Hang World Records

Daniel Tochev of Pleven, Bulgaria, hooked a single chalked finger over a doorway pull-up bar, tucked his knees and hung there for 13.6 seconds, the rest of his hand curled into a fist below the bar and a stopwatch in his free hand. We timed the hang frame by frame from the moment both feet left the floor until one touched down again, and his own stopwatch, shown to the camera right afterwards, read 13.86 seconds. That is his whole bodyweight on one finger, and he is grinning for most of it.

Daniel Tochev of Pleven, Bulgaria, hung from a doorway pull-up bar by one bare hand for 30.8 seconds with 90.3 kilograms of plates chained to a dip belt, knees tucked and the stack swinging clear of the floor. Weighing in at 64.2 kilograms himself, he had roughly 154 kilograms hanging from a single grip. We timed the hold frame by frame from the moment his feet left the floor until they came back down, and watched the belt, chain and plates go onto a platform scale right afterwards, reading 90.30 kilograms. That is a lot of iron for one hand.

Rufus Fry hung on a pull-up bar for seven minutes, 23.47 seconds.

Alicia Weber performed 121 ninety-degree flexed arm hang knee tucks in one minute.

Alexander Grossman performed a one-arm hang on a two-inch thick bar for one minute, 17.22 seconds.

A nine-year-old kid member of the Everett Family performed an assisted slam dunk and hung on the rim for 34.06 seconds.

Maja Misevic performed an L-sit hang on a bar for one minute, 46.24 seconds.

Alicia Weber performed nine pull-ups with a ladder knee-to-elbow flexed hang.

Suresh Gaur hung a 3.3-kilogram weight on the back of his head while balancing a baseball bat on his chin.

Alicia Weber performed a one-armed archer flexed bar hang for 53.28 seconds.

Members of Hills Home hung 70,000 socks on 70 Hills Hoists. They set the record to raise funds for Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. They raised over $100,000 during the event and all 35,000 pairs of socks were donated to the Salvation Army.