Martin Ströby inserted 81 matches into his nostrils to break the Guinness World Record for the most matches held in the nose. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
Each passing year sees new heights reached in the arena of Guinness World Record-breaking human — and sometimes even animal — accomplishment, and 2025 has proven to be no different.
For the fourth year in a row, we have scoured the UPI Odd News headlines to find the 10 most weird and wonderful Guinness World Records of the year, including soles of steel, skateboarding swine and even speedy structures.
Here are the 10 Oddest Guinness World Records of 2025:
Fastest 100 meters barefoot on Lego bricks
Gabrielle Wall, a New Zealand mother of two, said she was no stranger to accidentally stepping on Lego bricks while barefoot, but doing it on purpose required her to spend two entire months barefoot so she could build calluses.
Wall ran across 661 pounds of Lego bricks spread across 100 meters of track in Christchurch with a record-setting time of 24.75 seconds. Wall said she isn’t opposed to the idea of breaking more Lego records — but in the future, she will stick to those that involve building.
Fastest time to clear a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos (team of two)
Serial record breaker David Rush teamed up with his young son, Peter, to attempt to clear a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos faster than the previous record-holders, who managed the feat in 8.91 seconds.
The father-son duo cleared the game in 5.8 seconds, earning another title for Rush’s three-digit tally, and a first record for Peter.
Fastest garden shed
British man Brian Cade, 61, said an episode of the TV series Record Breakers inspired him to combine his building expertise with his love of classic cars and set a new speed record for motorized garden sheds.
Cade took his finished project to Elvington Airfield in York, where it was clocked at the record-breaking speed of 123.43 mph. Cade said he is planning to continue tweaking his design to set the record even higher.
Most matches held in the nose
Swedish man Martin Ströby, 42, said his kids encouraged him to attempt to set a Guinness World Record, and his research — and stretchy nostrils — led him to sticking matches up his nose.
Ströby was able to hold 81 matches in his nostrils at the same time, beating the previous record of 68. He said the most difficult part of the record wasn’t making all the matches fit — it was keeping them from falling out.
Fastest 10 meters pushing a skateboard by a pig
Norbert, a skateboarding swine from Buffalo Grove, Ill., showed off his skills and propelled his own board for a distance of 10 meters — 32.8 feet — in just 11.32 seconds.
Owner Vincent Baran said 175-pound Norbert is “a natural on the board” and has earned the nickname Tony Pork, in honor of legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Fastest 100 meters running on all fours
Ryusei Yonee, 22, who has been running on all fours since middle school, said he studied animals including dogs, cats and monkeys to perfect his quadrupedal sprinting technique.
He successfully took the record by running 100 meters (328 feet) in a time of 14.55 seconds, besting the previous record of 15.66 seconds.
Most golf tees in the hair
Anya Bannasch, 45, proved her love of the game of golf by inserting 711 tees into her hair with the help of two assistants in Carlsbad, Calif.
Bannasch said her record attempt was inspired by Joel Strasser, a serial record-breaker who holds multiple titles for putting objects into his beard.
Most standing backwards somersaults in 30 seconds (full body burn)
British daredevil Ryan Luney, 28, donned protective gear that allowed him to engulf his entire body in flames while he attempted to perform as many backflips as possible in 30 seconds.
Luney, who successfully broke the record with 7 of the stunts in the allotted time, said the largest obstacle wasn’t the heat from the fire — it was the cold from the protective gel that had been refrigerated for 24 hours prior to his attempt.
Most spoons balanced on the body
Abolfazl Saber Mokhtari, 54, first set the record for balancing spoons on his body at 85 in 2021, and bested his own total with 88 in 2023.
Mokhtari attempted the title a third time and set the record at 96 spoons. Mokhtari said he has been sticking items to his body since he was a child, and can even lift another adult human with the strength of his sticky skin.
Farthest eyeball pop (male)
Williams Martin Sanchez Lopez, a Uruguay native living in Italy, said he discovered his unusual talent for relaxing the muscles around his eyes when he was about 8 or 9 years old, and it has been his signature party trick ever since.
Lopez performed the trick for his doctor, who confirmed the man’s eyes can pop .74 inches out of their sockets, enough to earn him the Guinness World Records title.
