Balancing World Records  

Suresh Gaur balanced a keyboard on the tip of his thumb for 21 minutes, 19.60 seconds. He performed this feat while kneeling.

Steven P. balanced 101 American quarters upright at once.

Pete Graf balanced 60 quarters on back of his hand and successfully caught all of them in a single catch. Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will. General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.

Darryl Learie performed an eight-finger plank exercise without using his thumbs with 75 pounds of additional weight on his back and remained balanced in position for one minute, 22.80 seconds.

Kjell B. stacked eight beer bottles in a tower formation.

Cool Juggler juggled a machete and an axe in one hand for 44.14 seconds while juggling two balls behind his back and balancing on a rola bola. NOTE: This record is dangerous and should only be attempted by a trained professional.

Peter Durdik balanced a 1.5-liter bottle on his non-dominant hand for 30 minutes, 21.00 seconds.

Jacob F. solved a Rubik’s Cube while balancing on a basketball in 22.26 seconds.

Peter Durdik balanced 17 hockey pucks on his forehead for 15 minutes, 46.66 seconds.

Record Setter stepped on a 37-storey Jenga tower and performed a pistol squat.

Peter Durdik balanced a stack of two table tennis balls on a straw held in his hand for one minute, 10.44 seconds.

Peter Durdik balanced 30 pairs of black socks in one hand at once.

Peter Durdik balanced an egg on a ruler held in his mouth for 19 minutes, 53.19 seconds while sitting.

Peter Durdik balanced two table tennis balls on a ruler held in his mouth for 32 minutes, 50.00 seconds while sitting.

Suresh Gaur bounced a table tennis ball on a paddle for 11 minutes, 37.55 seconds while balancing a book on his head and standing on one foot.

Doug McManaman balanced 36 pennies vertically on top of another penny.