WORLD RECORD Kapla Tower Collapse (*BREATHTAKING*)

[@Hevesh5]

that slow-mo tho :O thumbs up for a new World Record!! 😊 and huge shoutouts to KaplaBen for organizing this event and designing the tower! you can find more of his incredible constructions here :) youtube.com/@kaplaben

[@cheungandythewhitepumpkin3549]

KaplaBen Is Such A Masterpiece! Thanks To Him!

[@scratchharry]

woooo

[@daver4348]

This is incredible, not only did you best the record, but you crushed it. My son Christopher loves your channel and was so inspired that he made his own. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqa9Z6Spf9V-pLs

[@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132]

YES the 2nd tower !!!!!

[@lotusasche4183]

Truly breathtaking, I was "Don't stop" till that last pillar finally collapsed!! Then I could take a breathe. 🤣 Grats to all of you.

[@Dilligff]

I think I'm more impressed, not just by the engineering of its build, but by the engineering of its controlled collapse and how it collapsed in specific stages.

[@jennacoryell4160]

Jet fuel can't melt steel

[@mospeada1152]

@@jennacoryell4160 No, but heat can deform it!

[@jennacoryell4160]

@@mospeada1152 oh I know. I was really just being facetious.

[@JayRock907]

​@@jennacoryell4160 Jet fuel + flammable office furniture, carpet & paper can melt steel easily

[@jennacoryell4160]

@@JayRock907 it was a joke. But yes this has been debunked many times. It didn't get hot enough to "melt" steel, but it certainly got hot enough to make the steel very soft and easy to bend/buckle.

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

Using the boxes as a natural drum roll is such a cool idea

[@Kaplamino]

I totally agree

[@deg6788]

Simp😂

[@therealxunil2]

Roll

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

@@therealxunil2 Corrected it. Thanks

[@mrmando69]

For me that was the best bit , but still totally boring.

[@Rios-ov3xi]

I was chatting with a friend of mine, catching up on what he did over the summer, and was NOT READY for him to say he went to London for 3 days to make a 100ft block tower. Absolutely insane project, and I’m so so proud of him.

[@FriendlyCroock]

lol have no idea how u folks in america have time to do stuff like this.

[@PandyEX.]

@@FriendlyCroock it was only 3 days?

[@Russiandude212]

@@FriendlyCroock It was in London, not America...

[@curtis4948]

🧢

[@NibsNiven]

I love how the last little column still standing slowly collapsed anyway, leaving nothing but a pile of blocks. Brilliant!

[@Aaron628318]

Yeah, that moment of suspense...

[@johnmiller6743]

Exactly!

[@getsmarter5412]

Wanna play jenga?

[@timothaii1]

She would love!🎉😂

[@UmutPotato]

Sure

[@TeimonKauppa739TeimoJake]

Jengla

[@gretchenguerrero1212]

Me

[@HakanMoghaddasi-jo7tq]

Yes

[@chibiacer]

The artistry of how you guys set it up to take out a support, spiral around the tower, and then trigger a full collapse was amazing! Congrats on a successful fall and the world record!

[@Wooargh]

They claim diversity yet I didn't see a single Trans builder. I am literally disgusted.

[@andrewpinedo1883]

@@WooarghHow do you know that just by looking at them?

[@jarate8076]

@@Wooargh 2 months late but this is the worst bait i've ever seen, especially for a comment with 187 likes

[@piiinkDeluxe]

​@@Wooarghwhy people are tired of trans demands explained in one sentence.

[@Icosa_sin]

ok buddy

[@thatllwork_official]

Unbelievable that this can actually be done! 🤯

[@IansDominos]

Ik

[@IansDominos]

It’s insane and so are you too ❤

[@x808drifter]

Must be like 5-7 huh.

[@unlokia]

Unbelievable that anyone would want to.

[@hlcepeda]

A build where YOU. DO. NOT. WANT. TO. BE. THE. ONE.

[@tomcollins5195]

Wow, that was cooler than I had expected. Thanks to all involved in its construction and design.

[@alimustafa7680]

Like let’s say you were only 1 foot away from beating the record and one of your team members accidentally fell on it would you let them live?

[@CharliePLayzRoblox998]

Short answer is no

[@teepee-li6on]

They wouldn't survive the fall

[@edwardvijga]

They would die, then hit the ground

[@badlandskid]

They would live… hard hat 👷🏻

[@first2summit]

I'm in awe at the engineering involved and the teamwork! Congratulations!

[@drillerdev4624]

I can't even imagine how nerve-wracking the construction process must be. Kudos to you all.

[@samholdsworth420]

It was easy actually

[@kazekami7313]

​@@samholdsworth420 Yea lol, it was just the insane psychological pressure not to be the one to make it fall, especially close to the end...sure, no pressure :D

[@samholdsworth420]

@@kazekami7313 🤌🏻

[@nevadaboy9769]

Must have been overwhelming & many sleepless nights lol wtf

[@PeterKocic]

barely an inconvinience@@samholdsworth420

[@bedomino2089]

It was amazing to have the opportunity to help building on this tower! I had a great time there and the final result is unlike any Kapla structure I've ever seen before!

[@chanpasadopolska]

Prove that you build it

[@pierrotA]

​@@chanpasadopolskaHis account is named "be domino", he only post domino and kapla structures, and he got a heart from the OP... What more do you need ? Anyway, he do not post this to be praised by you, but to say hi to everyone that work with him on that project. I'm sure he will survive if you do not thrust him 😁 If I worked on this I will be proud too.

[@NoodleFlame]

Incredible work, the way the spiral collapsed was amazing 🤯

[@chanpasadopolska]

@@pierrotA stolen valor

[@wordzmyth]

The way it broke upwards and then back down was stunning. Also the way parts of the spire fell while still in their built shape was beautiful

[@franckplanks]

Amazing video! It was an honor to work with you, KaplaBen and all the other talented builders on this project. You did a great job highlighting the challenges during the construction, especially the lift door falling onto the structure and the blocks buckling in the latter half of the tower. This was certainly one of the hardest builds I’ve ever worked on and I’m glad it worked so well.

[@deirdrehbrt]

When you are using wood (especially unsealed) and build that high, you will see movement because wood changes dimensions as it absorbs or releases water with the air in the environment. In dry air, wood will shrink, and in humor air, it will expand. In a tall tower like that, especially with untreated wood, those changes in humidity and temperatures will be noticed. Your tower was a hygrometer. Beautiful episode!

[@randomthoughts9463]

Your reply is from one of knowledge and experience. Well done. Most people just say "awesome" as they do, thier Subway sandwich.

[@dariousvex]

@@randomthoughts9463 LOL I am eating sandwich right now.

[@randomthoughts9463]

@@dariousvex LoL...

[@DickvanZanten]

The shifting of the entire tower is likely due to either "working" of the kapla blocks due to changes in humidity or compression of the most heavily loaded blocks at the base of the tower. Most probably a combination of both.

[@jusztcapital8955]

A real pleasure to be part of this build. Project managing the entire brief, and team from inception to completion was a dream come true. Congratulations to all! 🎉 💪

[@KaplaBen]

Everyone, this is Richard, the man who made the project happen. Give him a thumbs up

[@BURDYMAN777]

​@KaplaBen I hope people see your reply so they don't automatically assume he's a random troll.

[@BURDYMAN777]

Maybe you don't want to be public, but if that's not a big issue I highly recommend changing your name so people can "meet" the person behind the scenes that make this dream into reality. You and all the other amazing team members did a fantastic job! 😊

[@earthlingjohn]

👍👍 Richard !!

[@earthlingjohn]

And 👍👍 to ALL involved !!

[@KaplaBen]

Thanks a lot for the great video and properly crediting everyone. It was a ton of fun and a very valuable learning experience. Big shoutout to Anna and Richard who did almost all of the organisation & logistics (venue, lifts, hotel, insurance, trips, food)

[@Hevesh5]

and thank YOU, Benjamin, for hosting this amazing event! I had a great time there and it was super well organized (thank you Anna and Richard!) I am always in awe at the designs you make with kapla and it was the coolest thing to be part of such a large build like this! I know you've been talking about doing this world record tower project for a while, so I'm super happy for you that it was able to come to life and that it went so well :)

[@anny_beatyesterday]

❤

[@orchidorio]

Collapsing it became as water.

[@bob456fk6]

That was fabulous, Guys !! Oh...I had the lens cap on...let's try it again.

[@Domino_Star]

You broke the World Record! This is Incredible! All the members of the team had did an amazing work! Congratulations!!!

[@majermike]

who is funding this?

[@HashiAkitaPuppy]

@@majermike george soros

[@majermike]

@@HashiAkitaPuppy lol really?

[@cheungandythewhitepumpkin3549]

WE DID IT!!!

[@Trevorus1]

chad pfp

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

I saw a boxing KZbin short that had a random 9/11 joke in the actual video, then I was recommended this video.

[@trucid2]

I'm not amazed easily, but this was freaking amazing. Kudos to all the builders. I can't imagine the amount of skill that went into both the design of the tower and the building process.

[@martinstuvland8620]

This is so amazing! The amount of focus for every single placement is breathtaking. You simply can not afford to not dedicate yourself completely to the task! Well done.

[@charliesimar7541]

WOW! The beauty of the kinetics of the collapse was breathtaking! And the smoothness of the collapse speaks to the talent of the designer. Well done, ALL!

[@micajodomino]

Yooo this video turned out so well, great job on the edit Lily! Working on this project was such an incredible experience and i'm really glad that it all worked out and we got the record. Congrats to all of the other builders, the organizers and especially KaplaBen for the success of this project :)

[@wlodell]

Thank you! I truly am fascinated by these kinds of demonstrations because they reflect directly on natural events around the world and in history.

[@YouTuber-mc2el]

I am a builder in the commercial/industrial construction industry and can relate to the tight tolerances that had to maintained throughout this build. Well done.

[@AV036]

Absolute testament to the stability of kiln dried timber, temp and humidity swings nearly caused early demo.🤦‍♂

[@rajidahae4220]

The engineering of not only the intricate designs but the way it fell apart is absolutely staggering!

[@ayushmandwal7939]

These people have a lot of free time to do such things. Also not only putting all those wooden planks together is breathtaking but also each wooden piece needs to crafted very carefully so that any uneven pieces among them do not destabilize the whole structure and collapse without external disturbances.

[@WebGuy1000]

Was great! It was nice to meet so many cool people over those weeks! Looking forward to future events like this one!

[@NGC-7635]

I think maybe the wood itself was actually starting to deform and maybe humidity was causing some swelling effects as well. Something like that probably.

[@davidmartensson273]

I was going to suggest the same, humidity could both deform and increase weight triggering the effect and if there was a slight draft the humidity could be more on one side preventing it from evening out.

[@pegjames188]

Or the effect of the Earths rotation, in I seem to recall the Natural History Museum it was many years ago, there was a pendulum of a similar height to the tower that never ceased moving showing the effect.

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

That guy should design skyscrapers, starting with that elevation right there.

[@ShanesDominoez]

Absolutely incredible. I don't know if I've ever seen anything this impressive.

[@anny_beatyesterday]

Amazing project, amazing team - lots of organization and a great great great outcome 🎉 Congratulations to the build team and everyone involved 🎉🎉🎉

[@ltethe]

That domino drum line at the beginning was badass

[@kaploss]

Huge kudos to everyone in the building team for breaking the world record. See you maybe next year to break it again ? :)

[@Hevesh5]

yess that would be awesome 😄

[@franckplanks]

48 meters here we come :)

[@mytromic]

hevesh5: we made the largest jenga tower ever. (World record) guinness world record: ah boy another video to take down.

[@TheUnvarnishedTruth-]

*I think the fact that it was designed in such a way as to fall down so perfectly and completely was at least as impressive as building it in the first place!* *Kudos to everyone involved! Very well done!*

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

I am totally incapable of stacking blocks because I get more and more nervous. Even as a child, I had difficulty doing careful precision work except drawing and calligraphy. I think it's something to do with being a toddler in a family of teenagers who constantly picked, poked, teased, hassled and in general made me terrified of doing anything without being humiliated. If I imbibe something to calm my nerves, I can usually overcome this, but not always.... teenage brothers especially can ruin a shy child's confidence for the whole of their life...

[@iizvullok]

4:03 Interesting effect. Where the planks fall in close proximity to each other, their terminal velocit increases and they fall faster than the bricks which separated from the cluster.

[@thomasvanwely]

Saw the live stream, that thing came down with such an amazing force. And the joy of people colliding in the aftermath made it such a great thing to see from one angle. This video gives it even more of an amazing perspective!

[@yooperlooper]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! THAT WAS AMAZING. BRAVO! 👏👏👏

[@petermccracken2247]

WOW !!! THIS WAS HUMBLING TO WATCH !!! IMPRESSIVE. THE PATIENCE & SKILL TO BUILD THIS IS INSPIRING.

[@catkeys6911]

WHAT an incredible design! I love the spiraling relief! Knocking something as beautiful as that down seems like a tragedy. The accuracy with which those wood blocks are cut - perfectly flat, with perfect 90 deg sides - is impressive. With that many blocks, tiny errors could add up, and the thing could end up leaning just a bit.

[@fireytehspartan]

HUGE congratulations on the world record, all of you deserve it for the incredibly hard work you've put in. Outstanding video 👏

[@HashiAkitaPuppy]

LOL, they accomplished nothing. They should be out earning a living somewhere instead of playing with blocks.

[@scottc543]

Okay, THAT was incredible! Loads and loads of hard work and dedication went into this. Well done!

[@TheSmartSneakerhead]

Incredible build and topple

[@VieleDominoes]

Oh wow… This is a Crazy project😅👍👍

[@unpetitpingouinsauvage6]

They just accomplished every kid's wildest dream. Congrats to them! It's really impressive!

[@Rayzer_0i]

they broke the world record *LITERRALY*

[@Taikamuna]

I wonder if a human could survive under that

[@mmo5366]

It is great to see that you are working towards solving the problems of the world!

[@bqonline4860]

and what is your contribution to rescue the world?

[@Zooropa1310]

I completely agree! Whenever you see someone doing something they truly are passionate about, they are spreading their joy and love to others. Accomplishing goals that we set have a way of inspiring others to do the same. It creates strong connections and bonds, it creates community. Within communities we grow in our ability to empathize and be compassionate towards each other. I would argue that if every single living being on this earth followed their heart and found where they felt most at home, that would solve a great deal of the world's problems. I sincerely hope you find yours, because life gets better than shitting on some young adults in the comment section. Spread love 🙏'

[@laurastewart4696]

My 7yo son watches your videos on KZbin for kids and really wanted me to write a comment for him. He would like to say “your domino videos are awesome!”

[@doctorsangeeth]

We went to Olympia and saw this record being made.

[@Sakura_OHSHC09]

This is amazing well done guys! ❤

[@Hevesh5]

thank you!!

[@philvee727]

Seeing those kaplas far from distance really looked like french fries lol Nonetheless this is one of the best kapla world record I've ever seen! Congrats to you, KaplaBen and the whole team!

[@KaplaBen]

It does indeed look like french fries

[@philvee727]

@@KaplaBen Time to consume

[@Kaplamino]

It was an insane project, thanks @KaplaBen for this. I met really cool builders there ! This record will be hard to beat ... ;)

[@KaplaBen]

Oh did you change your mind I thought it would be easy to beat?

[@Kaplamino]

💈

[@foxjacket]

Incredible! Congratulations to all! I can't imagine how nerve-wracking this must have been lol

[@paulh2981]

This video was excellent, also it was the perfect length. It was long enough to tell the basic story, bring in some drama and suspense, and then reach an incredibly satisfying conclusion. But short enough so you didn't lose interest. Great narration and storytelling as well. Very well done!!

[@davidbwa]

The way you got it to collapse up and then back down was impressive.

[@anman366]

Very cool video! I am curious what the total weight of the structure was? Also are the Kapla planks able to be reused after the collapse?

[@ericfichon5988]

According to an online website which sells them, one plank weighs 6.5 grams, and they told in the video that they used 100,000 of them. So that's around 650 kg. You definitely wouldn't want them to fall on you.

[@greentd]

THIS IS INSANE CONGRATS ON THE WORLD RECORD GUYS!!🎉

[@yangerjamir0906]

Unemployment must be bad these days.

[@Lokentaemus]

Haha

[@dadskrej5226]

Kudos to the engineers who designed this project. It fell spectacularly! Good job All.

[@edfrawley4356]

Loved the built in drum roll. Quite the achievement people. Congrats on the record.

[@MasterMindmars]

Amazing. Incredible. Hard work. Patience. Design. Imagination. For all it deserve an award. Congratulations.

[@robote7679]

That catastrophically beautiful. What a structure, amazing.

[@freevillein9763]

Beautiful! Breathtaking! And beyond impressive! Well done!

[@ikkivp5631]

It looked like he pushed it intentionally, that probably isn't what happened, like maybe he tried to stop it with one finger. But I can't get over how it looked and that it didn't all fall, what a great build.

[@Rod-bp8ow]

"Intelligence is as precise and as logically balanced in all angles, and so as the art of momentum in rebuilding" Congratulations!

[@BibtheBoulder]

What an utterly pointless waste of time and effort. LOVED IT!

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

WOW!!!! I like how the boxes did a drum roll; nice touch.

[@manishbanerjee9374]

SUPERB !! 👍👍👍 Unimaginable feat indeed !! 👌 With 💖 from 🇮🇳

[@Ry_Guy]

Greatest feat of our lifetime?! 😆 🤣 😂

[@wbmclean2359]

The collapse of this tower eerily reminded me of the September 11, 2001 collapse of the world trade centre buildings one and two. I would love to see these hard working young people construct replica's of buildings 1 and 2 and then initiate their collapse. Again though, at the risk of repeating myself, the collapse of this tower looked just like the collapse of buildings one and two. Initiation of this model's collapse mid way up reminded me of the explosions seen September 11 mid way up the towers. Crazy!!!

[@robertchapman6795]

Random appearance on my feed. Enjoyed it. Congratulations to all involved. It was a masterpiece. Design, construction and collapse! Oh. The overnight movement, contraction and expansion from temperature variation?

[@richp5321]

Amazing how small the debris pile was.

[@mullahbaksheesh9151]

The tower was designed and built by the KAPLA Lyon Center. It took 16 hours to build and used 9,384 KAPLA planks. It is 18.40 meters (60 feet 4.41 inches) high! The structure was built next to the climbing wall in the Azium leisure centre. "KAPLA" is an abbreviated form of the Dutch phrase "kabouter plankjes," which means "Gnome Planks."

[@JaenEngineering]

2:45 ima guess the culprit was a change in temperature and/or humidity causing the wooden block to swell or shrink.

[@Kallum]

I played with Kapla as a kid like 15 years ago, this video brought back some good memories

[@retiredtom1654]

Very impressive. I cannot imagine all the delicate skills needed from 18-people building a 25m "domino" structure.

[@plinkfuture2557]

‘Greatest artistic feats of our lifetime’ - making a tower out of sticks and collapsing it - congratulations. Artists everywhere are hanging up their hats

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

Congratulations, that was amazing. Beautiful design. Even watching the construction gave me anxiety, can't imagine how it must have felt actually doing it!

[@SnowTiger45]

That was an extremely impressive build and a spectacular, controlled demolition.

[@HuckleDad]

Just Amazing - Kudos to the build team and designers!

[@felixcat9318]

Phenomenal design, engineering, construction and demolition...

[@dcav448]

Really just 100,000? It looks like a million!

[@endersent1215]

guys you are my favourite domino community, i watch your videos since i was six! thanks for everything and congrats💖

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

WoW #1 thing that amazes me on You tube this year , i'm even holding my breath watching the recording, good lord kudos getting that complete , astounding happy achievement.

[@Josh-yr7gd]

This got my heart racing. 😨

[@marasmusine]

Well done everyone, i can't even fathom how you would design this thing. It was also surprising to me how small the resulting pile of blocks looks at the end, compared to the tower.

[@Stoy981]

I really appreciate concise videos but I could have watched a lot more of the tower collapsing. Fantastic!

[@DIYeverythingz]

This was amazing! Fun to watch

[@signupisannoying]

Wow, this is truly incredible.

[@martinhann1672]

What an achievement to build, not to mention the orchestrated collapse! Phenomenal!

[@bradford2211]

The mixed feelings when watching it toppling down made my heartbeat running wild and inconsistent, with many thoughts flashing through my mind.

[@neurotrainingforoptimalwel5957]

Hey!! Wow!! but only 4.37min??? you are WAY TO HUMBLE!! this is easily a 25min video,, planning, ordering, the collapse mechanism, the safety mechanism,,,,, etc!! SOOOOOOO COOOOOLLLLLLL

[@cbpd89]

We have a small set of these building blocks, I'm blown away by how big and elaborate that tower is! I knew they were good building blocks, but I didn't know they were *that* good!

[@JMcdon1627]

I found an illusion. From 4' 11" to 4' 15", it looked as though water was coming up through the floor. Great job to all who participated in this project.

[@kaseycrooks5080]

Love how it followed the pattern and how u guys planned everything out.😮 it just straight drops my jaw!💯💯so frickin epic wowwowwow