A man broke a Guinness World Record after throwing 19 chopsticks into the centre of an archery target in the space of a minute.

Chopsticks

Chopsticks

David Rush smashed the previous record of 14 with his efforts, but admitted that the challenge was harder than he first thought, as he realised that the chopsticks had to hit and stay within the inner circle of the target.

Rush - who has broken more than 150 world records to promote STEM education - wrote on his website: ''I had a shaky start after sticking the first throw but kept at it. Instead of getting the 40 I could get in the 80 cm circle I ended up with a thrilling 19 in the 32 cm circle instead of the expected 7 (based on the radio). I did have one hit that was on target, stuck, and then fell off before the minute ended. (sic)''