Chris and Chandler race to build the world's tallest LEGO tower in 12 hours for $50,000. They use cranes, concrete, and side supports while sabotaging each other with bowling balls and wall breaks. Chris wins by half an inch at 29 feet 5 inches, and the prize money goes to paying off student loans, buying a car, and a year of free housing.
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Today we are gonna build the world's largest LEGO tower. Here's how. This is Chris's foundation and this is Chandler's platform.
That's me.
And whoever has the tallest tower after 12 hours gets $50,000. And you're probably wondering, how do they build these towers up to the clouds? We have heavy duty machinery. They can build these towers as tall as they want to. Also, your partner is Karl. So Chris, if you win the 50 grand, you have to split it with Karl. Yeah.
Yeah.
This is your partner. Now, if you accept Tyler, you have to split the prize with him.
Acceptance.
All right, get started.
The time is counting down.
And if we use up this entire pile, we have more in a truck. And this is just one of many trucks full of Legos.
This is a lot of money.
Hey, Chandler.
Hey, hush over there. Don't touch my money.
We started with 2 people on each team. Now this team has 4 people and that team has 4 people. These towers are about to get big. So far, your tower's about— 4 feet and 3 inches.
That's pretty good.
We'll get to nipple height soon.
Yeah, if you don't follow me on Twitter, here's the tweet: One day I found out that my nipples are exactly 4 feet and 8 inches off the ground. You're welcome. Oh my gosh, they're over nipple height. Chris, their tower's 5.5 feet tall.
Good for them.
If I was to end the challenge right now, they have a taller tower and they get $50 grand.
Too bad you still need a video.
I do. This is a bowling ball. Guys, stop building. Line up, line up.
No!
Here's the bowling ball. Come right here. Bowl that bowling ball. Okay, I mean, it's not too brutal. Here's the difference. Chandler's tower has a wall protecting it. Let's see if it works.
Here you go. Should I shock put it?
He's doing the loop-de-loop.
Oh, too spin. Oh yeah. How does it feel, Chris? Oh, I fixed it.
So as you guys can see, the wall actually worked.
Good job. Yeah.
If we keep doing this, we will get it.
Are you building a bigger wall? No.
Of course.
Oh, we're not on the same page.
The top of their tower is taller than me. Things are about to get interesting.
All they did was just a little damage off the sides.
We can rebuild this easy.
We need to build on the sides 'cause our goal is to build 2 towers and then connect it here for more structural support.
This right here, sturdiest wall you've ever seen in your fricking life.
You guys have 20 minutes to complete this mini challenge. The loser has to boot someone off for 30 minutes. Whoever's tower is the tallest by the end of 20 minutes wins. You guys have 20 minutes.
I'm just grabbing a bunch of one first.
So if you guys don't have the tallest tower, who you gonna boot off?
Chandler's the captain. I'm not making that.
All right, we're just building them 2 high, as big as we can go.
And by 2 high, I mean 4 high.
Math is hard.
Only up from here, baby.
So we're finally using the cranes. This is where it gets fun.
We're just gonna put this on top before the timer's over.
So my plan is I'm gonna go a little bit higher because I know Zach's a tall bean. That's why we got him instead of Weddle, because Weddle sucks.
Yeah, well, that's true.
It's time for Armageddon. While we had this opportunity.
We need to tear that wall.
We need—
yeah, long game.
3, 2, 1, fire! And the wall held up.
It is impenetrable.
Wall, wall, wall, wall, wall! It wasn't the wall, it said it's impossible to throw a bowling ball. I didn't even make it that far. 3, 2, 1, fire!
The only thing that was broke was the bowling ball.
Woo! Woo! Woo! Back to work! Toss it into the bucket, Ethan. Toss them all in the bucket and then just start banking left and right.
Chris, have a bunch of 1s built before you throw them. Oh!
Holy crap! Hey! 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Don't knock it over! Can we stop? Don't please don't knock it over!
That right there!
Yes, keep going, come on. Chill, chill, chill. Stop moving.
I got my trusted tape measure.
Timmy. Oh my God, that don't get to move.
The tower is 20 feet and 2 inches.
Yeah.
Congratulations, your tower is over 20 feet tall.
Yes.
And we still have this much time left.
I hope it's enough.
Here's the deal. You're not allowed to support the tower. Everyone get off.
Ours is blocking the wind from yours.
That's not how science works. It actually is.
Let's throw it and let it go. Oh, you shouldn't let it go slowly.
No.
Chris, your tower's about 8.5 feet tall. You gotta boot someone off your island for 30 minutes.
Zach, Zach, you're gone for 30 minutes.
The biggest thing for this tower is we need integrity, okay? And that's why we have to cheat.
Why don't you go to Lowe's, get really long metal rebar, and then quick dry cement? Do not fail me.
All right, I got you.
Chandler, you get one swing. You can hit whatever you want. The lower you hit, the more sturdy. All right, let's go. Relax.
Think about it.
If you go easy, I'm just saying.
So bad.
Carl, he just obliterated your tower. Do not let him get away with that.
Ah! This did nothing! LOL, LOL. Why are you sabotaging us, Carl? We only listen to your strategy.
We're going to add concrete to our bricks so that way they stay together better. We're going to pour it right down the middle to hopefully harden the insides of the structure.
Is no one seeing?
What's he doing?
They put concrete.
It doesn't make their tower taller. Now they're just being stupid.
Chandler's tower's looking really tall. Here's a comparison.
Wow.
And here's the other tower.
Why'd you say that's so sad?
If Chris falls He's going to break something. I don't know why I'm laughing.
That's not funny.
Now that the towers are getting freakishly tall, it's time we introduce hard hats.
I don't feel anything.
What's going on? This is so hard when you're tired.
Oh my God, I, I don't think I've touched the ground in like 3 hours.
Good enough.
How y'all doing up there?
I'm completely exerted.
All of my energy.
Oh God, so I'm going to go home.
You're going home? Yeah. Oh no, what about your team?
They're— all the proceeds will go to them. I will take none of it.
Let's break down the news to them. Okay, I'm going home to sleep.
Okay, do well in spite of me.
You can do it.
Chandler's team has now lost Chandler.
This is really bad.
It's an embarrassment for the building community.
Leaning, it's wobbling, we're freaking out. Really, all it takes right now is one big gust of wind to push it over.
Be good. Hey, I don't know if I like the rope method as much. You're looking fine.
It's so heavy.
Build this up right here because this is kind of a weak spot. We already got taller, we just got to get sturdy.
So right now is our time to build up, up, up because ours is good.
We did the structure from the start and look where we are now.
Look where we are, late game, baby.
As you guys saw, their tower fell. It went from being 35, 40 feet to maybe 15 feet. That's pretty brutal, guys.
Mm-hmm.
It hurt a little bit more than you probably realize. We'd come back from it though. Positivity.
50 grand is still on the line. 2 hours.
What's your plan now?
Uh, build it back. Very simple. Let's go.
I'm worried we're going to build more and then it's going to fall because of that.
Exactly. We only build if we have to at this point.
We're just going to win.
Mhm. Shut up.
We're catching up. We're not there yet, but we're catching up. But at the same time, theirs is so tall, a gust of wind comes by that knocked ours down again, theirs is going down.
We're scared if we keep on adding blocks to the top of it, it's going to start wobbling because touching it so fast. They're getting up there fast. They're going into laser speed. Carl, you're there for support.
It genuinely will go down. We need to do something.
All right, let's go, let's go, let's go.
Ah, I hate this so much.
I can't tell you how terrible this is. This is the worst thing I've ever experienced.
And time is up. The final height of Chris's tower is that ginormous being. And the final height of Chandler's, JK, it's now Timmy's tower is that. Before we measure the towers, we have a bowling ball throw. After this, we'll measure both towers and the tallest one wins $50,000.
Oh my gosh. Come on, man.
This could win him 50 grand.
Please no.
Oh.
Oh my gosh, it's still up. It's so hard to aim a duct tape bowling ball. Who would've thought?
All right, that is your guys' final chance to knock it down. You guys are done.
All right, come on! Yes, yes, yes! You guys thought that was stupid. You said it was stupid and it protected us. Go!
Not gonna lie, they were kind of disappointing, but we're gonna measure. Guys, your tower is exactly 29 feet and 4 and a half inches. All right, drop it, Tyler.
I can't take the suspense, tell us.
Are we sure this is straight? Do you actually want to know? All right, before I tell you, it seems fake. I mean, it was 29 feet and 5 and a half inches.
Whoa!
Oh, drop it, man. Someone measure one block for me real quick.
They're like 2.5 inches.
Yeah, got— you guys lost by exactly a block.
Ah, girl in the background.
That's what I think about your towers, Jimmy.
Here is your one-third, $17,000. I got a suitcase full of money for you. Truth or Calabunga. And Chandler left early, so it's up It's up to you guys if you want to give him part of the 50 grand.
Why didn't you stay and help? That's just all I'm asking.
Because I had no energy.
Here you go.
I did give you compliments.
You did give me compliments.
Thank you, guys.
And of course, this is a MrBeast video, so you have 1 hour to spend the money you just made.
Of course.
It's already counting down.
Why wouldn't we? Okay, okay, okay, okay.
So my brother Zach has student loan debt and I'm gonna give it to him so he can pay it off. This is for you to pay off your student loan debt.
Are you serious?
Yes. There you go, man.
Thank you. Yeah, let's freaking go!
You can pick that up.
Dude! My mom's hours at work got cut because of current events, and my little brother has never had a car before, so we're gonna try to fix those problems right now. I'm giving him $4,000 and my mom $10,000. All right, Carson, you know how you don't have a car?
Yeah, I know about it every day.
Uh, well, how would $4,000 go towards your car? How would that feel?
What?
Yeah, no, for real.
It would be very helpful. Thank you so much.
He's giving your mom $10,000.
Duh!
What?
Bye, Carson! His mom doesn't have FaceTime. Hello?
Mom, you know how your hours at work got reduced? How would $10,000 sound?
What? Are you kidding me right now?
No, I'm not kidding you right now.
Oh my gosh, I don't even know what to say.
That was all. He's gonna show up at your door with the briefcase full of money soon.
I'll make sure I open.
Yeah, I would hope so.
We're here to buy another car. What car are you buying?
We're gonna have to figure that out.
So this is where Jimmy took me when a meteor fell on my car.
I know.
And in this video right here, I actually bought a car from the same spot. So we understand your pressure right now. Also, you have 10 minutes, so we probably should hurry a little bit. Let's go. Come on. Come on.
I can rock with this.
I can rock with this. Woo!
I don't want to pressure you into buying this. Right. But there isn't much time left.
We might as well just do it.
Sure. OK. Let's do it. Is this what you were expecting to happen today?
Not really, but I'm happy it is because this is crazy, man.
So do you own a car?
I do now.
And lastly, Firstly, as Tyler, why are we in front of this house?
Because I'm getting my mom 1 year free stay.
To clarify, your mom has no idea you're doing this? No idea.
Oh, gosh.
And she really needs this. She's going to freak out.
Hey, baby.
Hey, Mom. I won a challenge, so I'm going to get you a house for a year. You don't have to pay for rent forever.
Me?
Yes, you. You don't have to pay for rent for the rest of the year.
Yeah.
Shut up.
No, I'm not going to shut up. I'm going to continue to talk.
That's ridiculous.
Basically, Tyler won a briefcase full of money.
By building Legos, by the way.
That's pretty cool.
Thanks for teaching me.
I love you, Mom.
I just want to take care of you.
Oh, thank you guys. I'm shaking so much right now. I'm so glad I was caught on video.
All right, love you, Mom. Thanks for answering.
Love you, baby.
I literally built Legos and now I have a house. That is amazing.
Mr. B6000. Oh.
