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The next time you want to see if you have a chance to break the world record for longest underwater breath-hold, just turn on your favorite 30-minute sitcom and try not to breathe for the whole time.

That’s what it takes. And Alex Segura from Spain set the new high mark for assisted breath-hold at an incredible time of 24 minutes and 3 seconds. The “assisted” qualifier refers to the fact that the athlete can breath pure oxygen leading up to the attempt. The previous record was a less-than-measly 22 minutes.

“I am happy to set this Guinness World Record because it involved not only me and Freediving, but also the work of many other people,” Alex told the website DeeperBlue.com. “This remains a spectacle and experimental field rather than true apnea/freediving as a sport, which is what we all care about, but I hope it can be interesting and entertaining for people.”

Read more in the article published on the DeeperBlue website.