I have held this record on three separate occasions. The first time was in 2016. I balanced a chainsaw on my chin for 3 minutes and 1 second breaking my 4th ever Guinness World Records title. It was surpassed by a mark of 5 minutes so I doubled it with a run of 10 minutes in 2017.

Then that was beaten by a run of 20 minutes so I came back after it with a growth mindset and now hold the record at 37 minutes 56 seconds – over an order of magnitude longer than my first attempt (which I was very happy with, by the way.

This time I built up the strength and endurance to go longer than I ever had before. I stood there knowing I could do it and I pushed through the pain. I was focused and could have even gone a little longer but I backed into the fireplace with my legs and couldn’t keep my chin in the chainsaw and it fell off (into my gloved hands).