“Guinness World Records recognizes him as the World’s Fastest Knife Thrower!” History’s Modern Marvels
Throwdini’s knives are on display at both the Guinness World Record Museum in Niagra Falls, Canada, and the Russian World Record Federation Museum in Moscow, Russia.
40 World Records Set/Broken (recognized by Guinness World Records and Record Holders Republic)
Holder of ‘One of the Top 100 Guinness World Records of All Time’ (NBC), Most knives thrown around a human target in 1 min.
Selected World Records:
Most knives thrown around a human target in 1 min: 144
Fastest time to throw 3 knives... 1 second
Fastest time to throw 10 knives... 3.73 seconds
Fastest time to throw 10 knives around a human target: 4.29 sec
Most 14” knives caught in 1 min: 25
Longest distance into a 12 inch round: 101 feet
Most accurate: snuffed cigarette in assistants mouth
Most difficult: veiled double wheel of death (two assistants behind a paper veil spinning at 1.17/revolution, 10 knives thrown, 2/revolution
Triple Crown: Only person to perform the bullet, arrow, and knife catch (cartooned by Ripley’s Believe it or Not!)
Greatest distance: 101 feet into a 12 inch round