30 Guinness Records That Can Easily Be Broken

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1. Peel And Eat An Orange With A Partner

Image source YoungBitesYou will be surprised that this can be deemed a record as it requires minimal skill and only a bit of practice. The fasted time is 17.5 seconds and the record was set on 5th March 2014 by Manish Upadhyaya and Dinesh Upadhyaya from Goregaon, India, one doing the peeling and the other, the eating! Are you impressed or ...

2. Tallest Toilet Paper Tower In 30 Seconds

Image source YouTubeThe biggest challenge, over and above the record, could have been finding enough toilet tissue to take on the challenge! The grand total of 29 earned the Guinness World Record and the title went to 24 year old Matthew Trainor of Minneapolis. Could he not think of anything better to do with his day? If you have time on your hands (and lots of loo rolls), give it a go!

3. Most Socks Put On One Foot In 30 Seconds

Image source VercalandarioPavol Durdik from Slovakia had been racking his brains to come up with something different to get in the record books. This would explain his thinking of putting one sock on his foot, followed by another .... and so on! He managed 29 in half a minute- could you do better?

4. Most T-Shirts Put On In 60 Seconds

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Another clothes related challenge for you! If you want to out-do Ted Hastings then make sure you have more than 260 t-shirts to hand as that was his certified record. You are allowed a friend to pull the t-shirt down, once it's over your head so it could be possible if you are that way inclined.

5. Most Football Touches In 30 Seconds

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One for you budding footballers out there! The current Guinness record holders are Parker Kuklinski with 252 football touches from the USA and Chloe Hegland from Canada, who managed 163 touches. The one rule that has to be adhered to is that the ball must be kept in the air. Any takers?

6. Fastest Time To Type Alphabet Backwards On An iPad

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Living in this digital world, whether we like it or not, it was only a matter of time before the record was going to be attempted. Yes, it sounds like quite a boring challenge but if you knew that that Xia Yan from China, achieved the title because he typed it in a mere 4 seconds.

7. Fastest Time To Put On A King Size Duvet Cover

Image source QuoraMany of you will wish you held the Guinness World Record for this particular challenge, or chore, as we prefer to think of it as! It's so annoying every time the bed needs changing - but not for Andrea Warner from Rushden who set a brand new record of 74 seconds to make up a king sized bed.

8. Balancing Spoons On Your Body

Image source Daily MailDoes your party piece involve breathing on a spoon and sticking it to your nose? If it does, you may be in with a chance of being the best in the world at it! Dalibor Jablanovic of Serbia holds that honour because he balanced 79 spoons on his body without any of them dropping off.

9. Highest Stack Of Coins In A Minute

Image source Hindustan TimesAn man named Manish Dhmeja broke the world record for the most coins stacked in one minute with his tower of 69 coins. The stack had to hold in place for 10 seconds after the last coin was placed on top. If you fancy this trial, break open the piggy bank!

10. Most Walnuts Crushed In A Minute

Image source QuoraThis record is definitely a bit nutty! Muhammad Rashid cracked his way into the record books when he crushed 284 walnuts in a single minute. Doing the maths, that works out at more than 4 walnuts a second! As the previous record was 267, Mr Rashid absolutely crushed it!

11. The World's Tallest Sandcastle

Image source The GuardianYou will need at least a few weeks to try this if you are feeling confident it can be done! The world’s tallest sandcastle was built after 2 years of attempts in the city of Binz in Germany. It took a month to complete and when finished, the sandy structure measured 17.65 metres tall. Put into context, that's the height of 3 giraffes!

12. Running The Fastest In Clogs

Image source Sunday MailRunning in trainers is hard enough for many of us but André Ortolf recently sped off with a record for the fastest 100 metres wearing clogs. Unbelievably, he managed to clock in at a speed of just 13.16 seconds which smashed the old record to smithereens. That's impressive!

13. Longest Conga Line Of Dogs

Image source YouTubeIf you love dogs then this Guinness Record will surely melt your heart. It's for the most dogs to have walked in a conga line so, obviously, well behaved pooches! That record belongs to Alexa Lauenburger of Germany who got eight dogs to walk in the line - not bad for a 12 year old girl to accomplish!

14. Most Human Targets Hit With Plungers In A Minute

Image source TeenBuzzYou've read that correctly! There is an actual world record for throwing the most rubber plungers at human targets and the holder is Gerhard Donie who carried out the achievement in Tokyo, Japan in September 2010, throwing 15 plungers in 60 seconds.

15. Blowing A Pea The Furthest Distance

Image source RedditThe record for blowing a pea the furthest distance stands at 24 feet 7.66 inches. The guy with the magnificent lung power is Andre Ortolf of Augsburg, Germany and no one has broken this record, made on 12th July 2014. In fact, later attempts haven't got anywhere close to his.

16. Longest Distance Being Pulled by a Horse While on Fire

Image source India TimesThere's mad, there's outrageous and then there's this one! Josef Todtling of Austria set a world record by being pulled 500 meters behind a horse while also being on fire! He set the goal in June 2015 and no one else has, as yet, attempted to break the record - we're not surprised.

17. Most Balloons Burst In 30 Seconds

Image source India TimesNot advised for those of a nervous disposition! Ashrita Furman’s broke the existing record by bursting more than 50 balloons in 30 seconds. The criteria was that the balloons must be blown up to a minimum diameter of 20 centimetres and each one must make a banging sound when burst - well, obviously, it would!

18. Largest Cup Percussion Ensemble

Image source TridentAs long as you can get in touch with over 349 individuals, then you could, if you really wanted, attempt to topple the Guinness record holder off the podium. Onze-Lieve-Vrouwlyceum of Genk, Belgium, grouped together 349 participants at a nearby school. Each person had a cup and they had to agree on a tune to play. They succeeded in February 2014.

19. Most Items Kicked Off People's Heads In A Minute

Image source RedditFast feet is the key to this world record that stands at 59 items kicked off people's heads in 60 seconds. It was accomplished by Silvana Shamuon in Waterloo, Canada in June 2016. A nice high kick and some intense practice could crown a new record holder in this strangely specific world record. Oh yes, helmets are allowed!

20. Largest Human Mattress Dominoes

Image source Guinness World RecordsDo you feel you could be the new record holder and take down Silvio Sabba of Italy. He became the proud owner in July 2016. The requirements are easy - a lot of friends and lots of mattresses! The number to beat is a massive 2016 people being toppled off mattresses in a domino effect style. It took 15 minutes from the first to the last to fall.

21. Most Hamburgers Eaten in 3 Minutes

Image source Metro UKTakeru Kobayashi is a hero in the competitive world of eating and he holds numerous records. His record for most hamburgers eaten in 3 minutes sits at 12. Each burger is a quarter pounder and has one condiment with it, to help it slide down the throat quickly. At least he's getting his protein intake!

22. Most Clothes Pegs Clipped To The Face In One Minute

Image source YouTubeIf you have an exceptionally high pain tolerance, this trial could be right up your street. Silvio Sabba holds the world record where no less than 51 pegs were clipped to his face in a minute. The qualification rule was that Silvio had to attach the pegs to his own face. My eyes are watering!

23. Most Smarties Eaten In A Minute With Chopsticks

Image source Facebook Don't be under any illusion that this could be, let's say, not the most difficult of tasks to contemplate, in attempt to get your name in the Guinness Book Of Records. Go and try it now and see how long it takes you to get even one in your mouth. The world record is 20.

24. Most Lit Candles in the Mouth

Image source YouTubeRecord holder Dinesh Upadhyaya of Mumbai, India is the man to beat. Many have tried but he still retains the record 6 years on. Dinesh started training at 15 and he set the lit candle record at 15 years old. Eight months later, he smashed his own record by lighting 17 candles and sticking them in his mouth. Is it enough to say 'well done?'

25. Largest Hot Dog Cart

Image source YouTubeMany of these size records are up for grabs as long as you have the right level of dedication and lots of funding. Hot dogs are as American as apple pie so it makes sense that this record is held by Marcus Daily of Union, Missouri, USA, set in 2013. The cart measured 9 feet 3 inches wide, 23 feet 2 inches long and 12 feet 2 inches in height. No trouble in that getting noticed!

26. Most Ice Cream Scoops Balanced On A Cone

Image source Guinness World RecordsDimitri Panciera of Forno di Zoldo, Italy scooped the record in September 2015. He is known as being the king of balancing copious amounts of ice cream on a single cone. He had already held the record with 109 scoops but that got frozen out as he managed to balance 121 scoops.

27. Most Functional Gadgets in a Cosplay Suit

Image source QuoraWhen it comes to cosplay, you have to go big or go home. Julian Checkley of Galway, Ireland certainly went big with his Batman suit that featured23 functioning gadgets, which included a fireball launcher, a grapnel gun and smoke bombs. If you want to beat his record, maybe copy the suit exactly and add another working item. Is this encouraging you?

28. Fasted 100 Metres Hula Hooping

Image source RedditIf you are pretty fast sprinting 100 metres normally, then why not test yourself with doing the same distance but hula hooping it instead. The Guinness world record is 15.97 seconds, set in 2016 by Braham Sanderson of the USA is just crying out to be beaten!

29. Hugging For The Longest Time

Image source Refinery29Two friends from London were both big huggers so decided to go for the Guinness World Record for hugging for the longest time. It was a tough ask as the record was constantly being broken. They made it (and have kept it, up to now) with a hugging time of 36 hours, 36 minutes and 36 seconds - I love even numbers!

30. Fastest Male At 100 Metre Hurdles Wearing Swim Fins

Image source CBS NewsEven in a world filled with ridiculous records, there is occasionally one that stands out as being completely absurd. It was undertaken by Christopher Irmscher of Cologne, Germany in 2008. He completed the 100 metre hurdles in 14.82 seconds while wearing swim fins. There's a video online of Veronica Torr who holds the female record.