The most incredible and insane records ever broken in technology

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(Pocket-lint) – Over the years we’ve seen some pretty mind-boggling record-breaking attempts, but these are some of the most interesting tech records you’ll ever see.

Everything from a motorized toilet to the longest Lego railroad ever built. There are some pretty impressive and completely out of date records. Stay with us to see some of the best, amazing, crazy, and fun records of recent years.

Oldest Video Game YouTuber

Shirley Curry of the United States held the title of Longest-serving Video Game YouTuber. At over 80 and over, she managed to rack up an impressive 238,449 subscribers and had 6,509,749 views by the time she won the record.

But she has now had the title snatched away by Hamako Mori of Japan. The Gamer Grandma, as it is called, is over 89 years old and has been playing for 38 years.

Youngest professional video player

From old to very young, the game is popular with everyone. Victor De Leon III (AKA Lil Poison) however holds the record for youngest professional player.

He started playing when he was only two years old and started competing professionally at the age of four. In 2005, at the age of seven, he signed a contract with Major League Gaming and became the youngest professional video player signed. Quite an achievement. We’re not sure our parents would have let us do that.

The biggest gathering of chess players

The game is not restricted to video game players. A lot of people also love board games.

In 2010, 20,483 people showed their love for chess by competing in a mass competition. The city of Ahmedabad in India hosted a record breaking event that saw all of these chess players fight to break the world record.

Most drones in the sky

The Chinese city of Xian hosted an impressive aerial demonstration in 2018 when a record 1,300 drones performed an aerial demonstration to break the record for the most airborne unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) simultaneously.

As if that weren’t enough, the drones also had plenty of lights that allowed them to display colorful lighting as well.

A brilliant use of technology and an impressive record achievement. We can’t wait to see what happens when someone tries to outdo this one.

Fastest robot to solve a Rubiks cube

We may fear that one day robots will take all our jobs and enslave mankind, but in the meantime they are being used for some pretty interesting purposes.

Take this robot built by Zackary Gromko for example. Designed to scan a Rubiks cube and then generate a solution program, the robot can then use its six arms to solve the puzzle in record time.

The bot is able to complete a Rubiks cube in 2.39 seconds and it was this speed that broke the record. Zackary Gromko said at the time that “Even the best human methods at this point can take 60 turns, but really any cube can be solved in less than 20 turns.”

Maybe robots are superior to humans after all.

The longest Lego train track

In 2013, 80 Lego enthusiasts gathered in Denmark to build the largest Lego railway ever. It took almost 100,000 Lego bricks and railroad parts. The train descending the little train took about four hours to reach the end of the line and break the record.

Fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine-powered suit

In 2019, British inventor Richard Browning set a new record for the fastest flight in a body-controlled jet engine-powered suit. The Ironman-style jet engine-powered suit hit a staggering 85.06 mph (136.891 km / h) at Brighton Beach in East Sussex, UK

We only hope this is a taste of the future of personal transportation.

The most expensive phone number ever bought

Phone numbers can be hard to remember, so people are very happy when they manage to get their hands on a good number. Mobile networks often charge extra for fancy numbers, but none of them are likely to cost as much as the record.

The highest amount ever paid for a phone number was $ 2.75 million.

The number in question was 666 6666, which some people might consider bad luck, but in Arabic it is associated with the word for God.

The largest toothpick sculpture

Star Wars fans are a bunch of devotees. As if to prove it, in 2017 Stan Munro from New York, USA set out to create this magnificent model of an Imperial Star Destroyer made entirely of toothpicks.

This record-breaking sculpture is 1.48 meters long, weighs 3.4 kg and contains no less than 15,000 toothpicks. An impressive modeling feat and a shining example of attention to detail.

The largest drivable hexapod robot

This impressive machine is a record breaking six legged robot lovingly designed by Matt Denton from Hampshire, UK. At over nine feet tall and 16 feet in diameter, he’s quite a monster. This hexapod broke records in November 2017, but we love how it looks in Meccano.

Player with the most followers

Streaming gamers and YouTubers are becoming more and more popular, but in 2017 Tiffany Herrera (AKA iHasCupquake) broke into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame by becoming the most popular female game broadcaster on Youtube.

At the time, her channel had 5,461,793 subscribers, but it now has about 7 million.

Fastest toilets

From the fastest and coolest personal transportation you’ve ever seen, to a mode of transportation that’s likely to turn heads if nothing else. This record shows the fastest toilets ever created.

Built by Robert English, Thomas Ellis, Joe Summers and William Beaty of the UK, the fastest toilets reached a speed of 113.531 km / h (70.545 mph). The record says they “attached a toilet and cistern to a go-kart frame powered by a 250cc Yamaha engine and used a toilet brush as a gear lever.”

It sounds terrifying and hilarious at the same time.

Most functional gadgets in a cosplay costume

A great cosplay piece by Keith Dinsmore from Portland, Maine, USA created the closest thing to Batman we’ll likely see in the real world. Definitely something that every cosplay enthusiast could inspire as well, while the average person can just marvel at the attention to detail and the passion that went into its creation.

His costume included a record number of gadgets totaling 30 different gadgets. His efforts also broke the former owner of this record who only had 23 gadgets on his suit.

Most Alternate Control Methods Used To Complete Dark Souls

Dark Souls has a bit of a reputation for being ruthless and incredibly difficult to play. It wasn’t hard enough for player Benjamin Gwin (AKA bearzly) and he set out to prove this point by playing it with the “darkest” and “terrible” controllers he could get his hands on.

The player managed to complete the game with nine different controllers, ranging from a Rock Band drum kit to a microphone, Wiimote, and Xbox 360 controller while playing with just one finger.

At the time, Bearzly had said he planned to complete the game with even more controllers in the future, including of all things a bunch of bananas. Definitely a record champion when it comes to the game.

The fastest electric single-wheel motorcycle

When it comes to personal transportation, there are many terrifying modes of travel designed by recording enthusiasts.

This electric single-wheel motorcycle doesn’t look like the safest motorcycle we’ve seen, but it did manage to hit a top speed of 95.04303 km / h (59.057 mph) in May 2021.

MonoWheels are not easy machines to ride, so this record speaks not only of machine design, but also of rider skill.

The largest arcade terminal

American gaming enthusiast Jason Camberis of Illinois, USA designed this magnificent arcade machine in 2014. The record-breaking gaming machine was recognized as the largest built at 4.41 meters high, 1.93 meters wide. and 1.06 meters deep.

We’re not sure why you would want such a massive gaming machine in a world where technology is constantly shrinking, but there’s no denying that it’s impressive. If you have the money, you can buy one yourself.

The longest marathon of video games on Mario Kart

Who doesn’t love a good Mario Kart game? These guys really have to love it, because in 2018 Ben Fick, Anthony Lehnertz, and Hunter Nierman (all from the US) broke the record for the longest video game marathon on Mario Kart playing for over 40 hours.

Written by Adrian Willings. Originally published on September 26, 2018.