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 […]
Air Miles Galore: Miles Daisher sets world record with 63 BASE jumps in 24 hours
Most people will never go sky diving over the course of their lifetime, let alone attempt a BASE jump. Miles Daisher, on the other […]
Little Mermaids: Veronika Kravtcova bests Marina Kazankova for longest underwater swim record
In Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid”, the titular heroine longs to become human after rescuing a drowning prince. Russia’s Veronika Kravtcova […]
Dana Glowacka breaks world record for longest time in plank position (female)
Anyone who has ever attended a pilates class can attest to how devilishly hard it can be to hold the plank position for one […]
Treadmill Challenge: Chicago Marathon expo visitors try to keep pace with Eliud Kipchoge
How long could you hang with marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge? Attendees of the Chicago Marathon expo got the chance to find out—with some hilarious […]
Watch all 26 consecutive reps from Maksim Trukhonovets’ muscle-up world record
If muscle ups are to pull ups as quantum physics is to physics, then Maksim Trukhonovets is the Albert Einstein of the strenuous exercise […]
Long Way Home: World’s longest bicycle stretches nearly half a football field in length
What has as many as 40 legs, two wheels and is over 130 feet long? It may sound like a riddle with which a […]
World record fastest badminton smashes with Tan Boon Heong and Mads Pieler Kolding
In the realm of racquet sports (badminton, fives, pelota mixteca, pickleball, racquetball, tennis, squash, table tennis, etc) none produces faster shots than badminton. While […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hot dam(n)! World’s highest basketball shot travels nearly 600 feet
Full-court basketball shots are made only once in a blue moon, so making one from more than twelve times that distance should be near […]