Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, a billionaire member of the Emirati Royal family, sets a record for making the largest Hummer. The giant Hummer SUV’s height is 6.6 meters, width 6 meters and length of 14 meters. The monster truck will take place of pride at Sharjah off Road History Museum in the UAE, as confirmed on December 23, 2022.

Iranian artist Emad Saleh sets a record for making the largest canvas painting on FIFA World Cup. The artwork called ‘the story of the ball’, measuring 9,652 m² (103,893 ft² 37 in²), was themed around historical moments of previous FIFA’s World Cup, and was displayed in Qatar University’s football field, as confirmed on December 20, 2022.

The National Assembly Taekwondo Federation, Brand & Company Co. Ltd. and Christian Television System Co. Ltd. set a record for arranging the largest Taekwondo display on April 21, 2018, in Seoul, South Korea. The display involved 8212 participants and it was arranged to promote the peaceful message of Taekwondo all over the world, as well as to pray for the peace and unification of South and North Korea. The event took place in the week running up to the first inter-Korean summit, as confirmed on December 21, 2022.

The Institution of Engineers (India), Tamil Nadu state centre and its 16 local centres, India set a record for longest duration to conduct webinars on sustainable development of the nation. A total 106 hours of webinars were conducted across 17 institutions with the participation of 6233 students on the topic ‘Sustainable Developments of the Nation- The Role of Engineers’. The webinars started from April 23, 2022 and ended on November 30, 2022 across Tamil Nadu as confirmed on December 7, 2022.

Nguyen Minh Chuyen (born in 1948) in Ha Noi, Vietnam, set the record for the maximum number of compositions in literature, cinema films and telefilms on the topic of post-war Vietnam. From 1974 to 2022, Writer-Director Nguyen Minh Chuyen has composed and published a total of 145 works (including 65 literary works and 80 cinema films and telefilms) on the topic of post-war Vietnam. The record was confirmed on July 4, 2022.

Nguyen Nguyet Nga (born on July 20, 1987) from Hanoi, Vietnam, set an Asian record for being the first teacher to research, improve, and successfully apply the bilingual program of magic thinking Finger Math in both Vietnamese and English by using left hand’s “finger creases”. This method is used to perform virtual calculations: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation, root, decimal, negative, prime, fraction numbers and mixed numbers, as confirmed on December 15, 2022.

Mahesh Mohan (born on May 18, 1988) of Kerala, India, set a record for covering the maximum distance in a car in a single day. Being 50% Locomotor specially abled, he started driving a manual transmission car from Kasaragod on December 16, 2021 at 4:36 am and ended on Ponnani on December 17, 2021 at 6.49 am covering a distance of 919 kilometres in a single day, as confirmed on January 5, 2022.

Dr. Rahul Devraj ( born on March 29, 1996) of Karnataka, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of push-ups on three steel glasses in 30 seconds. He balanced himself on three steel glasses placed upside down on the floor and performed 64 push-ups in 30 seconds, as confirmed on February 7, 2022.

Vidhur Sri N. (born on June 23, 2017) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the fastest to identify 100 Indian personalities. She identified 100 Indian personalities in 1 minute and 20 seconds by just looking at their pictures at the age of 5 years and 17 days, as confirmed on July 9, 2022.

Rajesh Senchury (November 24, 2003) of Nepal, set a record for performing the maximum number of backflip burpees in 30 seconds. He performed 15 backflip burpees in 30 seconds at the age of 18 years, 10 months and 24 days, as confirmed on October 18, 2022.