In what must be a highly competitive category (?!) a man has set a Guinness World Record for 'farthest distance walked balancing a lawnmower on the chin (powered)'.

Ashrita Furman, who is described as a 'serial record breaker' walked a distance of 71.50m (232ft 6.96 in) in Jamaica, New York, USA. Ashrita beat his previous record by more than 50m with the lawnmower, placed handle down, plugged into a generator being pushed behind him.

The official Guinness World Records site says that at no point during the 2min 13sec walk did Ashrita's hands or arms touch the 7.5kg lawnmower as he used his balance alone to keep it perfectly weighted on his chin.

Ashrita has also previously held the title for the farthest distance walked balancing a lawnmower on the chin (not powered).

However his distance of 122.92m (403.28 ft) was beaten in April 2017 at Boise High School in Boise, Idaho, USA, by David Rush who walked 200m (656 ft 2 in) to help promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education.

It sounds like Ashrita and David's ever escalating rivalry will soon have Hollywood knocking at their doors, desperate to turn their thrilling competition into a blockbuster movie. Dream casting would be Schwarzenegger and Stallone obviously.