Nobody in the world has ever attempted to complete some of these challenges before
Trying to become the best at something in the entire world is on some people’s bucket lists, especially if they have a special skill for it. Hundreds of world records have already been set for a variety of weird and wonderful talents, but some have never been attempted.
If you’re looking for something to challenge yourself, it might be worth trying something that nobody has ever done in the 70 years that Guinness World Records has been around, documenting the inspiring feats of ordinary people. Setting a whole new kind of record would feel like an extra special achievement in itself.
On its official website, a Guinness World Records spokesperson said: “To inspire the next wave of record breakers, we’ve delved into our database to find 70 record titles that have never been set in our 70-year history! Could you be the first one to set one of these records?”
People interested in taking on a challenge can create an account on the official website and submit their interest. This involves completing an application form and stating which record you want to try to break (or set).
From climbing Mount Everest by bicycle and completing the fastest egg and spoon race to crushing drink cans, potato peeling, and more, some of these challenges are only meant for kids, while others require a friend, family member, or pet to help as well.
Below is a full list of every unclaimed record that might inspire someone who has been eyeing a spot in the record book. Some will test feats of strength, speed, resiliency and the downright bizarre.
Speed:
- Fastest 10 m holding a balloon between the knees
- Fastest 400 m wearing swim fins
- Fastest 400m sack race
- Fastest 4×100 m egg and spoon relay race
- Fastest time to push an orange 100 m with the nose
- Fastest time to flip ten water bottles
- Most high fives in 30 seconds
- Most T-shirts put on in one minute (individual)
- Most alternate forehand/backhand hits with a tennis racket against a wall in 30 seconds
- Fastest time to blow a stamp 10 m
- Fastest relay 50 x 50 m (mixed)
Power:
- Fastest time to ascend the height of Everest by bicycle
- Fastest time to climb the height of Everest on stairs
- Farthest distance by leapfrog jumps in one hour (team)
- Farthest distance swimming in 24 hours (team)
- Most seat drops on a trampoline in one hour
- Fastest time to flip a tyre over 50 m
- Most drink cans crushed with feet in one minute (female)
- Most drink cans crushed with feet in one minute (male)
- Farthest standing jump forwards (female)
- Most successful table tennis serves in one hour
- Farthest distance bottle flip
Precision:
- Highest coin toss
- Fastest time to make a loom band bracelet
- Most potatoes peeled in one minute (individual)
- Fastest time to build a five-storey playing card pyramid
- Farthest distance to bounce a coin into a cup
- Longest paperclip chain in one minute
- Longest paperclip chain in three minutes
- Most eggs stacked in one minute
- Most hair elastics (bobbles) in a person’s hair in one minute
- Most table tennis balls held in one hand
- Tallest stack of Guinness World Records books in 30 seconds (individual)
- Most coins balanced and snatched off the elbow (no drops)
- Most crown cap bottles opened with one hand in one minute
- Most drink cans crushed with feet in one minute
- Most headbands/sweatbands worn at once
Passion:
- Most anchovies eaten in one minute
- Longest video game marathon playing Roblox
- Most stackable potato-based crisps eaten in one minute
- Fastest time to travel to all English Premier League stadiums
- Longest scream by an individual
- Fastest time to build a castle in Minecraft survival mode with a mouse and keyboard
- Most cinemas visited in one month
- Most coffeehouses visited in one month
- Most fortune cookies eaten in one minute
- Fastest time to make a burrito
- Fastest time to ice/frost 100 cupcakes (individual)
- Farthest distance football (soccer) volley crossbar hit
- Greatest height to drop an egg without breaking
Patience:
- Longest duration balancing a glass of water on the head
- Longest duration to balance a spoon on the nose
- Longest marathon playing air guitar
- Most headbands/sweatbands worn at once
- Longest duration to keep a balloon in the air with the feet
- Longest duration to keep five balloons in the air
Under 16:
- Fastest time to make a pasta necklace (Under 16s)
- Fastest time to assemble a Mr. Potato Head (Under 16s)
- Most balloons blown up in one minute (Under 16s)
With a friend (or pet):
- Fastest 100 m by a human wheelbarrow
- Fastest 10 km three-legged (mixed)
- Longest time in the double plank position (team of two)
- Longest duration to keep five balloons in the air (team of two)
- Fastest hole of golf by a team of two
- Most kisses in 30 seconds by a pair
- Most leapfrog jumps in one hour by a team of two
- Most water moved using a sponge in one minute (team of two)
- Most whoopee cushions sat on in one minute by a team of two
- Tallest stack of dice in one minute (team of two)
- Most eggs cracked in 30 seconds with one hand (team of two)
- Most items caught by a cat in one minute
- Most treats balanced on a dog’s nose in 30 seconds