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Longest game. The longest tournament chess game (in terms of moves) ever to be played was Nikolić–Arsović, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 269 moves and took 20 hours and 15 minutes to complete a drawn game. [ 1][ 2] At the time this game was played, FIDE had modified the fifty-move rule to allow 100 moves to be played without a piece being ...
In 2020, Duplantis surpassed Bubka's outdoor world best (the old 6.14 m record), with a 6.15 m vault and continued to improve the world record thereafter, most recently in 2024 with a 6.25 m mark. As new events are advanced to world record status, World Athletics might delay declaring initial performances as the official world record until ...
Hour record. The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is considered one of the most prestigious records in cycling. Since it was first set, cyclists ranging from unknown amateurs to well ...
Most time in the car during 24 hours: 24 hours: Edward Ramsden Hall in 1950 [Note 9] Most time in the car during 24 hours for a winner: 23 h 15 min 17s: Louis Rosier in 1950 [Note 10] Most entries with different constructors: 16: François Migault [Note 11] Most entries with the same constructor: 20: Bob Wollek with Porsche (1975–1983, 1986 ...
On 3 September 2020, Marcia Roberts became the first female to record the journey starting at Lands End, by bike, in a time of 11 days, 13 hours & 13 minutes and set a Guinness World Record. [72] On 16 July 2023, Louise Harris successfully completed the return journey in 10 days 5 hours, breaking the original record by over 1 day 8 hours.
Zátopek also set the 20,000 meters world record in the same race. Since that time, most men's 20,000 m world records were also set en route to one hour world records. The men's world record is 21,330 metres (13.25 mi), set by Mo Farah , while the women's world record is 18,930 metres (11.76 mi), set by Sifan Hassan .
The current world record time for men over the distance is 2 hours and 35 seconds, set in the Chicago Marathon by the late Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya on 8 October 2023. The world record for women was set by Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia in the Berlin Marathon on 24 September 2023, in 2 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
Ineos 1:59 Challenge. Logo of the event. The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, held on 12 October 2019, was an attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance, which he achieved in a time of 1:59:40.2. The event was specifically created for Kipchoge and held in Vienna, Austria to help market the Nike ...