How is this speedrun possible? Super Mario Bros. World Record Explained

Watch the sequel about 4;55: • Is 4:55 the perfect sp...
Watch the unedited run here: • Super Mario Bros. Spee...
Current WR by Kosmic: • Super Mario Bros. Any%...
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Kosmic (4;55.913)
- Twitch: / kosmic
- KZbin: / kosmicd12
- Twitter: / kosmicd12
- Warpless WR: • SMB1 Warpless Speedrun...
- Glitchless WR: • SMB1 Glitchless Speedr...
- Minus World Ending WR: • SMB1 Minus World Endin...
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - 1-1, Flagpole glitch, Framerules
03:03 - 1-2
04:00 - 4-1, Hitboxes, Flagpole glitch #2
05:35 - 4-2, Wall clip, Wrong warp, Plant despawn
10:00 - 8-1, Flag subpixel manipulation, "Judges"
13:50 - 8-2, Bullet Bill glitch, Start delay, Lag frame
17:38 - 8-3, Stomp from below, 242 timer
20:00 - 8-4, Wall jump, Wrong warp #2, Bowser hammers, Timer discrepancy
24:48 - Conclusion
Notes:
At 0;47, I refer to the console Kosmic is using as the Nintendo Famicom Disk System. He wasn't actually playing on the Disk System, just the Famicom. The Famicom is essentially the Japanese equivalent of the NES, and the Disk System is an add-on to it that reads special floppy disks.
At 4;06, I mention that Kosmic holds the Glitchless WR with a 5;06.709. However, there is a video by Scott Kesler of a 5;05. This is because of timing differences. Glitchless is how Twin Galaxies (a deprecated high score website) view Super Mario Bros. speedruns, and its timing rules are different. They time from the start press on the title screen, which, because of framerules, adds a variation of up to 21 frames to the time of the run based on which frame you pressed start on. This timing difference adds about 2.5 seconds, so Scott Kesler's 5;05 was actually a high 5;07 by TG rules, and Kosmic's 5;06.709 is a low 5;04 with regular timing.
At 13;15, I say that when the white pixel is missing, the judges are in a bad mood. For the sake of simplicity, I omitted that it's actually a 50/50 of good/bad judges if you don't get the pixel. However, this is frame dependent and not entirely random, and Kosmic rarely gets good judges with the bad pixel, so I took that shortcut.
At 16;15, I say that the game only handles collisions on even frames. This is not accurate. It handles collisions on every other frame, but not necessarily even/odd. The parity of the frames depends on which frame the level was loaded on, so it flips on every framerule.
At 26;35, I claim that the theoretical human limit is 4;55.496. The actual time is 4;55.49668, and it should have been rounded up to 4;55.497.
Super Mario Bros. Leaderboards: www.speedrun.com/smb1
Frame Count spreadsheet (also by me): docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Other speedrunners featured in this video:
darbian
- PB: • (4:56.528) Super Mario...
- Twitch: / darbian
- KZbin: / darbiansrl
- Twitter: / darbiansrl
somewes
- PB: • (4:56.245) Super Mario...
- Twitch: / somewes
- KZbin: / somewes
- Twitter: / somewes
StuckInAPlate
- PB: • Super Mario Bros. Any%...
- Twitch: / stuckinaplate
- KZbin: / @stuckinaplate_
- Twitter: / stuckinaplate
EddieCatGaming
- Twitch: / eddiecatgaming
- KZbin: / eddiecatgaming
andrewg
- PB: • Super Mario Bros. Spee...
- Twitch: / andrewg1990
- KZbin: / andrewg1990
- Twitter: / andrewgspeedrun
HappyLee
- TAS (4:54.03): tasvideos.org/1715M.html
- KZbin: / happylee12
Special Thanks, for helping in some manner:
Kosmic
somewes
HappyLee
SummoningSalt
EZScape
darbian
andrewg
StuckInAPlate
EddieCatGaming
Znernicus
theballaam96
1ted59

[@Bismuth9]

This video is now fairly outdated. I recommend this one instead: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2i1q6J_etSGg7s

[@ruben_smo]

Pog

[@gljames24]

Here because of the "1" pixel wall jump.

[@Scyth3934]

hi

[@apollo895]

yeol

[@albertgannon4421]

Instablaster.

[@edvardvida3080]

For me the most fascinating is how people were able to figure these things out.

[@lucklesscope8367]

Tons of trial and errors. Ironically enough, they spend more hours than any of us in order to learn how to beat the game faster than us.

[@FailsUnleashed]

It's a waste of time, but hey, if it makes them happy, then by all means... Anyway, from a nihilistic point of view everything is a waste of time.

[@citizenfox5721]

@@FailsUnleashed Your comment was definitely a waste of everyone's time.

[@duffman18]

Go watch the Summoning Salt video on Super Mario Bros world record progression. Because he actually explains the entire history of speedrunning it and how each of these strategies were discovered over the years and by whom.

[@jonathanodude6660]

If you think this is fascinating look up super mario world speedruns, they literally hack the game from within the game. or ocarina of time/majoras mask speedruns. dunno how anyone figured out how to warp to the end of the game lol

[@louisBrother1988]

My friend: "what are frame rules?" Me: "yes okay, so imagine a bus"

[@thischanneldiedlol2234]

21 frames.... Strict bus...

[@tubeysr]

Haha

[@f4r3sss]

Yeah see here, this is a bus that runs a very strict schedule. Each bus comes in every 0.35 seconds. You following?

[@nonnenhut]

Playing absolutely perfect and then jump randomly into the hammers is kind of cruel.

[@raymondamantius]

I lost a 4:58 pace run last night to that very thing.

[@ihavenolife8651]

I lost a 5:08 run for that.

[@MiniIand]

Taven lost world record to that 5 months ago by getting 8-C, which is pretty much the only bad Bowser pattern around that time. The time would have been 4:55.712 (4:55.696 if he didn't get lag frame)

[@FaderSkate]

@L1qu1d S1lenc3r I wanna smoke the same drugs you smoke bro

[@anandsuralkar2947]

@L1qu1d S1lenc3r damn

[@Kaitri]

What maniac figured out waiting at the titlescreen for a few seconds changds a bulletbills pattern in 8.2

[@crabking3525]

Nintendo: Should we tie all the RNG into one timer? Also Nintendo: ...I'm sure it's fine. Speedrunners:

[@Kurachi84]

better question is: WHY??? i'd like to know WHEN people found out about it, cuz i think it's been many many years i think i even read and heard about RNG as a kid (from 1984), only i didn't know and didn't care (speedrunning and details like these were never my interests... times changed)

[@qwteb]

science

[@justinbetland9792]

Living in Grandma's👵basement, never having to work, you'd be surprised what you could accomplish

[@Kurachi84]

@@justinbetland9792 not living in a basement, but the rest is true for me (due to brain damage) i cannot do much where i live right now, but once i do, i'll slowly learn about game design .... maybe i'll make a SMB hack where such tricks are required... nah :P

[@humanpers0n]

I never knew I could be entertained by a 27 minute video talking about pixels and glitches in mario! Great video!

[@mulraf]

i just watched it without looking at the time and when i scrolled down to the comments and saw this one i thought "wait. i thought this was like 5 or 6 minutes in length" :O

[@charles-david155]

go check the ''Watch for Rolling Rocks (commented)'' video

[@FenrisEx]

Exactly mulraf. It was the same for me. I started with "hey a world record in 5 minutes... let's have a look" "oh the guy is explaining how to" - End of video looking in the commentaries "wait what? 27 minutes? Can't be true." I got warped...

[@robingoblin351]

Oh my god I had no idea that just went for 27 minutes...

[@fungifago]

I just came here to say the exact same thing you just said

[@pboytrif1]

I dont have any idea whats going on, but im absolutely hooked to the explanations in this video

[@julianwidjaja4896]

Phil PBOY yeah me too, I was like "*sigh* I will watch it for first minutes then skip it to another vid" but nope

[@harbl99]

Watched the whole thing, and I'm still sitting here like a dog that's been shown a magic trick.

[@luislara8940]

Same

[@redender7421]

Phil PBOY same

[@Hyperstridez]

Me: Doesn't seem so hard What's actually happening: From the angle of how he's looking at his monitor, he manipulates mario to move 0.0001 pixels which is able to glitch him to the end of the game.

[@xcentrixz2314]

not r/selfwhoosing but pixels cant split to be smaller, they are stuck in the exact size.

[@celestekillian8466]

@me but a subpixel is 1/256th of a pixel, not 1/10000 of a pixel. im not r/selfwooshing

[@idlesquadron7283]

@@celestekillian8466 Don't worry this isn't Reddit

[@idlesquadron7283]

@@xcentrixz2314 Don't worry this isn't Reddit

[@brennanherring9059]

@me There's also infrapixels, which are 1/256 of a subpixel. They're used to determine loading screen patterns on an extremely precise level.

[@RdTrler]

Newton's Third Law: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Indeed, if you make contact with a wall and immediately begin to move away from it, the equal and opposite reaction would be the wall pulling you in.

[@cicstommy]

Like, obviously.

[@cicstommy]

John Ghost - Well said bro.

[@coachablespoon9838]

@John Ghost r/woosh

[@idlesquadron7283]

@John Ghost Well don't. Trust me

[@NovaTheDark]

@John Ghost just so you know, whooosh is the noise a joke makes when it flies over your head

[@dog9302]

Imagine being princes peach, you get kidnapped and rescued within 5 minutes lol

[@Amokra]

looks like no time to make little Bowser Jr. this time :)

[@Player_Redacted]

please. when was the last time you think bowser has been with a woman? he could probably only last a few minutes assuming they skip foreplay.

[@user-ft4pb5vb3e]

Dog I'd be flattered. Wait, in this hypothetical scenario, do I assume all of Princess Peach's former memories and thus accept that I was always her? And is this in the context of their universe or ours? If the latter, I am in that case just a line of code and am not sentient. If the former, which is pretty much just assumed already from the get-go, then do I also take on her personality? Given her lackluster reaction at her rescue by the end of the game, I'd think she wasn't actually relieved that Mario had rescued her and was either being sarcastic or didn't care in the first place.

[@Amokra]

@Player_Redacted it was actually in the game that Bowser Jr. said she was his mother and she didn't correct him

[@Daicidus]

Amokra yes and he then admits he knows she isn’t along with Bowser himself

[@MathiasDahl]

Mind. Blown. I had no idea this level of detail was involved in the speedrun domain.

[@paulomachado7328]

Mathias Dahl I mean, it isn't like this for most games, but for some reason there are a few games that the community became obsessed over, like this and portal, where everything comes down to milimetrical percision and spreadsheets

[@abigfatblob]

isn't majora's mask or ocarina of time also one of the ones that are completely nuts?

[@kaja3932]

World-Record class speedrunning is the ultimate elite trial. It's all or nothing as you strive to get to the world record!

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Mathias Dahl Or that humans could be this precise; we’re talking about a tenth of a second and even less or pixels a few millimetres (screw Americans ; P) wide in terms of precision; that’s crazy rad, dude !

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Ben's Fake News Writer We’re obsessed at classics, and we don’t hate on glitches in classics; we exploit them to the maximum to become the fastest

[@Avanorne]

When I first opened this I scoffed to myself "a 27 minute video for a 4:55 run?" and then watched the entire fucking thing because it was riveting. Fantastic work man.

[@stevedirt5269]

Had exactly the same thoughts and revelations

[@Itshardtogetauser]

4:00 “Here Kosmic used a trick called foreshadowing, which made people believe he was psychic.”

[@Mayrink.]

01:05 - Flagpole Glitch 01:25 - Framerules 03:16 - "How did he not die?" 03:40 - "How did he manage to jump on the pipe?" 04:15 - "He jumped right through that piranha plant!" (Hitboxes) 05:56 - Wrong Warp 06:48 - Wall Clip 09:28 - Hitting The Wall vs Turning Around 10:14 - Goomba Despawning 10:53 - "Why the top of the flagpole?" 12:06 - Hitting The Star Block & Subpixel Position 12:53 - Judges 14:19 - Bullet Bill Glitch 15:40 - Waiting On The Title Screen & Bullet Bill Manipulation 16:11 - Coin Toss & Demo Trivia 17:04 - Lag Frame 17:43 - Split Clarification 18:00 - Hammer Brothers Predictability 18:12 - Stomping From Underneath 18:44 - Avoiding Fireworks 19:00 - 8-3 Flagpole Glitch 20:03 - 8-4 Every Frame Counts 20:24 - Piranha Plant Disappearing 21:07 - Frame/Pixel Perfection & Wall Jump 21:50 - Fast Acceleration & Wrong Warp 22:39 - Fire Bars Hitboxes & Walking Underwater Costs Frames 23:07 - Hammer Patterns & Hitboxes 23:56 - Manual Split Time vs Official Time 24:49 - "Is this run beatable?" 26:41 - GG

[@hiromichael_ctranddevgames1097]

GREAT AMAZING COMMENT

[@flexsealman7096]

Adderall

[@corvidox]

THANK YOU CAVE JOHNSON!!!

[@ryanchen2195]

Planteringsjord q

[@mackenzierynebagtong8549]

Felipe Mayrink yeah its a lot.

[@goatsandbullets]

"But first, we have to talk about-" *PARALLEL UNIVERSES* "-framerules"

[@najwan3672]

**plays the file select theme**

[@jbbajangamer]

The Bullet i like how the comment before u gor less likes even tho it was the same thinv

[@goatsandbullets]

This is my first comment on this video.

[@Zanepi]

That was such an excellent reference

[@SJrad]

i knew someone was going to comment this.

[@justincase9284]

"The limits are never where we think they are" Nice rule to live by

[@ashphoenix7701]

The limit does not exist.

[@juanishikame7284]

*Falls off a cliff*

[@Kurachi84]

@@juanishikame7284 did you manage to cameraflip? (Mario64 trick) if we don't get an answer.... lets not think about it :P

[@idlesquadron7283]

@@Kurachi84 5 months later and no reply...

[@Kurachi84]

@@idlesquadron7283 well, at least not around to suffer coronavirus and its memes .... what?

[@gurbuzsanl3626]

You blink your eye and you miss 7 cool moves.

[@alsowow]

gürbüz şanlı you read the comments and you miss 100 cool moves

[@user-tq9ed9xz1x]

all I do is wow you reply to comments and miss 200 cool moves

[@trashpanda-sg2xh]

The more you write cool moves you miss double the amount of cool moves

[@thischanneldiedlol2234]

Cool moves 😎

[@Blackadder75]

This is completely surreal. A whole world I never knew existed.

[@sacatolasmoreira5593]

same as fighting games, frame rules everywhere

[@chadd990]

If you think this world is new and exciting. You should check out the crazy world of bug catching parties. I'll see you on the other side.

[@CassiTheNerd]

A whole newww wooorld, a new fantastic point of view...

[@MrDaniserr]

I watched this whole video and I didn't feel it was 27 minutes, I think I saved some frames 😌

[@royaldoggo497]

Daniel Serrano first

[@notsoanonymous6820]

I was scrolling through the comments saw this one and realized that the video was 27 minutes long analyzing something 4 minutes long

[@rezphilosophy]

but did you jump through a Parana plant while watching this

[@isaiah8577]

But is your time beatable or is it the perfect time?

[@kipchickensout]

WTF 27 MINUTES??? AHAHA I just finished and it felt like 5 minutes xD awesome video

[@LordofStarsChannel]

the 27 minutes went by so fast I thought the video was 5 mins long. Such a good vid :)

[@fusion67]

then i think you need new batteries in your clock my guy

[@cubrick4334]

Yea, I thought us was 10 mins

[@starshooter_99]

People from like 30 years ago: "This game is pretty cool!" People in 2020: "Parallel universes!" Oh wait, wrong video

[@Wavepush]

-3.2 million speed

[@floridaman7009]

*im 4 parallel universes ahead of you*

[@clauz7535]

Quartersteps are bs

[@shinobix4925]

This was actually enlightening on the amount of time, practice, but most of all, research, that goes into speed running. Before today, if you told me someone told that some guy spent several months looking into super Mario bros in order to beat a record by 0.00.066 secs (or whatever unit of timing it was) I wouldn't be too impressed, but after seeing the amount of work done behind the scenes, only for it completely fly over the heads of all the casuals watching (myself included), this definitely changed my viewpoint towards speedrunners. And the craziest thing is that they usually just act like it's all fun and games. SERIOUSLY, that guy was (including, not limited to); a frame away from missing his "bus" a pixel away from fucking up the final level had whether or not he could take it easy decided by a single white pixel And after all of that whether could even make it past bowser's hammer was determined completely by LUCK, the final milliseconds of a perfect run could of been completely annihilated by some bad luck and the guy was just casually smiling the whole way through. People are constantly asking if speed running counts as a legitimate sport but speed runners have to be one of the most patient, enduring and hard working people I've ever heard of. So to all speed runners out there, I SALUTE YOU, for all the hard work you've done to entertain the minority that understands. Keep on running.

[@ananapanana3680]

Shinobi X mad respect for them really

[@summonsays2610]

This is the first video that blew my mind in the same manner you described First the video of the trick: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl7dcoqYgppjgK8 Then the explanation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaHOY6eaqLWbZqM

[@kalashnikov47s]

I understand the mechanics, I understand how much work goes into these speedruns and how much knowledge you need to do them. That said, you're just playing a game slightly faster than someone else so

[@shinobix4925]

Yeah, but the amount of time and effort put into ensuring they are able to play faster is outstanding, it's like saying Usain Bolt just runs faster than everyone else, technically it's true, but we don't respect him for running so fast, we respect him for putting in the work so he could run so fast, and it's no different with speedrunners

[@kalashnikov47s]

@@shinobix4925 using less time to go from A to B in a game is not the same as running. The right comparison is someone being able to read a book faster than you. Probably takes skill yeah but I wouldn't understand why they would train for that, it's cool and all. They can keep on reading the same book slightly faster but I'm just gonna move on to another book when I'm done, they can keep beating me by minutes with the same book.

[@TatoAV]

Wow... This is a full on investigation soo complete that it never ceases to amaze, this is so well done, you deserve some kind of recognition

[@sheepthehack]

I agree!! This video is a PERFECT!!! example of everything that goes into speed runs.. If you ever wanted to know why there is a MASSIVE scene around speed running then this video would explain just that..

[@someguyfromtheinternet5158]

1.4m views is a bit of recognition ^^

[@kiiikoooPT]

Americans need that guy to investigate 911...

[@cereal8354]

*ok kosmic moves his head one millimeter so that his hands dont sweat so he can glitch perfectly into a firebar in 8-4*

[@EntFncomp]

Ok that makes sense thx

[@theemreunal]

Princess Peach: Come over Mario: But you’re stuck in a castle Princess Peach: My parents aren’t home Mario:

[@aidanproulx8343]

This is hilarious and I don’t even know why.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

Kosmic:SPEED RUN

[@juniorhuachoguisado6640]

Yeah, but princess isn't HOME, she's in that CASTLE.

[@zachsteiner]

Never heard this joke before.

[@FroxoVR]

mario: gets to peach in about 5 mins peach: holy sit

[@AverageTreyVG]

Excellent, I actually learned a lot more from this than I thought I would.

[@newendos1449]

Whats up AverageTreyVG

[@corlanblyskal8041]

Love the Luther profile pic

[@sambitroy610]

yay for the 1000th support for the comment :)

[@atomicbp8135]

AverageTreyVG L

[@mujojl8199]

Dadel_dodel_du

[@bryantherocker]

You forgot to mention by Kosmic shitting twice during the morning at exactly 6:07:53 AM and 7:54:23 AM, He changed the 2nd Goomba movement pattern, delaying it by 2 frames at level 1-2, thus saving him 3 frames at the Flag Pole at level 8-3

[@Xilog]

You all missed the most obvious one, Kosmic skipped dinner 1 month and 3 days before the run, thus changing the 4th goomba's pattern on level 4-1, which delayed the bus by 2 frames thus barely saving him a framerule.

[@Xilog]

@@WhiteHawk77 Oh right, if he had one more pea on his plate it would have delayed him 9 frames, entire speedrun ruined

[@LordPiccolo]

You guys forget the most obvious one: His dad and mom conceived him at exactly 2:59:59 am, so that the judges can give him a 10-point-pixel on 8-1

[@vaguebrownfox]

Underrated comment. Should be on top.

[@landodando5610]

Reading these comments make me question our society, why isn’t it more like this?

[@davidbrickey8733]

Nearly every step in this run is the kind of thing I would expect to hear about in a TAS run. That they're doing this in a human run, and talking about shaving individual frames off their run times... it's crazy to think about that level of precision.

[@geometryemperor]

3 years later, 4:55:580 has not only been achieved, but is completely obselete. Thanks to Niftski, the first 4:54:XXX is reality. As Bismuth said, "the limits are never where we expect them to be".

[@Iris_and_or_George]

And now it really is a reality! 😂

[@RomualdFlibustier]

I wasn't prepared for the Bowser hammers spreadsheet. Is it even possible to do something more niche than that ? These guys are insane... in a brilliant way.

[@masterlangtau]

Yeah, I actually caught myself with my mouth hanging open at the spreadsheet. That is serious dedication.

[@johnsmith-gq5jw]

Mario 64 Watch for Rolling Rocks in 0.5x A Presses is probably more niche. It's not a speed thing, but there's more math. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaHOY6eaqLWbZqM

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

I was about to type a witty response, but I can't top Hehee's.

[@ggbadgg8692]

msec Ses You are looking at this the wrong way, maybe you consider success being let's say basketball world champion (just for example). So if somebody sees being supermario speedrun world champion in the exact same way in which you see being basketball world champion, then he isnt wasting life, he is fulfilling it just in the way in which you wish to fulfill it. Bottomline he is more successful than you and he has wasted less life than you bcz he is supermario world champion and you are not basketball world champion (again for example).

[@darkmatter7668]

msec Ses We can't exactly predict what outcomes are productive and will directly contribute to human development/fulfillment. You're assuming that this pursuit is something that can't lead someone to/inspire them to contribute something major to our universe. Your foresight is limited.

[@LilTesticle]

*alright now here kosmic breaths in air so he can stay alive.* *tHiS wIlL bE iMpOrTaNt LaTeR.*

[@Anohaxer]

I mean it was

[@mrfattypancakes]

I never saw that move come into play

[@BboyIllusi0n]

he sprung a trap card off screen irl. that bastard summoned Atem/Yami-Yugi and activated castle walls thus promoting wall glitches. damn that guy....

[@nef36]

*bEcAuSe yOu sEE thE iNtaKE oF ApProxiMAtely 0.357 L oF OXYGEN wIll SuStAiN hiiis bRAIn'S pROcEccIng PoWeR fOr tHe 5 FraMES neeDED to DO THE SUPER ULTRA MEGA WAL GLITCH WHErE YOU GO FROM WORLD 2-3 TO APROX. 48 PIXELS ABOVE BOWSER"S AXE AND WIN THE GAAAAAAAAAAME

[@danielstaindl2535]

Nef36 ThIs sAveS 0.3 SeCoNdS AS oppOSed to NoT breaTHING

[@chilln0648]

How much time does it save? To answer that, we gonna have to talk about framerules. *VSauce music starts playing*

[@celestialtree8602]

it's the super mario 64 file select music, often used by pannenkoek2012 when explaining things

[@kermity_lmao]

@@celestialtree8602 .

[@Harmonizeee]

@@celestialtree8602 Dude... It's a joke, HOW DID YOU MISS THAT?

[@celestialtree8602]

@@Harmonizeee yes it is, i was just correcting it and providing the origin of the joke for anyone interested

[@Harmonizeee]

@@celestialtree8602 ahh, I saved you from a wooosh

[@wknight8111]

This video was actually really good commentary and I liked the graphics and analysis. Great video.

[@TheThomNorth]

It's amazing how they go through so much effort to save 0.3 seconds.

[@jaytoonz5736]

ThomasNorbdy every second counts

[@shadowclaw9874]

Mikael Normi 0.3 is 3/10 of a second edit: lmao he deleted his comment

[@user-ft4pb5vb3e]

shadowclaw I think he meant approximately. If not, then yeah, that's bad.

[@nerdgirl28]

Victor Stan 3/10 does not equal 1/3.

[@weplaywax]

Selena White yes, 1/3 is actually 0.333333333333333333333333. but for this discussion we can round it down to 0.3

[@_hollande]

The syncing of the two icons dissapearing in tune with the song @4:32 was just too perfect

[@Bismuth9]

It's all in the details!

[@crieverytim]

this guy must have had the dopest science fair projects in middle school

[@GDJolem]

Lol

[@ansh6202]

Bismuth : Science Projects Summoning Salt : History Project

[@ethanmorrow4241]

Never knew that speedrunning was THIS analytically-demanding...

[@KoyasuNoBara]

If you check out Summoning Salt's videos, he talks about the history of various speedrunning records, and it only gets like this after *many* world records. Some early world records in other games actually have a death or two in them. It's only as the time gets lower and lower do you have to start being extremely precise to break someone else's record. Things were a lot less precise when speedrunners had an extra 15 seconds to work with. Here's his video on this game in this category (which is almost four years old and is thus a little outdated on the current record): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJWknIxth8uUoLs

[@dubo2769]

*laughs in wind waker 100%*

[@melody_florum]

We’ve got to a point where we are beating records by FRAMES. Edit: I mean by small amounts of frames. I’m implying that to measure it you have to use frames. I get that 10 seconds could be 600 frames but that’s not what I mean

[@Caladryus]

you're always beating a record by frames, this just happens to be a tiny amount of frames :)

[@melody_florum]

Sven Schipper true. I meant by like few frames It’s ludicrous

[@sunstruck]

what's really crazy to think about is that there has to be a limit to all this... eventually someone is going to hit it - and then others will follow - and then NO ONE will ever break that record again. The person who hits those records is really going to go down in video game history...

[@Kurgosh1]

Not for most games. If you watch some of the longer games that have speedruns they're not sweating individual frames, they're sweating seconds or minutes. And games with more random elements can really change things too.

[@janchix6680]

and the most amazing thing from this explanation was that this current record could only theoretically be beaten by 62 more frames through all game... Talk about narrow margin, I bet James Bond couldn't do nothing in this case.

[@ncf1]

I'm going for the Worlds Slowest Speedrun for Super Mario. I bought the game some 20-odd years ago and have yet to open the packet. I believe so far I am leading the race.

[@bilge677]

"slowest" "speedrun" "*speedrun*" hmmmmm

[@rickyjaso3142]

Fyre slowrun, lmao that sounds so goofy

[@2009kpc]

I've yet to even buy the game. I believe I'm in the lead!

[@Foxylis12590]

What game

[@dimsum8435]

was never aware there was a race or a game. what is nintendo?

[@thebeyonder8814]

I never thought I would watch a 27 minutes video without skipping once. Damn it's so packed with details it's unreal.

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

Its 36 Degree Celsius outside and im watching this while staying inside. Summer sure is lit

[@iwnattio2222]

same

[@angeloaugvill9381]

I didn't know super mario is this complicated. Wow.

[@gilesleggett]

this is a world i never knew existed

[@KoniRose]

@Angelo Augvill it's only complicated if you are trying to speedrun the whole game, it's alot more fun when you play normal

[@Phobos_Anomaly]

@@KoniRose What's "more fun" is subjective. Personally, I've never enjoyed speedrunning myself, but it's fun to watch. Regardless, people can enjoy this game however they want.

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

@@Phobos_Anomaly However, sadly, many video game speedrunners stop enjoying a game after a certain point. But on their first run, their intent isn't to go and beat the game as fast as possible, is it? So I guess they did like the game at first, it just lost its luster for them.

[@Bismuth9]

Speedrunners don't stop enjoying the game, but the enjoyment is different. You can't play a game casually for years, but by speedrunning, you can play it and enjoy it for an infinite amount of time. In a way, speedrunners enjoy a game more than anyone else.

[@HappyLeeHL]

This is a really good explanation video! You've explained every details so well and correctly. Thank you for all the hard work. :)

[@mydixiewrecked5478]

Happy Lee how do you tas smb

[@aaronrobinson2121]

First video that explained subpixels so that I almost understand them. :)

[@otrust5934]

421st like

[@travisdavis3244]

Happy Lee i

[@demonix4893]

Happy Lee ii

[@DeadLog]

4:31 the music matched with the entities disappearing

[@lukisorisch6125]

I think he did it on purpose... but Im not sure...

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Oh I didn’t know that

[@JollyRogerTheDodger]

Fantastic explanation. I've been watching speed running lately and am totally intrigued by the whole thing. It completely baffles me how these pixel tricks are thought up! Thanks for answering all the questions I didn't even know I had!

[@greg55666]

I have utterly no interest in Super Mario. I haven't played it in at least 30 years. I'm saying that so you'll understand when I say that this video is absolutely fascinating. I can't stop watching it.

[@acesupersonic9409]

Are you like 50 years old or something

[@Packerfan130]

No interest? Don't you wanna experiment with these glitches?

[@greg55666]

I think you're not following what I'm saying. Somehow you took the gigantic compliment I gave this video and read it as negative.

[@alexanderstuart7801]

The only thing they read was "I have utterly no interest in Super Mario", then replied.

[@ryanc5572]

Same here. So much time and research went into this, it's insane. I've seen this video four times lol.

[@IrishCarbonPoop]

I just wanna take a moment to draw attention to the video ending, which is one of many strokes of genius contained in this video, and proof that we're dealing with an amazing content creator. Thanks for the video, it's truly impressive.

[@Toysmagnettiles]

To be honest, the video and narrators explanation here and the depth of detail are more impressive than the actual feat itself. Imagine applying this amount of detail, intricacy and smarts to anything in life other than this. You would be the best at any job and in any field.

[@GlassOnion23]

I don't see how that's possible, in any way lol. This is a fantastic video, but the knowledge and execution bar is way easier to clear than performing an actual speed run by like orders of magnitude. You have multiple instances in the speed run where the margin of error of inputs is a few frames or more commonly a single frame. Or where tricks to shave time are learned through the combined efforts of multiple speed runners over the span of a decade or more. Fucking crazy. You'd have to spend way more time and effort to perform a competent speed run of this game than to make an exact replica of this video.

[@chanyy6838]

4:32 The entities disappear to the music.

[@98danielray]

oh shet

[@moadot720]

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

[@futureshock7425]

I didn’t see any of this stuff in Nintendo Power magazine

[@ClassicMist360]

this comment needs more likes lmfaoooo, unfortunately all the young ones dont even know what that is

[@manlypowers9967]

ClassicMist360 At least we got Dragon Warrior for free, right? ;)

[@zakimoshi8686]

@Dal 'Gurak r/woosh

[@C-S-J]

I had totally forgotten about Nintendo Power, I am pretty sure I still have some of them in a box somewhere with stuff from my childhood I took with me when I left home over 25 years ago.

[@chickensseeall]

Got 'em

[@biscuitsalive]

truly you have to be able to see the matrix to understand all this stuff, and to execute it perfectly in fluid gameplay you have to be in control of the matrix.

[@backwhenarmyoftwofirstcame2873]

Or incredibly sad. There is nothing cool about sitting in a room all day every day playing mario over and over and over again.

[@trentw7254]

That doesn't make it any less impressive. Even with hours upon hours of practice, I'd bet that most people wouldn't be able to do this.

[@aname292]

Back When Army Of Two First Came Out If he enjoys it and it pays the bills, then what's the problem?

[@frim3647]

Back When Army Of Two First Came Out there’s nothing cool about sitting in a cubicle all day every day doing sales over and over again

[@Rattattattatt]

There is nothing cool about goatees

[@cipher_5353]

Flag pole glitch : Exists Bismuth : To answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes.

[@gregblessing7036]

Thank you for making this video. I never in a million years would of imagined how hard and technical this world record stuff was. I had no idea about frame inputs and all the other stuff that goes into it. I thought it was as simple as running through the level the fastest. Boy was I wrong. These world record holders are basically math geniuses. Thanks again. I have the upmost respect for these guys and yourself. You have to be a math wiz to make this video plus you have to be good at editing and narrating and I appreciate your skills as well.

[@Wi11zyx]

Why am I so fascinated by this? They got Mario down into a precise math.

[@jonathanandrew2909]

it's literally the matrix.

[@andrewhnamte9870]

yeah .. i wish i could see this 2 25 years ago

[@jorza6125]

So many little things that i didn't even know were supposed to happen :o Great video!

[@hh126]

yay im popular again maybe not

[@BillAnt]

I don't know if you guys knew, but these super human players have "sprite vision" where they can actually see the green hit-boxes with their naked eyes. tsk tsk

[@bray3416]

Ioanea Ftw yo, this speedrun took place on my birthday

[@spectrumdennis3752]

Ioanea Ftw 1k likes i was the 1000th one

[@joshuakoh9901]

Ioanea Ftw I

[@clauz7535]

Bismuth: 4.55.580 is the limit that an human can reach Niftski: Allow me to introduce myself to you

[@seanoconnell753]

Mini land allow me to introduce my self @miniland33

[@ThaAwesome10]

LeKukie: everyone forgetting about me :(

[@ruben_smo]

@@ThaAwesome10 lekukie got 646 I think

[@ThaAwesome10]

@@ruben_smo yes

[@YouWhatMate_Official]

Holy crap, that's alot of pin-point accuracy needed. You even measured the pixels and talked in thirds of seconds. This is insane!

[@Migueleins]

I never even finished the game

[@bergaouikais5951]

It took me about 2 years of constant +4 hours sessions every weekends 25 years ago to beat this game when I was a kid, epic childhood

[@jwatlon2193]

I’m not old enough to have ever played it

[@richardhussong7232]

Jwatlon 21 - You're lucky. I'm too old to have ever played it.

[@sheriffaboubakar9720]

BERGAOUI Kais wow wtf, i can beat this game in around 20 minutes, were you just messing around or actually trying to complete the game?

[@kawatashiwantabe]

damn that's sad

[@parazodiaz474]

This should be a engineering student's new subject- *Super Mario Analytics and Mathematics*

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

GAME MECHANICS! Like Game Theory, but less theoretical.

[@98danielray]

more like computer scientist

[@norolover4015]

You might as well try rocket science if your going that far.

[@Emerald.She-Ra]

Speed runs have always intrigued me. Your video is absolutely fascinating. Thanks for taking the time to explain it!😊

[@iamseamonkey6688]

it's been 2 years and 9 months since this video and the world record has come down by almost exactly one second.

[@Opanker_]

well it can never go down by EXACTLY a second because Frames

[@iamseamonkey6688]

@@Opanker_ i said almost

[@juanoshigeru]

its impressive how many details go in a 5 minute speedrun

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

"The wall stops Mario's momentum instantly" is my new favorite sentence.

[@robertomurri1278]

"When Nintendo sends its characters, they're not sending their best. They're not sending Toad. They're not sending Luigi. They're sending characters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing Shrooms. They're bringing Chain Chomps. They're mean and ugly. And some, I assume, are good characters."

[@gilesleggett]

i think i just lost my shit

[@DarkKnightCuron]

"The Limits are never where we think they are." Amazing thing to end a video on.

[@BlueShift815]

I watched this video when it first came out, and every few months I come back and rewatch it. Mainly because it reminds me how impressive top-level speedrunning actually is. It's also a really clear and comprehensive explanation, and I just enjoy seeing the details of how one of my favourite VGs of my childhood works

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

I’m ready for my Mario exam, ty

[@ThunderFayd]

Jose Tomas Campos Robledano morning

[@billhughes7927]

Lol I love how he says “oh my gosh, holy cow, common man!” Instead of cursing

[@saucy8850]

He is a good boi

[@memerboi69.0]

pure

[@DeathMayBeYourSantaClausz]

too adorable

[@youtubeneedstochange4414]

He is a true chad gamer.

[@davidharden7575]

what is crazy is that this video is explaining a lot of tricks and things i knew about this game since i was a kid. You learn thru just playing it thousands of times that if you hit certain blocks, it allows you to speed pass or jump right over something or right into a warp,etc. But i of course didn't understand how the frames worked,etc. Awesome video. As complicated as it is, it makes sense because i have played it so many times. So cool.

[@pleilleur]

That's amazing, the run has been completely optimized with surgeon precision, these guys are games Mozarts. I love speedruns because I totally get the point and I do understand and appreciate guys skills. It's great to be able to see this kind of videos that explains the tricks (without looking at the source code !) because despite a little guess of what's happening, I had NO IDEA this was so complex. Thanks a lot for that video, this is great work. And thanks to all Speed Runners, you guys are cyber athletes :)

[@mulderscully3707]

This needs to be added to the video gamer's bible.

[@mark2220]

OKAY KZbin I WATCHED IT LEAVE ME ALONE... Actually pretty good video. Don't tell KZbin I admited that.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Mark, this comment really made me laugh

[@JLHunter61]

**sigh** Sadly, I understand what you said completely. Now, KZbin, LEAVE ME ALONE!

[@bigstuntnsp]

I feel ya

[@toxicandtimeless]

oh hi mark

[@Randallsilver]

I know right? It's everywhere!

[@samsay7791]

This blew my mind. I never heard of any of this. Very fascinating!!! I am more impressed with the speed run now than I was before knowing the intricacies that go in to it.

[@ownerfate]

... I will now think of Mario trying to catch a bus every time... lol

[@mewziikal8331]

Quick ! Drive me to where my girlfriend is held captive ! DON'T LOSE ANY 0.35 SECONDS !

[@1trillionviews4u]

Meanwhile..... during this video Kosmic ran through this game 5 times.

[@ilyyariza7316]

I'd beat it just 3 times because i'm bad at Speedrunning tho

[@GTAce99]

Incredible video. It's obvious that a lot of time went into gathering info and editing. The animations and clear descriptions should help any view understand exactly what's going on. Plus it's fascinating to see just how much goes into a fairly short run. Thanks for making this; hopefully it answers all the questions any person would have about the wr.

[@johnnastepny9309]

You got my like when you referenced Pannen, you blew my mind with the whole bullet section at 15:00 and you earned a sub from me because of the obvious effort you put into making the whole thing wondrously pedagogical^^ Now I am off to watch part two!

[@outta_time9925]

This is an amazing video concept! Good job and keep the good work!

[@ChescoYT]

Dude, please make your channel break down all speedrun world records, this video is a masterpiece!

[@MiniIand]

Have a look at Summoning Salt's channel if you like this sort of content - he shows the history of many speedrunning world records while breaking down what happens as he goes along

[@Bismuth9]

That's the plan. I've been busy all summer but more content will be coming in the next 5 months.

[@RandomMusik]

@@Bismuth9 so no more All-star memes, only speedrun breakdowns ?

[@Bismuth9]

Unfortunately, no more All-star memes

[@DraoxxMusic]

​@@Bismuth9 Can't wait!

[@jetstreamjackie3437]

After the pannenkoek File Select theme at 1:26, I knew this would be a good video; but you blew my expectations out of the water with this explanation! I learned so much about SMB speedruns today. Thank you so much! Definitely subscribing :)

[@kaylee42900]

honestly explained so much about my time playing SMB as a kid. Specifically bowsers last hammer not having a hit box and 8-3 hammer bros patterns having an easy patter.

[@abigolbehemoth-diagram-8510]

Heard the music and then I didn't look away for the whole video. Pannenkoek music makes me interested

[@jimmyjohnjoejr.9020]

Mexgar dangit I just commented that

[@mijkolsmith]

Mexgar the fucking pannenkoek reference was amazing

[@nickrogers3624]

Mexgar I was certain that was a pannenkoek reference... even the phrasing of his sentence was on point.

[@paulstelian97]

"The limits are never where we think they are" :)

[@Peeker0]

When mom says there is 5 minutes to bed

[@xoquinnxo_]

Nice

[@nthgth]

🤣

[@charliep7112]

21:30, Wall Jumps in Mario Bros 1? Dang, Mario Bros 1 was ahead of it's time.

[@sheriffaboubakar9720]

Charlie Perrey Miyamoto said in an interview that some glitches were intended so I don't know if that was an intended glitch or not.

[@ryujinzzz6050]

Was mario always this intense?

[@yourlocalperson2015]

Ryujinzzz im sorry to say, but yes, im pretty sure it was

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@#poisonous Productions someone died? Oh...

[@JL-zg5bk]

@Dylan Ladner Filthy Casuals wouldn't understand. It's alright though, play it your way.

[@josemaricanon4919]

Not only mario. But the whole NES

[@FlareCano]

I understand, but with different games.

[@mr.champion7304]

Holy shit, the sheer amount of analysis that goes into a super mario bros. speedrun is insane!

[@gassug2]

hey it's tux

[@mr.champion7304]

@@gassug2 yep

[@jordonbrewer2354]

Kosmic's dedication to SMB is absolutely unparalleled. That coupled with the fact that the man has managed to remain the king for so goddamn long.... Truly inspiring.

[@dann462]

I don't want anyone else but you explaining us WR attempts.

[@TheRyanator36910]

world record record?

[@dann462]

Thanks, fixed it. :)

[@lordpengwinviii4825]

dann462 you should watch summoning salt

[@drinkme.1229]

Im sorry summoning Salt's was better kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2KkeXaXpNCknsk

[@duffman18]

Yeah Summoning Salt is a best channel for these kinda things, and there's been loads of copycat channels that have popped up trying to replicate summoning salt, like this one. Nothing inherently wrong with that, the more great videos made about speedrunning the better, but so many of these channels try and have very similar thumbnails to Summoning Salt to trick you into thinking its a video by him, which is a very scummy thing to do, after all the work Summoning Salt does to make his videos

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

You don't often see such high quality,informative videos such as this one.Simply amazing video.Even though it's extremely detailed,the way you presented it was so captivating!

[@AwlrightProductions]

Excellent, well-made video! Watched the whole thing, to my surprise.

[@whtbobwntsbobget]

I don't know which is more impressive; Cosmic's speedrun or Bismuth's immaculate video explaining it!

[@darbian]

great job sir

[@riahlexington]

Hi darb! :)

[@hiromichael_ctranddevgames1097]

:O

[@riahlexington]

You’re one of my favorite streamers and you’re a great source of entertainment (I was going through a hard time awhile back and you always made me smile.) anyway, thank you darb :).

[@RetroPlus]

darbian Do you get nervous when watching other people speed run mario bros? Or do you just laugh because you know you're the best.

[@mjfan97p]

+Retro Plus Not anymore he's not. lol

[@johnsongtf683]

27minutes just flew by you earned my sub that was great , speed running makes me wonder how FPS and TPS will be played in 20-30 years it’s gonna be nuts.

[@ChoboUnjeon]

Like Splatoon?

[@imnotgoodwithnames8502]

Reel Of Cubes can I know the name of the video?

[@leonardollanos6600]

27 minutes?! WTAF

[@rubenherrera3852]

Thank you for original video! Very professional and entertaining! Congratulations!

[@neverforget...5839]

Imagine dunkey playing this without his blindfold actually have a controller plugged in fully awake and not have his little brother play

[@bhs_742]

Holy Moly... Since When did people start doing PhD on Super Mario Bros...!!!

[@Bismuth9]

I graduated in Mariology in 2014.

[@killuazoldyck_]

and that where u lose another +1 frame of your time asking

[@jaylofthouse8245]

fuad azmeer lol

[@JaMaMaa1]

look up pannenkoek2012

[@HeidiHo1111]

Why did I watch this...I realy need to get my life together.

[@elnub-nub9399]

Mitchell Laclé Me too and I try but the girl i like went back to her ex... feelsbadmen

[@taz0k2]

Knowing the context behind the comment would be real interesting.

[@user-ui5bx4pf9v]

Oh...oof

[@lichade2008]

Or buy yourself a PlayStation

[@ChristopherHemsworthCreative]

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH omg my thoughts exactly

[@alfonsoflores5386]

Thsi vid earned my subscription. Great work, buddy. Im amazed at our passion for gaming and the challenges it brings.

[@greenobeeno1]

I used to speed-run different Mario games when I was younger and this really brought a lot of joy to know the community that my younger self loved trying to emulate carries on with a lot of fire. Thank you for making this! Think I'll get my old SMB cart...

[@DVSPress]

I was supposed to go to bed. Damnit. Great video.

[@booombasa]

3:20 AM. Im feeling ya brother.

[@T1GEVERETT]

ME RIGHT NOW!!! I wanted to go to bed by 10:20pm...its 10:49pm now...

[@jasoncampbell3955]

Ha! My experience exactly! I have no idea why I watched this, but this type of analysis is beyond pathological obsession!

[@Imphenzia]

Yep... Same for me :) Still watched the full video, hah.

[@stevengrondin6234]

Exactly man! I was supposed to go bed like 27:00 minutes ago lol great vid tho

[@RaulHAV]

I rarely comment on KZbin videos. However I just wanted to say, this is probably one of the BEST videos I´ve ever seen. It has the perfect balance of Nerdhood, Geekness and Engineering. The result: an epic 27 minutes... Thank You....

[@temmiehoiboild2302]

?

[@JrSertan]

Before I read your comment I was thinking the video was around 10 minutes long. WOW that was fun...

[@user-ez2gt8es2m]

Omg😒

[@djsmileyoflasvegas]

I just watched this whole video a world record for me...FML

[@Baalaaxa]

27 minutes? You mean 97202 frames?

[@lieveserpieters9163]

When I heard that SM64 music I was laughing out loud. Good thing framerules aren't as complicated as parallel universes.

[@id-f8679]

TO ANSWER THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PARALLEL UNIVERSES

[@santiagoherrera5746]

Man, I got lost, watched that video like 5 times and it still confuses me