Bouncing Back in Style: Third Time’s a Charm on the High Seas
Some records are about strength. Some are about speed. And some… are about pure precision and a little bit of silliness.
I broke my most popular Guinness World Records title for the 3rd time:
Most times to bounce a ping-pong ball off a wall with the mouth in 30 seconds.
And this time I did it on the Disney Wonder cruise ship, somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Setup
Picture this: the Atlantic stretching endlessly on day 5 at Sea with nothing better to do than spit balls. I’m lined up in front of a glass door on the Disney Wonder. Instead of a gym, a stage, or a studio, this cruise ship door was my arena.
The rules are simple (but not easy):
Spit a ping-pong ball out of your mouth.
Bounce it off a wall.
Catch it back in your mouth.
Repeat—as many times as possible in 30 seconds.
The Record
I launched the ball, focused on the rhythm, and let years of practice take over.
When the timer stopped, the count was in:
51 bounces.
That beat my own record of 47 (set last summer at the Guinness World Records HQ in London), which itself had beaten my first score of 43. Each attempt has gone viral—London’s attempt has racked up over 200 million views on Guinness’s channels and time time before that I landed a feature on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where James joked he wasn’t sure CBS was allowed to show it.
Not bad for a record that I didn’t even invent (to set the record straight, I create very few of the records I’ve broken). This one had been in the Guinness database before me, held at around 30+ bounces. But I couldn’t resist pushing it further.
Why It’s Harder Than It Looks
To the casual eye, it might look goofy. But trust me: this record is deceptively difficult.
The spit has to be perfectly aimed.
Too much pressure, and the ball rockets back higher than expected.
Too little, and it drops low and slows you down.
Every bounce is a split-second calculation: pressure, angle, timing.
There’s no margin for error. Once the rhythm breaks, you can’t recover with only 30 seconds.
I’ve spent years practicing, building the speed, precision, and reflexes to keep up with the pace. And even now, every attempt feels like a battle between chaos and control.
What’s Next?
With 350+ Guinness World Records titles under my belt, I’ve had my share of wild and wacky achievements—but this one is special because of how popular it’s been.
Next big thing is Fox’s new reality TV Show: 99 to Beat airing Sept 24th. Check it out to see how I compete for $1M.