This is a compilation of 168 United States Guinness records in 2012. 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 2012 | Most holes of golf played in a year | 14625 total number | Chris Adam |
| 31 December 2012 | Largest collection of teddy bears | 8026 total number | Jackie Miley |
| 31 December 2012 | Highest rate of TV viewing (country) | USA | |
| 15 December 2012 | Largest wind chime | Jim Bolin | |
| 12 December 2012 | Largest telephone conference call | 16972 people | Broadnet Teleservices |
| 11 December 2012 | Most people lighting Menorahs | 834 people | The Jewish Center of Princeton |
| 08 December 2012 | Largest display of lit menorahs | NCSY | |
| 06 December 2012 | Oldest patient - dental implants | 100/210 year(s):day(s) | Filomena Battista |
| 30 November 2012 | Most people controlling paddle balls | 443 people | Steve Langley aka The Paddle Ball King, O.P. Earle Elementary School, Landrum Middle School |
| 27 November 2012 | Longest tongue | 10.1 centimetre(s) | Nick Stoeberl |
| 26 November 2012 | Most apples cut in the air by sword in one minute | 29 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 25 November 2012 | Most baseballs held in a baseball glove | 26 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 21 November 2012 | Most expensive chocolate | 250 US dollar(s) | Fritz Knipschildt |
| 21 November 2012 | Longest coma | Edwarda O’Bara | |
| 19 November 2012 | Highest popping toaster | 4.57 metre(s) | Matthew Lucci |
| 18 November 2012 | Most behind-the-backboard basketball shots in one minute | 22 total number | Li Heng, Ben Antony |
| 18 November 2012 | Fastest marathon in superhero costume (female) | 2:48:51 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Camille Herron |
| 18 November 2012 | Fastest swim underwater 50 metres in a 25 metre pool | 27.86 second(s) | Jordan Proffitt |
| 17 November 2012 | Longest zip wire course (combined length) | Historic Banning Mills | |
| 15 November 2012 | Largest pickleball tournament | 370 people | Tennis Competitors of Dallas |
| 07 November 2012 | Most likes on a Facebook item in 24 hours | 3868253 total number | Barack Obama |
| 05 November 2012 | Largest media scavenger hunt | 14580 people | Misha Collins |
| 26 October 2012 | Largest collection of trolls | 2990 total number | Sherry Groom |
| 25 October 2012 | Largest collection of letter openers | 5000 total number | Santa Fe College Foundation |
| 21 October 2012 | Most people taking part in a ground breaking ceremony | 6256 people | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 20 October 2012 | Highest driver score on Blur | David Heidner | |
| 16 October 2012 | Fastest standing mile – car | 283.232 mile(s) per hour | Johnny Bohmer |
| 13 October 2012 | Oldest person to complete the IRONMAN®World Championship | 82/129 year(s):day(s) | Lew Hollander |
| 11 October 2012 | Most costume changes in eight hours | Kmart | |
| 07 October 2012 | Largest air drum ensemble | 2297 people | San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino |
| 05 October 2012 | Longest stoppie (endo;front-wheel wheelie) on motorcycle | Jesse Toler | |
| 01 October 2012 | Largest Frito pie | 601.01 kilogram(s) | Frito-Lay |
| 01 October 2012 | Largest collection of Dragon Ball memorabilia | 6148 total number | Michael Nilsen |
| 30 September 2012 | Heaviest log press | Zydrunas Savickas | |
| 30 September 2012 | Largest sky drawing by an aircraft display team | 7673845 square metre(s) | Paddy Power PLC. |
| 29 September 2012 | Largest spam musubi | Edward Sugimoto | |
| 25 September 2012 | Largest game of dodgeball | 6084 people | UC Irvine |
| 20 September 2012 | Most eggs thrown and caught in one minute (team of two) | 87 total number | Bipin Larkin, Ashrita Furman |
| 15 September 2012 | Largest yo-yo | 3.6258 metre(s) | Beth Johnson |
| 13 September 2012 | Largest functioning blackjack table | 206.85 square metre(s) | Viejas Casino |
| 08 September 2012 | Smallest service dog | 15.87 centimetre(s) | Cupcake |
| 07 September 2012 | Smallest roadworthy non-production car | 63.5/65.41/126.47 centimetre(s) | Austin Coulson |
| 06 September 2012 | Most online vouchers sold in 24 hours | LivingSocial | |
| 05 September 2012 | Largest timepiece | 8.42 square kilometre(s) | James Bowers |
| 03 September 2012 | Largest paper snowflake | 4.43 metre(s) | Christa Faye Hanson |
| 02 September 2012 | Most people making spring rolls simultaneously | 327 people | Team Ross |
| 01 September 2012 | Largest crab cake | Handy International Incorporated | |
| 31 August 2012 | Heaviest green cabbage | 62.71 kilogram(s) | Scott A. Robb |
| 28 August 2012 | Longest duration human-powered rotorcraft flight | 1/5.1 minute(s):second(s) | Gamera II |
| 25 August 2012 | Most participants in a swimming relay in one hour (60 ft pool) | 281 people | The Foundation for Aquatic Safety and Training, Joseph Zemaitis, Founder |
| 24 August 2012 | Most people husking corn | 3463 people | University of Illinois |
| 23 August 2012 | Fastest caravan tow | 228.523 kilometre(s) per hour | Jason Sands |
| 20 August 2012 | Largest collection of cookie jars | 2653 total number | Edith Eva Fuchs |
| 19 August 2012 | Most grapes caught by mouth in one minute | 86 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 19 August 2012 | Largest paddle board (SUP) lesson | 517 people | Hailey's House |
| 15 August 2012 | Tallest stack of Guinness World Records™ books (team) in one minute | Steve Klinsky, Greg Detweiler, Susan Reiter, Scott Baglien, Verna Shinneman, David Koch, Alisa Bierman, Brenda Northup, Diane DeSplinter | |
| 10 August 2012 | Most people playing spoons | 1980 people | Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. |
| 08 August 2012 | Farthest distance to throw and catch a water balloon | 38.82 metre(s) | Bipin Larkin, Ashrita Furman |
| 04 August 2012 | Fastest cycle across the USA (N-S and E-W) | 39/23/45/0 day(s):hour(s):minute(s) | Glen Burmeister |
| 01 August 2012 | Most times for a golfer to score their age or below in 24 hours | 7 total number | Bob Kurtz |
| 31 July 2012 | Largest collection of toasters | Kenneth Huggins | |
| 28 July 2012 | Longest wheelie by a skid loader | 21.88 metre(s) | Jake Hatch |
| 27 July 2012 | Fastest mile joggling with five objects - men | 6/33.7 minute(s):second(s) | Matthew Feldman |
| 26 July 2012 | Highest backflip pogo stick jump | 2.82 metre(s) | Curt Markwardt |
| 22 July 2012 | Most olives eaten in one minute | 60 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 21 July 2012 | First solo circumnavigation of the globe using human power | Erden Eruc | |
| 18 July 2012 | Largest lollipop | 3176.5 tonne(s)/metric ton(s) | See's Candies |
| 15 July 2012 | Highest-rated TV series (ever) | 99 percentage | Breaking Bad |
| 13 July 2012 | Largest cocktail | 39746.82 litre(s) | Nick Nicora |
| 12 July 2012 | Longest golf carry at altitude below 1,000 m | 430 metre(s) | Ryan Winther |
| 07 July 2012 | Largest collection of umbrella sleeves | Nancy Hoffman | |
| 03 July 2012 | Most nails hammered with the head in one minute | John Ferraro | |
| 02 July 2012 | Farthest marshmallow nose-blow | Paul Prado, Sophia Rojas | |
| 02 July 2012 | Largest hamburger commercially available | Juicys Foods | |
| 01 July 2012 | Most consecutive stairs climbed while juggling a football | 4698 total number | Abraham Munoz |
| 01 July 2012 | Most basketball three pointers in 24 hours | 10381 total number | Daniel Loriaux |
| 29 June 2012 | Most sugar glass bottles broken on head in 30 seconds | 72 total number | Thomas Stefanik |
| 29 June 2012 | Youngest X Games athlete | Jagger Eaton | |
| 29 June 2012 | Highest jump, Moto X Step Up jump | Ronnie Renner | |
| 28 June 2012 | Largest collection of X-Men memorabilia | Eric Jaskolka | |
| 27 June 2012 | Largest collection of stamps featuring eyeglasses | 2750 total number | Jane Hushea |
| 27 June 2012 | Most basketball three pointers in one hour | 1077 total number | Daniel Loriaux |
| 24 June 2012 | Longest time to hold the elbow hook split position on a pole | Amanda Jean Longo | |
| 21 June 2012 | Fastest mile bounce juggling three bouncy balls (male) | 7/27 minute(s):second(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 20 June 2012 | Fastest 100 m by a land mammal | 5.95 second(s) | Sarah (Cheetah) |
| 17 June 2012 | Farthest jump by a dog (dock jumping) | 9.44 metre(s) | Cochiti , Taz |
| 15 June 2012 | Oldest active fitness instructor (multiple disciplines) | 60 year(s) | Wendy Ida |
| 15 June 2012 | First tightrope walk at the base of Niagara Falls | first | NIkolas Wallenda |
| 15 June 2012 | Largest collection of toothpaste tubes | 2037 total number | Val Kolpakov |
| 06 June 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on a tablet computer | 26 hour(s) | Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor |
| 03 June 2012 | Most people down a zip wire (rope slide) in 1 hour | 183 people | ACE Adventure Resort |
| 02 June 2012 | Largest gathering of people wearing cowboy hats | 39013 people | Angels Baseball |
| 01 June 2012 | Largest trombone ensemble | 368 people | Arena Stage , FAME |
| 28 May 2012 | Largest dress | 150/50 metre(s) | Strecy Sankhe |
| 27 May 2012 | Most days at sea by a male ocean rower (solo) | 844 day(s) | Erden Eruç |
| 27 May 2012 | Greatest distance rowed on the Atlantic Ocean | 13,085 kilometre(s) | Erden Eruç |
| 27 May 2012 | First non-stop row across the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico | first first | Erden Eruç |
| 27 May 2012 | Greatest distance rowed solo on the ocean | 43,459 kilometre(s) | Erden Eruç |
| 25 May 2012 | Most directors of a film | The Owner | |
| 24 May 2012 | Youngest X Factor judge | Demi Lovato | |
| 22 May 2012 | Most public votes received by a television programme | American Idol | |
| 20 May 2012 | Fastest speed on a public highway (closed road) | 392.2 kilometre(s) per hour | Jim Peruto |
| 19 May 2012 | Most points waterskiing overall (women) | 3,126.25 point(s) | Natalia Berdnikova |
| 19 May 2012 | Most paper collected in 24 hours (multiple venues) | 210025.97 kilogram(s) | Shred-it |
| 17 May 2012 | Largest collection of sneakers / trainers | Jordy Geller | |
| 13 May 2012 | Most skips by a dog in one minute | Geronimo | |
| 12 May 2012 | Lowest golf score 18 holes (male) | Rhein Gibson | |
| 08 May 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on a role-playing game (RPG) | 48:14:00 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Jeff Nation, JJ Locke, Casey Coffman, George Vogl, Jeff Sagedal |
| 06 May 2012 | Most head spins in one minute (male) | 137 total number | Youssef El Toufali |
| 06 May 2012 | Fastest relay flying disc (20 m course) | 8.74 second(s) | Tim Habenicht, Daniel Habenicht, Elyse Habenicht, Lindsey Habenicht, Cliff West |
| 05 May 2012 | Most basketball free throws made in two minutes while alternating hands | 88 total number | Bob J. Fisher |
| 01 May 2012 | Largest retractable utility knife / box cutter / stanley knife | 816/83/268 millimetre(s) | Art Kalaj |
| 30 April 2012 | Largest box office loss | 104982678/146947958 US dollar(s) | Cutthroat Island |
| 29 April 2012 | Longest marathon playing dodgeball | 41/3/17 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Right to Play at Castleton |
| 25 April 2012 | Largest speed mixer event | Cindy Kosydor | |
| 23 April 2012 | Longest time to live with a bullet in the head | 94:175 year(s):day(s) | William Lawlis Pace |
| 21 April 2012 | Most eyebrow waxes in 24 hours (multiple venues) | Benefit Cosmetics | |
| 21 April 2012 | Most people changing diapers simultaneously (multiple venues) | Great Cloth Diaper Change | |
| 21 April 2012 | Largest serving of nachos | 2126.89 kilogram(s) | Centerplate at University of Kansas |
| 21 April 2012 | Largest donation of personal hygiene products | Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri | |
| 20 April 2012 | Largest toast at a single venue | 32904 people | Boston Red Sox |
| 20 April 2012 | Most participants in a game of tag in 24 hours (multiple venues) | Boys & Girls Clubs of America | |
| 20 April 2012 | Largest motorized shopping trolley | Fred Reifsteck | |
| 19 April 2012 | Most people running 100 metres in a 1 hour relay (outdoor) | 252 people | Lebanon & Watertown High Schools |
| 18 April 2012 | First person to circumnavigate the Americas sailing non-stop solo | 8.2 first | Matt Rutherford |
| 07 April 2012 | Fastest half marathon hula hooping | 3/3/48 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Betty Shurin |
| 06 April 2012 | Fastest time to print 500 sheets by a colour desktop printer | 7/19 minute(s):second(s) | Hewlett-Packard |
| April 2012 | Largest stage, temporary | 25549.02 square metre(s) | Frieze, Production Glue and Karl's Event Services |
| 31 March 2012 | Most volunteer hours worked | 77019 hour(s) | Viola Cocran |
| 31 March 2012 | First UK group to debut at No.1 in USA with debut album | first | One Direction |
| 30 March 2012 | Lowest vocal note by a male | 0.189 hertz(es) | Tim Storms |
| 30 March 2012 | First female WWE Superstar Challenge winner | AJ Lee (birth name April Jeanette Mendez) | |
| 25 March 2012 | Largest trading card game tournament | 4364 people | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. |
| 23 March 2012 | Most boiled eggs peeled and eaten in one minute | 6 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 21 March 2012 | Longest living quadriplegic (incomplete) | 83/5/12 year(s):day(s) | Janet Barnes |
| 20 March 2012 | Most revolutions hula hooping in one minute | 243 total number | Gregory Sean Dillon |
| 17 March 2012 | Most spinning tops spun simultaneously | Mark Hayward | |
| 12 March 2012 | Largest collection of Morgan (motoring) memorabilia | W. Garrett Capune | |
| 11 March 2012 | Fastest mile hula hooping whilst balancing a milk bottle on the head | 13/37.35 minute(s):second(s) | Ashrita Furman |
| 09 March 2012 | Most football touches with the heel in one minute (female) | 102 total number | Indi Cowie |
| 08 March 2012 | Largest collection of Converse shoes | 1546 total number | Joshua Mueller |
| 07 March 2012 | Oldest active lifeguard | 88/6/4 year(s):day(s) | Louis Demers |
| 05 March 2012 | Most blindfolded free throws in two minutes | 37 total number | Bob J. Fisher |
| 05 March 2012 | Farthest distance skateboarding by a goat | Happie | |
| 26 February 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on Guitar Hero | 72/17 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Patrick Young |
| 26 February 2012 | Farthest flight by a paper aircraft | 69.14 metre(s) | John Collins, Joe Ayoob |
| 25 February 2012 | Most professional basketball jerseys worn at once | Michael Garcia | |
| 22 February 2012 | Smallest dog model | Bebe | |
| 20 February 2012 | Most apples snapped in one minute | 44 total number | Ashrita Furman |
| 17 February 2012 | Most LEGO®NINJAGO®spinner competitions in 24 hours (multiple venues) | Patrick ONeil | |
| 14 February 2012 | Most kisses in one minute by a pair | 258 total number | Paul Fremeau and Alina Evans |
| 12 February 2012 | Longest forward jump on roller skates | 6.18 metre(s) | Jeff Dupont |
| 04 February 2012 | Most people to row 100 metres on a Concept II Indoor Rower in a one hour relay | 166 people | Sarasota Crew |
| 03 February 2012 | Oldest performing clown | Floyd "Creeky" Creekmore | |
| 02 February 2012 | Most gender reassignment surgery | 167 total number | Blair Logsdon |
| 27 January 2012 | Largest collection of beer bottles | 25866 total number | Ron Werner |
| 23 January 2012 | Longest career as a judge | Wesley E. Brown | |
| 20 January 2012 | Largest parade of fire trucks | 220 total number | Atoka Fire Department |
| 16 January 2012 | Most hula hoop rotations while standing on one leg in one minute | Mridula Shanker | |
| 14 January 2012 | Most Ferrero Rocher chocolates eaten in one minute | 9 total number | Patrick Bertoletti, Peter Czerwinski |
| 14 January 2012 | Most cloves of garlic eaten in one minute | 36 total number | Patrick Bertoletti |
| 14 January 2012 | Most bananas peeled and eaten in one minute | 8 total number | Patrick Bertoletti |
| 14 January 2012 | Most peanut butter and jelly sandwiches eaten in one minute | Patrick Bertoletti | |
| 14 January 2012 | Most shrimps eaten in one minute | 167 gram(s) | Patrick Bertoletti |
| 12 January 2012 | Most canned drinks opened by a parrot in one minute | Zac | |
| 09 January 2012 | Fastest time to walk 10 m backwards in iron shoes | Ashrita Furman | |
| 07 January 2012 | Largest bird feeder (volume) | 334.73 cubic metre(s) | William Greene |
| 2012 | Largest exporter of arms (country) | 73500000 US dollar(s) | USA |