Hanging World Records  

15-year-old Nicholas Brice performed a straitjacket escape while dangling 40 feet above the ground. He was inspired to set the record by the late great magician Harry Houdini. Read more about the feat here.

Ben M. hanged 60 hangers on his finger at once.

Alicia Weber climbed 54 feet along parallel bars while balancing an egg on a spoon in her mouth.

Abikash Shukla hung upside-down on a D-shaped ring for 13 minutes, 57.53 seconds. WARNING: This record can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

Tom C. solved a Rubik's cube in 15.60 seconds while hanging upside down.

Josh L. completed 10 consecutive pull-ups hanging from the root of a tree.

Tai Star hula hooped for 21.53 seconds while hanging on a rope.

Tai Star hung upside down for three minutes, 59.12 seconds while playing ukulele and wearing a hat.

Matt Z. hung 32 Barrel of Monkeys' monkeys from his ear.

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

Alicia Weber performed eight consecutive waving flexed one-arm hanging L lifts.

Benjamin Gross used one leg to hang upside-down from a rope suspended 25 feet in the air. NOTE: Please use proper safety precautions when attempting this record. This record should only be attempted by professionally trained people.

Ewan C. completed 19 catches while juggling two balls in one hand and using the other hand to hang from a ladder.

Matthew Prestia and four of his friends hung upside down on a set of monkey bars at the same time. NOTE: This video has adult language.

Andy Pelphrey tossed a hat into a mounted deer heads antlers six times and made it hang off of them in 30 seconds.