Records of the week: 14th - 18th January 2008
Largest published book
The record for the largest published book is one edition of 'The Little Price" measuring 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3.08 m (10 ft 1 in) wide when open, and containing 128 pages. It is edited by Eidouro Publicacoes SA (Brazil) and it was presented at the XIII Biannual Book Fair of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 September 2007.
Longest time controlling a football whilst lying down
The record for the longest time controlling a football whilst lying down is 10 min and 4 sec and was achieved by Tomas Lundman (Sweden) at the Nordstan Shopping Mall, in Gothenburg, Sweden on 24 November 2007.
Longest marathon playing tennis, singles
The record for the longest single tennis match is 26 hr 26 min 26 sec, and was achieved by Rinie Loeffen and Ton Dollevoet (both Netherlands) in Macharen, Netherlands, from 23 to 24 June 2007.
Largest banner
The record for the largest banner is 54,451 m² (586,103.34 ft²) and was achieved by Grace Galindez-Gupana President of HalleluYAH Prophetic Global Foundation Philippines in Bar Yeuda, Massada, Israel on 23 December 2007.
Smallest robot humanoid
The smallest humanoid robot in production is the Be-Robot, which measures 153 mm (6 in) high and is able to walk, kick and perform push-ups. The robot was manufactured by GeStream (Taiwan) and demonstrated at the Global SMEs Convention 2007 on 6 September 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Most surfers riding the same wave simultaneously
The record for the most surfers riding the same wave simultaneously is 84 surfers led by Rico de Souza (Brazil) at Santos Beach, in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 2 September 2007.
Largest word search puzzle
The record for the largest word search puzzle is 3.39 sq m (36.55 sq ft), including 3,200 keys and 18,000 letters, and was presented by Ediouro Publicacoes in the 13th Biennal Book Fair of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 September 2007.
Longest marathon drumming by an individual
The longest drumming marathon by an individual lasted for 85 hr 30 min and was achieved by Gery Jallo (Belgium), from 22-25 February 2007 at the Pakenhof, Heverlee, Belgium.
Most weddings attended by a best man
The person who has been best man at the most weddings is Ting Ming Siong, from Sibu, Sarawak, in Malaysia, who has attended as best man at 1,393 weddings between September 1975 and 2 February 2006.
18 January 2008