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Timeline

Follow how records are established, updated and superseded over time.

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2026

  1. Men's 1000m World Record

    2026-07-10

    Emmanuel Wanyonyi · 2:11.83 s · Monaco

    SportsCurrent
  2. World's Fastest Supercomputer

    2026-06-23

    LineShine supercomputer · 2.198 EFLOPS (exaflops) · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

    TechnologyCurrent
  3. Men's 110m Hurdles World Record

    2026-06-10

    Ja’Kobe Tharp · 12.75 s · Eugene

    SportsCurrent
  4. 2026-05-23

    Yan Ziyi · 71.74 m · Xiamen

    SportsCurrent
  5. 2026-04-28

    Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge · 626.01 m · Zhenfeng, Guizhou, China

    ArchitectureCurrent
  6. 2026-04-26

    Sabastian Sawe · 1:59:30 seconds (7170 seconds total) · London, United Kingdom

    SportsCurrent
  7. 2026-04-26

    Tigist Assefa · 2:15:41 s · London

    SportsCurrent
  8. 2026-03-22

    Devynne Charlton · 7.65 s · Torun

    SportsCurrent
  9. 2026-03-21

    Simon Ehammer · 6670 points · Torun

    SportsCurrent
  10. 2026-03-12

    Mondo Duplantis · 6.31 m · Uppsala

    SportsCurrent
  11. 2026-03-08

    Jacob Kiplimo · 57:20 s · Lisbon

    SportsCurrent
  12. 2026-02-15

    Toshikazu Yamanishi · 1:20:34 s · Kobe

    SportsCurrent
  13. 2026-02-13

    Khaleb McRae · 44.52 s · Fayetteville

    SportsCurrent
  14. 2026-02-06

    United States · 7:10.29 s · Philadelphia

    SportsCurrent
  15. 2026-01-24

    Josh Hoey · 1:42.50 s · Boston

    SportsCurrent

2025

  1. 2025-12-26

    China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. · over 50,000 km · China

    TransportCurrent
  2. 2025-07-05

    Beatrice Chebet · 13:58.06 s · Eugene

    SportsCurrent
  3. 2025-07-05

    Faith Kipyegon · 3:48.68 s · Eugene

    SportsCurrent
  4. 2025-04-13

    Mykolas Alekna · 75.56 m · Ramona, Oklahoma, United States

    SportsCurrent

2024

  1. 2024-12-24

    Parker Solar Probe · about 430,000 mph

    SpaceCurrent
  2. 2024-11-01

    El Capitan supercomputer · 1.742 EFLOPS (exaflops) · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA

    TechnologyHistorical
  3. 2024-08-08

    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 50.37 s · Paris

    SportsCurrent
  4. 2024-08-02

    United States · 3:07.41 s · Paris

    SportsCurrent

2023

  1. 2023-09-10

    Novak Djokovic · 24 titles · New York City, United States

    SportsCurrent
  2. 2023-03-14

    Avatar · $2,923,706,026 US dollars

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent

2022

  1. 2022-06-26

    Solar Park of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture · 8,430 MW · Gonghe County, Qinghai, China

    TechnologyCurrent
  2. 2022-06-01

    Frontier supercomputer · 1.102 EFLOPS (exaflops) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA

    TechnologyHistorical
  3. 2022-06-01

    Shark Bay Posidonia australis seagrass · about 200 km² · Shark Bay, Western Australia

    NatureCurrent
  4. 2022-03-20

    Yulimar Rojas · 15.74 m · Belgrade

2021

  1. 2021-08-20

    Michael Jackson · 67 million units

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  2. 2021-06-27

    Deep Dive Dubai · 60.02 m · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    ArchitectureCurrent
  3. 2021-03-12

    Book by N. Srinivasan · 27,978 characters · Chennai, India

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  4. 2021-01-01

    China · about 1.427 billion people · China

    Human SocietyHistorical

2020

  1. 2020-12-08

    Mount Qomolangma · 8,848.86 m · China-Nepal boundary

    NatureCurrent
  2. 2020-08-14

    Joshua Cheptegei · 12:35.36 s · Monaco

    SportsCurrent
  3. 2020-06-01

    Fugaku supercomputer · 415.53 PFLOPS (petaflops) · RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS), Kobe, Japan

    TechnologyHistorical

2019

  1. 2019-01-03

    Chang'e 4 lander · 2019-01-03 date · Von Kármán crater, far side of the Moon

    SpaceCurrent
  2. 2019-01-01

    Hyperion · 116.07 m · Redwood National Park, California, USA

    NatureCurrent
  3. 2019-01-01

    Changji-Guquan ±1,100 kV UHVDC Transmission Project · ±1,100 kV · China (Changji, Xinjiang to Xuancheng, Anhui)

    TechnologyCurrent

2025-04-01

Minecraft · over 350 million copies copies

Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  • 2025-02-16

    Yomif Kejelcha · 26:31 s · Castellon

    SportsCurrent
  • 2025-01-01

    Beyoncé Knowles · 35 GRAMMY Awards

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  • 2025-01-01

    Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 106,302,208 passengers passengers · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    TransportCurrent
  • 2025-01-01

    Ne Zha 2 · about $1.99B US dollars

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  • 2025-01-01

    Port of Shanghai · 55.063 million TEUs TEU · Shanghai, China

    TransportCurrent
  • 2024-07-07

    Yaroslava Mahuchikh · 2.10 m · Paris

    SportsCurrent
  • 2024-01-01

    India · 979,751,847 registered electors · India

    Human SocietyCurrent
  • 2024-01-01

    Library of Congress · 181,130,554 items · Washington, D.C., United States

    Human SocietyCurrent
  • 2024-01-01

    India · about 1.444 billion people · India

    Human SocietyCurrent
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  • 2022-03-18

    1915 Çanakkale Bridge · 2,023 metres · Çanakkale, Türkiye

    TransportCurrent
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    Women's U20 Javelin World Record
    World's Highest Bridge
    Fastest Men's Marathon
    Women's Marathon Women-only World Record
    Women's 60m Hurdles World Record
    Men's Indoor Heptathlon World Record
    Highest Men's Pole Vault
    Men's Half Marathon World Record
    Men's Half Marathon Race Walk World Record
    Men's Short Track 400m World Record
    Men's Short Track 4x800m World Record
    Men's 800m Short Track World Record
    World's Longest High-Speed Rail Network
    Fastest Women's 5000 Metres
    Fastest Women's 1500 Metres
    Longest Men's Discus Throw
    Fastest Speed Reached by a Human-Made Object
    World's Fastest Supercomputer
    Fastest Women's 400m Hurdles
    Fastest Mixed 4x400m Relay
    Most Grand Slam Singles Tennis Titles Won by a Male
    Highest-Grossing Film at the Global Box Office
    World's Highest-Capacity Solar Power Facility
    World's Fastest Supercomputer
    World's Largest Single Living Organism by Area
    Longest Women's Triple Jump
    World's Best-Selling Album
    World's Deepest Swimming Pool for Diving
    World's Longest Book Title by Character Count
    World's Most Populous Country
    Highest Mountain Elevation
    Fastest Men's 5000 Metres
    World's Fastest Supercomputer
    First Soft Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
    World's Tallest Tree
    World's Highest-Voltage Power Transmission Project
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    Best-Selling Video Game of All Time
    Men's 10km World Record
    Most GRAMMY Awards won by an artist
    World's Busiest Airport
    Highest-Grossing Animated Film
    Highest Annual Container Throughput by a Port
    Highest Women's High Jump
    National General Election with the Largest Registered Electorate
    World's Largest Library Collection
    World's Most Populous Country
    World's Longest Bridge Span
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