Author: Asia Book of Records Team

The International ESports Federation (IESF) set a record of organising the largest outdoor ESports World championship. The championship was held at the Merusaka Nusa Dua Field having an area of 9.2 hectares in Bali, Indonesia, as confirmed on May 8, 2023.

Bikash Ranjan Singh (born on June 16, 1991) of Odisha, India, set a record for being the fastest to arrange Chess pieces on a Chess board using one hand. He arranged all the 32 shuffled Chess pieces on a Chess board (kept at a distance of one foot from the board) in 28 seconds and 16 milliseconds using his right hand only, as confirmed on April 7, 2023.

Dr M V Priyaank (born on February 3, 1990) of India set a record for maximum Tibetan/Himalayan singing bowls distributed in a sound healing training program. A total of 234 singing bowls was used by participants in a sound healing training program. The participants gathered together and learnt to heal using these Singing bowls between April 7, 2023 till April 9, 2023 at the Welcom ITC Hotel in Bengaluru in a 3 day Singing Bowl Sound Healing bootcamp where participants got trained about how to perform healing for various aspects of life including physical, mental, emotional, relationships and financial problems…

Shehab Allam, an Egyptian swimmer, set a record for swimming for the longest distance while being handcuffed. He swam 7 miles (11 kms) in the Arabian Gulf in six hours in handcuffs and without any other support, as confirmed on May 5, 2023.

The Dharmasraya Regency Government of Indonesia, set a record of serving the maximum number of egg based food. There were 2,725 servings of egg-based food on the 19th anniversary of Dharmasraya Regency. The event was attended by 316 participants who consumed servings made from 11,790 eggs, as confirmed on May 5, 2023.

Shivam Singh (born on August 21, 2000) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for making the largest thermocol model of a vintage car. He made a thermocol model of Bugatti Type 41 vintage car (1927), measuring 20 feet (length) x 7 feet (width) x 6 feet (height), using 200 kg thermocol, as confirmed on March 2, 2023.

Swalahudheen C.K. (born on June 11, 1988) of Kerala, India, set a record for being the fastest to change the touch screen glass of a mobile phone. He replaced the old touch screen glass with a new one in 9 minutes and 25 seconds, as confirmed on March 31, 2023.

Colonel Laxmi Kant Yadav (born on September 25, 1969) of Uttar Pradesh, India, with Pilots of Army Adventure Nodal Centre (Microlight), under the aegis of Army Service Corps and Army Adventure Wing, set a record for covering the longest distance in formation flying with microlight aircrafts. They performed formation flying with 4 microlight aircrafts from Gaya to Bengaluru covering 1,307 miles in 7 days from November 30, 2022 to December 6, 2022 to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, 11th ASC Reunion and 262nd ASC Corps Day, as confirmed on January 20, 2023.

Students of Fajar Secondary School, Singapore set a record of writing the longest text with hand-painted sneakers. Every student painted a pair of sneakers and set it on the ground forming the words ‘Fajar The dawn is breaking, the light shines through,’ measuring  38.6 m x 15.4 m, as confirmed on May 4, 2023.

The Secondary Fours of Tanjong Katong Secondary School, Singapore, set a record for passing the maximum number of hula hoops through a human chain. A total of 200 students held hands forming a chain and passed 50 hula hoops in 30 minutes by passing their bodies through the hoop, from end to end without breaking the chain, as confirmed on May 4, 2023.