Group World Records  

32 people completed a successful over/under chain in 1 minute, 2 seconds using an exercise ball 4’ in diameter. The average time per person (TPP) was 1.9375 seconds. The record was set during the Ball-Popevent at the 2010 Come Out and Play Festival[] in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. URDB official Rob Birdsong was on hand as a witness. [#COAP01][]

At a weekend retreat, a group from Reboot set the world record for Fastest Eight-Person Three-Rotation High Five Chain. The feat was officiated by RecordSetter President Dan Rollman.

Nine women from The Embarcadero Rowing Club dressed in wigs, mustaches, and pirate patches and rowed a figure 8 in their whaleboat in one minute, 44.97 seconds, a new world record. The record was set on June 22, 2009 in San Francisco, Californa. Coach Oliver DiCicco was present as a witness.

JMan0160 and three of his friends consecutively blew up balloons and popped them. In proper relay style, the first person needed to blow up and pop their balloon before the second person began. It took two minutes, 6.44 seconds to complete the attempt.

Nicholas O’Neil and five of his friends recited all theKentucky Derby[] winners in four minutes and 12.32 seconds while celebrating Kentuckian Rebecca Sherman’s birthday.

Cody Storm, Samuel Taylor, and Jason Epp recited Act 1, Scene 1of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth in 10.08 seconds.

Metro Police Tshwane and nine of his team members performed a five-kilometer relay in 25 minutes, 4.00 seconds carrying a 25-kilogram bean bag.

Amy Wendorf's friends ate an eight-foot ice cream sundae in three minutes, 52.80 seconds. NOTE: Speed eating can be dangerous. Please use caution when making an attempt.

Mari Macnamara led 127 people in pulling a 16,400-kilogram fire truck 1.6 kilometers in 20 minutes, 7.00 seconds.

Three students from The Meadows School in Las Vegas, Nevada ran through 10 paper banners in 5.80 seconds.

Paramore set an official RecordSetter World Record by smashing 30 clocks with their guitars in 31.33 seconds. The band set the record within their "Ain't It Fun" music video, in which they also set a record for Most World Records Set in a Music Video. NOTE: This record can be dangerous. If you attempt to beat record, you must take safety precautions, have parental guidance and follow all rules below.

This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Sam Klarich, Abby, Brittani, and Emily each read the first four limericks of John Ciardi’s The Hopeful Trout And Other Limericks[] in a combined two minutes, 18.92 seconds. The four limericks they read were The Elephant Boy, Goodbye Please, The Thingamajig and Keeping Busy Is Better Than Nothing.

Nine members of Tshwane Metro Police flipped an 85-kilogram tire five meters in one hour, 58 minutes.

Nine members of Tshwane Metro Police flipped an 85-kilogram tire five meters in one hour, 58 minutes.

Ethan and 156 sixth grade students at Pipkin Middle School completed a game of catch in 15 minutes, 16.02 seconds. Ethan set the record as part of his stunt-journalism-book-project to become the "World's Best Catch Player".