Every World Record Beast Games Broke
Beast Gamesseason 1 came to an end after crowning its winner, Jeffrey Randall Allen a.k.a. Player 831, but there were some major record breaking accolades for the problematic series along with its controversies. While the first season of Beast Games was a highly buzzed-about endeavor for MrBeast, also known as YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, the series was one of the most controversial of the last year. Being called out for the way contestants were treated throughout the filming process along with the exorbitant prizes given out by MrBeast and the producers, Beast Game faced its share of criticism.
"Even with reports of poor conditions and treatment while filming, Beast Games has been a success."
Even with all of the problems Beast Games appeared to have, the series was one of the most highly-anticipated of 2024. Premiering late in the year, Beast Games carried over into 2025 and went through dozens of challenges throughout its ten-episode run. Pulling conceptually from Squid Game and Squid Game: The Challenge in its style, the series was backed and hosted by MrBeast. As one of the most successful YouTubers on the platform, his following and subscribers have been loyal throughout the show’s run. Even with reports of poor conditions and treatment while filming, Beast Games has been a success.
Beast Games Broke More Than 40 World Records
The Series Likely Created Some Of The New Records
Beast Games season 1 was highly anticipated, and MrBeast himself consistently shared that the show would be one of the biggest reality TV competitions ever. While many wondered if the YouTuber was simply trying to hype up his show, it turned out that the series delivered on its promise of high-stakes, record-breaking entertainment in several avenues. With over 40 world records broken during the competition, Beast Games became one of the most decorated reality TV shows of all time. Because of the level of jaw-dropping physical feats, the styles of competition, and the monetary prizes, Beast Games left its mark.
One of the most impressive records set on Beast Games season 1 was for the largest monetary prize in a reality TV competition, with a shocking $5 million initially shared to be the prize for the winner. The show’s sets made history with huge custom obstacle courses, and the large international cast made waves while breaking records of their own. With each episode, Beast Games made it clear that it wasn’t just a reality TV show, it was hoping to make history with its large-scale competitions and record-breaking, high-value challenges. Beast Games achieved what no other reality TV competition has.
Beast Games Broke Several Monetary World Records
The Grand Prize Was The Largest In Reality TV History
Although there were quite a few world records surrounding the production of Beast Games, the most fascinating world records broken by the show have to do with money. Cash prizes, cost of prizes, monetary value, and other financials came into play throughout the filming of Beast Games. While it’s clear in his YouTube content that MrBeast is happy to have money be no object, the reality TV series was a whole new level of expense. In his existing content, MrBeast often hosts extreme competitions looking for challengers to do extreme stunts, or play over the top games for high-value prizes.
World Record Title | World Record Stat |
|---|---|
Largest physical cash prize on set for a competitive reality show | $5,000,000 |
Most expensive non-cash prize won on a competitive reality TV show | $1.8 million in Pearl Islands, Panama |
Most expensive prize/item intentionally destroyed on a competitive reality TV show | $26,490 |
Most prize money turned down on a competitive reality TV show | $1,000,000 |
Highest amount of money won/lost on a coin toss on a competitive reality show | $5,000,000 |
Most expensive season of a competitive reality TV show | $100,000,000 |
Largest subsidiary prize fund on a competitive reality TV show | $1,000,000 |
Most money used in a cash grab on a competitive reality TV show | $1,000,000 |
Most amount of money in in-game bribes awarded on a competitive reality TV show | $6,719,996 |
Most money in in-game bribes turned down on a competitive reality TV show | $1,809,767 |
Largest prize fund awarded for a competitive reality TV show | $10,000,000 |
Most money won in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show | $2,020,000 |
On Beast Games, the 1000 players who started the game were all serious about making it to the end, but along the way there were various challenges that would push them mentally, physically, or both in order to ensure they were deserving of the money or at least inclined to win. These extreme circumstances, though they weren’t easy, pushed the limits in such a way that the world records broken by the show are incomprehensible. According to Guinness World Records, Beast Games’ holds various records like the largest physical cash prize on a set to the largest prize ever awarded.
Beast Games Broke Records With Their Large Cast
There Were Initially 1000 Contestants
Although Beast Gamesholds various records in several areas, one of the major record-breaking spaces the show operated in was its casting. Throughout MrBeast’s career, he’s held competition with hundreds and thousands of competitors online, but having an in-person competition of that caliber was difficult to figure out. With the development of Beast Games, it was clear that the creator wanted to bring together a large group of players in order to ensure that the competition was large-scale. Bringing in 1000 cast members from the beginning was overwhelming, but with tens of thousands of applicants, finding 1000 players wasn’t difficult.
Throughout the competition, various groups of players competed in teams or competed individually in different quantities as others had been eliminated. The eliminations throughout the game took out hundreds of competitors at a time, allowing Beast Games to break world records like the record for the most participants eliminated in an episode, the most competitors dropped consecutively and simultaneously through trap doors, and the largest size of competitions in reality TV history. While some of the records are more impressive than others, bringing together so many players ensured that there were many records that could be broken by the series.
World Record Title | World Record Stat |
|---|---|
Largest game of mystery briefcase opening | 1,583 people |
Most people opening mystery briefcases simultaneously | 407 people |
Largest game of “flag sprint” | 2,000 people |
Largest game of team betrayal | 1,100 people |
Most participants in a single competitive reality show season | 2,000 people |
Most participants eliminated in one episode of a competitive reality show | 1,000 people |
Most people simultaneously dropped through trap doors | 83 people |
Most people dropped consecutively through trap doors | 83 people |
Most competitors mic'd up on a competitive reality TV show | 1,000people |
Beast Games Held Several Record Breaking Competitions
The Show Pushed Reality TV Limits
Within Beast Games season 1, there were quite a few more records broken by other instances on the show. Beast Games featured competitions throughout the series that saw the players tested, from challenges where they had to perform physical tests to ones where they had to ensure their mental fortitude. The challenges reached unprecedented scales on camera and behind-the-scenes. Some of the producers and crew members on the series were lucky enough to break records of their own, like director Tyler Conklin who became the world record holder for the youngest director of a $100 million competitive reality TV series.
World Record Title | World Record Stat |
|---|---|
Fastest time to lift a boulder with a pulley (team) | 17.27 seconds |
Largest display of cardboard cutouts of the same character | 50,000 |
Most cinema cameras used in a single competitive reality show season | 43 cameras |
Largest area of land won on a competitive reality TV show | 67 acres |
Largest area of scaffolding used for a single set on a TV show | 68,523.59 sq. ft |
Most foam cubes used on the set of a competitive reality TV show | 250,000 cubes |
Most trap doors used on a single set of a TV show | 1,000 trap doors |
Largest pong cup | 10 ft (3.04 m) |
Most cameras recording simultaneously on a competitive reality TV show | 1107 (107 cams + 1000 GoPros) |
Tallest towers used in a competitive reality show | 75 ft 11.62 in |
Most motion cams used on a single challenge on a TV show | 1,000 motion cams |
Fastest monster truck pull by a team | 15 min 14.25 sec |
Largest story producer team for a competitive reality TV show | 63 |
Most amount of challenge testers on set of a competitive reality TV show | 198 |
Most tablets used in a challenge on a competitive reality TV show | 1,000 tablets |
Most pneumatic pistons used on the set of a competitive reality TV show | 3,000 |
Most LED light strips used on a competitive reality TV show | 1000 (1 strip per trapdoor) |
Highest drop of a ball into an oversized target | 39 ft (11.88 m) |
Most balls used in a single episode on a competitive reality TV show | 5,000 balls |
Most lavalier microphones recording simultaneously in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show | 1,000 microphones |
Most costume fittings for a competitive reality TV show | 1,000 |
Fastest time to costume fit 1,000 people on a competitive reality TV show | 72 hours |
Youngest series director of a $100 million competitive reality TV show | Tyler Conklin at 26 years and 60 days |
Other world records surrounded specific things in the competitions, like the world’s largest red solo cup, the highest ball drop to an oversize target, and the most LED lights used in competitive reality TV. While some of the records were pre-existing, others were measured to set the standard for competitive reality TV moving forward. The Guinness World Records crew was able to certify over 40 world records broken, which has pushed the limits for all reality TV competition moving forward. With Beast Games angling for a second season, the series could attempt to break even more records in the future.
Sources: Guinness World Records, Beast Games/Instagram
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