Author: ABR Team

Eshav Pranob (born on June 10, 2022) of Kerala, India, set a record for walking the maximum distance. He walked a distance of 1.11 miles (1.78 kms) non-stop in 40 minutes and 3 seconds (accompanied by his father), at the age of 1 year, 11 months and 12 days, as confirmed on May 22, 2024.

Amit Kumar Singh (born on February 4, 1994) of Uttar Pradesh, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for writing a lead article in the mainstream Hindi newspaper NavBharat Times, published on February 17, 2017, at the age of 23 years, as confirmed on May 9, 2023.

CapitaLand at Funan, in partnership with the art toy brand, set a record for the maximum number of people unboxing blind boxes together at the inaugural unboxing bash at Singapore. A total of 165 lucky fans of the Pop Mart community participated in the event, as confirmed on March 18, 2024.

Residents of the IAEC of Geylang Serai CC of Singapore, led by renowned artist Vijaya Mohan, set a record for making the largest rangoli of drinking straws at Wisma Geylang Serai, Singapore. The 3.1m x 3.1m rangoli was made of 7,000 cut colourful drinking straws on the occasion of the Deepavali dinner, as confirmed on March 18, 2024.

C5 Group of PCF Sparkletots Preschool, Singapore, set a record for organising the largest mass chair yoga. A total of 215 PCF staff performed yoga while seated around tables in the ballroom of YWCA Fort Canning, Singapore, as confirmed on March 18, 2024.

Members of the Sengkang East Youth Network, studying at Temasek Polytechnic, set a record for making the tallest Christmas tree of cardboard rolls at Rivervale CC, Singapore. They arranged with the school cleaners to collect toilet roll cores for several months and used them to erect a 3.15 metre tree decorated with recycled items like bottles, newspapers and bottle-caps for the Christmas Carnival, as confirmed on March 15, 2024.

Team MDI, in partnership with TS Group of Singapore, set a record for the maximum number of people having haircuts at one location. 43 volunteers provided free haircuts to a whopping number of 637 people at 10A Lorong Bistari, Singapore in 6 hours, as confirmed on March 15, 2024.

Laurie Koller of New York, USA, set a record for having the largest collection of mermaid-related items. Laurie owns a whopping number of 726 mermaid-related diverse collectibles including rugs, figurines, clothing, teapots, bookends, and more, which she has collected over a period of 37 years, as confirmed on March 15, 2024.

Skyryse, a company based in the USA, set a record by performing the first automated autorotation landing by a rotorcraft. They developed a fully automated emergency landing procedure that alleviates the pilot’s responsibility to safely land the aircraft in the event of engine failure, potentially reducing fatalities in aircraft crashes. The company has conducted dozens of automated autorotations, with the first fully automated procedure completed in an outfitted Robinson R66 at their Los Angeles-area facility, as confirmed on March 15, 2024.

Adwit Ghosh (born on March 17, 2019) of West Bengal, India, set a record for being the fastest to recall 100 opposite words blindfolded. He recalled 100 opposite words (antonyms) blindfolded in 1 minute, 19 seconds and 93 milliseconds, at the age of 5 years, 3 months and 10 days, as confirmed on July 3, 2024.