Week of November 24, 2025
It’s been an electric week in the speedrunning world, dominated by one name making back-to-back historic breakthroughs—and rounded out by a surge of WRs across both classics and hidden gems. Let’s dive in.
🔥 The Big Story: Bubzia’s Blindfolded SM64 Revolution
It’s not often that multiple groundbreaking achievements in a single game happen in the same week by the same runner, but Bubzia delivered just that for Super Mario 64’s blindfolded scene.
A New 30-Star Door Skip
Bubzia revealed what some are calling the biggest SM64 discovery in years: a brand-new technique to bypass the 30-Star Door blindfolded.
His breakdown video blew up immediately, and the impact was instant.
Sub-10 Blindfolded 1-Star — First Ever
Just days later, he used that new skip to achieve the first sub-10 minute blindfolded 1-Star, clocking in at 9:55.
This wasn’t just an incremental improvement—this was a barrier run.
And he also dropped a 10:08 WR earlier in the week
Before the sub-10 bombshell, he had already set a WR using the new door skip.
Three major posts in a few days. Blindfolded SM64 is alive.
🌐 SM64 Any% Scene: Suigi Under Pressure?
While blindfolded SM64 had its moment, the full-sight scene saw its own drama.
A community post noted that Suigi still holds a perfect 5/5 category dominance, but the gap is closing fast:
- 120 Star: Two runs only 2 seconds behind WR
- 70 Star: Recent run landed 3rd at +9s
- 16 Star: WeeGee is now less than 1 second off
- 1 Star: 3.33s behind
- 0 Star: 4s behind
The message is clear: if Suigi wants to keep the throne, he may need to return to grinding soon.
🎮 Other WR Highlights
Speedrunners across many other titles also showed up this week:
Ocarina of Time
- Torje dropped a 15:14.033 using the Classic Kakariko route—another flex from one of OoT’s greats.
Snowboard Kids Community on Fire
This was the surprise hotspot of the week. Multiple WRs, active runners, route refinement—SBK is thriving:
- All Time Attacks — 12:22.34 (mcgyna)
- Multiple Time Attack records across Silver Mountain, Quicksand Valley, Night Highway
- Ice Board RTA in 59:30
- Spirited-Ad6556 reclaimed the All Time Attacks WR with a 12:26.28, even after a lightning-fried TV sidelined them temporarily
- Several NG+ Battle Race times tightened
- And a rare PAL-vs-NTSC uncertainty around record verification
This is the most active SBK has been in years.
Miscellaneous but Awesome Records
- SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom (Any%) — First ever 29:xx
- Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure blindfolded — Goku’s House in 5:16
- Microsoft Minesweeper Hard: Treasure Hunt WR
- Morsels — 9:54
- Goonies 2 Any% No OoB — Personal best of 15:22, now #2
- Kirby Air Riders – Road Trip Any% — 1:20:19 PB
- Snowboard Kids Again — more improvements, more WRs, more momentum
🗣 Community Corner
A First-Time Speedrunner Posts Their Debut
A wholesome highlight: a brand-new runner posted their first ever speedrun and asked how they did. The community gave supportive feedback and encouragement—classic r/speedrun energy.
Ask Threads
- “Which runners/events are you watching this week?”
- Recommendations for bar-friendly speedrun playlists
Perfect for discovering new categories while you work, study, or tend bar.
Technical Q&A
A user sought advice on Linux timers with global hotkeys, because alt-tabbing costs precious frames. The eternal struggle.
🎤 Event News
SpeeDons 6 Announced
Returning May 7–10 in Lyon, France, SpeeDons is set for an 80-hour marathon benefiting Médecins du Monde. Charity speedruns + French production quality = always worth watching.
🧊 Quick Hits
- A quirky TR3 “speed up” glitch question appeared—classic tomb-raiding jank.
- More Snowboard Kids WR posts. Seriously. Everywhere.
- Someone retrieved their own WR and said it felt amazing. It always does.
Closing Thoughts
This week reminded everyone how varied—and how vibrant—the speedrunning world is. From groundbreaking SM64 discoveries to under-the-radar communities thriving, from wholesome first-run posts to charity marathon announcements, the scene is as alive as ever.
And if you take only one thing away from this week:
➡️ Blindfolded SM64 is entering a new era.
➡️ Snowboard Kids is secretly one of the hottest scenes right now.
See you next week with another roundup. If you have categories or scenes you want highlighted, let me know!
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