Kai Cenat Aims to Be First in the World to 100% Complete GTA 6

Kai Cenat isn’t backing off his GTA 6 marathon plan — if anything, he’s raising the stakes. During his August 22 stream, he told viewers he wants to be the first person anywhere to hit 100% completion once Rockstar’s game is out.

A World-First Completion, Not a Speedrun

Here’s the thing about what Cenat’s actually promising: he wants to hit whatever official completion mark Rockstar builds into the game, not just roll credits and call it done. That’s a much bigger ask than finishing the story.

At the same time, he’s said he has no idea when he’ll actually end the broadcast once the game drops. So this isn’t shaping up to be a speedrun — it’s an open-ended stream that just happens to also be chasing a world record. Those two things don’t naturally go together, and it’ll be interesting to see which one wins out once he’s actually playing.

This Isn’t a New Promise

If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Cenat first floated the idea of 100% completing GTA 6 back in January 2025, long before there was even a confirmed release date. Even then, he was clear he meant the whole game, not just the campaign.

What’s changed since then is the ambition attached to it. Now that Rockstar has locked in November 19, Cenat’s added the goal of being first in the world to actually pull it off.

He’s Done This Before — More Than Once

Cenat’s not exactly new to marathon streaming, and his track record backs up the claim, even if the numbers are wild:

• Elden Ring (May 2024): About 166 hours and 1,701 deaths before he finally beat it, per Dexerto
• Shadow of the Erdtree: Another roughly 99-hour run
• Minecraft Hardcore, with IShowSpeed (August 2026): 121 hours and 42 deaths to take down all four target mobs, pulling in more than 30 million hours watched across Twitch and YouTube, according to Streams Charts

So How Long Would 100% Completion Actually Take?

Honestly? Nobody knows. You’ll find plenty of guesses floating around online — anywhere from 100 to 200-plus hours — but none of it is official. Rockstar hasn’t put out a completion checklist or given any sense of how long a full playthrough will run. Even outlets like GTA BOOM, who’ve tried to estimate it, admit they’re guessing until the game actually ships.

No, He’s Not Skipping Sleep for Days

One thing worth clearing up: “marathon” doesn’t mean Cenat is planning to play with zero sleep. Look at his past runs — during the Elden Ring stream, the broadcast just kept rolling while he slept. Viewers stuck around, he rested, and the marathon picked back up.

Unless he says something different this time, expect the same approach for GTA 6: a broadcast that stays live until he reaches 100% completion, not some feat of sleep deprivation.

He’s Also Staying Away From the Leaks

Cenat brought up the ongoing GTA 6 leaks during the same August 22 stream and said flatly that he hasn’t watched any of the leaked footage.

He also shot down claims going around that he, IShowSpeed, and Adin Ross had somehow already played GTA 6. Where those specific claims actually came from isn’t clear. Separately, the leaker known as Cyberleek has put out warnings of their own, saying impersonator accounts are popping up on X, Discord, and Telegram, per TechWiser’s leak timeline.

Where This Leaves Things

Cenat’s done open-ended marathons before without knowing the finish line going in — that part isn’t new for him. What is new is the scale of the unknown here. Rockstar hasn’t released anything close to a completion checklist for GTA 6, so even Cenat’s own past marathons don’t give much of a real benchmark to compare it to.

We’ll find out how this actually plays out — and whether he really does 100% complete GTA 6 first — live, starting November 19, 2026, when GTA 6 releases for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Featured image: Official Grand Theft Auto VI artwork of Jason and Lucia. Image: Rockstar Games