Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Shiv Barat Aayojan Evam Jan Kalyan Samiti, Rewa of Madhya Pradesh, India, set the record for the biggest Iron Nagada (Drum). The Nagada is a Middle Eastern drum with a rounded back and a hide head. The biggest Nagada which weighs 1100 kg and measures 32 fit (384 inch) in diameter was created completely using iron on the occasion of Shivaratri. The Nagada was used for the Shivaratri procession at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, as confirmed on March 8, 2024.

Michael Nielsen of the USA set a record for being the fastest person by average time to solve a rotating puzzle tetrahedron. His average time to solve was 1 second and 640 milliseconds in the first round at the Richmond Spring 2023 event held at St Michael’s Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia, USA, as confirmed on October 31, 2023.

Lotte De Vet and Kimberly Menu of Belgium set a record for being the fastest duo female marathon runners pushing a wheelchair in Barcelona, Spain. The duo took 3 hours, 25 minutes and 44 seconds to finish the marathon run, as confirmed on October 31, 2023.

Lorenz Wetscher of Austria set a record for performing the longest backward standing jump in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. He performed a backward standing jump of 2.61 m (8 feet 6 inches), as confirmed on October 31, 2023.

Jason Sullivan of the USA set a record for having the maximum active bar memberships for an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He has 28 active bar memberships, as confirmed on October 30, 2023.

Keita Hattori of Japan set a record for performing the maximum single stroke roll drum beats in 30 seconds using drumsticks in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. He achieved the count of 659 drumbeats in 30 seconds, as confirmed on October 30, 2023.

Habri Norman of France set a record for performing the maximum consecutive touches with two footballs in Paris, France. His count was a whopping 122, as confirmed on October 30, 2023.

T.R. Pranish (born on October 5, 2019) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the fastest to recite English months of a year in reverse order. He recited the 12 English months of a year in reverse order (December to January) in 16 seconds, at the age of 4 years, 3 months and 17 days, as confirmed on January 31, 2024.

V. Saisaran (born on October 11, 2017) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the fastest to recall all the elements of the periodic table with atomic numbers. He recalled the names of all the 118 elements with atomic numbers in 1 minute and 48 seconds, at the age of 6 years, 3 months and 16 days, as confirmed on February 2, 2024.

Zyaan Monali Palak Savla (born on March 14, 2021) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for identifying the flags of the maximum number of Asian countries in one minute. He identified the flags and recalled the names of 25 Asian countries in one minute by viewing pictures of flags on an iPad, at the age of 2 years, 9 month and 5 days, as confirmed on January 4, 2024.