David "Record Breaker" Rush claims 15 titles in one day in whirlwind GWR HQ visit

Serial record breaker David Rush did not come to play when he stopped by Guinness World Records HQ in London.

With well over 150 record titles to his name right now, the American author, speaker and entertainer loves challenging himself.

So it’s no wonder he stopped by our offices to claim a few more titles during a recent visit to the UK.

And never one to disappoint, David broke an impressive 15 records in one day under the watchful eye of Guinness World Records Official Adjudicator Will Sinden, as well as our host Will Munford.

“COME ON!”… as David would say.

First, he put on an impressive display of juggling… and five-a-day consuming…

David chomped his way to the most bites taken from three apples whilst juggling in one minute with an impressive 198! Those are some tiny little bites.

He said: “This one feels good. This just goes to show, if you set your mind to a goal, believe in yourself and pursue it with a passion, you can accomplish virtually anything.”

“One down, a bunch to go,” he added with a laugh.

He then used his dexterity to claim the fastest time to bounce a table tennis ball on two bottle caps ten times using alternate hands, achieving the tricky feat in just 2.09 seconds.

He also smashed the record for most touches of a baseball with alternating sides of the hand in 30 seconds with a whopping total of 125.

After that, it was back to his old friends – the ping pong balls - for a string of successful record attempts:

• The most table tennis balls bounced against a wall with the mouth in 30 seconds – 47
• The most hits of a table tennis ball against a wall in one minute - 398
• The most table tennis balls bounced and caught in shaving foam on the head in 30 seconds (individual) – 16

David isn’t just a master manipulator of table tennis balls though.

He also managed the most behind-the-back basketball passes against a wall in 30 seconds (38), although not without bringing our star and pedestal logo crashing down from the wall.

“I have mixed feelings about that one,” David admitted, feeling a little guilty about breaking our wall décor.

Don’t worry, David, all’s fair in love and… record breaking.

Quickly moving on, he broke the most juggling tricks in one minute with three balls with a total of 49, juggling around his shoulders, over his head, under his legs and behind his back.

From left, Will Munford, David Rush and Will Sinden

For those of you who can juggle, have you ever swapped one of the balls for a bowling ball? And then juggled them all while standing on a balance board?

No? Well, David has.

He performed the most juggling catches of a bowling ball and two balls on a balance board in one minute – 243!

And when it comes to paper planes, nobody can fold ‘em and throw ‘em quite as fast as David can.

He clocked in the fastest time to fold and throw a paper aircraft with just 5.12 seconds.

Sticking with throwing, he soon claimed the title for most chopsticks thrown at a target in one minute with 29.

Proving he’s a man of many talents, David rounded off the day by smashing the following records:

• Most T-shirts put on in 30 seconds (individual) – 20
• Fastest time to stack 10 toilet paper rolls (one hand) - 5.38 seconds
• Most water moved by the hands in 30 seconds - 5,100 ml
• Fastest time to drink one litre of lime juice through a straw - 13.99 seconds

After all that record breaking, David said: “I’m feeling Officially Amazing!”

Reflecting on the epic day of record smashing, Will S said: “Adjudicating that many records in one day was tiring, so I'm even more impressed how David kept breaking records without seeming like he was breaking a sweat.”

And host Will M added: “That is what he does! Record titles broken, 15 in a day – unbelievable!”