29,193 Dominoes Fall in Perfect Sequence to Claim the Tallest, Densest 3D Pyramid Record Yet

A team of ten domino builders spent many days organizing over 30,000 tiles into a gigantic three-dimensional pyramid. Then, on one fateful day and time, all of those tiles came tumbling down in an incredible display. The FALLDOWN Domino Team, led by Steven Price of Sprice Machines, completed the feat on June 20th, 2026, in a gym in Garden City, Michigan. Guinness World Records has now taken a look at the achievement and made it official: the 3D pyramid is the new record holder after 29,193 dominoes came crashing down in one spectacular chain reaction.


The pyramid was the centerpiece of a much larger installation that included no fewer than 123,456 dominoes in total. So how did the team bring this mammoth of an installation to life? They created a variety of incredibly huge ordinary goods, like giant paperclips, enormous friendship bracelets, massive bonsai trees, school supplies, and even a rubber ducky that appears out of nowhere. This all led to a series of chain reactions that snaked through the entire device and fed into the pyramid, giving the record attempt one more push. Because it was so clean and white, a burst of multi-colored dominoes pouring up the side of a building was rather beautiful, while yet meeting all of the criteria for a successful 3D pyramid.

Building one of these things (a 3D pyramid, as the foundation must be just right or you’ll end up with a pile of dominoes on the floor) needs near-perfectionism. If you get it wrong, you’ll lose everything before you’ve even dropped the last domino. This one’s base was a 35×35 grid of dominoes stacked in layers to form a pointed apex. To get here, they approximately doubled the number of dominoes Andreas Zauner managed in 2020 in a similar challenge. This required a lot more tiles and a lot of rigorous engineering to ensure that everything stayed up during the construction.

Steven Price has set multiple records with his FALLDOWN crew, including the longest domino wall and the largest 2D pyramid, to name a few. So this time, they decided to try with 3D pyramids. Oh, and they were going to use a special mechanism to bring the whole thing down, but Guinness eventually convinced them to just let the dominoes do their thing. That’s right, in order for it to be officially recorded, the entire process must begin with a traditional domino-to-domino touch.
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