{"id":642803,"date":"2026-05-14T14:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/642803\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:41:15","slug":"meet-the-real-life-superheroes-with-record-breaking-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/642803\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the real-life SUPERHEROES with record-breaking powers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Superheroes: real or fake?<\/p>\n

REAL!<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t believe us, meet our very own team of record breakers with\u2026 superpowers – from the Human Spider to The Flame and many more in between!<\/p>\n

As cool as they sound, these tricks are for expert grown-ups only \u2013 so if you\u2019re a kid, DO NOT try them at home\u2026 but get inspiration for what you might be able to do someday, when you grow up!\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Human Spider<\/p>\n

\"man<\/p>\n

Starting with our real-life Spider-Man, Alain Robert (France), who holds the record for most buildings climbed!<\/p>\n

Do you have a fear of heights?<\/p>\n

Well, Alain clearly doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

As of 2015, he had climbed 121 buildings, including skyscrapers, in a series of dangerous and awe-inspiring stunts, so who knows how many more he may have climbed by now\u2026<\/p>\n

Known as the \u201cFrench Spider-Man\u201d, Alain started scaling towers, mountains and skyscrapers in 1994.<\/p>\n

He also holds the records for fastest time to climb The Torch Doha unassisted (solo) with a time of 1 hour 33 minutes and 47 seconds and fastest time to climb the Burj Khalifa tower \u2013 the world\u2019s tallest building \u2013 in 6 hours 13 minutes and 55 seconds.<\/p>\n

It was all worth it for the record title \u2013 and the breathtaking views!<\/p>\n

The Samurai<\/p>\n

\"samurai<\/p>\n

Isao Machii from Japan could rival Wolverine\u2019s claws with his awesome samurai sword skills!<\/p>\n

In 2015, he broke the record for most martial arts sword cuts to one mat (Suegiri) with a total of 8 and no one has outdone him yet.<\/p>\n

But there is more! He\u2019s also held the record for fastest 1,000 martial arts (iaido) sword cuts, with a time of 36 minutes and 4 seconds, since 2007.<\/p>\n

Isao is also the record holder for fastest BB pellet cut by sword (158.29 km\/h; 98.36 mph), the most sword cuts to straw mats in 3 minutes (252) and the fastest tennis ball cut by sword (700 km\/h; 434.96 mph).<\/p>\n

Pretty amazing, right?<\/p>\n

Kilo-Girl<\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

Nina Geria from Ukraine is definitely the real-life She-Hulk, thanks to her incredible strength!<\/p>\n

She holds the record for the\u00a0farthest distance to wheelbarrow a car (female) with a distance of 90 metres (295 ft 3.3 in).<\/p>\n

She also broke records for the\u00a0highest keg toss (female) (3.90 m; 12 ft 10 in) and the fastest 20 metres duck walk carrying 120 kg (12.33 sec).<\/p>\n

She\u2019s unstoppable!<\/p>\n

Elastic Man<\/p>\n

\"stretchy<\/p>\n

Have you seen the Fantastic Four movie?<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t Garry Turner (UK) the real-life Mr Fantastic?<\/p>\n

Garry has held the record for stretchiest skin (male) since 1998 \u2013 NOBODY\u2019S skin is as stretchy as his!<\/p>\n

He also used his stretchy skin to break the record for most clothes pegs on the face in 2013 with a total of 161\u2026 WOW.<\/p>\n

Super Hooper<\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

Marawa Ibrahim (Australia) is our Super Hooper!<\/p>\n

She\u2019s been breaking records for over a decade and currently has 8 titles to her name:<\/p>\n

Farthest distance on high-heeled roller skates spinning 8 hula hoops \u2013 43.20 m
\nFastest 50 m hula hooping (female) \u2013 8.76 sec
\nFastest 100 m on high-heeled roller skates \u2013 26.10 sec
\nMost hula hoops spun simultaneously \u2013 200
\nFastest 100 m on roller skates while spinning three hula hoops \u2013 27.26 sec
\nFastest mile hula hooping (female) \u2013 8 min 0.40 sec
\nFastest 100 m hula hooping (female) \u2013 17.87 sec
\nMost hula hoops spun whilst suspended from the wrists – 50<\/p>\n

The Flame<\/p>\n

\"man<\/p>\n

Our very own Human Torch is Josef T\u00f6dtling (Austria), who has performed a series of wild stunts while he was\u2026 on fire!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry, this is all totally safe when done by a professional like Josef \u2013 he\u2019s been doing stunts like this for years and is an absolute LEGEND.<\/p>\n

Among his many records, Josef has held the title for longest duration full body burn without oxygen since 2013 after managing an unprecedented 5 minutes and 41 seconds.<\/p>\n

Captain Freeze<\/p>\n

\"man<\/p>\n

From one extreme to the other\u2026<\/p>\n

The Flame is super cool, but what about Captain Freeze?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Damian Kasprzyk (Poland) holds the record for longest duration full body contact with ice (male). He spent 5 hours, 1 minute and 33 seconds completely submerged in ice.<\/p>\n

What a\u2026 chill guy!<\/p>\n

Apple Crush<\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

Now, this is what a real superwoman looks like!<\/p>\n

Stepping up instead of Captain Marvel is strongwoman Linsey Lindberg from USA.<\/p>\n

She used her muscles to break the record for most apples crushed with the bicep in 1 minute (female) managing 10 of them in just 60 seconds.<\/p>\n

Linsey, who goes by the nickname \u201cMama Lou\u201d, also holds the records for most decks of cards ripped in 1 minute (female) and the most telephone directories torn in 1 minute (female), both with a total of 5.<\/p>\n

Wonder Wheels<\/p>\n

\"Aaron<\/p>\n

Last but not least, meet Aaron Fotheringham (USA), who just like Professor X, doesn\u2019t let being in a wheelchair stop him from achieving incredible things!<\/p>\n

He holds the record for the highest ramp jump by wheelchair at 60 cm.<\/p>\n

Iconic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superheroes: real or fake? REAL! If you don\u2019t believe us, meet our very own team of record breakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[277642,4,450,220880,35917,451,220881,3,277641,452,453,277643],"class_list":["post-642803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-best-superheroes","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-guinness-record","tag-guinness-world-records","tag-headlines","tag-kids-records","tag-news","tag-superheroes-records","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-x-men-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}