Dance World Records

Spinderella, an 11-year-old breakdancer, performed a headspin that lasted 13 minutes and 53.34 seconds.

Julia Ring completed Miley Cyrus’ Hoedown Throwdown dance in 12.28 seconds.

Randy Parsons-Duff performed The Centipede dance in 5 degrees Fahrenheit (–15 Celsius) weather conditions.

Heather O’Neal tap danced at an elevation of 5364 meters. She performed the feat at Mount Everest’s South Base Camp in Khumbu, Nepal. #RecordSetterBook01

Joey Lawton dipped Mollie Herman 85 times in one minute. The feat was achieved on October 18, 2009 at the Saucony Originals tent at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, California. #RecordSetterBook01

A total of 157 TaskUs employees danced the Running Man simultaneously. They performed the feat during their 2011 Christmas party.

Wendy B. organized a can-can line featuring 13 dancers with fake mustaches. #BM2007

1,075 people attended Metropolis Fremantle in Perth, Australia for the World’s Largest Pajama Party on New Year’s Eve 2009. Concept created by club manager Ross Madafferi. #PP01 tag:RecordSetterBook01

Matt Rishel travelled 518 inches doing “the worm” in 10 seconds. 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.

In an impressive showing of speed, dance, and sychronicity, Nicholas Fritzhand, Ronnie Gensler, and Jon Heilman complete 63 triple time steps[] in one minute, a new world record. The performance took place at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City on January 7, 2009. It was held at Pianos, a bar on the Lower East Side. Corey Henderson and Rob Birdsong were present to witness and document the feat. [#WRAS02][]

James Medina and Paul Bryan led a group of 208 people dancing to music playing from a Ford Fusion. They set the record as part of Fusion 41, a nationwide world record challenge created by the Ford Motor Company. tag:RecordSetterBook01

48 members of Texas 4000 donned fake mustaches and danced in a conga line. Each mustache was made using Break Cancer stickers.

18 members of Wieden Kennedy’s Team Hot Pink did The Cabbage Patch Dance[] in a Whole Foods while a crying, bearded man watched. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Dayparty.URDB World Records co-foundersDan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. [#FD28][]

Kelly Reeves performed 42 clogging ‘#1 steps’ in 30 seconds. Reeves learned the dance form while growing up in Georgia, and performed onstage at the Grand Ole Opry many times. The record was set at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. #WRAS16

Peter Shaffern performed the Berries amp; Cream Dance twice inside a Pizza Hut restaurant.

A total of 528 staff and students of Saghalie Middle School joined hands and performed a pop 'n' lock armwave. They set the record during their first pep assembly of the year.