Denise Mueller-Korenek shatters bicycle land-speed record at 184 mph on Utah’s Salt Flats
The average cyclist will rarely exceed 25 miles per hour on flat ground, and professionals max out at just over 70 mph (on downhill […]
Dunking from beyond the 3-point line? World record holder makes it look easy with trampoline
For years the free-throw line has defined the outer reaches of long-distance dunking, with Julius Erving’s effort at the 1976 ABA All Star Game […]
Look out below! World’s highest basketball shot taken from atop 660-foot African waterfall
A regulation basketball rim stands 10-feet above the court. Now, imagine making a shot from 66 times that height, while contending with swirling air […]
Watch all 2,682 repetitions of 52-year-old Carlton Williams’ push-up world record
Most 52-year-olds would feel pretty pleased with themselves just being able to execute a dozen push ups in a row, but as a one-time […]
Oh, chute! Watch Luke Aikins’ death-defying, world-record 25,000-ft skydive without a parachute
Fear of heights and fear of flying both make the top-ten list of the public’s phobias, so it’s safe to bet skydiving would also […]
Sabine Lisicki sets women’s tennis serve speed record with 131-mph sizzler
In the summer of 2014, Sabine Lisicki became the first woman to break the 130 mph speed barrier on a tennis serve, breaking Venus […]
Roller-skating Chinese kids blow Steve Harvey’s mind with acrobatic routine set to Bruno Mars
While most kids these days are choosing skateboards, inline skates and hoverboards for their small-wheeled recreation, it’s somehow comforting to see that there are […]
Hungarian swimming phenom Kristof Milak shatters Michael Phelps’ 200m fly world record
Legendary swimmer Michael Phelps first broke the 200 meter butterfly world record on March 20, 2001 when he swam the event in 1:54.92 at […]
Fail Friday Follies: Pole vaulting world records and world wreckers
Centuries ago, pole vaulting originated in the Netherlands as a means to cross canals and marshy areas without getting one’s wooden shoes all mucked […]
British biscuit dipper Simon Berry snatches bungee world record from American donut dunker
Dipping a biscuit in a cup of tea isn’t always a cup of tea — at least not for Simon Berry. Suspended from a […]
Hopping Humans: Is it possible to execute a box jump in excess of one’s height?
Until the advent of CrossFit, the standing box jump was not really a metric by which one gauged his or her prowess in the […]
105-year-old Japanese sprinter Hidekichi Miyazaki still holds 100-meter dash world record
Japan’s Hidekichi Miyazaki didn’t start running until he was in his 90s, but he wasted little time in rewriting the record books for sprinters […]