London Marathon 2025: All 87 world record attempts from Adele Roberts to traffic cone
More than 46,000 people will start the TCS London Marathon on Sunday with 87 different world record attempts taking place on the iconic course from Greenwich to The Mall
The London Marathon will host 87 different world record attempts on Sunday with broadcaster Adele Roberts among those looking to break new ground. DJ Roberts is attempting to set the fastest aggregate time to complete all World Marathon Majors with a stoma and is raising money for Cancer Research UK and Attitude Magazine Foundation in the process.
Four-time Paralympian David Wetherill will look to break the record for fastest marathon on crutches with the current time set at 6hrs 11mins and 11secs, while the fancy dress attempts range from fastest female in a rugby kit to male in a traffic cone.
A team of official adjudicators will be on hand at the start and finish lines to check costumes, verify times and confirm successful participants as official Guinness World Records title holders, earning them a place in the annual.
And the London Marathon is aiming to break the record for the most participants in a marathon, with an estimated 56,000 people set to take part this weekend. The current record of 55,646 was set by the New York City Marathon last November.
A total of 840,318 people applied to take part in this weekend's race via the public ballot. It is also the world 's largest annual one-day fundraising event with more than £1.3 billion raised for charity since 1981.
All official record attempts taking place at the 2025 TCS London Marathon
1. Fastest marathon dressed as a reptile (female)
2. Fastest marathon dressed as a Spartan warrior
3. Fastest aggregate time to complete all Abbott World Marathon Majors races with a stoma (female)
4. Fastest marathon dressed as a rotating puzzle cube (female)
5. Most underpants worn during a marathon (male)
6. Most underpants worn during a marathon (male)
7. Most pairs of underwear worn during a marathon (female)
8. Fastest marathon in a firefighter's uniform and breathing apparatus (SCBA) (male)
9. Fastest marathon dressed as a Knight (male)
10. Fastest marathon dressed as a Knight (male)
11. Fastest marathon dressed as a Knight (male)
12. Fastest marathon dribbling a field hockey ball (male)
13. Fastest marathon in a full-body inflatable costume (female)
14. Fastest marathon in a full-body inflatable costume (female)
15. Fastest marathon in a full-body inflatable costume (male)
16. Fastest marathon with a subcutaneous defibrillator (S-ICD) (female)
17. Fastest marathon by a mascot (female)
18. Fastest marathon by a mascot (female)
19. Fastest marathon dressed as a referee (female)
20. Fastest marathon dressed as a referee (female)
21. Fastest marathon in military uniform with respirator (male)
22. Fastest marathon in military uniform with respirator (male)
23. Fastest marathon in a four-person costume
24. Fastest marathon dressed in a tent
25. Fastest marathon in a two-person costume (female)
26. Fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional plant (male)
27. Fastest marathon dressed as a book (male)
28. Fastest marathon in a suit (male)
29. Fastest marathon with Parkinson's Disease (male)
30. Fastest marathon dressed as a fish (female)
31. Fastest marathon in a 10-person costume
32. Fastest marathon dressed as a vegetable (female)
33. Fastest marathon dressed as a clown (female)
34. Fastest marathon dressed as a bird (male)
35. Fastest marathon in an inflatable costume (male)
36. Fastest marathon dressed as a lumberjack (male)
37. Fastest marathon dressed as a crustacean (male)
38. Fastest marathon dressed as a jockey (male)
39. Fastest marathon dressed as a fish (male)
40. Fastest marathon with multiple sclerosis (female)
41. Fastest marathon with multiple sclerosis (female)
42. Fastest marathon dressed in traditional Malay dress (female)
43. Fastest marathon wearing sliders (male)
44. Fastest marathon dressed as an elf (male)
45. Fastest marathon dressed as a piece of medical equipment (female)
46. Fastest marathon dressed as a cell (male)
47. Fastest marathon dressed as a cell (female)
48. Fastest marathon dressed as a cell (female)
49. Fastest marathon dressed as a mug
50. Fastest marathon dressed in traditional Nepali dress
51. Fastest marathon dressed as a swimmer (female)
52. Fastest marathon dressed as a pirate (male)
53. Fastest marathon dressed as a pirate (male)
54. Fastest marathon dressed as a candle (female)
55. Fastest marathon dressed as a mammal (male)
56. Fastest marathon wearing foam clogs (male)
57. Fastest marathon dressed as a body part (male)
58. Fastest marathon dressed as a body part (male)
59. Fastest marathon dressed as a bird (female)
60. Fastest marathon dressed as a bird (female)
61. Fastest marathon dressed as a television character (female)
62. Fastest marathon dressed in an American football kit (male) (CIH)
63. Fastest marathon in netball kit (female)
64. Fastest marathon dressed as a mythical creature (male)
65. Fastest marathon with bilateral total knee replacements (female)
66. Fastest marathon dressed as a monarch (female)
67. Fastest marathon dressed as a monarch (male)
68. Fastest marathon by a type 1 diabetic (male)
69. Fastest marathon by a type 1 diabetic (male)
70. Fastest marathon dressed as a house (male)
71. Fastest marathon dressed as a traffic cone (male)
72. Youngest person to complete a marathon (II1) (male)
73. Fastest marathon (male) (II1)
74. Fastest marathon run by mother and daughter (IS1)
75. Fastest marathon dressed as a caveperson (male)
76. Fastest marathon on crutches (male)
77. Fastest marathon dressed as a crustacean (female)
78. Fastest marathon dressed as an alien (male)
79. Fastest marathon (CIH) (male)
80. Fastest marathon dressed as a medal (male)
81. Fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional aircraft (male)
82. Fastest marathon dressed as a crossing guard/lollipop person (female)
83. Fastest marathon dressed as a post box (male)
84. Fastest marathon run by three siblings
85. Fastest marathon in a rainbow costume (female)
86. Most marathons run in the same three-dimensional costume (male)
87. Fastest marathon dressed in a rugby kit (female)
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