Overview
- Event organisers and multiple outlets say Dani Roman and Fred Fugen completed the launches on November 5, 2026 and earned two Guinness World Records for human‑catapult height.
- Roman's solo launch reached 100.36 metres above his release point, securing the individual record, and a later simultaneous launch gave a combined height of 151.72 metres.
- The device was a custom 60‑metre human catapult built and installed by Slovenian team DD Squad inside the 360‑metre Trbovlje chimney after roughly two and a half years of work.
- Technical data supplied by organisers show the system accelerated the athletes from 0 to 180 km/h in 2.15 seconds, subjected them to up to 4.2g, and carried them to about 456.7 metres above ground before parachute deployment.
- Coverage highlights the engineering, the athletes' experience (more than 32,000 combined jumps), and commercial partners such as Red Bull and Prada while noting no independent safety or regulatory reviews have been reported.