Due to having limited space in his room, he began by creating smaller structures, some of which can be seen on his YouTube channel, arnavinnovates. 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). I want more people to see that we can get together, explore and challenge together, and bring Joy and enlightenment to more people." No glue, no special effects, with all his works built by his bare hands, are the reasons why his works are admired by many. Perhaps it is this 'hard' that fascinates me. In the face of repeated failures, there is no shortcut, no know-how." - Tian Rui

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.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. 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. Despite painstakingly planning the build, Arnav said he had to “improvise a lot” when issues arose, such as when St. Paul’s Cathedral partially collapsed, or when the entire Shaheed Minar fell down.

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." 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'. And why not... you can always trade your unwanted GUINNESS® items for a 'guinntique' more suited to your own collection! 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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He finally succeeded in breaking the Guinness World Records title of tallest house of cards built in 12 hours with total of 50 stores and the height of 3.37 m (11 ft 0.67 in) November 2022 was the 19th Guinness World Records Day and challengers from all around the world gathered to celebrate their record-breaking attempts! At times you have to decide on the spot if an alteration or change of approach is required. Making such a huge project was very new to me.”