What constitutes a Guinness World Record?
A Guinness World Record should contain three essential components:
- it should be measurable in clearly quantifiable terms (ie height, age, weight, number of participants, length, time etc) – we don’t acknowledge subjective criteria such as attractiveness and so on.
- it should be breakable. Obviously there are records for the tallest mountain and so on, but human achievement records should always be able to be beatn – by the same applicant, or another one.
- it should be universal. In theory, any individual or group in the world should be able to attempt the record.
There are other criteria which apply also, in relation to ethics, environmental awareness and the like - we’re never likely to endorse a record for the most hectares of Amazon Rainforest cleared in an hour, for example! - but if you keep the above components in mind, our adjudications team will guide you through the process towards the best possible result.