.87 seconds.
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Most Times Heading A Balloon Back And Forth
Scott's friends headed a balloon back and forth 215 times without letting it touch the ground.
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Fastest Time To Blow Up A Balloon Until It Pops
Darryl Learie blew up a balloon until it popped in 12.66 seconds.
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Fastest Time To Create Ten Balloon Sculptures While Balancing On A Rola Bola
Louie Foxx created 10 balloon sculptures while on a rola bola in four minutes and 16.67 seconds.
Ryan Stock 
Angel Barcia 
ThirstYouthConvention 
Greg Arrigoni 
Jordan Yaun 
Schacht Negenentwintig 
iD Tech Macalester 
Adrian Tucker 
WorldScott 
Elisha Roberts & Meredith Darvell 
Brian Pankey 
Joachim Jellinek 
Scott Johnson 
Darryl Learie 
Louie Foxx