Backyard World Records

Max Brown racked up 47 hits in 60 seconds on a Swingball, the classic garden game where a tennis ball is tethered by string to a vertical pole and batted back and forth with racquets. Made popular by Mookie Toys and a staple of British backyards, Swingball is also known as tether tennis or totem tennis. Max's rapid-fire rally sets the opening mark for this fresh RecordSetter category.

Matthew Brock stood at the zero end of a tape measure laid across his backyard lawn in Melbourne and, filmed from behind in one continuous take, sent a stream arcing out over the grass. He then walked out, planted a metal stake where it landed and brought the camera down to the tape, which shows the stake just past the 510 centimeter mark. The schoolyard contest finally has a tape measure.

Deb H. laid out 548 Winnie the Pooh and Friends shirts and jackets in her backyard.