This is a compilation of 222 United States Guinness records in 2011. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United States Guinness Records broken down by year.
| When | Record name | What | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2011 | Most half marathons run in one year (female) | 102 total number | Lauri Fauerbach Adams |
| 28 December 2011 | Most people spinning dreidels simultaneously | 734 total number | United Synagogue Youth |
| 24 December 2011 | Longest pass completion - NFL | 99 total number | Eli Manning, Victor Cruz |
| 22 December 2011 | Tallest sweetcorn (maize) plant | 10.74 metre(s) | Jason Karl |
| 17 December 2011 | Most blindfolded basketball free throws in one minute | 22 total number | Bob J. Fisher |
| 11 December 2011 | Most T-shirts torn in one minute | Ashrita Furman | |
| 10 December 2011 | Largest snow cone | 11.38 tonne(s)/metric ton(s) | Bahama Buck's |
| 08 December 2011 | Most Smarties/M&Ms eaten in one minute blindfolded using chopsticks | 20 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 07 December 2011 | Longest concert tour by a rock band | Thirty Seconds To Mars | |
| 06 December 2011 | Largest donation of sports balls in 24 hours - single location | Kaiser Permanente, San Diego | |
| 02 December 2011 | Largest sock | Project Undercover, Inc. | |
| 26 November 2011 | Fastest half marathon dressed as a fruit (female) | 1/35/45 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Joanne Singleton |
| 26 November 2011 | Largest collection of wind-up toys | 1042 total number | William Keuntje |
| 24 November 2011 | Largest gathering of people dressed as turkeys | 661 people | YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas & Capital One Bank |
| 20 November 2011 | Largest collection of grey alien-related items | Lisa Vanderperre-Hirsch | |
| 19 November 2011 | Largest open sandwich | T-Bones Roadhouse | |
| 13 November 2011 | Largest parade of tow trucks | 324 total number | Worldwide Equipment Sales |
| 12 November 2011 | Longest somersault on spring loaded stilts | Jesus Villa | |
| 11 November 2011 | Most marriage vows renewals - same couple | 101 total number | Lauren Lubeck Blair and David E. Hough Blair |
| 09 November 2011 | Tallest freestanding artificial climbing wall | 41.89 metre(s) | Historic Banning Mills |
| 08 November 2011 | Largest history lesson | 14257 people | Children's Education Foundation of Orange County |
| 08 November 2011 | Most expensive photograph sold at auction | 4338500 US dollar(s) | Rhine II by Andreas Gursky |
| 06 November 2011 | Fastest time to run the New York Marathon (male) | 2/05/06 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Geoffrey Mutai |
| 05 November 2011 | Most people doing fist bumps | 1820 people | Brian Jackson, Shiatook Public Schools |
| 05 November 2011 | Largest chair dance | 271 people | The Stiletto Gym by FIMB Yoga & Wellness Center , Carla Mock |
| 02 November 2011 | Largest cupcake / fairy cake | Georgetown Cupcake (USA) | |
| 31 October 2011 | Longest dance marathon (team) | 24:01 hour(s):minute(s) | MTV O Music Awards |
| 25 October 2011 | Fastest escape from handcuffs underwater | Thomas Blacke | |
| 23 October 2011 | Largest pumpkin sculpture | Ray Villafane | |
| 18 October 2011 | Longest wave surfed by a dog (open water) | 107.2 metre(s) | Abbie Girl (owned by Michael Uy) |
| 16 October 2011 | Fastest marathon dressed as a cartoon character | 2/46/40 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Edward Ditmyer |
| 14 October 2011 | Largest glass of margarita | 32176 litre(s) | Margaritaville |
| 12 October 2011 | Longest snake – ever (captivity) | 7.67 metre(s) | Medusa |
| 09 October 2011 | Most American Football field goals in 24 hours | 1000 total number | Craig Pinto |
| 07 October 2011 | Largest game of duck duck goose | 2135 people | Logan-Rogersville School District |
| 05 October 2011 | Fastest time to duck tape (duct tape) yourself to a wall | 2/12.63 minute(s):second(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 04 October 2011 | Tallest dog ever | 1.118 centimetre(s) | Zeus |
| 01 October 2011 | Most dogs walked simultaneously by an individual | 35 total number | Joseph Orsino |
| 01 October 2011 | Tallest artificial climbing wall | 49.85 metre(s) | BaseCamp |
| 30 September 2011 | Largest gathering of people dressed as vampires | 1039 people | Ed Kuhlmann |
| 24 September 2011 | Largest gathering of people wearing undergarments | 2270 people | Utah Undie Run 2011 |
| 24 September 2011 | Largest Carolina shag dance | 744 people | Society of Stranders, Association of Carolina Shag Clubs |
| 23 September 2011 | Largest collection of olive oil bottles | 2440 total number | Ronald Popeil |
| 22 September 2011 | Largest air guitar ensemble | 2377 people | San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino |
| 21 September 2011 | Most people apple bobbing | 597 people | UnitedHealthcare |
| 21 September 2011 | Most saves in an American League baseball career | Mariano Rivera | |
| 17 September 2011 | Longest unicycle rail grind | Brent Barghahn | |
| 15 September 2011 | Most hours on US television | Regis Philbin | |
| 15 September 2011 | Most weight squat lifted in one hour - individual | 57717.36 kilogram(s) | Walter Urban |
| 13 September 2011 | Largest collection of Charlie's Angels memorabilia | 5569 total number | Jack Condon |
| 10 September 2011 | Most blooms in 1 night, same plant (Night blooming cereus) | 47 total number | Stanley Blyskal |
| 10 September 2011 | Fastest completion of target practise on Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | 24.58 second(s) | Cameron Jones |
| 07 September 2011 | Longest aluminium can chain | Aluminum Association | |
| 06 September 2011 | Fastest completion of The Arena in Kirby Superstar (Nintendo, 1995) | 6/10.33 minute(s):second(s) | Cameron Jones |
| 05 September 2011 | Largest stir-fry | University of Massachusetts Dining Services | |
| 04 September 2011 | Most pubs visited in 24 hours by a team | 250 total number | Chris Solarz, Ivan Wanat, Matt Bockelman, Eric Bockelman, Brent Bockelman, Dalmau Reig, Wesley Erdelack, Michael Rasiej, Francis Laros, Steve McLaughlin, Rickey Gawley, Roger Wu, Bea Reig |
| September 2011 | Tony Awards | The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre - aka the Tony Awards | |
| September 2011 | Largest religious data base | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons) | |
| September 2011 | Highest paid legislators | 169300 US dollar(s) | US Congress |
| September 2011 | Smallest electric motor | 1 nanometre(s) | Department of Chemistry Tufts University |
| September 2011 | Largest gaming vessel | 5324 people | Caesars |
| September 2011 | Largest Bible publisher | 60/200 unit(s) sold | Zondervan Publishing House |
| September 2011 | Smallest dependent territory | 0.01 square kilometre(s) | Kingman Reef |
| 30 August 2011 | Fastest electric motorcycle (prototype) | 316.899 kilometre(s) per hour | Chip Yates |
| 28 August 2011 | Largest handheld game console party | Gamestop | |
| 28 August 2011 | Largest bar chimes | Tom Shelley, Universal Percussion Inc, TreeWorks Chimes, Mitch McMichen | |
| 27 August 2011 | Largest water balloon fight | 8957 people | Christian Student Fellowship at the University of Kentucky |
| 26 August 2011 | Largest toilet roll | Charmin (Procter & Gamble) | |
| 25 August 2011 | Largest human image formed by glowsticks | 2792 people | University of Pittsburgh Class of 2015 |
| 23 August 2011 | Largest Online Marketing Seminar | HubSpot | |
| 20 August 2011 | Largest hayride | 639 people | Northwest Washington Fair |
| 20 August 2011 | Deepest geothermal hot spring measured by a plumb line | The Springs Resort and Spa | |
| 20 August 2011 | Oldest bodybuilder - female | E. Wilma Conner | |
| 20 August 2011 | Longest line of lemonade stands | 349 total number | BPS and Beverly Elementary School |
| 19 August 2011 | Largest collection of board games | 1531 total number | Jeff Bauspies |
| 17 August 2011 | Largest parade of Cadillacs | The Orleans County Fair | |
| 15 August 2011 | Tallest object balanced on chin | 21.015 metre(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 09 August 2011 | Fastest 400 m joggling with five objects - male | Matthew Feldman | |
| 08 August 2011 | Longest videogame marathon on a stealth game | 48 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Benjamin Reeves |
| 08 August 2011 | Longest videogame marathon on Mario (series) | 50 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Dan Ryckert |
| 08 August 2011 | Longest videogame marathon on Metal Gear (series) | 48 hour(s) | Benjamin Reeves |
| 08 August 2011 | Longest videogame marathon on Grand Theft Auto (series) | 50 day(s):hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Jeff Cork |
| 07 August 2011 | Highest mountain climbed on stilts | 2864.8 metre(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 06 August 2011 | Largest collection of telephones | 1135 total number | Michael Phillips |
| 04 August 2011 | Largest skin cancer screening | 780 people | Kaiser Permanente, San Diego |
| 04 August 2011 | Largest piñata (pinata) | M&M'S® | |
| 31 July 2011 | Largest collection of pizza-related items | Brian Dwyer | |
| 29 July 2011 | Smallest battery | 50 micrometre(s) aka micron(s) | Rice University |
| 29 July 2011 | Most bounces in a pogo stick marathon (male) | 206864 total number | James Roumeliotis |
| 26 July 2011 | Shortest donkey | KneeHi | |
| 15 July 2011 | Tallest cotton plant | DM Williams | |
| 08 July 2011 | Largest dog biscuit | 279.87 kilogram(s) | Hampshire Pet Products |
| 06 July 2011 | Highest vertical height walked on stilts | 1224.68 metre(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 04 July 2011 | Highest score on the Helicopter Game (Flash) | Jason Robert Conwell | |
| 03 July 2011 | Most golf holes played in seven days (cart) | 2000 total number | Geno Bonnalie |
| 03 July 2011 | Most golf birdies made in one week | Geno Bonnalie | |
| 02 July 2011 | Most expensive hamburger | 5000 US dollar(s) | Juicys Foods |
| July 2011 | Most prolific anthologist of poetry for children | Lee Bennett Hopkins | |
| 30 June 2011 | Most tandem parachute jumps by an individual in 24 hours | 105 total number | Luther Kurtz, Angela Bishop |
| 26 June 2011 | Farthest distance by canoe (kayak) - 24 hours (flowing water) – Female | Robyn Benincasa | |
| 25 June 2011 | Most people drawing on an Etch A Sketch | Jeff Gagliardi and Clark Hodge | |
| 23 June 2011 | Most likes on a Facebook page in 24 hours | 2047058 total number | Farmers Insurance |
| 23 June 2011 | Tap dancing - most taps in a minute | Anthony Morigerato | |
| 22 June 2011 | Largest collection of fireman's patches | 8158 total number | Bob Brooks |
| 19 June 2011 | Fastest time to peel and eat three kiwi fruits | 21.1 second(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 16 June 2011 | Most eggs cracked in one minute with one hand | 32 total number | Ross McCurdy |
| 11 June 2011 | Longest temporary bar | 796.82 metre(s) | Northcoast University |
| 11 June 2011 | Fastest cross country half marathon wearing a gas mask | 2/35/51 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Jeremy Soles |
| 10 June 2011 | Most underhanded basketball free throws in one minute | 28 total number | Bob J. Fisher |
| 08 June 2011 | Fastest time to type a text message (SMS) on a QWERTY smartphone | 56.57 second(s) | Grace Pak |
| 05 June 2011 | Longest line of rubber ducks | 17782 total number | Cozi |
| 04 June 2011 | Largest surfboard logo / image | National Resource Defense Council , Utopia Entertainment , Kelly Chapman Meyer | |
| 04 June 2011 | Longest egg noodle | Michael Sorge | |
| 03 June 2011 | Largest collection of rainbow-related items | Stamp Camp USA | |
| June 2011 | First self-published author to sell one million e-books | first | John Locke |
| June 2011 | Largest association of psychologists | American Psychological Association | |
| 29 May 2011 | Longest marathon playing kickball | 51/00 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Padua Franciscan High School |
| 26 May 2011 | Longest career as a bartender | Clarice J. Kramer Cadarette Grzenowicz | |
| 26 May 2011 | Most fitness videos produced by an individual | 94 total number | Chalene Johnson |
| 22 May 2011 | Most ballet dancers en pointe simultaneously | 245 people | Dr. Phillips High School Dance Magnet , Orlando Ballet |
| 22 May 2011 | Fastest relay 100 x 5 kilometres | 30/1/15.3 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Greenville Track Club |
| 21 May 2011 | Most flashlights lit simultaneously | Energizer Holdings, Inc. | |
| 21 May 2011 | Longest usable yo-yo | James Buffington | |
| 20 May 2011 | Longest career as an entertainment news host | Mary Hart | |
| 20 May 2011 | Most consecutive haircuts by a team in one week | Great Clips | |
| 18 May 2011 | Most golf balls putted indoors in 30 seconds | 14 total number | Brandon Golatt |
| 15 May 2011 | Highest score on Sonic the Hedgehog | Michael Sroka | |
| 12 May 2011 | Largest dessert party (multiple venues) | Tanger Outlets | |
| 10 May 2011 | Most downloaded sat nav voice | 128500 total number | Dan Castellaneta's Homer Simpson voice |
| 08 May 2011 | Most flash bulbs used to take a photograph | Jason Groupp | |
| 07 May 2011 | Highest body count in a Slasher film | Steven Escobar | |
| 06 May 2011 | Most special effect make-up characters portrayed in a career | Bill Blair | |
| 06 May 2011 | Largest tape ball | 907.18/3.89 kilogram(s) | Portland Promise Center |
| 05 May 2011 | Greatest vertical distance rock climbing in 24 hours | 8.88 kilometre(s) | Will Levandowski |
| May 2011 | Most prolific author of children’s horror fiction novels | Robert Lawrence Stine | |
| May 2011 | Youngest author of a bestselling book series | Christopher Paolini | |
| 29 April 2011 | Most points from waterskiing tricks (men) | 12,570 point(s) | Alexi Zharnasek |
| 26 April 2011 | Most participants in a weigh-in in eight hours (multiple venues) | Kaiser Permanente San Diego | |
| 23 April 2011 | Longest model train | 282.11 metre(s) | Wilmington Railroad Museum Model Railroad Committee |
| 22 April 2011 | Most product placements in a film | POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | |
| 18 April 2011 | Fastest time to run the Boston marathon (male) | 2/3/2 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Geoffrey Mutai |
| 15 April 2011 | Most leapfrog jumps in one minute by a team of two | 57 total number | Michael Kremmel, Andrew MacLaren, Brett Hileman, Nickolaus Bonner |
| 14 April 2011 | Most concrete blocks broken on the head with a bowling ball in three minutes (male) | John Ferraro | |
| 13 April 2011 | Most jigsaw-puzzle pieces tattooed on the body | Enigma | |
| 10 April 2011 | Largest collection of rubber ducks | 5631 total number | Charlotte Lee |
| 10 April 2011 | Most basketball half-court shots in one minute | 10 total number | Adam Beatrice |
| 09 April 2011 | Fastest time to visit all NHL arenas | Andre Delsol | |
| 04 April 2011 | Longest known case of argyria | first | Rosemary Jacobs |
| 02 April 2011 | Most Billboard US Hot 100 entries | Glee | |
| 02 April 2011 | Most Billboard US Hot 100 entries (collective) | Glee | |
| 29 March 2011 | Most vinyl records smashed in 30 seconds - individual | 38 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 25 March 2011 | Largest collection of rabbit-related (bunny-) items | 28423 total number | Candace Frazee |
| 22 March 2011 | Most people star jumping - multiple venues | 20425 people | Boys & Girls Clubs of America |
| 20 March 2011 | Most clothes pegs clipped on one hand in one minute | 51 total number | Zachery George |
| 20 March 2011 | Most baseballs held in the hand (palm down) | 6 total number | Zachery George |
| 17 March 2011 | Largest collection of salt and pepper shakers | 6971 total number | LaVerne Tish |
| 14 March 2011 | Largest abalone pearl | Dat Vi Truong | |
| 12 March 2011 | Oldest artist to score a US no.1 dance hit | Yoko Ono | |
| 11 March 2011 | Longest career as a bus driver | Carl Fisher | |
| 11 March 2011 | Largest collection of books autographed | 2381 total number | Richard Warren |
| 11 March 2011 | Longest career as an editor-in-chief for the same magazine | Hugh Hefner | |
| 10 March 2011 | Highest score on Cubefield | Cameron Jones | |
| 05 March 2011 | Largest food drive in 24 hours - single location | 254493 kilogram(s) | The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Food Drive |
| 28 February 2011 | Oldest person to complete a marathon on each continent (male) | 74/281 year(s):day(s) | Robert Rebello |
| 27 February 2011 | Longest marriage | Herbert Fisher, Zelmyra Fisher | |
| 20 February 2011 | Most free-throws made in one minute standing on one leg | Bob Fisher | |
| 20 February 2011 | Most wins of the Bassmaster Classic | 4 total number | Kevin VanDam, Rick Clunn |
| 20 February 2011 | Most wins of the NBA All-Star Game MVP | 4 total number | Kobe Bryant, Bob Pettit |
| 20 February 2011 | Youngest winner of the Daytona 500 | Trevor Bayne | |
| 20 February 2011 | Most three pointers playing 2K Sports NBA 2K11 | Dwayne Travis | |
| 19 February 2011 | Most rebounds playing 2K Sports NBA 2K11 | Ike Udengwu | |
| 19 February 2011 | Most basketball dunks in a single jump | JaVale McGee | |
| 18 February 2011 | Highest score on Dr. Mario (Nintendo, 1990) | Will P Nichols | |
| 18 February 2011 | Most points on 2K Sports NBA 2K11 as Michael Jordan | Burtland Dixon | |
| 15 February 2011 | Largest collection of talking clocks | Mark McKinley | |
| 15 February 2011 | Highest ollie on a skateboard | 114.3 centimetre(s) | Aldrin Garcia |
| 13 February 2011 | Largest gathering of Lady Gaga impersonators | 121 people | E! Entertainment |
| 12 February 2011 | Largest Beard and Moustache championships | Newport Winter Carnival | |
| 06 February 2011 | First unanimous winner of the NFL MVP award | first | Tom Brady |
| February 2011 | First three-dimensional trading card game | first | Redakai |
| February 2011 | First anti-laser | first | Yale University |
| February 2011 | Most successful female country artist | Reba McEntire | |
| 30 January 2011 | First man killed during a cockerel fight | Jose Luis Ochoa | |
| 29 January 2011 | Greatest distance walked balancing a book on head | 32.18 kilometre(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 28 January 2011 | Longest career as a civil servant | 63/210 year(s):day(s) | Hardy William Cash |
| 28 January 2011 | Fastest hands-free typing | 83.09 second(s) | Hank Torres |
| 27 January 2011 | Most chopsticks snapped in one minute | 118 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 27 January 2011 | Most chopsticks snapped in 30 seconds | 60 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 19 January 2011 | Most user-generated videogame levels played in 24 hours | Lauren Guiliano, Sean Crowley, David Dino | |
| 19 January 2011 | Most videogame genres played in 24 hours | Lauren Guiliano, Sean Crowley, David Dino | |
| 19 January 2011 | Longest videogame marathon on LittleBigPlanet 2 | David Dino, Lauren Guiliano, Sean Crowley | |
| 17 January 2011 | Most blunt to fakies (ollie blunt) in one hour | 849 total number | Kyle Decot |
| 16 January 2011 | Largest regular season loss avenged in the postseason (NFL) | New York Jets | |
| 14 January 2011 | Largest magnet sculpture | 73.66/40.64 centimetre(s) | Nano Magnetics |
| 11 January 2011 | Highest flame blown by a fire breather | 8.05 metre(s) | Antonio Restivo |
| 02 January 2011 | Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception by an NFL quaterback | Tom Brady | |
| 01 January 2011 | Longest span of US top 40 singles | Michael Jackson | |
| 2011 | Largest government publishing company | Government Printing Office | |
| 2011 | Most watched man on television | 1100000000 people | David Hasselhoff |
| 2011 | Longest running TV documentary series | Meet the Press | |
| 2011 | Player reaching 2,000 shots on goal the fastest | Alex Ovechkin | |
| 2011 | Most combined net yards in an NFL season | 2969 yard(s) | Darren Sproles |
| 2011 | Highest-rated TV documentary - current | Beyond Scared Straight: Season 1 | |
| 2011 | Most dangerous tree | Manchineel (Hippomane mancinella) | |
| 2011 | Largest concentration of geysers | Yellowstone National Park | |
| 2011 | Most advanced launch catapult for aircraft carriers | Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) | |
| 2011 | Largest object lifted by helium balloons | A house | |
| 2011 | First point-of-sale records system | first | Nielsen BookScan |
| 2011 | Longest custom banana car | 697.23 centimetre(s) | The Big Banana Car |
| 2011 | Most wins of Tiddlywinks World Championships pairs | 16 total number | Larry Kahn |
| 2011 | Longest Sled Dog race (current) | Iditarod Trail | |
| 2011 | Fastest code-breaking algorithm | Shor’s quantum factoring algorithm | |
| 2011 | First purpose-built commercial spaceport | first | Spaceport America |
| 2011 | Most endangered lobelia | Lobelia monostachya | |
| 2011 | Largest albino plants | 21 metre(s) | Albino coastal redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) |
| 2011 | Largest trade-book publisher | Random House | |
| 2011 | Oldest and largest publishing company owned wholly by its employees | W.W. Norton & Company | |
| 2011 | Cheapest code-breaking supercomputer | 400 US dollar(s) | Supercomputer built by Pico Computing |
| 2011 | Smallest code-breaking supercomputer | 400 US dollar(s) | Supercomputer built by Pico Computing |
| 2011 | First pilotless combat helicopter | first | Sikorsky |
| 2011 | Longest running TV non-terrestrial documentary series | National Geographic’s Explorer | |
| 2011 | Longest play in postseason history (NFL) | 102 yard(s) | Eric Weems |