Is your family the most competitive in the UK? Guinness World Records wants you!
Whether it’s competing in sport, battling over board games, or just trying to be the best at a particular skill, there’s often a little “anything you can do, I can do better” spirit within a family. Now, Guinness World Records wants to find out which family takes that competitive streak to the next level.
With Guinness World Records London preparing to open its newest permanent entertainment venue at The O2 this winter, GWR is launching a nationwide search for a competitive family to put our Record Challenges to the test.
With 45 Guinness World Records titles available to attempt across five arenas, could you become the fastest typist, or achieve the loudest scream? We can’t wait to see what you’ll attempt!
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GWR London is searching across the UK for a family that always wants to win, is up for a challenge, and loves a bit of healthy competition. If that sounds like your household, you could be invited to put your skills to the test and compete to be crowned the UK’s most competitive family.

GWR Adjudicator Will Munford on hand with his stopwatch
Tick all the boxes? Head online here, fill in the form, and tell us about your most embarrassing competitive family moment in 100 words or less.
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Will Munford, Adjudicator at Guinness World Records, said: “Guinness World Records London will give every guest the unique chance to take on our line-up of brilliantly fun and exciting record attempts, and potentially walk away a world record breaker themselves.

“We know how competitive families can get, so we want to find out who is the most competitive of them all and get them along to our new attraction to see if they have what it takes to become our first record breakers!”
Think you’re ready to be a part of it? You could be the first to put one of GWR London’s record challenges to the test, and who knows, your family might walk away Officially Amazing!