Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957) of Germany set a record for being the oldest winner on golf’s PGA Tour Champions at the 2023 Chubb Classic in Naples, Florida, USA. He won it at the age of 65 years, 10 months and 6 days, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Professor Peng Haijun’s team at Dalian University of Technology in China set a record for the longest distance hit by an autonomous continuum robot. The autonomous continuum robot designed and developed by the team achieved the longest distance of 30.129 metres to continuously hit and follow the moving target’s centre, relying on an end-effector carrying a laser pen, as confirmed on December 9, 2023.

Nigesh Kotoor Padikkal (born on June 1, 1986) of Kerala, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of jump squats in one minute. He performed 89 jump squats in one minute (with both hands held behind the head), as confirmed on December 30, 2023.

Dr. Bhagwana Ram Bagaria (born on July 1, 1976) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for organising the maximum participation of post-knee replacement patients in the AU Jaipur Marathon. A total number of 294 post-knee replacement patients (operated by Dr. B.R. Bagaria, Joint Replacement Surgeon, Manipal Hospital, Jaipur) participated in the 5 km walk on February 5, 2023 from 7:00 am to 8:00 am, as confirmed on September 27, 2023.

M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart, also known as “Nimblewill Nomad, of Albama, set a record for being the oldest hiker to finish the Appalachian Trail. He finished the treacherous 2,190-mile trail from Georgia to Maine at the ripe age of 83 years, as confirmed on December 9, 2023.

Local herders in Gexin Village, Zhaduo Town, Chenduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China, set a record for the maximum production of freshly-made ghee. A whopping number of 10,400 yaks were used in the mass-production event, as confirmed on December 9, 2023.

Asgari Lemjiri Ali of Iran set a record for flying the maximum remote-controlled fixed-wing manual aircrafts simultaneously in Isfahan, Iran. He flew 2 such aircrafts simultaneously as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Philip Solomon of Nigeria set a record for performing the maximum skips in 30 seconds on one foot in Akure, Nigeria. He performed a total number of 153 skips in 30 seconds on one foot, as confirmed on October 26, 2023.

Joey Hannon and David Rush, of the USA, set a record for performing the maximum alternate fist bumps in 30 seconds in Boise, Idaho, USA. They performed a whopping number of 273 alternate fist bumps in 30 seconds, as confirmed on October 25, 2023.

Heritage Commission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia set a record for making the longest coffee bean sentence in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The sentence is made of 6,088 coffee beans, as confirmed on October 19, 2023.