Domino Toppling World Records

The Rules

The record is for the most dominoes toppled in a chain reaction. The pushover must start from a single point. Once the chain reaction ends, the attempt is over. It is not important how many dominoes were set up - just the number of dominoes which fall counts.

The Records (Teams)

number
 team
 date and venue
11 111
 Bob Speca (USA) Dec 1974
13 832
 six students of the University of Washington
 6 June 1975, Seattle, USA
15 000
 Bob Speca (USA) Winter 1976
22 221
 Bob Speca (USA) Spring 1976, Philadelphia, USA
33 266
 Michael Cairney and team (Great Britain)
 30 March 1977, London, Great Britain
50 000
 Bob Speca (USA) 21 June 1977, Philadelphia, USA
55 555 Bob Speca (USA) 22 Oct 1977, Philadelphia, USA
97 500
 Bob Speca (USA) 9 June 1978, New York, USA
135 215
 John Wickham and Erez Klein (USA)
 17 April 1979, Wilmette, USA
169 713
 Michael Cairney (Great Britain)
 9 June 1979, Poughkeepsie, USA
255 389
 Alistair Howden and team
 1 July 1979, Auckland, New Zealand
255 389
 John Wickham and Erez Klein (USA)
 24 Aug 1980, Hakone, Japan
281 581
 Klaus Friedrich (Germany)
 2 Jan 1984, Fürth, Germany
755 836
 Weijers Domino Productions
Theme: The Netherlands
 27 Dec 1986, Lisse, Netherlands
1 382 101
 Weijers Domino Productions
Theme: European Community
 2 Jan 1988, Minimundus, Rosmalen, Netherlands
1 605 757
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Visionland"
 28 Aug 1998, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2 472 480
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Europe Without Borders"
 5 Nov 1999, Zuidlaren, Netherlands
2 751 518
 Team from China and Japan
"Challenge Domino 2000"
 31 Dec 1999, Beijing, China
2 977 678
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Reaction"
 3 Nov 2000, Zuidlaren, Netherlands
3 407 535
 Team from China, Japan and South Korea
 3 Dec 2000, Beijing, China
3 540 562
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Bridging the World"
 16 Nov 2001, Maastricht, Netherlands
3 847 295
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Expressions for Millions"
 15 Nov 2002, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
  3 992 397 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Challenge"
 12 Nov 2004, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
4 002 136
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Domino Theatre of Eternal Stories"
 18 Nov 2005, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
4 079 381 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Music in Motion"		 17 Nov 2006, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
4 345 027
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "Breaking more World Records than ever"
 14 Nov 2008, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
4 491 863
 Weijers Domino Productions
Domino Day "The World in Domino" 		13 Nov 2009, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

The Records (Solo)

number
 record holder
 date and venue
 Championship Domino Toppling BookChampionship Domino Toppling Book
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11 111
 Bob Speca (USA) Dec 1974
15 000
 Bob Speca (USA) Winter 1976
22 221
 Bob Speca (USA) Spring 1976, Philadelphia,USA
50 000
 Bob Speca (USA) 21 June 1977, Philadelphia, USA
55 555
 Bob Speca (USA)
 22 Oct 1977, Philadelphia, USA
97 500
 Bob Speca (USA) 9 June 1978, New York, USA
169713
 Michael Cairney (Great Britain) 9 June 1979, Poughkeepsie, USA
281 581
 Klaus Friedrich (Germany) 27 Jan 1984, Fürth, Germany
303 621
 Ma Li Hua (China)
 16 Aug 2003, Singapore

Brick Domino Toppling

On 17 January 2004, at the opening of the Weser tunnel in Germany, a brick toppling record was set when approximately 1,500 volunteers built a line of bricks (weighing 2 kg each) from Bremerhaven to Nordenham, a distance of almost 27 km [16.78 miles]. 250,000 bricks were set and toppled successfully.  This event was named "Falling Stones"

Domino Toppling Spanning Six Continents

On May 9, 1986 the Hemophilia Association domino toppling team toppled 300,000 dominoes in a satellite linked event spanning six continents.
Starting in Atlanta, the chain reaction continued through Rio de Janeiro, London, Nairobi, Tokyo, Sydney, finishing back in Atlanta. The first domino at each site was triggered by an electronic signal relayed from a switch activated by the last domino at the prior site. Team members: John Wickham, Scott Suko, Michael Cairney, Erez Klein, Akira Enomoto, Daniel Beckerleg.
More web pages about domino tumbling:
Domino F/X,
Mike Perruci's web site,
Anno Domino 2000,
Japan Domino Association (in Japanese language),
Power Domino (in Japanese language),
Japanese / Korean domino toppling site,
Domino Land,
Domino Net (in Chinese language),
Dominoday.nl (in Dutch / English language)

Upcoming record attempt: Domino Day 2009 on 13 November

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