September 20, 2010 10:00 AM | Eric Caoili

Video game scorekeepers Twin Galaxies International announced that teacher/movie star/gospel musician Steve Wiebe has reclaimed the Donkey Kong record he last held in 2007 (which King of Kong rival Billy Mitchell snatched after a few months) by reaching a top score of 1,064,500 in Nintendo's classic arcade game.

Donkey Kong's World Record has changed hands three times this year, with newcomer and plastic surgeon Hank Chien taking the record from Mitchell last March with a score of 1,061,700 points, Mitchell breaking the record again in July with a score of 1,062,800 points, and Wiebe now back on top.

Wiebe taped his record-breaking playthrough on August 30th, the last day before he returned to teach algebra at Finn Hill Junior High. He played as much as he could during the summer, as he says it's difficult to find time to make a run for the Donkey Kong high score during the school year.

The new Donkey Kong world record holder described the experience: