Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Michele Santelia of Campobasso, Italy, has set a record for mirror typing. He typed 81 books backwards by using 4 completely blank keyboards simultaneously, and without even looking up at the screen to double check his work, and each book was typed in its original language, such as Hieroglyphs, Old Hebrew, Traditional Chinese, Mayan, Etruscan, Cuneiform, or Voynich glyphs, as confirmed on January 14, 2023.

Pankaj Jain (born on November 8, 1968) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of yoga poses while floating in the water. He performed 32 yoga poses in 1 hour and 30 minutes, while floating in the water, at Cawnpore Club Swimming Pool, as confirmed on December 10, 2022.

Sakshi Vidyarthi (born on September 7, 1995) of Uttar Pradesh, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for successfully receiving 3 degrees namely B. Sc., LL.B, LL.M and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Law, despite undergoing a traumatic experience, as confirmed on September 16, 2022.

Rudra Pratap (born on August 31, 2013) of Telangana, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for playing 2000 rhythmic notes on a Keyboard in one minute at the age of 9 years, 2 months and 10 days, as confirmed on December 13, 2022.

Chandralekha K. (born on December 10, 1968) of Kerala, India, set a record for making the maximum number of handwoven crochet items. She made 379 handwoven crochet items including 178 home decor items, 139 personal use items and 62 garments, as confirmed on November 29, 2022.

Raj Gopal (born on February 1, 1961) of Karnataka, India, set a record for writing the Ganesha Mantra for the maximum number of years in the Kannada language. He wrote the Ganesh Mantra ‘Om Gan Ganapataye Namaha’ for 32 years continuously from January 1, 1990, to December 7, 2022, in the Kannada language, as confirmed on December 19, 2022.

Srividya K. (born on June 15, 1995) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for donating the maximum amount of breast milk. She donated 105 litres and 980 millilitres of her breast milk (from April 2022 to October 22) at Human Milk Bank, Special Newborn Care Unit, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital through Amirtham Foundation (Ngo Regd Id :58-BK4/2021), as confirmed on November 22, 2022.

Team PP26+ of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad, Telangana, India set a record for the Largest Tree Creative Formed Towards Anaemia Awareness, wherein a tree was set up at the companies’ headquarters. The tree measured 10 feet in height and 8.33 in width. A total of 18,000 leaves in the shape of blood drops were created. Each leaf representing a doctor name to promote awareness about Anaemia as confirmed on November 26, 2022.

Lynn Davis of Japan and Nick DiGiovanni of the USA, set a record for making the largest cake pop. The duo made the cake pop measuring  50.75 inches (128.90 cm), included a 33 inch (83.82 cm) stick, and weighed 44.24 kg (97 lb 8.52 oz.), as confirmed on January 17, 2023.

Moyin Xingluo aka Liang Yizhi of Shandong, China, set a record for being the fastest to cut five apples in the air using a bamboo sword. He cut the five apples using a sword made of bamboo in 11.13 seconds, as confirmed on January 17, 2023.