Records of the year – part three
MAY
Fastest crossing of the English Channel by waterski
Fastest waterski crossing of the English Channel is 29 min 26 sec and was achieved by Micha Robyn (Belgium) on 24 May 2007.
Fastest marathon in superhero costume (male)
The record for the fastest time for a male to complete a marathon in a superhero costume is 3 hr 4 min 5 sec, and was achieved by Ian Sharman (UK) dressed as Spiderman, at the Edinburgh Marathon 2007, in Edinburgh, UK, on 27 May 2007.
Highest box office film gross - opening day
Spider-Man 3 (USA 2007) took a record $59.8 million (£29.98 million) on its opening day in the USA on 4 May 2007.
Largest collection of candles
The record for the largest collection of candles belongs to Kathrin Koch of Felsberg, Germany, with 1,820 different candles, as of 3 May 2007, which she has been collecting since 1993.
Largest piggy bank
The largest piggy bank is 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) long, 3.96 m (12 ft 11 in) tall and has a circumference of 14.6 m (47 ft 10 in). The golden piggy bank, estimated to weigh 3 tons, was made by Zhong Xing Shenyang Commercial Building (Group) Co., Ltd. and unveiled in Shenyang, China, on 2 May 2007.
Longest marathon cricket playing
The longest cricket marathon is 34 hours, set by Red Row cricket team (UK) at Morpeth, Northumberland, UK, on 26-27 May 2007.
Oldest person to climb Mt Everest (male)
The oldest person - and the oldest male - to climb Mt Everest is Katsusuke Yanagisawa (Japan, b. 20 March 1936), a former school teacher, who summited from the north side of the world's tallest mountain with team Himex on 22 May 2007, aged 71 years 63 days.
JUNE
Highest speed on a quadbike (ATV)
The highest speed on a quad bike (ATV) is 249.51 km/h (155.04 mph) achieved by Terry Wilmeth (USA) onboard the AlbaAction/Fullbore/Powroll Rocket Raptor version 5.0 at the Madras Airport, Madras, Oregon, USA on 16 June 2007.
Largest ball of cling film / plastic wrap
Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, USA, created the largest ball of cling film, which measured 351 cm (138 in) in circumference and weighed 127.7 kg (281 lb 8 oz), as of 14 June 2007.
Largest board game tournament
The record for the largest board game tournament was set by 1,214 participants playing chess in the central city park in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in an event organised by Eugenie Kuznitsov on 2 June 2007.
Largest egg from a bird living
The largest egg on record weighed 2.56 kg (5 lb 9 oz) and was laid by an ostrich (Struthio camelus) at a farm owned by Luk Schelfhout in Deerlijk, Belgium, on 30 June 2007.
Most apples bobbed in one minute
The most apples bobbed by an individual in one minute is 32 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) in Jamaica, New York, USA, on 11 June 2007.
Most people sitting on one chair
The most people sitting on one chair was 722, which was set by staff and students of Wilson's Creek School, Missouri, United States on 1 June 2007.
Tallest parsley plant
The world's tallest parsley plant (Petroselinum crispum latifolium) measured 1.82 m (5 ft 12 in) on 12 June 2007 and was grown by Herbert Jonas (Germany) in Düren, Germany.
This story continues tomorrow....
19 December 2007