Welcome back, speedrunners, TASers, and curious bystanders! This week on r/speedrun gave us a fantastic mix of wholesome chaos, major breakthroughs in decompilation, world records across classics, and a blindfolded showdown with Skull Kid himself. Here’s the rundown:
🐱 A 5-Year-Old Breaks Little Kitty, Big City – Twice
Sometimes the best speedrunners aren’t in their twenties with years of grind under their belt—but in kindergarten. Reddit user EdgyPlum shared two viral moments of their 5-year-old daughter absolutely breaking Little Kitty, Big City. First, she discovered a route that collected all four fish with only the initial 25 shinies quest active—a feat that involved out-of-bounds tech and mind-blowing intuition. Then, she followed it up with a video demo showing the trick in action. A reminder that sometimes childlike curiosity is all you need to redefine the meta.
🧠 Twilight Princess 60% Decomp! What That Means for Speedrunners
In more technical news, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has reached 60% decompilation, with 10% progress in just the last two months. As Karmic_Backlash explains in their accessible primer on decompilation, this process—like “unbaking a cake”—gives communities near-dev level insight into how their favorite games work. That insight can spark new glitches, port possibilities, and maybe even debates over leaderboard validity.
🔍 TL;DR: The cake is unbaking, and it smells like speed.
🎮 RPG Limit Break 2025 Begins
If you’re into more “cozy” speedrunning, RPG Limit Break 2025 kicked off this week. The annual charity marathon supports NAMI and features week-long runs of classic RPGs. From Final Fantasy to EarthBound, it’s a comfy watch filled with talent and good vibes.
🏆 World Records This Week
- Banjo-Kazooie (N64) Any% in 58:29 by Funderful – a beautiful bird-and-bear blitz.
- Majora’s Mask Any% Blindfolded by Bubzia – Link gets spooky, sight unseen.
- Minecraft All Advancements RSG in 2:13:29 by Feinberg – breaking a year-long WR drought.
- Eternal Darkness 1:24:XX – first-ever by Pandora_aden.
- TMNT SR Arcade Mode (Leo, Gnarly) in 54:40 by SnUfFit86.
- Mortal Kombat II (Arcade) blindfolded WR in 9:19 by Dark_Tenka.
And yes, someone achieved a WR in Hitting Every Yellow Post in GTA 5.
💾 Twitch Highlight Purge Panic
A reminder from -JustAMod-: Twitch has officially begun deleting older highlight videos over 100 hours. If you’ve got legendary runs archived only on Twitch—BACK THEM UP NOW. And when you do, share them. The community thrives on preserved history, especially as platforms shift policies.
😂 Funniest Category Extensions?
User tekashi117 is prepping for an anime con speedrun panel and wants your goofiest category extensions. Past highlights included No Doors% (OOT) and Dog% (Refunct). Got something weirder? Drop it in the thread and help make some fans laugh and learn.
⏱ Microsecond Madness – SMB3 TAS Verified on Console
A new 5 microsecond TAS of Super Mario Bros. 3 was console verified this week, and it’s a sight to behold. If you’ve ever wanted to see time itself weep, give it a watch.
TL;DR Highlights
- 🧒 5yo breaks the rules of Little Kitty Big City
- 🧩 Decompilations like Twilight Princess = new glitch goldmines
- 🛡️ RPG Limit Break is live, with vibes and value
- 💿 Save your Twitch highlights before they’re gone
- 👁️ Blindfolded Majora’s, Mortal Kombat, and Minecraft WRs
- 🐶 Dog-in-lap speedruns are still elite content
That’s it for this week’s roundup! Whether you’re studying assembly to unbake a virtual cake, watching a 5-year-old redefine routing, or just vibing through JRPG marathons, we hope you’re having a great time out there. See you next week—unless someone OOB clips into the next update early.
✌️ Happy glitching
Source: reddit.com