Daiya Seto achieved a world record in the men's 400m individual medley at the International Swimming League Grand Final in Las Vegas ©Getty Images

Daiya Seto broke the men’s 400 metres individual medley world record to help Energy Standard top the leaderboard on the first day of the International Swimming League (ISL) Grand Final in Las Vegas.

The Japanese swimmer was making his debut in series, which featured six regular season matches where teams aimed to book their places in the Grand Final at the famous Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

The match features the top-two European clubs this season - London Roar and Energy Standard - along with the top-two United States clubs - Cali Condors and LA Current.

Energy Standard were the only team to reach the Grand Final unbeaten.

Seto boosted their chances of maintaining that record and becoming the inaugural ISL series champions.

He produced a time of 3min 54.81sec in the men’s 400m individual medley, lowering the short course record of 3:55.50 set by Ryan Lochte of the US nine years ago. 

Seto’s triumph was one of five consecutive race wins for the Energy Standard team, with Swedish star Sarah Sjöström helping to lead their challenge.

Sjöström won the women’s 50m freestyle event in a time of 23.43sec, while Energy Standard also earned success in the women’s 4x100 m freestyle and men’s 100m medley relay events.

The results helped them finish the opening day with a total of 219 points, 13.5 clear of the Cali Condors team.

America's Caleb Dressel starred for the Cali Condors, who won nine of the 19 events held on the opening day.

Dressel triumphed in the men’s 100m butterfly in a time of 49.10, before breaking the world record in the 50m freestyle by clocking 20.24.

His effort shaved 0.02 seconds off the time set by France’s Florent Manaudou in 2015.

Fellow American swimmers Lily King and Nic Fink also boosted the Cali Condors total.

King maintained her unbeaten record in breaststroke events in the series by winning the 50m event in 28.90, while she also clocked 2:17.03 to win the 200m race.

Fink matched King’s achievements in the two men’s breaststroke events.

He won the 50m and 200m races by achieving times of 25.75 and 2:02.34 respectively.

Dressel and Fink lead the contest to be crowned the most valuable player in the final with 52 and 41 points respectively, while Sjöström and King follow on 37 and 36.