Teen breaks world record for building Lego World Map
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Wright finished with a time of 9 hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds.
MAINE (Web Desk) - A 13-year-old Maine boy broke a Guinness World Record by assembling the 11,695-piece Lego World Map in 9 hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds.
Cooper Wright of Cumberland Center said he has been building with Lego bricks since he was 3 or 4 years old and received the Lego Death Star as a Christmas gift.
Wright said he decided to attempt the Lego World Map for a Guinness World Record. The time to beat was 12 hours.
"I think that was probably harder than any other one I ve done," Cooper told WCSH-TV. "It s not like this where they re like in all different ways and shapes, it s one board and you put them in like pegs. So, it s different."
Wright said he feared his attempt could be in jeopardy when his table collapsed partway through his build, sending bowls of Lego pieces crashing to the floor.
"I was a little nervous, I thought I wasn t going to be able to beat it," Cooper said. "I wasn t really looking at the timer because I was scared."
Wright finished with a time of 9 hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds, enough to officially earn the world record.
"He told me he would do it in under 10 hours," father Craig Wright said. "It s pretty cool that a 13-year-old broke a world record. I don t know anyone else with a Guinness Book of World Record."
