Guide to record formats
Suggesting a new record title can be exciting and your chance to be creative. However, don’t forget that all of our records must adhere to our record breaking criteria; breakable, measurable, standardisable, verifiable and measured by a single superlative.
As such all our records are categorised by a record format.
We have an extensive number of established record formats proven to meet our record breaking criteria and have categorised these below for you to refer to. This list of record formats will provide you with some guidance on the type of records we can monitor when suggesting a new record title. Unfortunately, if your idea does not fall under one of these categories it will most likely mean we do not monitor it.
Our record formats are regularly reviewed and updated.
Animals
Audio records
Big stuff
Careers
Collections & displays
Company endorsement records
Extreme sports
Food
Human Body
Journeys
Literature, books and publishing, comics
Longest Lines
Mass Participation
Non – Sport marathon
Online/social media
Plants
Product testing (endorsement) records
Quick Challenges
Science
Small stuff
Speed vehicles/stunts
Sports
Strength
Structures
Technology
Videogames
Understanding the application process

How long does it take?

Consultancy

Standard applications
