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2026
- Men's 1000m World Record
2026-07-10
Emmanuel Wanyonyi · 2:11.83 s · Monaco
SportsCurrent
- World's Fastest Supercomputer
2026-06-23
LineShine supercomputer · 2.198 EFLOPS (exaflops) · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
TechnologyCurrent
- Men's 110m Hurdles World Record
2026-06-10
Ja’Kobe Tharp · 12.75 s · Eugene
SportsCurrent
2026-05-23
Yan Ziyi · 71.74 m · Xiamen
SportsCurrent
2026-04-28
Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge · 626.01 m · Zhenfeng, Guizhou, China
ArchitectureCurrent
2026-04-26
Sabastian Sawe · 1:59:30 seconds (7170 seconds total) · London, United Kingdom
SportsCurrent
2026-04-26
Tigist Assefa · 2:15:41 s · London
SportsCurrent
2026-03-22
Devynne Charlton · 7.65 s · Torun
SportsCurrent
2026-03-21
Simon Ehammer · 6670 points · Torun
SportsCurrent
2026-03-12
Mondo Duplantis · 6.31 m · Uppsala
SportsCurrent
2026-03-08
Jacob Kiplimo · 57:20 s · Lisbon
SportsCurrent
2026-02-15
Toshikazu Yamanishi · 1:20:34 s · Kobe
SportsCurrent
2026-02-13
Khaleb McRae · 44.52 s · Fayetteville
SportsCurrent
2026-02-06
United States · 7:10.29 s · Philadelphia
SportsCurrent
2026-01-24
Josh Hoey · 1:42.50 s · Boston
SportsCurrent
2025
2025-12-26
China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. · over 50,000 km · China
TransportCurrent
2025-07-05
Beatrice Chebet · 13:58.06 s · Eugene
SportsCurrent
2025-07-05
Faith Kipyegon · 3:48.68 s · Eugene
SportsCurrent
2025-04-13
Mykolas Alekna · 75.56 m · Ramona, Oklahoma, United States
SportsCurrent
2024
2024-12-24
Parker Solar Probe · about 430,000 mph
SpaceCurrent
2024-11-01
El Capitan supercomputer · 1.742 EFLOPS (exaflops) · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA
TechnologyHistorical
2024-08-08
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 50.37 s · Paris
SportsCurrent
2024-08-02
United States · 3:07.41 s · Paris
SportsCurrent
2023
2023-09-10
Novak Djokovic · 24 titles · New York City, United States
SportsCurrent
2023-03-14
Avatar · $2,923,706,026 US dollars
Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
2022
2022-06-26
Solar Park of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture · 8,430 MW · Gonghe County, Qinghai, China
TechnologyCurrent
2022-06-01
Frontier supercomputer · 1.102 EFLOPS (exaflops) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA
TechnologyHistorical
2022-06-01
Shark Bay Posidonia australis seagrass · about 200 km² · Shark Bay, Western Australia
NatureCurrent
2022-03-20
Yulimar Rojas · 15.74 m · Belgrade
2021
2021-08-20
Michael Jackson · 67 million units
Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
2021-06-27
Deep Dive Dubai · 60.02 m · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ArchitectureCurrent
2021-03-12
Book by N. Srinivasan · 27,978 characters · Chennai, India
Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
2021-01-01
China · about 1.427 billion people · China
Human SocietyHistorical
2020
2020-12-08
Mount Qomolangma · 8,848.86 m · China-Nepal boundary
NatureCurrent
2020-08-14
Joshua Cheptegei · 12:35.36 s · Monaco
SportsCurrent
2020-06-01
Fugaku supercomputer · 415.53 PFLOPS (petaflops) · RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS), Kobe, Japan
TechnologyHistorical
2019
2019-01-03
Chang'e 4 lander · 2019-01-03 date · Von Kármán crater, far side of the Moon
SpaceCurrent
2019-01-01
Hyperion · 116.07 m · Redwood National Park, California, USA
NatureCurrent
2019-01-01
Changji-Guquan ±1,100 kV UHVDC Transmission Project · ±1,100 kV · China (Changji, Xinjiang to Xuancheng, Anhui)
TechnologyCurrent