NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Last summer, after a few libations & some googling, I learned that “fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head blindfolded” is, for reasons I still don’t fully understand, a world record. Now I’m the Guinness World Record Holder pic.twitter.com/T05X535lBj— Conor Shea (@curlyshea) August 11, 2026
Aug. 13 (UPI) — A Kentucky man donned a blindfold and assembled a Mr. Potato Head toy with a record-breaking time of 7.92 seconds.
Conor Shea broke the record for the fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head (blindfolded), a record previously held by German serial record-breaker Andre Ortolf, who achieved the feat in 12.11 seconds.
“Last summer, after a few libations & some googling, I learned that ‘fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head blindfolded’ is, for reasons I still don’t fully understand, a world record,” Shea wrote on social media. “Now I’m the Guinness World Record Holder.”
A world record with a purpose!
On Feb. 7, @uofl alumnus Conor Shea set a Guinness World Record by assembling Mr. Potato Head blindfolded in just 7.92 seconds!
He took on the challenge to raise awareness for Usher syndrome and show what’s possible despite the condition. pic.twitter.com/0cNS1GCEcL— Louisville Alumni (@UofLAlum) August 12, 2026
Shea said his record attempt aimed to raise awareness of Usher Syndrome, a genetic disorder that leads to hearing loss and eventual blindness. Shea told Guinness World Records he wanted to prove that people with the condition can still achieve amazing things.