The speaker discusses various methods of vertical travel in Minecraft, comparing their speeds and practicalities. They test methods such as pillaring, ladders, scaffolding, soul sand water elevators, flying machines, minecart slime block elevators, and using nether portals or elytras with firework rockets. Some methods they test include holding down the right-click button, causing a massive explosion underneath your feet, and using an enderpearl stasis chamber.
The speaker also mentions that they haven't showcased every single method because some are slow, impractical, or expensive. They express disappointment when a combination of a dolphin's grace with a dempstrider and a soul sand water elevator doesn't yield faster results.
The fastest methods they found are an enderpearl stasis chamber, which takes 0.5 seconds to travel 100 blocks, and using a riptide three trident, which takes 1.6 seconds to travel the same distance. The speaker concludes by expressing interest in conducting more experiment-based Minecraft videos and asks viewers to suggest other methods they'd like to see tested.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The experiment was conducted to find the fastest way to travel vertically in Minecraft.
2. The experiment tested various methods, including pillaring, ladders, scaffolding, soul sand water elevators, launching an ender pearl into the water, flying machines, minecart slime block elevators, nether portals, elytra with firework rockets, and enderpearl stasis chambers.
3. The slowest method was pillaring, which took 50.5 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
4. Ladders took 42.5 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
5. Scaffolding also took 42.5 seconds to cover 100 blocks, but with less visibility.
6. Soul sand water elevators took 9 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
7. Launching an ender pearl into the water took 20.3 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
8. Flying machines took 49.8 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
9. Minecart slime block elevators took 7.9 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
10. Nether portals took 11.6 seconds to cover 100 blocks in survival mode, but only 3.5 seconds in creative mode.
11. Elytra with firework rockets took 3.5 seconds to cover 100 blocks.
12. The enderpearl stasis chamber took 0.5 seconds to travel 100 blocks.
13. The riptide trident took 1.7 seconds to travel 100 blocks when flying.
14. The riptide trident with an enderpearl took 1.6 seconds to travel 100 blocks.
15. The fastest method was the enderpearl stasis chamber, which took 0.5 seconds to travel 100 blocks.
16. The experiment was conducted in Minecraft 1.16.2.
17. The experiment tested a total of 14 different methods.
18. The times for each method were listed on the screen in chronological order from slowest to fastest.