Marathon World Records

The Voices of Women Summit 2026 ran for 12 straight hours with 207 women taking the virtual stage across 12 simultaneous tracks. Organized by Kimberly Crowe of Entrepreneurs Rocket Fuel, the marathon summit featured speakers from around the world presenting live on Zoom, covering everything from business strategy to personal storytelling. Not a single talk was pre-recorded.

Spanish guitarist Jose Javier "Jotas" Segura Delgado set up in a booth at the Leyendas del Rock festival in Villena, Spain, and played electric guitar alone from 8:23 a.m. on Monday, August 3, 2026 until 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5, working through 661 logged songs with no backing tracks, metronome or bandmates. Two fixed cameras and a running clock on a monitor recorded the whole attempt, and pairs of witnesses signed off every shift and every rest break, including a power cut that he kept playing through. The result of 55 hours and 52 minutes (3,352 minutes) runs from his first song to his last, and the music only stopped on his logged breaks.

Seven people finished the 2010 San Antonio Rock & Roll Full & Half-Marathon[] said “Break cancer!” after their completion of the race.

Pekka Luodeslampi walked a total of 1,560,554 steps in 31 days. He began on April 19, 2010 and finished May 19, 2010 averaging over 50,000 steps per day. He used the Nintendo Personal Trainer: Walking program to monitor his daily steps.

Carlos Santos played the drums for over 132 hours (7,978 minutes). Santos set the record to raise awareness and support for positive parenthood and against parental alienation. See entire attempt here.

Swineflu Avenger ran a half marathon in two hours, 17 minutes and 45 seconds while wearing a gas mask, a flak jacket and a kevlar helmet and carrying a 10 pound baton.

Aaron Rosenthal, Alex Green, and Michael Berlin watched every episode of the TV series LOST from May 19, 2010 to May 23, 2010, a total of 94 hours, 50 minutes and 42.00 seconds. They set the record to raise money for Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, and The Nature Conservancy. Read more about the feat here.

Drummer Sridhar played the darbuka (goblet drum) nonstop for 12 hours. Read more about the feat here.

Christopher M. completed a 26.2-mile indoor run in three hours, 53 minutes, 51.00 seconds while wearing a kilt. He set the record as a representative for Warriors On Course, a dedicated group that raises funds and awareness by those that are affected by Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Read more about the feat here.

Gregory Leonarczyk and his friends held a marathon baseball game. The game lasted for 50 hours, two minutes.

A total of 20 people simultaneously spoke the words "Break Cancer" upon completing a marathon and half-marathon. They set the record as part of Team Shan Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women activities during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Ontario, Canada.

Jesse Fontaine and Breanna Broughton played air hockey nonstop for 28 hours. Their attempt raised almost $7,000 to support a World Vision-run youth center based in Pakistan. Read more about the feat here.

Ryan R. played the bagpipes nonstop for seven hours, 14.00 minutes.

Eric T. and his teammates MattThePatrat and DDay played six game versions of Rayman nonstop for 29 hours. See their entire gameplay here.

Lisa W. finished a marathon of 26.2 miles in four hours, 59 minutes, 41.00 seconds. She was dressed in a playing card costume throughout the event.

Andrew W.K. drummed nonstop for 24 hours. He set the record as part of the 2013 O Music Awards in New York City. Find out more about the record here.