Jak II - Any% Speedrun World Record History

Speedrunners thrive on broken games. Where others see hassle and disappointment, runners see opportunity. Pushing the game to its limits is par for the course. Imagine finding your game’s holy grail, the glitch that breaks the run wide open, but your game is basically on round the clock life support. When you’re always one wrong move away from a run killing game crash, is it worth it? Quick, someone get the crash cart, Jak II is coding again.
The Jak series is no stranger to huge glitches that save a ton of time. Whereas the original game steadily lowered the time down over 20 years with new discoveries, the biggest trick in Jak II is found instantly. A perfectly predefined package for prospective players. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy though. It won’t just be the metal heads that test your mettle. Strap in, this zoomer has no brakes. Welcome to Speed Docs.
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[@skatesentry2334]

The inclusion of the speed runner interviews elevates Speed Docs to the top of my list for the genre. The interviews provide the human element to the story and great insight into the task speed runners face. I look forward to the next installment from the Speed Docs team.

[@TheTechnician27]

>the human element So you're saying Speed Docs has finally recreated Todd Todgers' fabled technique for beating a game faster than physically possible?

[@skatesentry2334]

@@TheTechnician27 Yes and praise should be heaped upon them and their names shouted from the rooftops with glorious fervor

[@MrMaximum51]

WHEN WILL SPEED DOCS GET THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES?

[@djtoxicdhg]

Can we all just agree that this channel is criminally underrated.

[@J9n-xi1oo]

yes i agree but can we also all agree that jack 2 casual play through had a lot of frustrating missions

[@idontlikestuff]

Too bad they seem to have abandoned ship

[@SpeedDocs]

We haven't abandoned ship. Real life just gets in the way ✌️

[@idontlikestuff]

@@SpeedDocs I was getting worried since I love the content. Good. Hope its just normal life and not negative things going on. Stay blessed ok?

[@SpeedDocs]

Three scripts are 75% done. So keep an eye out!

[@JakSpeedruns]

Fantastic video Speed Docs! The community really appreciates the work you've put into this!

[@OuijiShi]

Amazing video, thanks for working hard on this one and for inviting me for the interview! This history video will go down in history 😎

[@matthewodell9129]

"Noted arachnaphobe, Ben Fichter" had me in stitches. Love the inside jokes, haha.

[@alexbandli]

This channel is so undderated. The production quality is way beyond that of a channel with less than 50k subs. Hope you keep growing and more people recognize how great this is.

[@ProjectHazy]

It would have more views if twitch streamers didn't react.

[@Chromenug]

only noticed they have 36k cuz your comment. Swore they had like 300k+subs . they really should.

[@Wieprzek]

@@ProjectHazy wdym

[@Alexander_Grant]

@@Wieprzek All those people who watched a twitch streamer react instead of watching the video themselves. It's basically giving the people who already have a ton of viewers more viewers without them having to do any work. A video like this isn't like a game, no one is going to go watch another hour and thirty minute long video and give the actual creator the views they deserve while when streamers play games, people watching will more likely want to play. Jay Exci did an excellent video on reaction content a few months back, and he showed there was no significant boost in the metrics KZbin uses after Hasan watched his video. Imagine the hours spent on a video like this, only for a twitch streams with thousands of viewers who would have watched this video, and that streamer profits off of doing none of the work besides sitting and watching a KZbin video.

[@SpeedDocs]

🙌🙏

[@barg034]

hahaha I deserve 0% credit for anything openGOAL, but appreciate the mention! love these games and the speed doc series!

[@clarkred4235]

Your first Jak and Daxter speed doc had me gripped from start to finish. Cannot wait for this video!

[@MatthewJemilo]

I never played anything past the first J&D but these videos always get me interested in going back

[@DoctorSwellman]

Fun fact, Lapogne36 has had a hand in breaking down so many speedgames back in the day. I was researching for a project on Blue Dragon, and he ended up being a major contributor for strategies that were way ahead of its time. Truly a speedrunning legend who deserves more attention

[@GalaxianSR]

Fr like I always seem to learn new games he messed with it's kinda insane

[@lapogne36]

Speedrunning before the speedrunning era was quite something, there was no route and the only limit when creating the first one was your own creativity.

[@GalaxianSR]

@@lapogne36 It probably was wicked fun I bet

[@ThatGuyDraven98]

I just found this channel. I can't get enough. You go so in depth,interviews, explanations. Just amazing. I really hope more is to come. Definitely my new favorite channel. 🤘🔥

[@andreweinspahr4087]

Your video quality is top tier. This channel is due to blow up. Keep up the great work!

[@SpeedDocs]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@g3catcher526]

During the Jak 2 Any% Tournament, Ouiji and Headstrong faced off in round 4. Headstrong ended up winning 56:35 to 56:51 in a race that never saw the 2 separated by more than 30 seconds throughout the game. They later faced each other in the Grand Finals where Headstrong also took the victory to take a clean sweep of the tournament. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafNqKxqm61-b68 for the round 4 race between HS and Ouiji.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

All hail Queen Headstrong

[@Reconditeee]

I love how gloriously broken my speed game is :) Great video! :D

[@MuteMyst]

I love the history of speedrunning, I honestly vibe really well and blast through my work when i listen to your content lol

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks! We are glad you enjoy it !

[@longgreasy1595]

I tear up thinking about the millions that are missing out on your channel

[@SpeedDocs]

Spread the word!

[@xxfantomxx6]

This channel is so good I’m surprised it isn’t as popular as someone like summoning salt

[@SpeedDocs]

Tell your friends!

[@MotoMoto9191]

Love this series, love your channel. Excellent work as always. Will be watching this at least another couple dozen times in the future just like with your other speed docs

[@Xhalonick]

This was super interesting, the various game breaking glitches were awesome to see. Thank you speed docs for your research and video presentation, I love to learn about games I might not have otherwise.

[@yexted5193]

Can’t wait for your next drop :/ on my third round of re binging all of your videos! Such a good creator!

[@julianusapostata6677]

I hope this video climps more. Me and my brother (we are now 26 &25) played the JaK series. We were not allowed to buy so luch games. Back then you could rent Games like DVDs. So we always had a week or so to play it. (bdw. The german dub of this game is nice) It was a good time. Our father played with us and helped us with hard sections.

[@subsonicdemon]

I really enjoy these videos, so informational and I really appreciate the fact you give everyone their shine.

[@bradff7]

Waiting a whole month for my favorite game to get a video....I'm so excited! Amazing video as always! Great work mate!

[@joshuadonnelly1978]

YESSSS! I don't know why, I just think it's so cool that Headstrong was the first to get sub-one-hour in both Jak 1 and Jak 2. Having it be the same person for that specific goal is amazing!

[@Governatore5]

Great video! Very glad to see another Jak progression

[@joypistachio493]

God this channel is so incredibly underrated. Thanks for the great content!

[@Cloud__ffvii]

36k subs is so low for a channel of this quality, one of my favourite speed running channels. The vids are so detailed, brilliantly scripted and created.

[@_shadowsaiyan99_17]

Criminally undersubbed channel. So much time and love goes into these vids. Keep up the great work fam

[@blooo_blooo]

Come back speedrun docs 😥 there isn't enough speedrun history content out there and I miss your style of videos!

[@kingj521]

Speed Docs & summoning salt are goated for speed running documentary's Thanks

[@pleasantlygg7946]

I check your channel monthly for new vids. love and miss you guys :)

[@Jaytea_22]

Jak III would be so sick! I just found this channel and really hope that comes out at some point

[@remypaak4195]

Im missing your vids bro! They were all so legendary and helped me get through some dark times ^^ Then I even had the honor to actually meet you on the pokemon Snap discord. It felt amazing to meet someone after watching all their vids for years. I hope you're doing well and are following your dreams!

[@prestonparish]

I only had a vague idea of speedrunning, but played Jak II when it was released. Really cool to see the game from the perspective of this surreal sport.

[@samalmond2321]

It's hilarious that the world record holder of Jak 2 hates the game haha

[@headstrong1290]

Well hate it casually anyway lol it’s a great speed game~

[@AS34N]

Speed docs, tha rixer, ect...do such an awesome job the speed run that don't get enough credit ot maybe aren't as popular but are very skill dependent. Another great job guys

[@Rezby]

Another masterpiece. Bravo. Your ability to make me see the history in such a captivating way. Cant wait to see whats next.

[@Kaygovegan]

This video looks great! Loving it!

[@w0rmblood323]

Hoping more content will come! Love this channel

[@OhNoBohNo]

I love speedrunning so much as a concept because it really combines sport and art. Few mediums can do that- For instance, figure skating, and slam poetry. But the interesting thing about speedrunning is how the art and the sport are made by completely different teams. You can for sure argue that any sport is its own art form and entertainment- such as professional wrestling-, but I think the confluence of a created artwork and the skill of competition comes together in an interesting and fun way with speedrunning especially.

[@welcometomylives]

It's always weird to see speed running KZbinrs talk about other speedrunning KZbinrs in terms of their speedrunning. When you brought up ThaRixer I was briefly confused for a second.

[@bee1zebub]

my brother used to speedrun this game and it always made me laugh watching jak fly off the map w the infinite hoverboard glitch. great job on the run guys it brought back some good memories!

[@HorrorGameAnalysis]

Such a fantastic video! Inspires me to start speedrunning myself.

[@THESHOWBOAT]

Very interesting these Jak speedruns and R&C speedruns!

[@2manyballfaces46]

Just subbed really well done videos!

[@hansschwarz7256]

Amazing Video. You can really see how much effort went into this. Hope we will see Jak 3 soon :)

[@julianusapostata6677]

Oh man i watched this last year and i still get chills watching it again

[@kirkmaxwellofficial]

I’ve never been more excited for a video in my life

[@bmac4]

Oh hey a doc featuring a run I saw live as it happened, nice. Ive followed sicky and hs a good while.

[@Umbreon_Eevee]

Love these speed run history videos

[@Scawtsauce]

so many great memories with jak 1-3

[@gbril314]

24:04 Ricky saying "oh man" in time with the in-game cinematic

[@HaunterM]

Finally a followup to the jak 1 speed doc! :D

[@lapogne36]

As far as I remember, there were no other runs at the time beside Mkt2015's one. While the Mar's tomb skip was known for some time, I had to find my way through the red and yellow barriers, which I eventually found after some trial and errors. Fun fact, my run was rejected on SDA because it wasn't "good enough", and to this day the 4h42 is still the current SDA run.

[@smokerg4l762]

That’s actually crazy that you cracked both barrier skips on your own when there was no one else to workshop skips with. Mars Tomb Skip is so heavily associated with the barrier skips nowadays that it never even occurred to me that anyone would have done this sequence break without them. You probably set this games route forward a year with those two OoBs alone. I don’t doubt Tomjak would have found them when he started but it’s cool that the first ever single segment run laid down such a foundation. You also did the first Jak 3 run if I recall correctly? If you have the time, you should reach out to ThaRixer at some point. He would probably be interested in documenting your insights from that game for a future video project.

[@SpeedDocs]

You're a legend. Also SDA is whack for rejecting your run lol. Maybe that's why that site died. (P.S. I hope I didn't butcher your name lol)

[@lapogne36]

@@SpeedDocs ​ @Speed Docs You didn't write it "laponge" so as far as I am concerned it's all good lol

[@TreesPlease42]

Wanted to thank you and wish you well! Take care of yourself

[@nathanshivnen8545]

Please come back Speed Docs you do it better then anyone else

[@larzalexander7364]

My childhood game guys. You guys have no idea how much joy and sadness it gives knowing I’ll never play this again.

[@HigherKnowledgeArts]

You literally can still play it.... On PS2, PS3, PS4 or PS5.... So uh.... Yeah

[@erdachtzumuntergang]

It even has a high quality PC-Port in OpenGoal.

[@DeanoBeano]

love these videos, so good

[@DickiMoltisanti]

Septerna is the GOAT. Guy is insane

[@andrewostrander5647]

You make the best speed run videos

[@french_fried420]

Hope to see a new vid soon!

[@KatJustice97]

Ben's hubris is hysterical after how thoroughly his TPL segmented run was trounced. Though I suppose credit where credit is due, good for him being the first to run it

[@PlushieMaster]

LET'S GOOOOOO I LOVED THE FIRST VIDEO AND IM SO HYPED FOR THIS ONE

[@precursorunderground]

Incredible. I commend speedrunners on their dedication and razor-thin margins.

[@Mister_Clean]

Man. Ricky is kind of a speedrunning legend, huh?

[@wasprider7239]

Just discovered this channel and I've been working my way through your videos, they're awesome! I noticed it's been a while since your last upload, I hope there is more to come!

[@SpeedDocs]

We've been busy with a lot of things, but we are still working on videos! Hopefully we will have something to show soon :)

[@wasprider7239]

@@SpeedDocs That's great to hear! Happy New Year!

[@ravencrow3244]

I have only just found this channel, but i love your work, i hope you do come back. i noticed you had plans for FFIX and i saw that you had done a Banjo Kazooie video, I assume these got struck and that may have deterred you from making more content but i hope this isn't the end for@@SpeedDocs lot of people found you over this past year and are looking forward to a triumphant return.

[@d1sable]

Great watch, thank you

[@Lugmillord]

Congrats to Headstrong :D

[@KatJustice97]

I eagerly await the (eventual) installment of Jak 3 in this series, presuming it's on the agenda. Should I have gone to bed three hours ago? Yeah, probably. Guess this multi-part insight into one of my favorite game series was too good to pass up

[@osama4048]

Upload more loved these vids!!!

[@kamek7246]

Fiending for more speed docs

[@mysticaloctopus8224]

Take a shot every time speed docs uses alliteration

[@erikstandley5817]

Seeing me name pop up in the chat when ouiji got his last wr was the best part of the whole video lmao

[@twilitblade]

"Determined to ruin the best pb in the history of Speed Docs" is such a banger line lmao

[@Zilch93]

That intro song though😫 🤌🏻 0:59

[@Tomogara]

ikr anzone know the name?

[@JokerLord420]

When’s the next video?

[@rhyno39]

>:)

[@NickolaConagher]

The song at 26:34, where is it from?

[@SODAcanKILLA]

One of the best games of all time I would like a dead space sr record history but I love jak 2

[@AskTorin]

Looooove the beautiful glitches of this game.

[@mennykickens486]

Yeah! Headstrong!

[@roanen5285]

Update! aslov holds first with a 53:03... just waiting to see someone break 53!

[@Serenity19247]

I'm really sorry for asking, unfortunately I wasn't able to find out myself. Would you kindly tell me what the name of the banger song playing at 14:48 is? I wasn't able to find out when looking at the channel of @Squidbird and I honestly ask for apologies. I gave a thumbs up on many other songs as I wholeheartedly enjoy them!

[@SpeedDocs]

We use a licensing service for most of the music that wasn't created by Squidbird. This is one of those songs, so I don't believe that you're going to be able to find it!

[@Serenity19247]

@SpeedDocs Thanks a lot for reaching out to me quickly, I really appreciate this and I'll be delighted whenever I hear this song (and probably many more!) in the future while watching your channel :)

[@scoom_scoom]

You forgot to upload the interviews for Jak 2 to the interviews playlist. Great video though, very inspiring.

[@SpeedDocs]

Good catch! We'll get right on that

[@scoom_scoom]

Thanks. I would have replied earlier, but I thought you were just busy and hadn't uploaded them yet. The interviews are my favourite part though. It's so interesting hearing about people's speedrunning journeys.

[@SpeedDocs]

We did get busy for a while there, so thanks for the reminder. Those interviews are now in the main interview playlist if you want to listen to them. We'll publish them this week when we make thumbnails

[@scoom_scoom]

Thank you!

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Jak 2 pops in my feed. Instand question: Has construction yard progress warp finally been found?

[@neiir]

The Jak and Daxter series was always my favorite. Wish I could speedrun the game

[@DanielAyy]

Hi, do you know if there are any differences between Jak 2 NTSC and Jak 2 Renegade PAL?

[@rasmus97able]

it took me 5 watches to get to the ending cus i kept falling asleep. might make this my bedtime story from now on haha

[@SpeedDocs]

It's a long one lol. Hope you enjoyed it!

[@rasmus97able]

@@SpeedDocs i did, one of the best you guysve made so far!

[@PopstarDracula]

Saw the premiere of this just in time to have to go to work and miss it :(

[@Tomogara]

does anyone know the intro song name? and the other songs? they are dope

[@ih8uqx]

New jak video instant watch aiii

[@princessrescuermk3]

Still waiting for the FF9 History, can't wait for more RPG histories.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Alright listen you. Kuwabara is the winner in my heart, okay?

[@randaljr.8581]

right?? the disrespect lol

[@JustThatGuy714]

I just found this channel and I’m afraid I’m going to need you to start posting videos again.

[@mannequia8294]

I like rixrs little scale of like "Here's how likely fucking this part up kills the run"

[@theseiroth1]

Favorite Anime...Cowboy Bebop always comes to mind being my gateway drug into it, but I'm gonna go with Oran High School Host Club and Toradora cause they got me in the feels

[@AquatexZ]

I was honestly like from 1hr to 1hr 12m like "So where's Krew Skip gonna come in there's no way with the time left it's gonna get explained" like even me at the time who wasn't really running anything outside of ILs knew about Krew Skip, I had seen the Debug Info on Krew Skip at pure random chance and was utterly amazed at how these games were getting massacred (Was around the time I started watching R&C / J&D runs as a whole. but I was also expecting Daxter Chase Skip--

[@Smokey710]

plz make a new video i love your vids so much dude

[@Rochon_]

bro said "this zoomer has no breaks, and i felt that."

[@Sirfortune881]

Its crazy how much me and my cuzen knew about this game as kids we found all this out just playing the game all the time as kids and just fucked around with it all well other than the skips

[@selfaware7617]

Never knew the history of this one. I never even casually beat the game because of the on-rails turret mission being too hard for me. I would just go hoverboard and confess my love to Keira. But.. she never said it back 😭