I only missed once. I got 27 shots off in 1 minute on a single load NERF gun, and I only missed once. The target did get so full that 2 shots bounced off other darts so they didn’t count, but I’m almost more proud that I only had 1 shot off target than I broke my previous Guinness World Record mark by over 25%.

I broke this record for the first time in 2018 with 16 hits. Ashrita took it back. I broke it again in 2019 with 19 hits. This time, I’m trying to put it out of reach.

I’m in the middle of some pretty strenuous training for some physically demanding record attempts (i.e 125+ miles run already in September alone), but I want to keep breaking other records that don’t take as much physical stamina. That’s not to say this record is easy to break. When I first found it at 14 hits in a minute, it took me months of practice to get to a point where I could break it. It’s a good thing this is a fun record to practice.

Tens of thousands of shots later, I know how the dart is going to fly. Loading the dart is almost more important that aiming to fire. The slowest part of this record is getting the next foam dart in the chamber and cocking it. If you move too fast, it’s easy to start pushing on the dart before it’s perfectly lined up with the hole. If that happens the dart bends and won’t fire strait, or if it’s bad, it won’t even reach the target. I’ve learned to feel for the slight bend in the dart as I push it in to aim just a little up, down, left, or right to make sure it hits its mark.

By the end of the attempt there are usually groupings of darts that I need to aim away from, otherwise there’s a higher chance it’ll hit a dart already on the board and bounce off. This happened to me twice.

In the end, I got 24 hits that were still on the target 5 seconds after the minute expired qualifying me for another Guinness World Records title.