1 of 2 | Calen Seah broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head at 4.63 seconds. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
A Singapore teenager parlayed his speedy Rubik’s cube solving skills into breaking the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head.
Speedcuber Calen Seah said he spent about a year practicing with the toy before taking on the record in January and successfully beating it with a time of 4.63 seconds.
“I used to watch Guinness World Records videos as a child, even before I began speedcubing on YouTube and I always imagined what it would be like to actually be able to get a world record for myself,” Seah told Guinness World Records.
Seah, now 16, was only 15 at the time of his attempt.
“My practice was pretty on and off and there was actually a long period of time where I simply did not practice,” he said. “I returned to it in the middle of 2025 and got the record at home a few times before I decided to really attempt the world record. Although my first try was disqualified, I tried again in early 2026 and finally managed to successfully break the world record in an official setting.”
The previous record, 4.75 seconds, was set by Malaysian Lim Kai Yi in July 2024.
