Arnav struggled to balance his schoolwork and record attempt throughout the six weeks, but he was committed to completing his card construction. “It was very tough to do both, but I was determined to overcome all difficulties,” he said.

After the end of his most recent 12-hour challenge, Tian Rui chose to pull down his own house of cards. Perhaps it is this 'hard' that fascinates me. In the face of repeated failures, there is no shortcut, no know-how." - Tian Rui November 2022 was the 19th Guinness World Records Day and challengers from all around the world gathered to celebrate their record-breaking attempts!

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The moment I wore my headphones and started working on the structure I was in a different world. - Arnav

Many collectors limit their collection to a certain area - waiter trays or playing cards perhaps. Others take the plunge and acquire all they come across bearing the famous brand name 'GUINNESS'. Three years of hard work and practise in making smaller structures improved my skill and gave me the confidence for attempting a world record,” Arnav said. On his online personal channel, you can find his works of art - made from playing cards - such as a castle based on the one from the movie Frozen, which required 40 hours of work and 12,000 cards; A nine-hour, 8,800-card temple based on the Temple of Heaven; and also Big Ben, which took 18 hours and 10,000 cards to build.

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The former record holder was Bryan Berg (USA), who completed the 48-story house of cards in March 2016, with a total height of 3.26 m (10 ft 8.35 in).

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Earlier this year, Tian Rui built a 27-story house of cards and broke the Guinness World Records title for the tallest house of cards built in 1 hour with a total height of 2.17 m (7 ft 1.4 in).

Tian chose to livestream his attempt on Guinness World Records Day to thank his followers, whom have encouraged and accompanied Tian Rui from the very beginning. He is my idol and my target. Building cards is really too difficult, but it won’t make me regret if I could be like him someday."I want more people to see that we can get together, explore and challenge together, and bring Joy and enlightenment to more people." The scope of his work gradually increased in size, going from knee-high structures to a floor-to-ceiling replica of the Empire State Building. In Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Tian Rui, aka the "house of cards architect" showed the entire process of building the tallest house of cards in 12 hours through live streaming from multiple platforms online.