Awesome World Records

Rob Berk has been collecting pinball machines for decades. He’s amassed so many that he set a Guinness World Record for the most pinball machines in a single collection. Since he didn’t have room for his 400+ machines at home, he opened his own arcade, which includes rare machines from around the world. Play them all at Past Times in Girard, Ohio.

To get the most out of the Canadian winter, Hacksmith Industries thought it would be fun to strap some jet engines onto a snow sled. Since the idea has been done before, they set their sights slightly higher – to set a new jet sled speed record. It took some serious modification to upgrade the original GT snow racer for high-speed handling and safe stopping.

BMX rider Courage Adams pulled off an impressive feat by balancing his bike on its front wheel and keeping it going for a 1/4 mile without pedaling or braking. His 400-meter nose manual required practice and persistence, but we can only imagine it was the best feeling in the world when he broke the world record.

Paper artist Pei Haozheng used his steady hands and razor-sharp scissors to cut the longest contiguous strip of paper from a single sheet of A4 paper – just slightly smaller than U.S. letter size. The finished strip measured over 108 meters (354 ft.) long and Pei arranged it to look like a slice of a human brain and his signature.

We’ve reached the point where drone shows are replacing fireworks shows. Chinese company Zhujian Planning Media now holds the Guinness World Record for the largest aerial image ever produced by drones. Controlled by a single laptop, 7,598 drones took to the sky, displaying images including The Great Wall of China, an enormous dragon, and a tiger.

Nicolas Barrioz and David Peyrou set the Guinness World Record for the tallest rideable bicycle. Their unwieldy Starbike is 25 feet 5 inches tall, giving its rider a higher vantage point than standing on the roof of a two-story house. The steel- and wood-framed bike requires a full pit crew and a crane to stand it up, though.

Prior to this video, the fastest recorded flight speed for a battery-R/C drone was 224 mph. Luke Bell and his dad, Mike, built a custom drone that set a new Guinness World Record of 298.47 mph and an unofficial top speed of 317 mph. But the feat wasn’t without its challenges, including multiple battery fires. Stick around til the end for some cinematic shots.

A couple of years back, Miniatur Wunderland set a world record by playing Christmas music on a model railroad. Now, they’ve set another world record by pulling a full-size train engine with 198 miniature train engines. They only went about 40 feet, but it’s still astounding that they pulled 84 tons.

Members of the Tesla Club Finland parked their cars and put on a synchronized light show using their vehicles’ headlights and taillights. In all, 687 of the electric vehicles were on hand, and automotive channel Harri Salo posted this aerial footage of the festivities. The light show was put together by Simon Pollock. Watch the ground view here. (Thanks, Olli!)

Because of drivetrain limitations, the fastest reverse drive was just 53 mph. Thanks to electric motors, that record has been smashed. The Rimac Nevera hit a reverse speed of 275.75 km/h or 171.34 mph. Since the Nevera’s drivetrain has no gears, it is capable of moving backward or forward at crazy speeds. It’s the icing on the cake after the Nevera broke 23 other records.

Arnav Daga set his sights on breaking the record for the largest playing card structure ever, and he’s now achieved his goal. This 143,000 card construction took Arnav 41 days to build and includes four iconic landmarks from Kolkata, India, including the Shaheed Minar, St Paul’s Cathedral, Salt Lake Stadium, and Writer’s Building. We’re just glad nobody sneezed.

This incredible footage shows athlete and Olympic gold medalist Kjeld Nuis breaking the world record for the fastest speed ice skating ever. He achieved his 103 km/h (64 mph) top speed skating on a frozen lake in Norway, inside a specially-designed enclosure to shelter him from wind resistance.

Just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should be done. But that didn’t stop Cullen and the crew from Up North Outdoors from building the dumbest 3-wheel ATV ever. They started with a Honda 200M all-terrain cycle, chopped it up, and added a tall metal frame to get its rider over 12 feet off the ground. Naw, this thing doesn’t look sketchy at all.

While we’ve seen bowling balls fly faster, this is the first time we’ve seen someone bowl a strike from a fast-moving car. Back in 2019, pro stock car driver Aric Almirola and pro bowler Jason Belmonte pulled off the fastest human-thrown strike while zooming around Charlotte Motor Speedway at 140 MPH.

World records are broken every day, thanks in no small part to the internet. Drew Builds Stuff and his brother Adam wanted to join the world record club and settled on an archery challenge. The goal: break the record of 38 water balloons burst with a single arrow while following the precise Guinness World Record rules.

A team of domino builders in Michigan created a number of interconnected and creative displays, which culminated in the toppling of the longest wall of dominoes ever built. The 4-foot-tall, 54,321 domino wall measured more than 169 feet long and took 90 seconds to fall. The big wall comes down starting at 4:25.