This list shows some marble run related world records: (Longest, tallest, fastest)
Last Check: 16-04-2022 (restored from archive)
- The Longest Marble Run measures 2858,90 meter (9,379 ft 7 in) and is made bySensirion AG-The Sensor Company (Switzerland) in Flumserberg, Switzerland, on 1 September 2017. Jelle establish this record with 210,31 meters on may 2009. The attempt made by Klaus Peter Beier in August 2014 (1413,67 m) was disapproved.
- Longest running time (as far as known): 36 minutes on the 1413,67 meter marble run in Universum, Bremen
- Longest Sand Marble Race: 150 m (492 ft) made by Associazione Bibionese Albergatori ABA in Bibione, Italy, on 29 May 2010.* (longest unregistered Sand Marble Race is 230 meter build by Jelle Bakker)
- Largest total track length in a RBS: 1600 m (1 mile), the “Energy Machine” in Hong Kong Science Museum.
- Tallest Marble Run or Marble Machine: Unknown
- Tallest Rolling Ball Sculpture: 22 m (72 ft) tall, the Energy Machine in the Hong Kong Science Museum.
- Largest amount of marbles rolling simultaneously through a marble run (or marble machine): 11600 marbles rumbles down in the marble machine the “Marble Tsunami” at indoor playground “Monkey Town” at Gouda, Netherlands.
- Biggest Rolling Ball Clock: AION, which is 11.6 m (38 ft) high 6 m (19 ft 8 in) wide and 50 cm (1 ft 7 in) deep. It is located at the headquarters of Bucherer AG, Lucerne, Switzerland, and was measured on 11 March 2008. The total track length is 297,8 m (977 ft) *
- Fastest Ball speed in a RBS: Unknown
- Fastest Marble Run: Unknown
- Smallest RBS: “Micro RBS” made by Niels Jalling, it measures 32mm high, 39mm long and 32mm wide. It uses 2 mm balls.
- Most participants in a Human Marble Run: 510 people, achieved by Johnson & Johnson Middle East (UAE), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 1 March 2017.
- Biggest marble run looping (loop the loop): Unknown
- Largest Gravitrax Marble Run: Unknown
Record list longest marble runs:
Date: | Length: | Description: |
2009: | ±75 m | ??? |
4-APR-2009 | 210,31 m* | Jelle Bakker, Adventurepark Hellendoorn, Netherlands |
June 2011 | 216 m | Klaus Peter Beier, Kamp Lintford, Germany |
12-SEP-2011 | 394,19 m* | Cordes & Graefe KG, Germany |
April 2012 | 523,32 m* | Students of Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee, Washington, USA |
21-JUL-2012 | 649,38 m* | Klaus Peter Beier, Phaeno Wolfsburg, Germany |
23-MAR-2013 | 1043,62 m* | Klaus Peter Beier, Universum Cologne, Germany |
4-AUG-2013 | 1286,61 m* | Swinburne University, Australia |
2-JUL-2014 | 1288,58 m | Explorado Duisburg, Germany |
4-AUG-2014 | 1413,67 m | Klaus Peter Beier, Universum Bremen, Germany (failed, marble got stuck just few meters before record mark) |
15-AUG-2014 | 1888 m** | VCP, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany (does not meet requirements) |
14-May-2017 | 1918,12*/** | Handwerker und Gewerbeverein, in Elgg, Switzerland |
1-Sep-2017 | 2858,90* | Sensirion AG-The Sensor Company (Switzerland) in Flumserberg, Switzerland |
*Approved by Guinness World Records
**At these attempts, a 55 mm (2 inch) ball was used instead of a marble. Only marbles with max diameter of 18 mm (3/4 inch) are allowed.
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