--- title: Man Sets Risky Record for Slicing Watermelons on His Stomach description: Guinness World Records-setter Ashrita Furman sliced open a whopping 26 watermelons in one minute, using his own stomach as a cutting board. canonical: https://time.com/5342215/watermelon-slice-record/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-18T19:43:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:56.012Z og:title: Man Sets Risky Record for Slicing Watermelons on His Stomach og:description: He sliced 26 watermelons open in under a minute — using his stomach as a board og:url: https://time.com/5342215/watermelon-slice-record/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Sets Risky Record for Slicing Watermelons on His Stomach twitter:description: He sliced 26 watermelons open in under a minute — using his stomach as a board twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Man Sets Risky Record for Slicing the Most Watermelons Ever on His Stomach  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2018 7:43 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2018 7:43 PM UTC Speed-slicing [watermelons](http://time.com/4033869/watermelon-vandals/) is not an activity for the faint of heart. In fact, most of us enjoy our watermelons as a lazy summer day snack, best enjoyed while perhaps reclining poolside. But for daredevil fruit destroyer [Ashrita Furman](http://time.com/3084481/how-youtubers-get-famous-and-other-fascinating-news-on-the-web/), there’s no better way to spend a day than slicing watermelons as fast as possible — on his own stomach — in search of the glory of a new Guinness Book of World Records title. (Spoiler alert: Furman was victorious in his pursuit of the title.) On Tuesday, [ABC reports](https://abcnews.go.com/US/video-captures-man-setting-record-slicing-watermelons-half/story?id=56655806) that Furman brought together some assistants to help him with his goal. He ultimately prevailed in his pursuit, machete-whacking 26 of the giant melons in one minute — and all of that accomplished without injuring his own stomach, which served as the cutting board for the dangerous endeavor. As if that wasn’t enough, it turns out Furman has tried similar stunts before. Not only does he also hold the record for slicing watermelons on a friend’s stomach (that’s a pretty good friend!), but he has set more than 600 records and Guinness itself calls him their “most prolific record-breaker.”) As for the watermelons he sliced? They were later used in drinks at a local restaurant, so at least some people enjoyed them without putting their lives at risk in the process. > [](https://twitter.com/GWR/status/1019535932645666818) > [](https://twitter.com/reuterspictures/status/1019555765391151105) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5342215/watermelon-slice-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5342215/watermelon-slice-record/"},"headline":"Man Sets Risky Record for Slicing the Most Watermelons Ever on His Stomach","datePublished":"2018-07-18T19:43:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:56.012Z","description":"Probably don't try this one at home","url":"https://time.com/5342215/watermelon-slice-record/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5342215/watermelon-slice-record/","name":"Man Sets Risky Record for Slicing the Most Watermelons Ever on His Stomach"}}]}] ```