It’s been a huge week in the speedrunning world—full of world records, major event news, community celebrations, technical discoveries, and unfortunately, a serious controversy shaking one of the scene’s largest fandoms. Here’s everything you need to know from r/speedrun this week.
⚠️ Community Shock: Allegations Against Prominent Runner Shayy
The week opened with heavy news:
More than 20 victims and former friends came forward accusing Shayy—a well-known Undertale and Deltarune speedrunner—of sexual assault, grooming, harassment, coercion, and abuse. The allegations, detailed via Bluesky, have quickly spread across the community and sparked a major discussion about safety, power dynamics, and accountability within fandom spaces.
The subreddit has taken the report seriously, and conversations continue as more information emerges.
🎮 GDQ 2026 Schedule Released
In brighter news:
Games Done Quick officially released the full schedule for AGDQ 2026, giving runners and viewers a preview of what’s set to be one of the largest GDQs ever. Fans are buzzing about which runs made the cut and which surprises are tucked into the later blocks.
Expect analysis threads and hype to continue building throughout the week.
🏆 Streamer Awards Nominations
The community also celebrated this year’s Streamer Awards 2025 nominations for Best Speedrun Streamer. The nominees—
EventBluesr, LilAggy, Pezzy, and ZFG1—represent a wide range of categories and communities, from Soulsborne to Zelda to classic Nintendo.
Lots of people are calling this one of the strongest lineups the category has had so far.
🏅 Major World Records This Week
It was a world-record-heavy week across dozens of games—big titles, niche favorites, blindfolded miracles, and everything in between. Here are the highlights:
Blindfolded Madness
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (NMG Any%) — CrystalSaver completed a blindfolded run of a notoriously complex game.
- Ocarina of Time – Defeat Ganon
- Nico2718: 24:24 (WR)
- Runnerguy2489: 23:57 (new WR)
Blindfolded OoT continues to escalate at an unbelievable pace.
Big Popular Titles
- Cuphead 1.1+ Any% — SBDWolf set a new WR with 27:10.
- Pokémon Platinum E4 Round 2 — BigSellan achieved 4:47:38 using RNG manip but no glitches.
- Spider-Man 2 Any% — Just_Faze7 hit the first sub-52 RTA ever with a 51:54.
Platformers, Retro Classics, and Hidden Gems
- Super Mario Kart Wii — GlitchMonster discovered the 30th Ultra Shortcut on DS Delfino Square.
- Snowboard Kids 2 — mcgyna scored a 9061-point WR in Trick Game.
- UNSIGHTED Any% — TheArtistMinty broke the sub-21 barrier with a 20:58.55.
- Star Fox 2 (Normal NewGame) — ghostkiller98 delivered an 11:19 WR.
- Sonic Adventure DX – Tails Story — Spookayye clocked a 17:27 IGT (16:45 RTA) WR.
- Cavern of Dreams Any% — 12:36 by livelyracc00n.
- Magus Relics: the Majimono Any% — 7:51.59 by HoduAphrodite.
- Pilfer Story of Light NMG — Zanaroo123 hit a 40:31 WR.
Personal Best Corner
A couple of players shared PBs instead of WRs—but still worth celebrating:
- joons88 ran Last Action Hero (NES) in Schwarzenegger Games Part 4.
- ItWasIMeDio pulled off a remarkable Jevil + Spamton NEO no-hit back-to-back, uncut, in under 9 minutes.
📱 Mobile Speedrunning
- Super Stickman Golf 3 (iOS) — CombustionGuy posted a full-game run in 45:13 with powerups.
Mobile runs don’t get much spotlight, so this was a refreshing change on the subreddit this week.
❓ Weekly Discussion Threads
- “What runners/events are you watching?” for this week featured shoutouts to upcoming marathons and niche game communities.
- The Weekly Help Thread continues supporting newcomers learning routing, timing, streaming, and starting their first runs.
🛠 Tech Troubles: LiveSplit Causing Crashes
One user posted an issue where any game crashes upon opening LiveSplit, regardless of load order or admin privileges.
Troubleshooting is ongoing, and a few community members have chimed in with potential Windows compatibility suggestions.
🏁 Final Thoughts
Despite beginning on a somber and difficult note, this week highlighted the full spectrum of speedrunning culture—community accountability, celebration of excellence, countless WRs across all genres, and the ongoing passion for improvement that defines the hobby.
As GDQ 2026 inches closer and blindfolded categories continue pushing limits, the closing weeks of 2025 are shaping up to be some of the most exciting we’ve seen.
Source: reddit.com