World Record Biggest Rubber Band

Megaton weighs 9 032 pounds is made of 730 000 rubber bands and took waul five years to build.

World record biggest rubber band.

A 7 year old s enormous loom band creation has set a new world record for the longest rubber band bracelet made by an individual. The worlds longest rubber band is 19 miles long. In 2008 a lauderhill man named joel waul earned the guinness world record for having made the world s largest rubber band ball. During the construction of his rubber band ball he was sponsored by officemax who sent him rubber bands to use for his ball.

The largest rubber band ball weighs 4 097 kg 9 032 lb was made by joel waul usa and was measured in lauderhill florida usa on 13 november 2008. Waul named it megaton and it stands six feet seven inches tall with a circumference of 26 feet. The longest loom band bracelet made by an individual is 2 011 68 m 6 600 ft and was achieved by katie dougherty usa in moraga california usa on 17 november 2019. The schoolchildren tied thousands of bands together then painstakingly measured them with the help of their teacher mr jeff ogas.

700 000 rubber bands of all sizes were used for the ball. Katie wanted to attempt this record as a challenge to herself. Ben mooney from bangor in county down northern ireland became dedicated to creating his incredible wristband woven from coloured rubber bands when the rainbow loom children s toy craze became a phenomenon earlier this year. Steve milton of eugene oregon previously held the record for the biggest rubber band ball beginning in 2006.

The world s longest rubber band chain was assembled by school children from gettysburg elementary school in clovis california usa and measured 30 5 km 19 miles long. It currently sits in the ripley s believe it or not. This record can be dangerous.