The longest distance slip-and-slide in one hour is one of our Fan Choice title contenders

Each week here we offer five of the latest records verified by our Records Management Team from around the globe, asking you to vote for your favorite, in what we call the Fan Choice record of the week.

At the end of the year, we then take the 32 winners and pit them in a knockout-style bracket to determine - once again entirely by fan vote - what the Guinness World Records universe's favorite record of the year is.

Well, the time has almost come! While the tournament itself will begin in a few weeks, we have 31 of our winners set. This week, we'll look back at some of the highlights of the year in competition, and then ask you to vote one more time to determine the 32nd and final entry in the championship field.

This year's Fan Choice Record of the Year winner will join inaugural 2013 champion Annie Maria Bissoondial and the most rope skips in one hour.

BIGGEST VICTORY

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Some weeks saw balanced competition, others with nailbiting victories, and there were some weeks that saw sheer domination by one choice over its competition.

The largest margin of victory in Fan Choice this year belonged to the most people popping bubble wrap in the June 13 poll. People loved voting for Australia's Riverside Primary School and its 647 bubble poppers, as it accrued 85.1% of the vote, 76.6% more than its nearest opponent.

Riverside also carried the hopes of a whole nation, as it was the only Australian-based record to win Fan Choice all year.

CLOSEST VICTORY

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On the other end of the spectrum, a number of votes came down quite literally to the last minute of polling. None did more so than the March 21 battle between the tallest domino structure from the Yspertal Domino Team in Austria and the highest pub/bar at the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong.

The domino structure won out by a whisker-like 0.4% of the vote, 44.9 to 44.5.

MOST SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY

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The total 33 Fan Choice wins this year were divided among 16 different countries from all around the world. The most successful country, though, was the United States - no surprise considering the U.S. is the most prolific record-holding country in general.

Americans won 11 Fan Choices this year, including the largest tinikling danceback in July. with the UK in second at 6. India and Japan each won twice, while the following countrires will all have one representative in the final tournament: Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Portugal, and Singapore.

PLAY-IN ROUND

This year, we've added a "play-in" game to determine the final entrant into our championship tournament. This pits the two weekly winners who received the fewest overall votes to see who can earn a ticket to the dance. The matchup is:

Greatest distance by female stand up paddleboard in 24 hours vs. Longest tandem ATV side wheelie.

Vote now!

Polls will be open for one week. Then be sure to keep checking back to GuinnessWorldRecords.com in the coming weeks for the start of our Fan Choice 2014 Record of the Year!