Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Mack Rutherford of the United Kingdom set a record for being the youngest person to fly around the world alone. He flew around 52 countries in the journey that lasted five months, at the age of 17 years, 2 months and 3 days, as confirmed on October 27, 2023.

Rio Matsuoka of California, USA, set a record for being the youngest person to visit every country in Europe. He visited every country in Europe at the age of 18 years, 3 months and 11 days, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Cooper Wright of Cumberland, Maine, USA, set a record for being the fastest to build the LEGO® Eiffel Tower. He built it with a whopping number of 10,001 pieces in just 9 hours, 14 minutes and 35 seconds at the age of 14 years, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Scarlett Ashley Cheng of Hong Kong SAR, China set a record for having the largest collection of lip balms. She has a whopping collection of 3,388 lip balms at the age of 7 years, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Rafał Biros of Poland set a record for being the youngest person to discover a comet. He was 12 years, 6 months and 19 days old when he first identified a new comet. He has since found ten more, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Khalil Badawi of Lebanon set a record for being the fastest to surf 100 km by motorised petrol-powered surfboard in Batroun, Lebanon. He surfed the distance of 100 km by motorised petrol-powered surfboard in just 2 hours, 22 minutes and 48 seconds, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Olivier Rioux of Quebec, Canada, set a record for being the tallest teenager in the world. He is 226.9 cm (7 ft and 5.33 in) tall, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Liu Xingshan of Dongguan, China, set a record for snapping the maximum plastic chopsticks with a dash punch in 30 seconds in Xiamen. He successfully snapped 40 plastic chopsticks with a dash punch in 30 seconds, as confirmed on December 11, 2023.

Zhan Wenjuan, Lin Xiaojian, and Yang Youhua, of China, jointly set a record for organising the biggest meditation event with crystal in hands at Jiuzai Island in Guangzhou City, China. A whopping number of 897 people participated in the event holding crystals and meditating, as confirmed on December 11, 2023.

D.J. Aadavi also known as NOVA (born on March 3, 2023) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the youngest to achieve carbon neutrality. Her parents planted a food forest eponym for carbon neutrality in Sivalingapuram village, comprising six thousand trees, shrubs and plants (under a project titled ‘NOVA’) to mitigate Aadavi’s carbon footprint for a sustainable and resilient future, at the age of 11 months and 16 days, as confirmed on February 19, 2024.