Illinois Sets Records With Astonishing Feats And Inspiring Stories
Wouldn't it be cool to break a Guinness World Record? Several Illinois residents made history in 2025.
Guinness World Records Broken In Illinois During 2025
On my bucket list is breaking a Guinness World Record. I remember reading the books in grade school, and that got me interested. I don't really have any skills to earn one, so I'll have to come up with a plan.
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According to Patch...
It was another record-breaking year in Illinois.
The state was home to a plethora of achievements, from children achieving adult goals to the longest billboard and the largest collection of surprising items.
The following things and people in Illinois were dubbed "officially amazing" in 2025.
Guinness World Records broken in Illinois during 2025...
- Nour El Sherbini - most squash World Open titles as a woman (17)
- Stanley Chapel - fastest time to solve a 5x5x5 rotating puzzle cube while blindfolded (2 minutes and 2.28 seconds)
- Longest indoor printed billboard - 304-foot-8.41-inch at Terminal 3 of the O'Hare Airport
- Vicki Michela Garlock - most places of worship visited in one month (185)
- Sonny - oldest living cockatiel (32 years and 292 days old)
- Salacnib Molina - largest collection of salt and pepper sachets (594)
- Salacnib Molina - largest collection of Pringles tubes (1,262)
- Salacnib Molina - largest collection of finger puppets (2,978)
- Regan Smith - fastest swim short course for a woman swimming the 100-meter backstroke (54.02 seconds)
- Madeline Mansell - fastest time to make a cupcake pyramid (3.14 seconds)
- Strong Hold - largest steel cabinet (6.94 meters by 3.2 meters by 2.14 meters)
- Sarvia Hasan - youngest girl to ever publish a book (3-years-old)
- Eric Klabel - tallest toothpick sculpture (17.32 feet)
- Elizabeth Pehota - fastest marathon runner with multiple sclerosis (3 hours, 12 minutes, and 13 seconds)
- Mark Jones - greatest distance run carrying a 40-lb backpack in 24 hours (88.67 miles)
- Joabe Bayer Barbosa, James Barbosa, and Matthew Plese - fastest time to travel all Chicago subway stations (8 hours, 58 minutes, and 55 seconds)
- Lynn Biyendolo - most regular-season goals scored by a player in the National Women's Soccer League (82)
- Alex Matysik - fastest time to craft five iron tools in Minecraft with a mouse and keyboard (2 minutes and 16 seconds)
- Bennett Haried - youngest male TEDx speaker (4 years and 296 days old)
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