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Record: 41 days, 3 hr, 23 min and 39 sec

 

Holder: Maria Conceicao (Portugal)

 

That's not all: The race details of the seven ultra marathons she ran are as follows: 

* White Continent 50K, King George Island, Antarctica, 26/01/14 - 6:24:05 Ultra marathon * Punta Arenas 50K, Chile, South America, 30/01/14 - 5:18:58 

* Wadi Bih Solo Canyon 50K, Oman, Asia, 07/02/14 - 6:21:58 

* Moonlight Challenge 2014 50K, UK, Europe, 15/02/14 - 7:18:00 

* Coburg 50K, Australia, Australasia, 23/02/14 - 7:24:53 

* Caumsett State Park 50K, USA, North America, 02/03/14 - 6:59:37 

* Louis Massyn Aldam Ultra Marathon 50K, South Africa, Africa, 08/03/14 - 6:23:39

 

The timing for this record began when Maria started her first ultra marathon in Antarctica and ended when she crossed the line of her last in South Africa.

 

 

 

Record: 50 hours

 

Holder: Sam Clauw (Belgium)

 

Location: Bellewaerde theme park outside Ypres, Belgium

 

That's not all: An avid fan of the park, Sam decided he wanted to challenge himself to the next level beyond just visiting in his spare time. And so he rode the famous "Pirate Boat" for 50 hours exactly, both during the park's operating hours and afterward. You can see him sitting next to the lion mascot above. Sam also used the attempt to raise funds and awareness for ALTA, a charity supported by Bellewaerde for the endangerment of amur leopards and tigers.

 

 

 

 

Record: 1,488.09 km (924.65 mi)

 

Holder: Michael Essing (Germany)

 

Location: Flensburg, Germany to Efringen-Kirchen, Germany

 

That's not all: Essing hit the road for a total of 3 months and a week, crossing the entire nation of Germany north-south. Journeys of this caliber usually have some deep motivation or inspiration behind them, but Essing says that wasn't the case: "It was just about doing something really crazy in my life."

 

 

 

 

Record: 32

 

Holder: Daniel Black (UK)

 

Location: Elstree, UK

 

That's not all: Using what basically looks like a type of real-life lightsaber, Daniel built this ultra-bright himself to make this attempt. It took him 18 months to perfect his creation, as many handheld lasers would overheat or fail before ever approaching the power of his invention. It took Daniel just 24 seconds out of his alotted minute to zap each of the balloons he had set up into oblivion.

 

 

 

 

Record: 53 hours

 

Holder: Sodexo Ireland (Ireland)

 

Location: Nagle Rice Sports Complex in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland

 

That's not all: Sodexo, a company focused on quality of life services, undertook the attempt to raise awareness in its Stop Hunger Campaign, benefitting charities Barnardos, the Irish Cancer Society, and St. Vincent DePaul. The final score was 695-601!

 

 

 

 

Record: 106.2 kg (234 lb 3 oz)

 

Holder: Something Sweet Bake Shop (USA)

 

Location: Daphne, Alabama, USA

 

That's not all: Something Sweet co-owners Joan Scott and Gayle Hohman baked this mega-brownie to celebrate their shop's 5th anniversary and raise money for an area food bank. A custom-made pan and forklift were used to get the brownie into an over. The ingredients list required 27 lb of chocolate, 54 lb of butter, and 432 eggs!

 

 

 

Record: 31,592.58 m (103,650 ft)

 

Holder: Students of Boise State University (USA)

 

Location: Boise, Idaho, USA

 

That's not all: The attempt capped off the Boise State Student Involvement and Leadership Center's Bronco Welcome Week, an annual school opener in which BSU welcomes new and returning students to campus. The group says it had a healthy competitive desire to beat the previous record, held by the University of Oregon.

 

 

 

 

Record: 23.3 cm (9.17 in)

 

Holder: Zhao Jingtao (China)

 

Location: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

 

That's not all: Zhao owned a previous chest hair that had grown almost long enough to beat the prior record, but was accidentally pulled out in June 2011. Hate when that happens. He spent more than two years regrowing it before he broke the record for good this time around. He says the hair grows an everage of 1 cm per month and hopes to continue extending the record.

 

 

 

 

 

Record: 23.78 seconds

 

Holder: Peter Nestler (USA)

 

Location: Medina, Ohio, USA

 

That's not all: Peter made his attempt at Highland High School and is a bit of a Guinness World Records machine. He's also set marks for the fastest mile hopping, the fastest mile jumping rope on one leg, the most bum skips in 30 seconds, the most rope skips while keeping a football in the air with the feet in one minute and the most one-footed skips in 30 seconds, among others.

 

 

 

Record: 146 km (90.7 miles)

 

Holder: Robyn Benincasa

 

Location: Huntington Harbor in Huntington Beach, California, USA

 

That's not all: This record is for classification on flat water, meaning Benincasa had no help from waves or currents to push her along. Benincasa chose to do 60.5 laps of a pre-measured circuit around an island in the Harbor, securing her third career world record. The other two involved kayaking - now she's taken to paddling standing up!