This is a video of jump roper Cen Xiaolin setting a new world speed record with an astonishing 228 jumps (technically alternate leg skips) in 30 seconds. That’s 7.6 jumps PER SECOND. Cen has been speed jumping for a while, and his record 8 years ago was only 108 jumps,
The Red Bull Hardline is considered one of the most difficult downhill mountain bike races in the world. And, after watching this video (three and a half minutes of near certain death), I can see why. This is the helmetcam footage of Canadian mountain biker Jackson Goldstone’s winning run at
This is a video of heavy breather Sergey Tsyrulnikov setting the Guinness World Record for most hot water bottles burst in 1 minute via overinflating with breath, with a respectable nine. Of course that’s all the water bottles there were on the table, so thank goodness he didn’t finish them
This is a video from Great Big Story highlighting the life of world record setting speedrunner Bubzia, who speedruns video games while blindfolded. His biggest achievement to date? Completing a 120-star speedrun of Super Mario 64 in a single 11 hour and 22 minute sitting. Good lord. For reference, the
This is a video of extreme athlete Lasse Walker kiteboarding OVER a Red Bull plane flown by pilot Łukasz ‘Luke’ Czepiela. It’s allegedly the first time anybody has ever kiteboarded over a flying plane, because why would they? Lasse clears the plane (which is just skimming the water’s surface) by
These are a couple videos of the insanely detailed luxury condo and food market that Chinese engineer Xing Zhilei built for the family pets. The condo includes luxury accommodations for their dog and cats, as well as rooms for their hamster and jumping spider. That’s wild, and certainly one dog
Because there’s a Guinness World Record for everything (especially when it comes to Rubik’s Cubes), this is a video of Singaporean Daryl Tan Hong An setting the record for most Rubik’s Cubes solved underwater in one breath, with a very respectable 14. For reference about how impressive that is, I
This is a video documenting Red Bull skydiver Max Manow’s quest to wingsuit into the Grand Canyon, grab hold of a tow bar below a plane, and be lifted back up into the sky for another skydive without ever having to land. Think of it as aerial refueling, but for