Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Cambridge Pre-school of Singapore, with the help of the children and their families, set a record for getting the maximum kites hand-painted at Marina Barrage, Singapore. A total of 318 kites were painted by the children and their families, as confirmed on November 18, 2023.

Creative Play Lab of Singapore, with the help of parents and children, set a record for making the longest train of shoeboxes at Mountbatten Centre, Singapore. Parents and children painted shoeboxes and fixed bottlecap wheels to form a 12.1 metre long train on the Creative Play Day, as confirmed on November 17, 2023.

Admiralty constituency’s Mid-Autumn PAssionArts Festival set a record for the longest chain of hand-painted lanterns at Vista Park, Singapore. A total of 1,888 lanterns were hand-painted and arranged into a long dragon of over 500 metres with the support of community partners and residents, as confirmed on November 17, 2023.

The PCF Sparkletots centres of Singapore set a record for the biggest display of paper plate faces at Keat Hong CC, Singapore. A total of 676 paper plate faces with painted and pasted stuffs by kids were displayed to celebrate Children’s Day, as confirmed on November 17, 2023.

The Cheng San-Seletar grassroot organisations of Singapore set a record for the maximum people lighting candles at the same time. A total of 111 people lighted candles together at the mental health showcase and concert organised at the Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 Hard Court, Singapore, on World Mental Health Day, as confirmed on November 17, 2023.

Hilda Effiong Basse of Nigeria set a record for the longest cooking marathon (individual). She cooked for a marathon 93 hours and 11 minutes, as confirmed on November 16, 2023.

Hari Chandra Giri of Nepal set a record for the fastest time to descend 75 stairs on the hands on the steps of a Buddhist temple, Jamchen Vijaya Stupa, which overlooks Nepal’s iconic Kathmandu Valley. He sped down the stairs in just 25 seconds and 3 milliseconds, averaging three steps per second, as confirmed on November 16, 2023.

The Star Vista of Singapore set a record for organising the largest exhibition of pet lick art in Singapore. A total of 176 pieces of the pets’ masterpieces were exhibited at the exhibition named ‘A Space Pawdyssey’. There was yoga with pets, enriching talks, sale of pet essentials and most interesting of them all was having the pets to lick on treats placed over canvases in plastic bags, as confirmed on November 16, 2023.

Daniel Mancina, a legendary blind skateboarder of Michigan, USA, set a record for the longest 50-50 grind on a skateboard. He achieved the feat of sliding a remarkable 6.85 m (22 ft 5 in), as confirmed on November 16, 2023.

Jonathan Vero, a firefighter of France, set a record for the longest distance run with full body on fire without oxygen in Haubourdin, France. Wearing a protective suit, Jonathan ran 272.25 metres (893 ft) in 17 seconds while engulfed in flames, as confirmed on November 16, 2023.