I am beyond thrilled to announce my new website: RecordBreakerRush.com and the new promo video that goes along with it.
Here’s the promo video
I retired from tech this year to pursue my dual passions of helping others accomplish more than they ever thought possible by breaking their own records and promoting STEM education.
David “Record Breaker” Rush is an engaging, talented, and inspirational speaker helping companies create a culture of record breaking through growth and thrive during challenging times. David has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records that have been viewed/heard over 150 million times, and was startup product manager #1 at a tech unicorn. David believes every person and organization is capable of breaking records and achieving more than they ever thought possible.
David’s unparalleled value proposition includes world records, startup product management experience, international news coverage, combined with audience engagement from being a juggler and entertainer. He can inspire businesses to think in new and challenging ways. With an EE degree from MIT and MBA from BSU, David brings intelligence, experience, and entertainment to any event.
After way too much interest in last week’s Guinness World Records title for the fastest time to drink 1 liter of lemon juice through a straw, I suffered from short term memory loss on the discomfort and went after the lime version of the record. It was also held by Andre Ortolf at 21.81 seconds.
For some reason, I was thinking that since I liked lime better than lemon that this would be more pleasant. I was mistaken. This time I even had to run to the sink before just barely being able to keep 200 servings of lime down.
I was in so much distress, I forgot to even ask if I broke the record for a couple of minutes. I got 17.29 seconds after a slow-motion review of both cameras showed I ended at exactly 17.29 seconds.
17.29 seconds mouth open
17.29 seconds mouth open
I think I’m done with drinking records for a while and will see if I can’t find some more physically active ones that get my blood flowing instead of making me sit around all day after.
My sister-in-law also told me I had to stop doing this since I was going to damage my stomach linking (she’s a nurse practitioner and I feel like maybe I should listen to her, or my body which agrees).
I’d love it if you checked out my book and the lessons it has to offer someone who wants to improve themself. How does someone go from not smart enough for the gifted program in Idaho’s public education system to an MIT graduate with an electrical engineering degree or from having zero Guinness World Records at the age of 30 to 150 at the age of 35? I offer stories from my first 21 record attempts that hone in on a particular idea or topic that can help almost anyone become more successful in their life.
It has been since March of 2018 since I broke both the speed juggling records the 3-ball cascade and 3-ball shower juggling patterns. I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to challenge either of these records but Michael Ferreri finally did with the shower juggling patter beating my mark of 556 catches in one minute with 558. That was enough to kick me back into training mode for the hardest Guinness World Record I have ever done.
Last March, I also set the mark for most juggling catches in a minute with 3 balls with the cascade juggling pattern, which is the one the juggling community recognized with 495 catches. That’s a record I’ve held continuously since June of 2016 when I got 428 catches in a minute beating the previous mark of 422 which was both the Guinness World Record as well as the Juggling community recognized (Guinness used to require the slower cascade juggling pattern but now allows the faster shower pattern). My only regret from that attempt was that I didn’t break the 500 catch in one-minute barrier with the cascade juggling pattern.
Michael broke the one Guinness now recognizes (shower) but I decided I was going to go for both if I was going to train for speed juggling again. The rules are slightly different for Guinness and the juggling community because for Guinness the timer starts when the timer says go (and you need 2 witnesses and 2 timers present for the attempt to be official). For the cascade pattern recognized by the juggling community, the timer starts when the first throw leaves the hand and all you need is a camera to capture evidence instead of 4 other people plus a camera giving a lot more flexibility on when and where you can break the record.
I broke the Guinness World Record for most juggling catches in one minute with 3 balls on my birthday on Dec 13, since I could think of no better gift for myself that the Guinness World Record in which I take the most pride. It then took me 3 or 4 sessions of recording myself over the next week to beat the 3-ball juggling cascade record.
Cover photo from the last time I broke these 2 records
For the Guinness Record using the shower I got 586 catches in one minute beating the previous record by 28 and my previous mark by 30, or a half a catch a second, which is a substantial improvement (half a catch a second more!). At 30 seconds I was at 304 catches, on pace for 608 catches in one minute! I was so close to breaking the 10 catch per second barrier. I’ll get it next time.
The day I became the fastest juggler in the world with 3 balls in the cascade pattern. I’ve held it ever since.
For the cascade pattern, my goal was 500 catches in a minute and I finally got 502. That’s the first time in history anyone has made 500 catches in one minute juggling in the cascade juggling pattern with 3 (or any number of) balls.
I matched my speed juggling record of 428 catches in a minute while blindfolded
I once again hold both major 3-ball speed juggling records coming close to breaking the 600 catch barrier with the shower pattern and finally succeeding to be the first-ever to break the 500 catch barrier in a minute with the 3-ball cascade.
Here’s to more challengers stepping up! (fingers crossed)
Promoting STEM education through my story and juggling
