Xavier Dillard decided to train for the record after a friend beat him in pull-ups three years ago ...

Xavier Dillard, 22, accomplished something he’s worked on for years, completing 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours to set a new ...

More than 1.3 million people have applied for next year's event which takes place on 25 April.

Sabastian Sawe made history at the TCS London Marathon by becoming the first man to officially break two hours for the ...

Harpeth Hall graduate Gretchen Walsh sets world record in 100 meter butterfly for fourth time. Olympic gold, silver medalist ...

World records are sometimes insane. Who didn’t dream as a child of breaking one and ending up in the Guinness Book of World ...

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed ...

Gretchen Walsh now owns the 13 fastest 100m butterfly times in history.

A lifelong athlete from Ohio broke a Guinness World Record by holding a dead hang position for nearly 3 minutes at the age of 90. A Missouri man's pet has been officially named the oldest living dove ...

Canada smashed their own world record by over two tenths of a second in Botswana, before Jamaica bettered their time two ...

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.