Author: ABR Team

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.

Alavala Aashman Ram (born on May 5, 2019) of Andhra Pradesh, India, set a record for being the fastest to recite the Shiva Lingashtakam. He recited the entire Shiva Lingashtakam (8 verses) in 57 seconds and 85 milliseconds, at the age of 5 years, 1 month and 9 days, as confirmed on June 19, 2024.

Archishman Sinha Roy (born on June 4, 2008) of West Bengal, India, set a record for playing the Tabla for the longest duration. He played the Tabla non-stop for 4 hours and 7 seconds, at the age of 15 years, 11 months and 4 days, as confirmed on May 29, 2024.

Kaveesh Praveen Surana (born on May 17, 2018) of Madhya Pradesh, India, set a record for recalling the maximum number of calendar days for one year in 5 minutes. He correctly recalled 107 calendar days for one year (using mental calculation) in 5 minutes by viewing the random dates of 2024 on a sheet of paper, at the age of 6 years, 1 month and 1 day, as confirmed on June 24, 2024.