I capped the year off on New Year’s Eve like so many others – with only my immediate family but also with a camera and 3 juggling balls to recapture the Guinness World Record’s title for most juggling catches in 3 minutes with 3 balls.

I also decided to do a quick recap of some of my favorite records of 2020 to kick it off. It really kicked off big with America’s Got Talent and the t-shirt ripping contest with Terry Crews right before the world came to a halt and then on to fire swords and shaving cream. I ran over 1,000 miles on 2020 (but biked a lot less without a commute to the office). I broke several records that took a lot of tries, and I have a few yet left to publish from 2020.

The record for most juggling catches in 3 minutes with 3 balls stood at 1,320 (440 per minute). I started off with 538 catches in the first minute, slowed to 494 in the 2nd minute and finished with 475 in the third minute, catching 2 in one hand a second shy of the 3 minutes to end the attempt. It was good enough for 1,507 catches in 3 minutes – over 500 per minute or 8.37 catches per second for a full 3 minutes.

If speed juggling for 1 minute is about like running a 400m dash, then juggling for 3 minutes is like trying to run at that same pace for a full kilometer. My arms burned like crazy at the end, but I’m glad to have this one back.