How Geometry Dash Speedrunners Broke The Tower

The Tower is a group of 4 platformer levels in Geometry Dash and since it's release in update 2.2, Speedrunners have completely broken these levels. Finding tons of skips, time saves, and strategies. Here is the full history of The Tower full game speedruns in Geometry Dash.
Geometry Dash Speedrun Website:
www.speedrun.com/gmd
Geometry Dash Speedrun Discord server:
/ discord
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Footage/Credits:
@alexplaysgd
@shadowyzephyr
@Tigger4048
@NexusGD10
@jcakck (can't find main channel + they kinda just disappeared on discord)
@zecnode5681
@Vertic03
@TesterTesteri
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 How Speedrunners Broke The Tower
15:47 Outro
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Music Used:
Synthwave C - TeknoAXE
Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge (1992) 'Shamrip' - Patrick Phelan
Pacy Piloting (Shrunk 3) - Gareth Coker [Minecraft: Glide Mini Game]
Hypno - Chris Doerksen
Emerald - Zabutom
The Alchemist - Skaven/Future Crew
'Signal to Noise' [Cinematic Classical CC-BY] - Scott Buckley
In the 1980s - Simon Bichbihler
Celestial Fantasia - BeaT / Osmosys
Undertale OST: 006 - Uwa!! So Temperate♫
HOME - Sunshower
Ghouls'n Ghosts (C64) Music- End
drivecraft - Tatreal [Art of Rally original soundtrack]
Interwoven Stories - Todd Baker [Monument Valley 2 Soundtrack]
New Game Minus - RoccoW
Little Goth - Lena Raine [Celeste Original Soundtrack - 17]
'Space Debris' (1991) - Captain/Image (Markus Kaarlonen)
Mainframe - HOME
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Channel Q&A:
What is Your Username on Geometry Dash?
Risplol
Do you have a Discord Server?
no, I'm not planning on making one right now, but that might change in the future.
What is your Username on Discord?
risp
How long have you played Geometry Dash?
Since 2014. I recently switched to PC in 2021 when I bought my first computer.
What do you use to Edit/make Thumbnails?
Davinci resolve/filmora to edit, Pixlr to make thumbnails.
What is your hardest level?
Acu
What other games do you play?
although I mainly play GD, I also play minecraft, roblox, celeste, terraria, and other games.
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#geometrydash #gd #speedrun

[@RispGD]

Huge thanks to many of the speedrunners in this video for helping me fact check things + making this video possible! (Their channels are in the description) EDIT: apparently there is a weird long *beep* noise at 3:23. I can't remove it now since the video is uploaded, but I literally had to rewatch that section 20 times to hear it. Either I'm losing my hearing or my headphones are broken lol

[@JkaRealShorts]

I wanna be one 😭😭😭😭

[@phg2o7]

This was a great video

[@GD_Progamer]

The ammount of times you said “something incredible happened”

[@just._.207]

hi

[@Haxx0rZ-]

Didn't hear?

[@Tigger4048]

LOOK MOM I'VE MADE IT!!! 🙀🙀🙀

[@RispGD]

Ok, now get sub 7 >:)

[@JkaRealShorts]

Tas crazy

[@PurePain_1]

thanks for the likes edit: thanks for the likes

[@BlueDudePlaysGD]

W

[@BloonPlays]

i might edit this into something interesting later

[@charuseTV]

>completely broke the tower >skips total like 10 seconds

[@-bees-5704]

Looks like someone doesn't understand the concept of speedrunning

[@paint_turtle]

​@@-bees-5704 well there is huge difference between breaking gimmick and skipping whole parts of yhe level, and 10 seconds save across whole chapter

[@rz6162]

​@@-bees-5704nothing în the video was broken, all it is is just good platforming, if you want to see broken runs, just look at the any% speedrun of any major game

[@GDAccelerate]

i mean, in gd 10 seconds is a lot, since there aren’t many game breaking bugs

[@ecl1pse-idky731]

>completely broke Super Mario Bros >new technique saves 2 frames

[@Mid-Finity]

It ain’t even been a quarter of a year 😭

[@Oculus19]

frrrr

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

​@@pixelatedluisyt so basically, a quarter of a year?

[@suola_]

​@@pixelatedluisyt 3 months is quarter of a year... it has not been 3 months

[@PoggersFloppa]

@@suola_i thought it has been 3 months since 2.2 released or am i dumb wait 3 months ago was dec 10th nvm im just dumb

[@extrememeowman3782]

@@PoggersFloppa The update page says 2 months.

[@RadioactiveBluePlatypus]

Rob putting the rng gauntlet at the last part of the last level is pure evil and I hate that.

[@vladivascanu108]

Rob putting the rng gauntlet at the last part of the last level is pure evil and I love that.

[@Enderia2]

@@vladivascanu108same

[@Chris-111]

just like the end fight lol

[@liamaincraft7614]

They could just make a category where the speedrun ends when you reach the boss

[@lnfra]

dude YES we finally have geometry dash summoning salt

[@sayoriddlc4262]

I can already hear the music

[@seareez]

I hope the TAS community gets some attention, we may be small but the times we’ve gotten are incredible.

[@Nebvla]

Someone is forgetting the demon list 👀

[@Cobgd]

banger vid man, I wonder if speedruns of "the map" will get this complex when it releases

[@SethsNewChannel]

Agreed.

[@hydropage2855]

Shut the hell up Cob you're so boring

[@Something_VeryRandom]

Look, it’s Bob

[@BlueDudePlaysGD]

Fr

[@olex3061]

corn on the

[@simplestones5209]

"Previously thought to be impossible" yeah for like a day, the update just came out

[@l.massart9013]

They still haven't discovered the plane strat though. It's a bit complicated but it definitely does break the tower even more effectively than the current strats

[@LNP618]

plane strat?

[@liamaincraft7614]

💀

[@bleurdreemurr4277]

@@LNP618 it's a bad joke about 9/11...

[@r1cknasty567]

lol

[@Voiderful]

Sundowner real?

[@shadowyzephyr]

We’ve come so far in just 2.5 months, and we still aren’t done… Great video!

[@fullypixel]

It’s the guy

[@iamepic1245]

it's the guy

[@shadowless395]

it's the guy

[@TheCreatorOfStuff]

It’s the guy

[@example_handle]

It's the guy

[@MoldyGD]

This is super cool. I love videos like this that document the strategies and stuff as they’re discovered rather than just list every new record and call it a day. I watched this with my folks and I think they enjoyed it too lol. Epic!! 🔥

[@RispGD]

I'm glad you enjoyed this video! I worked really hard on it. I know there were some flaws with my voiceover/script and what-not, but I plan on improving as I upload more videos in the future :)

[@Clide4]

I Saw your last vid a long time ago and got a notification that u uploaded, I love your videos man

[@RispGD]

I appreciate you subscribing!

[@Clide4]

@@RispGD I've been subbed for a quite some time but for good reason, your videos and editing are really good

[@JamAttack]

I love how much this feels like oldschool videos talking about like... the race to verify sonic wave and stuff. Cool to see this whole new area of the game.

[@BadBlock69420]

Jamattack? Yooooo

[@HugoAnimates]

Really high quality video, you deserve more subs.

[@BottlePlayz-vvv]

Bro keep up the videos we all love you

[@agoddot]

I’ve been waiting for this kind of video after he didn’t post for two weeks. I was one of the people who stayed watching him play and before the sub 7 was 10 minutes old I saw the video in my subscription tab for the last couple of streams he was very unlucky with jcak

[@gdcatz]

Great vid man, keep it up!😎

[@ItsSkiido]

You are so underrated, this is such a good video I really hope you get recognition from this

[@clay112]

Great video! Glad to see all the progress being made at speedrunning.

[@thecomedicvirgil7154]

Reminds me a lot of msushi’s portal stuff, I’m so happy someone is doing this for gd

[@Tyfighter4567]

Extremely well put together video. Great job

[@aliardatalas9137]

Your voice is calming and it makes the video so pleasant to watch

[@heavenly_thrust]

Very entertaining video. I was shocked to see you only having 3k subs. You deserve a lot more

[@xAgustin72]

well, that was an amazing video... i hope to see more of these in the future; keep up the amazing work! :)

[@PhusionGD]

This is an amazing video. Great Job! Awesome Storytelling and Editing. Love this. +1 sub

[@multiplegamesman]

That was an amazing video! Quality is great and it’s super entertaining!

[@virtualdash]

Amazing video! One of the best parts of 2.2 is that we can now get Summoning Salt styled videos about GD lol

[@dogeogaming6]

DUDE HOLY UR VIDEOS ARE AMAZING! I hope u get more subs cause u deserv it bro GG

[@DomisorusRex]

YOO this video was SOOO good. Nice job

[@eg_Fishlord]

bot

[@DomisorusRex]

@@eg_FishlordI’m not a bot I’m litterally his friend bro

[@ZacharyCraswell]

“Geometry Dash is a mostly bug-free game” are you sure about that

[@TheChickenLorde]

You left out "When it comes to clipping through walls"

[@zMaykr]

@@TheChickenLordei mean it's not exactly hard to clip thru walls a bit lol you can't just teleport thru them but you can 100% clip thru them

[@GGIrony]

This is a fire video and I really enjoyed it!! Please make more you have so much talent for making these videos!!

[@Ryder7223]

Smashing work R1SP, very engaging video

[@KwailGD]

Amazing video! reminds me of Wirtual's videos I hope to see more of these in the future, keep up the amazing work!

[@firefoxmarbleguy1173]

So true

[@Calum79]

Very cool video!! Keep up the amazing work :)

[@toptiergamer3058]

your underrated man great vid!!

[@animatorskiold]

I waited for a video like this for a long time

[@xDaviCOECx2009]

I saw this video before watching the skeppy 100 emoji video. Ggs dude!!

[@handledot.]

This feels like those JToH videos and i love it ❤

[@TTV_GeorgeOnRL]

Your voice is very calming and I almost fell asleep to this. Thank you

[@fatihenisakc]

It's too crazy that already we have a lore of 2.2

[@anttar7461]

i love how gd youtubers try to make a video about a jumping cube as cinematic and dramatic as possible its funny but also cool

[@saltinnee6060]

This is such a good video. I’m still sad that I missed the sub 7 by like 2 minutes, but alex really deserved it!

[@saltinnee6060]

Also me in the chat at 12:34 lmao

[@alexplaysgd]

goat

[@firefoxmarbleguy1173]

​@saltinnee6060 exactly at 1234 time wow

[@peterpan6269]

Pretty good video, keep it going

[@xICEDCoffee]

6.576 Seconds is gonna be the next best speedrun. that's my prediction.

[@lool-zn4ov]

to be honest, it was one of those things you could expect we got a dashing community, we might get a platforming community just as well

[@tinydancertinydancertinydancer]

Thanks for adding HOME and Zabutom chiptune music! I appreciate it!

[@MAPLEbird09]

super underrated, new sub

[@AryaPlus]

I find it funny that robtops counter to people abusing bad spike hitboxes to do skips wasn't "Fix the hitboxes", it was "Add sneaky spikes"

[@huemmy5396]

Love ur video essays

[@BroccoliDoctor]

Genuinely underrated!

[@firefoxmarbleguy1173]

Wirtual aah title and video. I love it! He even said "Alex achieved this run" which is so similar to "Hefest got this run"

[@RispGD]

I didn't really mean to copy him tbh, I just made whatever felt the best for each part of the video. But yeah I see where your coming from

[@Teryte]

I hope robtop designs the next tower floor with speedrunning more in mind so the skill ceiling is higher

[@SleyGD]

im so glad GD is gaining a speedrunning scene. its so cool

[@TheExplorer2K]

GD Speedrunning is truly revolutionary

[@TeMYT_]

Pretty awesome video! However, about the coyote time, that was a feature in Update 2.1 that was removed when 2.2 came out that was readded in 2.201 due to community feedback

[@Kostya2305]

- I saved a second lets go! - Cool, what did you do? - wasted a week ...

[@KCMZ2]

14:57 When the Summoning Salt music kicks in:

[@foxxgodd]

New video!! Gonna go crazy ;)

[@Corsaka]

omg i love the use of demoscene music

[@Enderia2]

not quite a summoningsalt video but i’m here for it

[@matheusguilhermeferreira1797]

Man, I don't even give a fuck about this game, and the video was too intriguing that I actually watched it full. Your storytelling is impeccable!

[@PurePain_1]

Great editing for such a small channel

[@cironix]

Amazing video!

[@fatlol8539]

Sir the second speed runner is coming

[@elvisssrl]

great video dude

[@ferrety1]

I never really thought geometry dash was much of a speed running game, but more a an achievement game of beating harder and harder levels

[@CyberXAndCorruptedTiger]

why is this channel so underrated

[@lavaentertainmentz7870]

Sir, another GD player is coming for the second Tower!

[@emoj1826]

The boss actually feels like a boss in this speedrun

[@elrano8776]

I think its 100% possible to make like a 6:50 or sth, we just need to find other shortcuts. Very good video greets from argentina!

[@S45g]

Alex definitely deserves the record.

[@_Abdo.]

It's been like 4 months since 2.2 came out and human limit speedruns are done. The GD community is so strong

[@Illogical.]

I think you used the word "yet" in a wrong way early in the video, and in a weird way a little before half way into the video. Nice video apart from that. And yes, as you say at the end, the most important thing is that you enjoyed making it. :)

[@thethelog2990]

7 years of development only to be beaten in 7 minutes 💀 great video

[@totallynotmyeggalt6216]

I died a little inside when you described the levels as "pretty easy for most players" (maybe it's just because I have practically zero platforming experience aside from Celeste, but I just cannot get used to the physics)

[@RispGD]

honestly, I would say level 1-3 are the main easy ones, but the last level is pretty hard because of the bossfight in my opinion.

[@CptUnique]

I've done the first "skip" mentioned in this video when the level came out once. Never knew it was actually this hard because I'm ass

[@idkcba]

'Recently added' Meanwhile 2.2 being released in December last year

[@FRANCIUM-KILLA]

Tbh, I get the speedrunning meta of every second counts, but its also funny as hell to see people lose their marbles after shaving one single second off their run.

[@haydarakreker1934]

6th january is actually my birthday when the update 2.201 happend

[@lilnoodletm8806]

geometry dash and trackmania speedrunners are the most clinically insane gamers

[@klampassn9987]

Speedrunner is really talented at playing platformer mode! Let's hope they could also play the game normally-

[@koshkamatew]

10:39 i might be stupid, but cant you just delay that jump by a split second to get on the moving platform without having to then jump again? it looks perfectly in reach

[@RispGD]

Sadly you can't, they tried lots of methods during 2.2 but the jump was impossible. In the latest version though its barely possible to do the jump and it gets consistent with time

[@doshi6311]

coyote time to my knowledge was always in the game (or at least before 2.2 came out), its just that robtop removed it in 2.200 for some reason and added back in 2.201

[@Adaho6]

As a person with the 97th [Maybe more now] place on the sewers ranking as of currently holding on in the top 100 for 2 months, i can confirm we found every skip

[@Palemis]

If you told me that geometry dash speedruns would ever become a thing 7 years ago I would have never believed you lol

[@bobsshowthatgames1069]

why does the skip in the cellar be like that one red ball TAS skip incorporated into 12 level game runs

[@A_random_channel123]

“Most of the levels are easy for most players” my hardest level being deadlocked and i still haven’t beat the boss fight in the secret hollow for an hour every day

[@Dergy]

3:24 beautiful.

[@Micah1st]

the satifactory music at the end lol

[@Haj46]

This video is very nice quality:thumbsup:

[@overvoidlurk9028]

The crazy thing is that beating us possible with good rng and hitting the jack cycle

[@eliburke2779]

as soon as 2.2 dropped i wondered if we would have a gd version of wirtual. and here we are

[@gamerx12608]

The world record was literally set on my birthday that is insane

[@SlimeisProbablyAutistic]

why is this making me think of "summoning salt but geometry dash"

[@team_gamingnine]

well he skipped the jack part but still managed to get a sub 6 is amazing!! i feel proud for this community!!!

[@Floridamantryinglife]

Floridaman approved of this video. Needs more recognition.👍

[@anjuscuccos]

Awesome video but it sounds like you recorded this in a hospital bed 😭

[@DieguitoGamer4341]

ikr

[@arthnikowo]

Geometry Dash version of Wirtual (Especially at the beginning of the video 😭 Good job tho)

[@SkyQuakee]

Seeing "geometry dash" being followed by "speedrun" is so surreal

[@user-ip5hz5qw2n]

There’s a glitch where if you enter then leave then renter the bit with the orange balls on tower 4 then one of the balls glitch out which could maybe save some time