A Minecraft Movie, amazing Minecraft records and one YOU can break!
Are you a Minecraft fan? 🎮
Since it first launched in 2009 – yes, it’s that old 😧 – Minecraft has become a worldwide sensation!
In fact, did you know that, with over 300 million units sold, it is officially the world’s best-selling videogame?!
Not only that, but it even has its own conventions, bringing people together from all over the world…
“MineCon 2011” – the first official Minecraft convention – was held in Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas in 2011. 🤓
And now, the multi-platform game, that allows players to build their own worlds, even has its own… movie!
It’s called A Minecraft Movie, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, and it’s out NOW – will you watch it? 🍿
But what about the people who’ve used Minecraft to become record breakers?
For example, YouTuber Jeracraft (Gibraltar) created the largest underwater city in Minecraft in 2017 – and it was magical!
He’d spent 2 whole weeks piecing together “over 5 million blocks with the main fortress alone” and said that he originally wanted to build some sort of ruin structure, but got carried away, adding in statues and towers…
Pretty cool, right? Have you ever built something unique in Minecraft?
Kurt J Mac (USA) has broken the longest journey in Minecraft record multiple times, most recently in 2019 with a total of 3,857,848 blocks (3,857 kilometres; 2,396 miles). 😱
Unbelievable!
He had set himself the mission of reaching the ✨Far Lands ✨, an area about 12,500 km (7,767 miles) from the player’s initial spawn point, where things might sometimes glitch or go wrong.
And Gurudutt Malani (India) built the longest railway track in Minecraft – wow!
He did it in 2022 with a total length of 300,000 blocks.
He said he attempted the record to make his parents proud. 🥹
We’re sure you made them super proud, Gurudutt!
If you’re looking to test your puzzle-solving skills, you can do so in the world’s largest Minecraft maze.
The labyrinth, created by YouTuber Heat Born (USA) in 2017, was 300 blocks long, 300 blocks wide, and 10 blocks tall, making a total of 90,000 blocks! 🤯
Armaan Gulati (USA) is the creator behind the longest Minecraft bridge.
Created in 2024, it stretches for 35,000 blocks. Armaan built it for fun and as a personal challenge!
Challenges can be fun because it feels awesome when you accomplish them. 💪
And last but definitely not least, YouTuber PippenFTS (USA) achieved the world’s biggest Minecraft project.
In March 2020, he launched “Build the Earth”, inviting the ENTIRE Minecraft community to work as a team to recreate the entire planet!
So thousands of builders joined in and used a modification called Cubic Chunks to shoot through the game’s height limit and recreate the world, with one block equating to roughly 1 metre in the real world. 🌎
Now it’s YOUR turn!
There is a record title exclusive to people under 16 years old – and you can claim it today!
It’s for the most sunflowers picked in one minute in the 'Sunflower Field' in Minecraft with a controller. 🎮
Dodge cows, creepers and anything else in your way as you quickly pick as many sunflowers as possible in just 60 seconds!
Do you think you’ve got what it takes? Find out more here.