Blindfolded brilliance, community concerns, and bounties old and new.
Welcome back to another roundup of the best posts from r/speedrun! This week brought a mix of world records, fascinating discussions, and community-driven ideas — from SummoningSalt’s insane blindfolded feat to an open-data movement that could reshape how speedruns are recorded.
🎯 Major Highlights
🥽 SummoningSalt Sets Blindfolded Punch-Out!! World Record — 16:49.99
🔗 Watch on YouTube
The speedrunning documentarian-turned-runner himself, SummoningSalt, achieved a blindfolded world record in Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! at 16:49.99. The post by u/TheSlyGuy1 quickly became the top of the week, celebrating one of the most iconic feats of precision, memory, and timing in the genre.
Comments: 13 | Upvotes: 544
💬 Why Is One of the Top SM64 Runs “Anonymous”?
🔗 Discussion Thread
A post by u/RealFemboyHunter opened an intriguing discussion: why does one of the top Super Mario 64 speedruns list the runner as “Anonymous”? Community members speculated about privacy choices, verification issues, or historical controversies — an interesting reminder of speedrunning’s complex record-keeping history.
Comments: 25 | Upvotes: 527
🎮 Alex T Reaches “Rebirth” in Tetris (NES)
🔗 Watch the PB
Tetris (NES) legend Alex T became only the second player ever to achieve “Rebirth”, reaching a staggering 27,488,612 points, just 2 million shy of the world record. The milestone cements Alex as one of the best living NES players.
Comments: 9 | Upvotes: 270
🧠 Bubzia Addresses Cheating Accusations
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SM64 blindfolded icon Bubzia released a video directly responding to ongoing hate comments and accusations of cheating. Many community members rallied behind him, noting how his achievements have inspired a wave of blindfolded runners despite constant skepticism.
Comments: 38 | Upvotes: 212
⚙️ Community Concern: Is Speedrun.com Too Centralized?
🔗 Discussion Post
u/DonMildreone raised a hot topic: the entire community’s data lives on one proprietary site — speedrun.com.
The thread sparked one of the week’s most thoughtful debates:
- What if the site went down or changed ownership?
- Should runs be hosted in an open-source, community-owned database instead?
Developers and runners alike chimed in, some offering to help build an open alternative.
Comments: 38 | Upvotes: 139
🏆 Other World Records
- Halo 2 Legendary – 1:20:29 by u/MisterMonopoli
- SSBM Young Link – Break the Targets – 4.78 by u/cryptanalyst_
- WoW Classic 1–60 (Non-Mage) – 2 days 23 hours by u/ClassyUraniumMiner
- Cuphead Any% v1.1+ – 27:12.57 by u/NDL_08
- SMB1 8-4 IL TAS Tie – by u/raymondamantius
- Mario Kart World – Rainbow Road – 3:55.108 by u/Meester_Tweester
- Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac 100% – 5:52:22 by u/mckiddyguys05
- Virtual Boy Wario Land (Expert) – New WR by u/That-Spread-9253
Even GTFO made headlines this week when a team broke the glitchless WR for one of its hardest levels live at the developer’s office!
💰 Bounties and Events
- 🎯 Jet Force Gemini $100+ Bounty: u/caneras celebrates 10 years since the 3:30 barrier fell — and offers cash for anyone who can beat it again.
- 💸 Proposed SMB1 TAS Tie Bounty: u/luisgdh wants to crowdfund a bounty for a 4:54.265 real-time run matching the TAS.
- 🎮 Games on Fast Forward 2025 Fall went live this week, featuring fast runs and fundraising fun.
- 🏁 The Race Room Discord launched — a beginner-friendly racing community where newcomers can pick games, learn them for 2 weeks, and compete live without needing video proof.
🕹️ Community Corner
- Newbie Help: u/StripedRector asked how runners time their runs — LiveSplit, OBS timers, and in-game methods were recommended.
- Minesweeper Speedrunning made a cameo with a creative endless-variant post by u/Jace__The_Ace.
- Pannenkoek’s One Button Challenge continues to amaze, now being console verified live on Twitch.
🎥 Featured Video
🎬 “The History of Luigi’s Mansion World Records” by u/Uptxred — another deep-dive into one of Nintendo’s most atmospheric speedruns.
🔚 Wrap-Up
From SummoningSalt’s blindfolded mastery to meta-debates about the future of speedrunning infrastructure, this week was a perfect blend of nostalgia, innovation, and community passion. Whether you’re chasing frames, organizing races, or just cheering from the sidelines, the spirit of “gotta go fast” is alive and well.
📰 That’s it for this week’s Speedrun Weekly.
Got a favorite run or thread we missed? Drop it below, and see you next week for more records, drama, and data debates!
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