The IHPVA was founded in 1976 in the USA and was for many years an association of individual members with the publications Human Power and HPV News.
Due to conflicts regarding record keeping and copyrights, the HPVA left the IHPVA in 2004.
[1] This tried to regain its domain by appealing to the ICANN's ombudsman but was unsuccessful and in 2009 renamed itself to World Human Powered Vehicle Association (WHPVA).
The current hour record was achieved by Sam Wittingham with a total Distance of 90.60 km (56.29 mi) in 2009.
[2] Its recordbase has forked from the WHPVA in 2009, who currently recognizes Francesco Russo's 2016 claim of 92.43 km (57.43 mi) as the hour record.