Quadragocon 2025 edition: the brothers' fourteen-event competition, ten years after the first
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2025-09-19)
The brothers began the 2025 Quadragocon in August 2025 with a finger-gap contest John won, and held its events in about eight places, including a river and the Western Montana Fair. It ended in September 2025 in a tie, the third Quadragocon in a row to do so.
Told alongside: Quadragocon 2021 edition: the brothers' fourteen-event rematch, about two years late
About: Quadragocon
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-05 | launched | Hank commits the brothers to continuing the quadrennial Vlogbrothers Quadragocon, starting with the first event right away: holding fingers exactly 12 inches apart. | ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:02:21 |
| 2025-08-05 | milestone | John wins the first event: his finger gap is nearly a foot while Hank's is a little under 11 inches, putting John 1-0 up in the 2025 Quadragocon. (playful) | ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:03:42 |
| 2025-08-08 | milestone | Hank says this year's (2025) Quadragocon took place in about eight locations, including a river, a house and the Western Montana Fair. | I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:04:12 |
| 2025-09-19 | milestone | Midway, the score stands at four and a half to three and a half, counting push-ups already won. | Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment 00:02:49 |
| 2025-09-19 | outcome | John announces the 2025 Quadragocon ends in a tie, the third consecutive Quadragocon tie, and says they do not set it up that way. | Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment 00:08:17 |
What is said about it
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank explains the Quadragocon: every 'four years' the brothers hold a 14-event competition; a pandemic disrupted it, the last was four years ago, and the first ten years ago. — 00:05:10
- 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — John says chess is a Quadragocon event and neither brother knows how to play chess. (playful) — 00:05:40
- 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — John says he has been watching chess videos and googling chess for dummies since Hank announced chess as a Quadragocon event. (playful) — 00:06:09
- 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank says John started the Quadragocon strong and he thinks John will win the chess too, so Hank hopes to do well in the Orin curls, lifting his son. (hedged) — 00:15:36
- 2025-08-08 · I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire — announcement: Hank says the Quadragocon video is coming but not next week (week of 11 August 2025): editing it will likely take even longer than doing it. (hedged) — 00:04:12
- 2025-09-19 · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment — ask: The description announces that the 2025 Quadragocon shirt is available in the DFTBA store. — video description
- 2025-09-19 · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment — In a channel comment, John tells a new subscriber that every four years the brothers do some ridiculous competition together. — creator comment
- 2025-09-19 · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment — John: In the first event, holding fingers exactly 12 inches apart, Hank's gap is a little under 11 inches and John goes 1-0 up. (playful) — 00:01:06
- 2025-09-23 · Why Can't I Take My Meds? — ask: John: In a later channel comment John says these are the last few days to get the Quadragocon shirt. — creator comment