I first broke this record in July 2018. It was harder this time.

The Bob and Tom‘s job show contacted me in July 2019 asking me if I wanted to attempt to break a world record by popping balloons with them on it. I said that would be great, how about we print your faces on the balloons and I threw chopsticks out them to pop them.

They decided they go with their logo instead.

I have thrown several thousand chopsticks in preparation for these recent chopsticks throwing records. A few weeks ago I broke the Guinness World Records title for the most chopsticks thrown in the target in one minute. That was 4 meters away, this was 2.

When I first broke this record I popped 28 balloons with chopsticks in one minute breaking the previous record of 24. It was broken recently with the run of 36 popped in one minute (50% than when I first broke it) so it was time to go after it again, but a lot more practice was required.

The longest part of getting prepped for this record was all the prep work: putting up all the cardboard, blowing up all the balloons, and taping both on the wall. We used hand pumps to pump up all the blooms instead of our mouths to ensure they were COVID-19-free. It took well over an hour for setup.

After a 3-2-1 go I started throwing the aluminum chopsticks from over 2 meters away. My first two throws missed. I should have stopped right there and restarted. I can only throw a little over 60 chopsticks per minute I need to make over 60% count. After 30 seconds I was just barely on pace to beat the record. I started panicking because I didn’t want to have us blow up that many more balloons for another try. We were already over schedule. But I calmed my body down, threw the chopsticks a little faster, and dialed in my throws to end up with 40 balloons burst in one minute, with one chopstick allowed to burst one balloon only and only one chopstick allowed to be thrown at a time.

Thanks so much for the help Summer, Gary, Sean, Christian! I couldn’t have done it without you! And for the record – you were all way better at throwing chopsticks than I made you look in the video (except that last shot at the end… that was just as impressive as it looked).