Welcome back to another week of pixel-perfect jumps, warp wizardry, and frame-perfect fails. The speedrunning community has been busy again, with WRs shattered, marathons kicking off, and one of the scene’s biggest names finally showing their face. Let’s dive in!
🔥 Top Story: SummoningSalt’s Face Reveal Shocks and Delights
Speedrunning documentarian legend SummoningSalt has finally pulled back the curtain with “Melee: The Quest for Sub 3:00” — and, yes, it includes a face reveal. With over 300 upvotes in just a day, this video is already being called one of his best. The community’s reaction? A mix of “he looks exactly how I imagined” and “wait, that’s him?!”
đź“ş Watch the full documentary here
👤 Post by: Meester_Tweester (Mario Kart/Webgames)
🧠Meta Talk: Fastest Speedrun Ever (Non-TAS)?
Bowaxer asked a deceptively simple question: What’s the fastest non-TAS speedrun of any game?
Popular guesses include:
- Super Mario World 0 Exit (often clocking in at just a few seconds)
- Minecraft Any% Set Seed Glitchless, due to hyper-optimized routing
- Some Atari-era games that end in under a second with perfect inputs
No official consensus, but one thing’s clear: even the shortest runs demand deep strategy and pixel-perfect timing.
🏆 World Records of the Week
- 🎮 Zelda II (All Keys 100%) – 1:12:52.067 by BloodBall
- 🧽 SpongeBob BFBB (Any%) – 40:57 by SHiFT — first sub-41!
- 🕹️ Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Sindel) – 6:25 by Dark_Tenka
- 🧠Eternal Darkness (True Ending) – 4:54:50 by Pandora_aden
- đźš— Mario Kart World
- Dry Bones Burnout – 2:09.918 (First sub-2:10!)
- Rainbow Road – 4:00.939 by Technical (First sub-4:01!)
- 🦖 Jurassic Park 2 (Hard Mode, SNES) – 34:55 by Fallenultima
- 👶 Baby Steps Dev Challenge – 8:08.41 by Cuttyflame123
It’s been a busy week for WRs across genres. Congrats to all the runners!
🎥 Run Highlights & Viral Moments
- Blindfolded Insanity: Bubzia continues his epic saga with “The Quest to Beat 70 Star Blindfolded” in SM64. Yes, blindfolded. Yes, 70 stars.
- Wrong Warp of Shame: iSyphrus posts a hilarious fail — warping after a disastrous mission. Proof that sometimes the game just gives up on you.
- Do Not Speedrun Skate 1: Also from iSyphrus, a PSA/rant warning fellow runners — apparently Skate 1 is more pain than gain.
- Super Mario Bros. SNES Sub-5: sullyyyyyyyyyyy becomes the 10th person ever to do it. It’s significantly harder than the NES version.
đź’ľ Tech Troubles & Tips
Livesplit flagged as a trojan?!
A user reported Windows Defender quarantining the autosplitter for Elden Ring, marking SoulSplitter.dll as a virus.
- 14/70 antivirus tools flagged it on VirusTotal.
- It’s possibly a false positive, but caution is advised — especially with obscure autosplitters.
If you’re running into this too, community consensus is to isolate the file, verify hash signatures if available, and follow up with trusted devs before restoring.
🗓️ Upcoming Marathons & Events
- 🎉 Gamescom 2025 Speedrun Marathon
Accepting run submissions now — German speakers preferred, but English submissions may get a dedicated block.
🔗 Submit here - 🎮 Deus Ex 25th Anniversary Marathon
Running right now on Twitch! Tons of retro charm and some Deus Ex randomizer madness.
📺 twitch.tv/sumofbesties - 🏎️ NissanTV Speedrun Marathon (LIVE!)
60+ runs, randomizers, meme runs, and chaos. Ends June 22.
đź“ş twitch.tv/NilssonAlex92
đź’¬ Community Corner
- Glitch Talk: Someone’s experimenting with Wind Waker barrier skips while Tetra follows. No one’s tried this exact scenario before. Could lead to some funny AI bugs.
- SM64 Beginners to Intermediate: WhatStreamThingHomie is hovering around 18:45 in 16 Star and wants to up their game. Top advice: Try owlless and Island Hop!
- Archive Hunters Unite: chitownmusic86 launched a Discord to recover lost SM64 runs — especially Siglemic’s classics.
🧵 Join the effort
Until next time, keep your splits clean and your RNG blessed.
– Speedrun Weekly
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