Evolution of Mario Kart Wii World Records (2011 - 2021)

EDIT: I mention at the start that Cole was the only player to hold a record in both 2011 and 2021. Niyake is also a member of this group, holding on Grumble Volcano. The date for Arthur's RR record should be 2021, not 2020.
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0:14 Luigi Circuit
0:48 Moo Moo Meadows
1:24 Mushroom Gorge
2:14 Toad's Factory
3:01 Mario Circuit
3:37 Coconut Mall
4:26 DK Summit/DK Snowboard's Cross
5:11 Wario's Gold Mine
5:56 Daisy Circuit
6:38 Koopa Cape
7:35 Maple Treeway
9:08 Grumble Volcano
9:50 Dry Dry Ruins
10:32 Moonview Highway
11:18 Bowser's Castle
12:12 Rainbow Road
13:08 GCN Peach Beach
14:04 DS Yoshi Falls
14:36 SNES Ghost Valley 2
15:04 N64 Mario Raceway
15:49 N64 Sherbet Land
17:16 GBA Shy Guy Beach
17:55 DS Delfino Square
18:49 GCN Waluigi Stadium
19:36 DS Desert Hills
20:18 GBA Bowser's Castle 3
21:09 N64 DK's Jungle Parkway
22:04 GCN Mario Circuit
22:44 SNES Mario Circuit 3
23:21 DS Peach Gardens
24:11 GCN DK Mountain
25:04 N64 Bowser's Castle
This video is a comparison between Mario Kart Wii's world records from today (30th Jan 2021), and the world record from ten years ago (30th Jan 2011).
The speedrun and world record community of Mario Kart Wii has optimised so much over the last ten years, to the point that new world records can take months, even years to achieve. I had a lot of fun studying these, and putting this video together.
All videos and data is taken from mkwrs.com, and the videos are owned by the players listed next to the footage in the video. All music rights are owned by the original creator(s).
#mkwii #speedrun #mariokart

[@notszander]

If you enjoyed this video, I've just uploaded a video looking more in-depth at the Grumble Volcano ultra-shortcut, and the first day it was found. You can watch it here: bit.ly/szanderGV I've also created a series called "Evolution Of", which goes through tracks individually, showing you how strategies and lines developed over time! You can watch it here: bit.ly/nszEvolution Thanks for all the support!

[@sagapz]

coconut mall - no shortcut is a good entry for this series. there has been many optimizations implemented over the years. if you do this category for your series eventually, i'd be glad to help. my discord is wayne#6993

[@notszander]

@@sagapz I see you're a Non-SC enthusiast. I'll try and do right by your category when I come round to it.

[@sagapz]

@@notszander i do glitches sometimes, i just prefer no-sc as most people do xD

[@timael.]

👍

[@Blueturtle1]

I like the but why did you compare glitch and no glitch times?

[@tylersmith9942]

You know that they bout to do something crazy when they bust out a different character

[@chilipeper0895]

MrBean was an actual chad for using Luigi, but then some sweat ruined it by breaking the record with Funky :(

[@notszander]

Pre-Funky era was a wild time, MrBean's luigi will always be remembered

[@frackingfluidinjection]

When people think of the Wario’s Gold-Mine shortcut, they think of Mr. Bean, not Logan. World records are temporary, but the impact they leave onto others is forever.

[@FLX_AU]

"Some sweat"

[@qinram]

@@FLX_AU yeah, all my homies use the medium standard bike

[@austinfletchermusic]

Hey, that "sweat" is Justin, the madlad who spent 3 minutes waiting for a bomb by eating a whole pack of Oreos milkless.

[@user-tb6zn2pv8o]

バグの開発とかじゃなくてただひたすらにライン取りとかタイミングを磨いて10年前から記録が伸びてるのかっこよすぎる

[@PeytonKarting]

This a very neat idea! Great job on putting this all together

[@notszander]

Thanks so much!

[@user-mn2br8vd6v]

2021年にも更新されてるってことがエグいし、同じ人がタイムを更新してるコースもあって愛されてると感じる

[@user-vb5er5cz8l]

グラグラ火山の記録を本人がひたすら更新し続けてるの草

[@QuiverQ]

7:37 NMeade: *seems to be winning* Justin: bitch you thought

[@KarmaP3]

I love the summoning salt music on rainbow road😏

[@CapybaraAccept]

This is actually really good work keep it up bro you will do it .

[@notszander]

I have faith. Got a bigger project coming soon!

[@StainedGlassLamp]

Nintendo: You're supposed to around the entire track we spend days designing! Grumble Volcanco WW: We don't do that here

[@joellemiller2283]

Same thing goes for Mario Circuit.

[@c3gfboy7]

@@joellemiller2283 more like: 19 tracks

[@joellemiller2283]

@@c3gfboy7 Ah, good point.

[@c3gfboy7]

@@joellemiller2283 exactly ;) Logan now has done the RR ultra

[@fraserdallas6054]

Great video, very comprehensive!

[@notszander]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jungleparkway]

Hey, that’s me! :D Really nice video, awesome to see how far this game has come

[@notszander]

Congratulations on making it into the video!

[@tylerm4416]

To think of how optimized some tracks were 10 years ago that they are still used today...

[@metarotta]

a lot of the no glitch track 2010 times still hold up very well

[@ConnorJem]

I was hoping no glitch and glitch would be separated but this was still a great video tbh

[@habibo0907]

GREAT JOB WELL DONE

[@aluto1717]

I Cant' speak English. I’m Japanese. But,I can see how great this video is.👍👍👍

[@bxizzi2646]

They can speak japanese

[@jumpi329]

Im a Brazilian

[@sky4ce09]

you seem quite good at speaking it already

[@aluto1717]

@@sky4ce09 thank you. I will continue to study English more🧠🧠🧠

[@pierre-mkwii9617]

14:36 there we go! thank you so much for taking my old wr!

[@notszander]

Congratulations on being a piece of history!

[@pierre-mkwii9617]

@@notszander Thank you for being the future! 😊

[@MegaShrooom]

great video!!

[@notszander]

Thank you very much!

[@TheMan20085]

This is dope!!

[@Alexs23743]

I like how many of the 2021 records were achieved by glitching. I especially like how in Coconut Mall, the 2021 Daisy player finished the whole race in the time it took the 2011 Funky Kong player just to finish one lap. ¯_¯; And then, on the other hand, you have 2021 runs that are only a second different from their 2011 runs! D: LOL @ NMeade, the Floundering Fish, being in some of these. *HEYYYYY TROY!!!*

[@user-sq2ux2mf6d]

2:34 今まで色んなショートカット動画見てきたけどこれ初めて見た

[@kuririn1135]

思いました

[@roooonioooo0620]

結構最近発見されましたもんね

[@ReinLovesKawakaze]

Blake's strat with Wyvern's driving on dksc would be nuts

[@elgruba590]

At first I looked at this video and thought it was extremely well made and then I saw your subscribers...HOW ARE U SO UNDERRATED? I thought youre like a guy with a couple hundeed thousand subscribers when I watched the vid. Definitely keep up that work.

[@notszander]

It’s up to kind people like you to back my content so more people can see it

[@user-ul5hx6bo8q]

amazing!

[@nkun3003]

のぶおさんとか普通に出てくるとやっぱすごい人なんだなって思う

[@ayuks4545]

時代の流れはすごいなぁ

[@user-bl9km6ub1c]

どこもかしこも異次元すぎるw

[@user-vy6ue3ri4p]

たしかに

[@user-hs5uc5cz9e]

たせかに

[@user-bl9km6ub1c]

かしたに

[@TKTK_Channel2]

@@user-bl9km6ub1c 梶谷？

[@Harry-Impact]

たこめし

[@manowarii3314]

This how you know there hasn’t been a new Mario kart in years, when you get a video like this lmao

[@user-tu6et2ed4b]

ニヤケさんがまだやってるのがすごい

[@Dark_Rune]

17:38 the hopping thing is clever

[@thenom0]

一番記憶に新しいのはレインボーロードで超精度のショートカットに成功した記事かなぁ。しかし、2011年の動画データを残されていたのもすごいです！

[@notszander]

昔の動画が残っててとても嬉しいです

[@user-md1mu5dk9l]

いつになったらこのゲームは廃るんだろうか 私には分からない (ｲｹｳﾞｫ

[@iansymonds8155]

Using Luigi instead of funky Kong in a world record is a Chad move imo

[@JustChllin]

Maple Treeway WR: They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

[@pyk7341]

9:52 theory of everithing soundtrack😁

[@hibuddy2768]

Just a heads up, you got the year wrong on Arthur’s rr glitch

[@ricardopratt5190]

Ok I will tell buster to fix it DW

[@q0a8]

Best mario kart game play

[@charaklrgd7210]

Bruh i have like 3:04 on Rainbow Road without glitches and i felt proud, now i'm harshly humilliated.

[@snoopyfr2730]

0:12 niyake: am I a joke to you ? Good job anyway!

[@Joshy-]

Yes. Niyake only has 1 world record while Logan and Luke both have 9. He is a joke to the two of them.

[@snoopyfr2730]

@@Joshy- « the only player to have a record in both January 2011 and January 2021 » please read properly

[@_mk5084]

グルグル火山どっちもニヤって、、、ヤバすぎ

[@user-nt8sh2lj8b]

何回みてもレインボーロードの旧記録すげぇな

[@azizbader9087]

The quality of 2020 is better than 2010

[@Cuitos]

I genuinely had 1 : 19 on shy guy beach but I didn't know what the wr was at the time so I went and erased the license. As soon as I reunlock magikruiser I'm trying again

[@wildvolt]

the only kart world record... rest in peace, sweet prince...

[@notszander]

It was a great part of the timeline

[@sagapz]

it's still counted as a no-glitch world record, so kart world records on that track will continue to be set

[@notszander]

@@sagapz Yeah, I've got them all downloaded for the Non-SC video soon, and there's still a lot going on there!

[@sagapz]

@@notszander can't wait to see it, was a little bummed to see the nosc runs weren't all in here

[@notszander]

@@sagapz They're gonna be their own video, as I consider it a different category of run

[@kitafuma7202]

9:10 yeah Masterpiece

[@notszander]

its so well optimised

[@ForevrrFury]

He got sub 16 today. Absolute legend

[@nicolasmerritt6559]

10:00 theory of everything from gd lol

[@ValiTheSaltMan]

Imagine if DK was used in one track? Considering the fact that he gives MT and Drift?

[@user-rc3yz3xk6m]

10年間やり続けてる変態がいますねぇ、、、

[@tutterstan]

it looks like the 2020 toad’s turnpike was slower 😭😭

[@nofriendsnofoodnowifekpopi2165]

Arthur legend

[@goodleek2329]

9:38 let's go dababy o_o

[@shadowthief6471]

I noticed Alot of the old records were only A few days away from having there 10th annerversy

[@Ritacuore3]

the old ones were probably beaten by other ones too. The new records on the right are the best

[@m.Zimbabwe]

3:45 YOU JUST GOT COCONUT MALLED

[@Maxeh0660]

And now Koopa Cape has a broken WR too... RIP Btw, in Moonview Highway it is seen that the first lap is better with automatic Spear, why did not people continue using it?

[@ethand2750]

i believe because on lap 2 and 3 you can do a double trick on the curb shortly after the finish line and that saves a bit of time over using the spear throughout

[@Andrewstown]

why did i come here excepting 1 minute time saves

[@TorkBjork]

Mmm yes very nice

[@user-er9zj4gl3h]

昔ぱぱとショートカットの動画見てたの思い出した

[@user-sk4ql7uf3l]

グラグラ火山のニヤケさんのことを尊敬してた小3の夏

[@rowanm5755]

Cole isn’t the only one, Niyake is too

[@notszander]

I noticed this quite early on, it's updated in the video description

[@user-cn2ys2rk6g]

Luke凄すぎる

[@user-pg9jk4wc7s]

nice video! スノボは2010の方が序盤は早いのか…

[@notszander]

私はそうは思わない

[@user-lr8ts7iu4e]

2021！？ やっぱりWiiって神ゲーなんやな

[@notszander]

それすごく好きです！

[@Sugarist0]

Logan is actually too cracked

[@155h1]

12:12Rainbow Road is overwhelmingly too fast !!!!

[@user-bp1mq9og2k]

レインボーロード異次元

[@cullenhutchison6528]

You skipped over all the cool strat changes on Dry Dry Ruins, but otherwise this was pretty cool.

[@kirbyrecetas8997]

For those who say that those of now are better, not if not that in 2010 and 2011 so many shortcuts were not known as now

[@notszander]

It's a shame we will only ever be able to hypothesise - Cole is still able to fight at a reasonably high level in this era, so maybe they all could

[@nixienooo]

What’s the song used for Dry Dry Ruins?

[@siw1631]

10年グラグラ火山の記録一位維持してる、にやけさんバケモンじゃね？

[@user-nt6ih3lu3t]

維持してたっけ

[@user-tu6fv7mq3g]

その名前小学2年生以来初めて聞いた

[@Nao-ll7su]

維持は別にしてません

[@Nao-ll7su]

維持は別にしてません

[@iansymonds8155]

I wonder what a rainbow road record holder would do in 2011 if I said that in 2021 someone would beat the record in rainbow road by 10 seconds with no moonjumps and with baby daisy in the quacker

[@notszander]

They'd probably call you a liar - progress is a funny thing

[@zillamk6643]

Nice video! I think sawyer copied your idea.

[@TheXxsuperxxchickxx]

In 5th grade I beat the wr on dk summit I beat a funky ghost with daisy with dolphin bike lol I thought I was cool for just playing my favorite character/bike and not using the meta but now i see daisy is pretty good for other maps lol

[@southernbohemian]

you definitely didnt but sure

[@augusthofherr8990]

How this dude have less than a hundred subs😂

[@brianalejandro7420]

what is the name of the song at 7:43?

[@snow_halation]

キノコキャニオンの極め方草

[@rammantakhsh9247]

what's the name of the song in dry dry ruins?

[@theraginglol9413]

Theory Of Everything

[@theraginglol9413]

9:55 Huh Y do I hear GD Music?

[@SonicGamingTV2019]

what music did u use on rainbow road part?

[@oskirr7516]

We're Finaly landing - Home

[@SonicGamingTV2019]

@@oskirr7516 thank you!

[@alonsocano6236]

2021: glitches and bugs

[@ZackTheDev0101]

I dont have a battery cover on my wii remote and everytime I jump and do a stunt the batterys fall out lol

[@notszander]

use some tape!

[@ZackTheDev0101]

Ok

[@tommymaxey2665]

Did I really watch a video of people speed running all Mario Kart Wii cups, yup

[@notszander]

Worse ways to spend your time

[@lucastperez]

Imagine having the audacity to break a record that was 59,000. It was such a perfect time (look at 14:10) You have won, but at what cost?

[@bulbasaursroot5274]

Imagine being bummed that speedrunners are speedrunning💀

[@uncle_iroh1495]

Even the old wrs are better than mine ;(

[@theraginglol9413]

11:29 Was I the only one that heard that in here there was a remix of Bowser’s Castle from New Super Mario Bros DS

[@AXIS_MODEL_01427]

Was bro using Theory of everything 2 for dry dry ruins

[@southernbohemian]

3:03 pretty sure logan isnt a wheeler

[@mkwiicore]

Add no glitch times

[@cursedpotato64]

1:37 HOW?!

[@taiten0807]

レインボーロードすごい！

[@soap8463]

Arthur 🇫🇷❤

[@soap8463]

@Cloud KZbin why do you are you the you

[@KarmaP3]

Did this come out before Koopa cape ultra???

[@notszander]

A couple weeks before, yes

[@stantonclark]

What sountrack is this?

[@jonahcoplen9201]

Niyake is just the gv glitch master

[@notszander]

He's spent more than 10 years playing that course, that's a labor of love

[@derpdee63]

@@notszander Wait, so didn’t Niyake also hold a WR in Jan 2011 and Jan 2021?

[@notszander]

@@derpdee63 Niyake's first record was 17th Jan 2009. Him and KingAlex exchanged blows from 2009 to 2018, swapping ownership of the record (Niyake's 2012 record of 19.3 stood for just shy of 5 years). He didn't take his record back from 2017 to late 2019, but after that he has been consistently beating his own record until the current 16.133 you see in the video. Hope this answers your question.

[@derpdee63]

@@notszander Well, I was more talking in reference to what you said near the beginning of the video - that Cole was the only one to have a world record in both Jan 2011 and Jan 2021. Niyake did have the Grumble Volcano glitch WR for a span from Jun 2010 to Oct 2011, so he had it during Jan 2011; and he's also had it since October last year. So would he also count?

[@notszander]

@@derpdee63 You are correct, that is a mistake in the video. I will amend that.

[@pimwouters3170]

How do people even figure out this kind of glitches..?

[@athanmaxtv8007]

One finney Kong dark brown and light brown there's different

[@sossh1442]

I like how Arthur’s laps on RR aren’t even that great lol

[@notszander]

Don't have to be if you get the first ultra, a lot like the first ultra on Coconut Mall

[@gittattle148]

Funky Kong did 20 lines of cocaine and found a cool bike simulator is a fun game

[@bubblerguysuper2306]

I swear the ultra shortcut for (forgot the name) the waterfall shell place was done by a human now. right???

[@notszander]

Yeah Justin got it RTA, 2 days after a new discovery on Malleo's TAS was found to make it RTA-viable. This was one day after my video published.