MCSR Ranked
| MCSR Ranked | |
|---|---|
| Video game | Minecraft |
| Mod release | March 26, 2023 |
| Owners | OliverMCSR & RedLime |
| Current season | Season 12 (August 30, 2026 - December 29, 2026) |
| Leaderboard | mcsrranked.com/stats |
| Last updated: October 2, 2026 | |
MCSR Ranked is a Minecraft mod which puts players in a head-to-head speedrunning race to defeat the Ender Dragon as fast as possible.[1][2] The players have identical conditions, spawning in the exact same map seed and having the game's RNG elements, such as Piglin trading and mob drops, be the same for each player.[1]
There are two main modes, Ranked and Casual. In Ranked, players gain and lose Elo rating and are ranked on a leaderboard accordingly. In Casual mode, there is no ranking system.
In December 2025, Ludwig Ahgren, an American streamer and YouTuber, streamed himself playing MCSR Ranked for the first time. On that stream, he was placed in the Coal I rank, which is the lowest rank in the game, leading people to refer to Ahgren as a lolcow.[3] Ahgren's streams attempting to reach the Gold rank were immensely popular,[4] boosting the mod's concurrent player count to 1,000 players for the first time[5] and increasing it's Modrinth downloads to over 200,000.
Gameplay
In MCSR Ranked, players are put into a race to defeat the Ender Dragon as fast as possible. Each player is loaded into a Minecraft world with the same map seed that is randomly chosen from a curated list of seeds that are filtered for speedrunning; for example, each seed guarantees that there will be a Bastion Remnant and a Nether Fortress near the location that the player spawns in the Nether.[6][1] Both players are also guaranteed the same RNG for elements such as Piglin trades and mob drops.[7][1] There are five seed "types" that are included in the filtered seed pool: Village, Shipwreck, Desert Temple, Ruined Portal, and Buried Tresure, that are named for the structure that generates near the player spawn that allows them to get the items necessary to enter the Nether quickly.[6][1]
There are two main modes in MCSR Ranked: Ranked and Casual. In Ranked mode, players gain or lose Elo rating, and placed into a rank based on their rating. There are six ranks, with Coal being the lowest and Netherite being the highest.[8] Every rank except Netherite is separated into three tiers, and players are matched against others of the same rank.[9] In Casual mode, players are still matched based on their rank[lower-alpha 1], but do not gain or lose rating from matches. MCSR Ranked also allows players to create Private Rooms, which allow up to 64 players to join the same match, and the match host can set the seed, among other settings.[10] Players can also participate in a Weekly Race, where a new seed is chosen every week that players have an unlimited number of attempts on until the week ends. The Top 15 players on the leaderboard each week get a unique achivement on their profile.[11]
MCSR Ranked is split into four-month-long seasons. Each season is further split into four phases, each one month long. At the end of each phase, the top players are awarded phase points based on their placement on the Ranked leaderboard. At the end of each season, the top 12 players with the most phase points are invited to an online Playoffs tournament. The remainder of the top 100 players are invited to an online Last-Chance Qualifier event where the top four will advance to that season's Playoffs.[12]
Tournaments
Playoffs
The MCSR Ranked Playoffs are a series of four-day online tournaments played across two weekends where 16 players compete in a single elimination bracket for a US$5,000 prize pool.[13] A Playoffs is held every four months, following each Ranked season.[1][14] The top 12 players on the phase points leaderboard automatically advance to Playoffs, while the remaining of the top 100 compete in a Last-Chance Qualifier (LCQ) for the remaining four spots. The top 12 are seeded based on their leaderboard positions, while the four that advance from the LCQ are given the bottom four seeds based on their placement in that event. The top 8 seeded players choose their opponents from the bottom 8 for the first round. All rounds are a best of 5, except for the grand finals, which is a best of 7. The two losers from the semifinals play a match to determine third place.[15]
List of MCSR Ranked Playoffs
| Name | Date(s) | Prize Pool (USD) | Winner | Second Place | Third Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCSR Ranked Season 1 Playoffs[16] | June 25, 2023 - July 3, 2023 | $2,500 |  silverrruns
|
 doogile
|
dandannyboy
|
| MCSR Ranked Season 2 Playoffs[16] | Sep 30, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023 | $5,000 | lowk3y_
|
silverrruns
|
 Ancoboyy
|
| MCSR Ranked Season 3 Playoffs[16] | Jan 21, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024 |  Priffin
|
 hackingnoises
|
BeefSalad
| |
| MCSR Ranked Season 4 Playoffs[16] | May 5, 2024 - May 12, 2024 | lowk3y_
|
Ancoboyy
|
hackingnoises
| |
| MCSR Ranked Season 5 Playoffs[16] | Aug 31, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024 | $3,000 | doogile
|
hackingnoises
|
 7rowl
|
| MCSR Ranked Season 6 Playoffs[16] | Jan 12, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025 | $5,000 | lowk3y_
|
doogile
|
hackingnoises
|
| MCSR Ranked Season 7 Playoffs[16] | May 3, 2025 - May 11, 2025 | doogile
|
lowk3y_
| ||
| MCSR Ranked Season 8 Playoffs[16] | Aug 30, 2025 - Sep 7, 2025 | hackingnoises
|
Infume
|
 big_pigs
| |
| MCSR Ranked Season 9 Playoffs[16] | Jan 11, 2026 - Jan 19, 2026 | doogile
|
 Pinne
| ||
| MCSR Ranked Season 10 Playoffs[16] | May 9, 2026 - May 17, 2026 | edcr
|
Infume
|
Aquacorde
| |
| MCSR Ranked Season 11 Playoffs[16] | Sep 12, 2026 - Sep 20, 2026 | Infume
|
lowk3y_
|
Feinberg
|
Last-Chance Qualifiers
The Last-Chance Qualifiers (LCQ) are a series of one-day online events held after each Ranked season. Every player in the top 100 on the phase points leaderboard (that hasn't already qualified for Playoffs) is invited to the LCQ. In this event, all of the players play on the same map seed at the same time. There are 10 rounds, each with a different seed. Each round is played for 15 minutes, or until 24 players beat the game. The players are awarded points based on how fast they beat the game in that round. After the 3rd round, all players that have zero points are eliminated. After the 5th round, the bottom 50% of players are eliminated. After the 7th, 8th, and 9th rounds, only the top 10, 8, and 6 players advance respectively. After the 10th and final round, the top 4 qualify for the main Playoffs event.[17]
List of Last-Chance Qualifiers
| Name | Date | Qualifiers | Total Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCSR Ranked Season 1 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | June 12, 2023 | pulsar32
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63 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 2 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | September 23, 2023 | doogile
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|
68 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 6 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | January 5, 2025 |  shimuon
|
67 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 7 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | April 27, 2025 | silverrruns
|
73 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 8 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | August 23, 2025 |  v_strid
|
64 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 9 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | January 4, 2026 |  HDMICables
|
75 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 10 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | May 2, 2026 | BadGamer
|
78 |
| MCSR Ranked World Championship 2026 - Last Chance Qualifiers #1[19][20] | May 23, 2026 | Ancoboyy
|
64 |
| MCSR Ranked World Championship 2026 - Last Chance Qualifiers #2[19][20] | May 24, 2026 | MrBudgiee
|
58 |
| MCSR Ranked Season 11 Last Chance Qualifiers[18] | September 5, 2026 | 7rowl
|
76 |
LAN Events
In April 2026, an invitational LAN event titled MCSR Ranked Live was hosted at LVL UP Expo in the Las Vegas Convention Center, featuring eight top players in a single elimination bracket tournament with a $9,000 prize pool.[21][22] In June 2026, Ludwig Ahgren hosted the MCSR Ranked World Championships, a single elimination bracket tournament with a $25,000 prize pool, at Alex Theatre in California. The top three players from each of the three previous Playoffs events were invited[lower-alpha 2] and five more players qualified from an online event similar to the LCQ.[20][19] During the tournament, Ahgren suggested that the World Championships could become an annual event.[23]
List of LAN Events
| Name | Date(s) | Venue | Prize Pool (USD) | Winner | Second Place | Third Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCSR Ranked Live[24] | Apr 24, 2026 - Apr 26, 2026 | Template:Country data Las Vegas Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall | $9,000 | skycrab
|
BeefSalad
|
Aquacorde
|
| MCSR Ranked World Championships[25][20] | Jun 20, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026 |  ALEX Theatre
|
$25,000 | hackingnoises
|
Feinberg
|
Infume
|
Midoffs
The Midoffs are a series of MCSR Ranked tournaments hosted by British streamer Tubbo. Each player in the event is inexperienced at Minecraft speedrunning, with some never having done a speedrun of the game before. Each player is drafted by a group of eight coaches, who spend the weeks leading up to the tournament teaching the players how to play.[26]
A special in-person edition of the Midoffs, titled Midoffs LIVE, was hosted at TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026 in collaboration with Minecraft as the official Minecraft Live pre-show.[27][28]
List of Midoffs events
| Name | Date(s) | Venue | Winners | Runner-ups | Coach Cup Winners | Team Championship Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midoffs 1 | Aug 2, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025 | N/A | JumperWho
|
Jonnaay
|
Boosfer
|
N/A |
| Midoffs 2 | Nov 1, 2025 - Nov 9, 2025 | SB737
|
 MaxGGs
|
silverrruns
| ||
| Midoffs 3 | Feb 13, 2026 - Feb 23, 2026 | supertf
|
 Nominalgravy
|
N/A | Team Couriway
| |
| Middoffs LIVE[29] | May 30, 2026 |  Rotterdam Ahoy
|
Evbo
|
Derapchu
|
N/A | |
| Midoffs 4[30] | Aug 21, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026 | N/A |  Duncan Massink
|
TheobaldTheBird
|
Infume
|
Team Infume
|
Bedrock Edition maps
During Minecraft Live in May 2026, two MSCR Ranked licensed maps launched on the Minecraft Marketplace in collaboration with Tubbo's Timbers Studio.[31] These received backlash from the existing Bedrock Edition speedrunning community, specifically on platforms such as Reddit and YouTube[32][33], with some criticizing the lack of input from the community and others taking note of the $10 price of one of the maps.[34]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Royte, Daniel (2026-01-10). "MCSR Ranked Explained: What Is Minecraft's Esport and How You Can Be a Part of It". fandomwire.com. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "MCSR Ranked". MCSR Ranked. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ Ludwig VODs (2025-12-02). MY FIRST TIME DOING RANKED SPEEDRUNS... Retrieved 2026-06-05 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Johanna (2026-02-03). "Twitch-Streamer trainiert seit 3 Monaten in Minecraft, scheitert 8 Stunden lang" [Twitch streamer has been training in Minecraft for 3 months, fails for 8 hours]. Mein-MMO (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ @MCSR_Ranked (2025-12-13). "MCSR Ranked has just hit 1000 concurrent players for the first time ever! Thank you everyone for your continued support and passion for minecraft speedrunning! 10k next?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Filtered Seeds". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "RNG Standardization". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ Kabra, Akshat. "How to play Minecraft Speedrunning Ranked? MCSR explained". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Elo and Ranks". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "Private Rooms". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "Weekly Race". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "Phase Point System". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ Morris, Joey (2026-05-06). "Is Minecraft esports going to blow up in 2025?". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ Rhubarb (2025-07-01). "How MCSR Ranked is changing the game of competitive Minecraft". Sphere News MC. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Main Bracket (Playoffs)". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 "Season Playoffs". MCSR Ranked. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "Last-Chance Qualifiers". MCSR Ranked Wiki. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 "Season LCQ". MCSR Ranked. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Magma MCSR". Magma. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "Ludwig's MCSR World Championship". mcsr.ludwig.gg. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ @MCSR_Ranked (2026-03-24). "We are excited to announce the first official MCSR Ranked LAN Event! Join us at LVLUP EXPO to see 8 of the best runners in the world battle it out on April 24th-26th" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ @MCSR_Ranked (2026-04-25). "Here is the main bracket for the weekend! Join us tomorrow at 11AM PT to watch them compete for our 10K prize pool" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ MCSR RANKED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2. MCSR Ranked. 2026-06-21 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Skycrab wins MCSR LAN after surviving a wild double death in the End". Spilled. 2026-04-28. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Magma MCSR". Magma. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ TubboLIVE (2025-08-08). THE MIDOFFS - DAY ONE. Retrieved 2026-06-05 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Hale, James (2026-04-18). "Minecraft is bringing life-sized biomes to TwitchCon Rotterdam--plus a Tubbo competition, community hangout, and more". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ TubboLIVE (2026-05-30). THE MIDOFFS: LIVE - OFFICIAL MINECRAFT LIVE PRESHOW. Retrieved 2026-06-05 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Magma MCSR". Magma. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Magma MCSR". Magma. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ Cripe, Michael (2026-05-30). "Minecraft Live May 2026: Everything Announced". IGN. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Bedrock Speedrun World is the worst thing that has ever happened". www.reddit.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ reve43 (2026-05-31). #1 Ranked Bedrock Player tries "Speedrun World" by MCSR Ranked. Retrieved 2026-06-08 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Addressing Marketplace Ranked". Google Docs. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
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