# What is the record number of records held by one person in the Guiness "book". **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 20, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860 "2009-09-20T19:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/1 "2009-09-20T19:03:56Z")
What is the record number of records held by an individual at one time in the Guinness World Records? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/2 "2009-09-20T19:09:44Z")
[Ashrita Furman.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashrita_Furman) He set over 230 and currently holds 100. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/3 "2009-09-21T01:02:36Z")
Does having a record number of records warrant its own entry in the book? ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/4 "2009-09-21T02:31:07Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Does having a record number of records warrant its own entry in the book? According to the Wiki entry, yes it does: [QUOTE=GBOWR dude] He has the official record for “The most current Guinness world records held at the same time by an individual.” (Marco Frigatti, Head of Records, Guinness Book of World Records) [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/5 "2009-09-21T03:01:54Z")
Ok, but is there any entry for “Most Wikipedia articles skimmed due to laziness instead of read”? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/6 "2009-09-21T05:12:08Z")
Back in the early '80s, a guy named Steve McPeak was listed as having the most records; he was one of those nuts who ride unicycles on tightropes over Niagara Falls and such. I guess he’s been dethroned. _Sic transit gloria mundi_, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-records-held-by-one-person-in-the-guiness-book/510860/7 "2009-09-22T07:40:37Z")
Multi-holders in the record books typically go after records of the kind “(almost) no-one has ever tried what I’m about to do”. IMHO anyone with a single world record in anything competitive is way cooler.