The Greatest Super Mario Bros Speedrun Ever Just Happened

[@semm174]

Nice video on an awesome achievement. The reason why Andrew didn’t go for the bullet bill glitch is explained in summoningsalt’s video of this game from a few years ago. You need to get the bullet to shoot at a specific time and it was thought to be random, but Saradoc found out that these patterns weren’t random and were influenced by what framerule you enter the level in. So he waited on the title screen for a bit to get a good pattern and did the run

[@adamsrankings8860]

wow

[@epithalamia]

wow

[@dribblerpog6199]

POG

[@GPotatoGD]

sans vore

[@hugo4it]

wow

[@nishantpajni1750]

Andrew G walked so they could run. That man deserves a separate video tbh as not only in Super Mario bros but also in Super Mario Bros 2, he optimized the speedruns by finding many starts and inspired other speedrunners as well. The same goes for Darbian as well, Absolute legends.

[@RealRedRabbit]

Andrew G is the main character of early speedrunning

[@andreisas4262]

And Kosmic... He's a legend too

[@iwinrar5207]

Darbian got me into watching speedruns more. Like I would dabble before but darbains record really got me going.

[@FlyNavy906]

And don't forget Badabun. He ate pizza and drank Coke so everyone else could run.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yeah, videos on the backbone runners of various speedruns would be fantastic. Whether they still speedrun or not, their dedication should be honored. We wouldn't be where we are today if they didn't try.

[@Kosmicd12]

5:08 there are two main reasons. One was that the bullet shot is rng based, and using framerule routes to get consistent patterns was pretty new at the time (I started using it for warpless in mid to late 2013). In order to do the trick, you'd need to find a consistent setup for the bullet to shoot, and learn how to consistently execute the trick. Also, and I'm not sure about Andrewg, but I was under the impression that the trick only saved 0.35 instead of 0.7 back then. All that on top of the fact that neither I nor Andrew had the savestate capabilities for practice that we do now, it made more sense to just keep pushing for the 4:57 method that we already knew was possible before messing with that more. Blubbler using emulator to figure out the bbg setup really helped with that advancement.

[@mobcaptain601]

Well said.

[@blue_elite964]

oh heck its kosmic himself

[@xvyz..]

Love your streams

[@brunobrunobruno7164]

this guy is cool

[@xtosu9643]

fax

[@AndrewgSpeedruns]

My logic behind not using the bullet bull glitch was this: In order to get the bullet to shoot consistently I would have to get there on the exact same frame each time. However, since you have to slow down the clear the piranha mid-stage this seemed completely luck-based. Even if I could find a framerule that worked, since I needed to slow down, I figured it wouldn't be consistent. It turned out that you only needed to be within a set number of frames for it to work (it was much more lenient than 1 exact frame)... I figured it worked like Bowser where he moves differently every single frame depending on when you arrive. - AndrewG

[@Flerby7]

thank you legend for the explanation

[@LaneyStudios5]

AndrewG, the pioneer, el capitan!

[@PeterJavi]

He lives

[@topsdaily_productions]

Yo bro, you are a literal living legend! I'm not a speed runner but I just wanna say thanks for all your hard work! You're awesome!!

[@abletodoit3051]

Example of self-documentation seen in the comment above.

[@pooberyt8093]

Imagine being captured by a giant ass turtle and taken hella far from home and being taken into a giant lava filled dangerous castle only to be saved 5 minutes later by a plumber

[@StriKe_jk]

5minutes?! You mean 4 minutes and 54 seconds!!!

[@brokenrecord2704]

lol

[@pooberyt8093]

@@CrisCheese_ I fixed it earlier my man

[@ireadysucks3026]

@@pooberyt8093 man*

[@muffinutt3655]

@@ireadysucks3026 ? He said man

[@tbone9474]

to think he's barely slower than a TAS who uses instantaneous inputs unachievable on a controller is mind boggling... completely insane. Massive props and GGs to all these speed runners

[@raznaak]

Something like 0.5 seconds? That's absolutely nuts.

[@Blernster]

He uses emulator and keyboard. He's cheating

[@mow9062]

@@Blernster did you forget your pills

[@gandalfdercyanfarbene6216]

@@Blernster are you dumb. there is no inherent advantage of emulator

[@tbone9474]

@@Blernster I'm.sure it's coded to take it into account otherwise it wouldn't be counted

[@pcachu]

Niftski: [breaks 4:55 barrier] Karl Jobst: Let's take a look at the trail of pizza and Coke that led us to this point in history.

[@alex2005z]

Lol

[@thecommentato4]

hehehe fake speedrun reference

[@phoenixstone4208]

a b l i s t e r i n g 9 3

[@unlimited8410]

@@phoenixstone4208 man relax a bit, I'll get a heart attack if i keep on seeing the bpm on the counter continually switching to the same two numerical values to represent a "normal" heart rate.

[@phoenixstone4208]

@@unlimited8410 my man kosmic chillin at 3022, badabun obviously doesn't know the strats 😤

[@WilliamAndrews0]

One day the record will be so low that Bowser isn't even in his castle yet and still on his way back from kidnapping peach.

[@freshrot420]

Haha! That made me imagine Mario throwing the first poison shroom off in the distance, then the credits roll.

[@ethangreen5416]

After all that, I’d probably leave Peach, she is constantly blacking me.

[@TheSonofabiscuit]

Well the bar I definitely that low

[@totallynotclickbait6114]

I can just imagine it going like this: bowser bragging abt how clever his kidnap was then less than half a mile away he hears an Italian plumber screeching and running at Mach 10

[@johnwilliamson8367]

It is not impossible for the final frontier to be broken.

[@muppetman0665]

It's so crazy that after 40 years, people are still advancing the speedrun times

[@Polska_Edits]

@@savbeeing7376 vbux*

[@pjdj]

@@Polska_Edits do you not know what roblox is?

[@pjdj]

@@Polska_Edits I understand hating it but damn you don’t even KNOW it?

[@rowboat10]

wait wait wait what hold on 35th anniversary was only 1 year ago

[@pjdj]

@@rowboat10 it’s a joke.

[@LaMiaSorte]

I adore Mario speedrunning, it's so mesmerizing and fascinating, just watching Mario jump so precisely and clip through walls like it's a normal Tuesday.

[@rutomeds]

honestly, when there's a final second barrier, it gets boring to watch.

[@jackbeamish8033]

Anyone else notice Miniland in Niftski's chat cheering him on at 9:47? You then see Niftski in Miniland's chat shortly after! Love seeing the way runners cheer each other on, so good

[@that_tilton9662]

Its like the same 4 people lol

[@TheFlameofIcarus]

It's similar to how everyone, including his competition, cheered Tony Hawk on up to him doing the 900. They don't care who does it, they just wanna see it done regardless of if it's them or not.

[@wareforcoin5780]

It's the thing I love the most about speedrunning. Everyone is just so excited to see the record broken, when they stop streaming they immediately go watch their rivals and cheer them on. It's really beautiful.

[@Running_Colours]

yeah, lekukie is in hsi chat too a few seconds after. Honestly, The speedrunning community is quite awesome

[@charlottecorday8494]

I didn't notice that

[@JamJam117]

My favorite part of the video was at 7:10 when Karl basically flexed that his video got more views than badabuns fake speedrun

[@Stiggandr1]

Great seeing a minecraft channel branching out.

[@karljobst]

It is scary but I kind of want to try new things

[@mrsmoothbrain9589]

@@karljobst that nice its quite interesting keep it up

[@Drikett1]

Love the Starcraft Profile picture 😄

[@drmontorsi7498]

lmfao

[@UwUandaHalf]

@@karljobst I like reading this in the voice you speak in your videos with

[@Mswordx23]

"Unless you count Badabun's historic 5:12" No but see he honorarily gets a minute shaved off for each pizza bite and coke sip

[@forgiveman]

And the smeared controller.

[@shadowrealmopennings8093]

7:05*

[@alex2005z]

@@shadowrealmopennings8093 5:12 was badabuns time not the timestamp

[@alex2005z]

So he not only broke the world record but also physics themselves with a negative time? Dude must be a god

[@shadowrealmopennings8093]

@@alex2005z just commenting so people can hear too c(;

[@dreadnoughtprime6301]

My Friday has been made because 1. Super Mario 2. Karl coming through to push me through my workday.

[@mkabilly]

I feel like an absolute legend, already

[@Hard0milk03]

any time karl or summoning salt make a new vid my day becomes 30% better

[@Hard0milk03]

@Jakob Heiden so did you

[@MaddDadd]

Karl's videos started off just interesting af to me, now they are still interesting but also double as ASMR in a sense.

[@-_--tb9ch]

I can’t wait to watch a 10min video about how a guy was 0.03 seconds faster than someone else

[@Tasorius]

top kek

[@michigesseo1503]

100th like

[@rovfrmdao]

@Ri De >waits 3 weeks to tell someone this

[@corriethomson4431]

@@rovfrmdao get a life

[@rovfrmdao]

@@corriethomson4431 Waiting for the day you get a job

[@Elmo9001]

I don't know why but the delivery of "This run was extremely basic." really cracked me up. Makes it sound like Scott Kessler cut you off in traffic years ago and you never forgot.

[@quincius8638]

Timestamp pls

[@Elmo9001]

@@quincius8638 01:36

[@gnammyhamster9554]

This run was extremely based

[@jetzeschaafsma1211]

If that were true, he wouldn't even have mentioned his name.

[@Ashe_Forester]

Ouch

[@gabrspanksmen]

Now all that’s left to do is Summon the Salt

[@DanHowsen]

*cue We're Finally Landing*

[@eebu4053]

guones pif

[@forgiveman]

I don't think we can Bismuth this. :v

[@k4l3b04]

And Take the Bismuth

[@lancebrown998]

@Cedric Lothritz bus go burrrrr

[@mydravin1718]

In 32 years Grandpa Karl: Hello you absolute Legends. The 4:54 barrier has been broken

[@daniellassander]

I can hardly wait :)

[@Yungbeck]

see u then

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

The fact that the video says “what on earth is going on” at 4:54 is just too perfect

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

I bet the next barrier would be 4:53 or lower, even if impossible.

[@JohnnyThousand605]

@@landlighterfirestar5550 Agreed =D

[@jasonshields515]

Incredible . I’m 42 .Born 1978 . I was a kid when the NES first came out . Never would I have thought almost 40 years later people would not only be still playing this game . But optimizing it for speedruns ..lol Absolutely incredible! Hats off to this entire community.

[@fostena]

The Badabun run is an important milestone. Summoningsalt skipped it, but you didn't, you absolute legend!

[@EndTEmpire]

Wasn't the footage stolen though?

[@fostena]

@@EndTEmpire Yes. I was joking

[@EndTEmpire]

@@fostena Ah, my bad, sounded genuine. . .and some people are. . .

[@laplongejunior]

@@EndTEmpire The badabun footage was a weird impossible combination of several speedruns. But the footage of the pizza eater was entirely original!

[@alexanderfox1870]

XD jokes!!

[@The_Purrpetrator]

This is a historical achievement

[@Player-jh4ko]

Just wait, literally tomorrow someone can pass that time.

[@RedStone576]

@@Player-jh4ko bet

[@adamsrankings8860]

Yes

[@NateROCKS112]

@@Player-jh4ko maybe, but not the second barrier, unless a new glitch is found.

[@babybeans1477]

what if... Mario was every speedrunner?? Mario made history himself!?!?

[@PresidentNathan]

The fact that the speedrun has only gone down 5 seconds in the last 10 years shows how incredibly optimized the game has become

[@cyo_mh]

@@youtubesuresuckscock definitely a mix of both id say

[@inlovewithi]

Short runs are the most difficult to get a WRs on, because there is absolutely no room for errors. In this run in particular one has to play TAS like, performing frame perfect tricks one after the other. I remember one time AndrewG was about to get a new WR, he stepped on the floor for like a frame entering the pipe on the water section of the last level. It looked completely fine to me, but it cost him the WR. While with a much longer game, it's just impossible to play TAS like through the whole run. So if you're really talented at a new game that takes hours to beat, a relatively new person who has natural talent at the particular game could pick it up and one day get WR relatively quickly.Actually, the best example might be a game like DOOM. Individual levels are incredibly optimized, but you're not going to see a full game run of DOOM that ties all the individual world records, and that gives the full game runs a lot more room for improvement.

[@tfs.max247]

I'd much rather say that its impressive how they saved 5 seconds on such a short run over the years.

[@PresidentNathan]

@@inlovewithi Yeah, in it's base form the game is pretty easy if you remember when to jump, but it becomes stupidly hard when you add all the tricks/skips

[@foolycooly3763]

You could say the same thing about a speedrun that's gone down by an hour in 10 years. If anything I think it shows how optimized the run was from the start, and how how short/difficult of a speedrun it is.

[@bogdannazare755]

Super Mario Bros speedruns 10 years later: "Timing runs in space so that time flows faster away from Earth's gravity due to relativity"

[@Ceece20]

20 years later: “moving to a tighter orbit around the sun ends up slowing down time enough to save 1 frame rule off the existing record.”

[@Weerknuffelbeer]

That wouldn't work. Whatever you use to measure the elapsed time would have it's own time sped up by exactly the same amount. And measuring a run performed in deep space with a clock on Earth would be cheating (although to even get a measurable difference you'd need a highly advanced atomic clock because Earths' gravity well is, relatively speaking, extremely weak).

[@rossadams9203]

Badabun achieved a 453 by optimizing their snack routine and just having pizza flavored coke.

[@seve8791]

That made me laugh

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

Now speedrunners will have to decide whether pizza flavored coke or coke flavored pizza will save the extra frame rule.

[@topwargear]

hahahaa

[@istrasci]

@@GlobalWarmingSkeptic Por que no los dos?

[@CowMaam]

454th like lmao

[@VeritasGames]

...and on the 23rd of April, 2021, Karl Jobst posted this video...

[@jackonotobacco5288]

First

[@meraldlag4336]

Which happens to be my birthday :D

[@jackonotobacco5288]

How are you verified

[@VeritasGames]

@@DNVPIVIN name checks out

[@c-3719]

Shit up verified person

[@Talon323]

''I will see you in the next video'' almost sounded threatening.

[@Pocjoi_The_Loser]

ikr

[@pablopereyra7126]

Reminds me of ""I hope this email finds you" she threatened"

[@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen]

If he doesn't see you, he will find you.

[@karljobst]

Or else

[@pablopereyra7126]

@@karljobst Or else what? You're gonna call my _mother?_ Jokes on you im an orphan 😎

[@MintiesPoopin]

Who’s here after Niftski got every TAS framerule and got mid 4:54?

[@AlphaStormMusic]

When the last ever optimization is found and there’s no more time save to be had for this game, Peach’s final dialog of “Your quest is over” will have an entirely new meaning.

[@axmjd694]

- "When the last ever optimization is found and there's no more time save to be had for this game, you will realize that Super Mario Bros can not be eaten" - What?

[@retrovortex624]

@@rolflin2699 it's not cheating to use game glitches or game mechanic exploits. Otherwise we wouldn't have combos in fighting games or wavedashing in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It's like in Tetris DX. My personal example. All the best 40 line times have been set playing 9-5. Because the game goes faster the closer to the top of the board you are.

[@cion486]

@@rolflin2699 just say you like glitchless speedruns better, it's not that deep. but since they're separate categories it's not cheating in the slightest.

[@plebisMaximus]

@@rolflin2699 It isn't cheating if it's within the rules of the category. If you despise glitches so much, just watch glitchless runs.

[@chloemarlowe3817]

@@rolflin2699 bro, what?

[@jlewis4441]

7:00 Dang, that Badabun shade had me rolling dude. This was a great video however, well done Karl!

[@flibidydibidy]

Thanks for using my FPG visualization and attributing it! You are the legend :-)

[@kentuckyjerk323]

Happy Andrew G name still pops up. His records have been broken, but he mapped out how to basically break the game.

[@niklasstg6957]

Clicked so fast it saved a framerule

[@marcohueber5130]

How much did it cost? o.o

[@obskyr2810]

@@marcohueber5130 yes

[@filpaul]

@@marcohueber5130 $1.25 for the bus fare

[@RadioBlastwave]

This' gotta be the best comment possible.

[@wpeniche]

New speed running genre

[@JoSephGD]

1 day later: HUMAN VIABLE WRONG WARP TO 8-4 DISCOVERED, SAVES 3 MINUTES

[@laytonjr6601]

That's unlikely, the game decides where to warp the player based on how far the screen has scrolled

[@MiniIand]

Incredible video, Niftski is a legend :O also 5:08 afaik it wasn't known until saradoc came around that bullet patterns could be controlled by framerules - andrew believed that getting the fast bullet shot was basically random, whereas saradoc figured out a setup that would get the fast bullet shot consistently provided you played the level at a very specific speed

[@ericlove3109]

woah miniland

[@Sawyer-mr8bf]

wanna play rocket league?

[@MiniIand]

@@Sawyer-mr8bf tmr lets do it

[@ericlove3109]

@@MiniIand not fair, i want to as well

[@Turbopress2882]

Karl, i'm not really into speedrunning, I don't speedrun myself, but I really enjoy watching your videos. I love how you go through the timeline and break everything down.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Never would I have thought that anyone would even break the world record even further for Super Mario Bros, this is insane.

[@plzcheck286AAA]

Hola caballero, this is quite the video you've commented on.

[@Death.Died0]

you have too much time guy...

[@drankydrank1]

Insightful

[@rustyshackleford9154]

You don't have a mustache? You should work on that.

[@PKINGU]

Mahboi

[@OmoiSenpai]

Good thing nobody found out about some sort of cartridge tilt credits warp lol. That would ruin decades of hype instantly xP

[@thebestworst8002]

It would just add a new category and add more life to this game. The speed run is already nearly perfect

[@berylliosis5250]

Cartridge tilt is disallowed in speedruns though. If there were an legal, RTA-viable credits warp in SMB1, it would almost definitely have been found already. The code has been analyzed to smithereens, and there isn't that much of it. I could be surprised! But... no.

[@brandonbonds7120]

Or an arbitrary code warp, looking at you OoT

[@LordPhilipJFry]

Cartridge tilting is hardware manipulation. I don't think there's a single speedrun community that allows it in any category.

[@Blernster]

@@LordPhilipJFry yeah several people said that

[@harryreynolds8065]

Just got back from school and looking forward to being called an absolute legend.

[@Puro2004]

yeah you are

[@SillyGuyNumber]

Lol

[@ilect1690]

im watching it in school rn (and no not online classes i mean actual in person school)

[@rm_steele]

@@ilect1690 Watching during my online school lunch break

[@eebu4053]

Eller BAOO KAOKA IAJAIIQ A8ANQOAQ0Q

[@ArsonRides]

@ 9:52 This dude used his time traveling bowl cut to show us true SMB Skill from 1985

[@thecreativeyess8812]

Verified channel with 0 replies and I came early hmmmmmmm

[@mercury3775]

@@thecreativeyess8812 1 hour later and only 1 like

[@ArsonRides]

@@thecreativeyess8812 ???

[@afrog2666]

@@thecreativeyess8812 Do you come early often? hihi..

[@tylerandleahcanadian3888]

@@ArsonRides hey arson rides i got into motorcycles because of you and baker x derek

[@Gw4ysen]

The people who achieve something big like a new speed-run record are the real absolute legends

[@pixesukola764]

Yeeeiih, my name appeared in a Karl Jobst video at 1:42. Not as part of a leaderboard or anything like that, but as the provider of the art cover for the game in Twin Galaxies. Small steps, from here to world wide recognition :P

[@FrizellaTheBee]

:)

[@Part_Time_Fox]

Hey nice job!

[@bjrneirikstrkersen1021]

After grinding Minecraft for what seemed like an eternity, Karl surprised everyone by his next move. On 23rd of April 2021, he did.... THIS!

[@kosmosyche]

What an absolute legend!

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

Well, this legend was also doing videos on many other topics. So I don't find it surprising.

[@cameronwoods9137]

Not impressed.

[@horatio2560]

@@cameronwoods9137 but its impressive

[@cameronwoods9137]

@@horatio2560 Wrong. Hitting a target at 100 yards with a Glock is impressive. This is some kid bullshit.

[@mrcheesesmith]

Up next, Jesus returns and performs frame perfect run that syncs with the tool assisted speedrun.

[@fatman5574]

jesus% runs

[@rosskwolfe]

I'm expecting Badabun to release a video soon of him tying this record.

[@segafreak2000]

While eating two pizzas at the same time.

[@Yagami_Light1992]

There is a rumor that his run is actually a sub 4 minutes, the one he displayed is the best run a human can achieve. :3

[@MrlspPrt]

Badabun isn't a "he", but a company dedicated to make random videos about anything their bots can get. Source: I'm Mexican and they're very hated on the Internet.

[@Yagami_Light1992]

@@MrlspPrt I was extremely sarcastic, btw the "runner"

[@daniellassander]

This time eating a Taco. A big stiff hard taco served by Karl Jobst with no condiments.

[@Prs722]

Twin Galaxies does not allow glitches, yet they allowed Todd Roger's impossible Atari Dragster shifting in to second gear early glitch with the 5.51 time for many years.

[@calebland6246]

I never thought of it from that angle. It makes it even more funny.

[@DisplayThisOkay]

Well Activision was the one who said Todd's Score was okay. Even though he claims he did something "different" then their (alleged) perfect run. I mean never mind that sounding exactly like a glitch and doesn't make sense. Just trust them okay?

[@danpowell806]

That wasn’t a glitch, it was a lie. Donkey Kong on an emulator, that was a glitch.

[@EXT4NT]

it's INSANE how humans are reaching TAS leves with SMB

[@luigi1867]

IM GONNA RUIN 69 LIKES

[@luigi1867]

I DID IT

[@fausthanos08]

@@luigi1867 *U M O N S T E R*

[@luigi1867]

@@fausthanos08 HEH

[@cryptopsyrin4425]

Reminds me of mentats from Dune

[@enragedcowboysfan5298]

Who knew the secret to being the greatest speedrunner would be to eat pizza and drink cola while playing?!

[@PurpsJL_HAQ]

I can't even imagine how complicated this speedrun is. The fact the Summoning Salt had to dedicate a whole video to JUST the 4-2 clip alone says a lot.

[@jasertio]

"Imagine a bus arriving every x frames"

[@zombieslayer1468]

21 frames

[@dillthepill08]

21 frames

[@hallowizer440]

Now we need someone to achieve this record while eating pizza between levels.

[@JTForThree.]

I agree

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

i mean, that's the only true smb1 run, right?

[@waluigiwah5724]

You forgot the cokecola

[@hallowizer440]

@@waluigiwah5724 Nah, only cheaters drink cokecola between levels.

[@waluigiwah5724]

@@hallowizer440 But only "gamers' eat pizza and drink cokecola between levels

[@cocomunga]

You have to admire how great of a game SMB is. It’s so old but still so good.

[@Adityayadav-ul3qi]

Karl's background music of chrono triggers is perfect

[@williamcox632]

Ikr

[@Draffut2003]

"Super Mario Bros. is a very old game. It's only a few years away from celebrating it's 40th birthday" I was born the same year.... thanks...

[@plebisMaximus]

Have everyone also broken you down to an unrecognizable version of your original self in that time too?

[@someonerandom704]

*its 40th birthday

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@someonerandom704 *birthday.

[@someonerandom704]

@@GeorgeDCowley *birthday."

[@hanthonyc]

It's crazy, I always expected to see a couple years inbetween WRs, knowing this game is so iconic when it comes to speedrunning. That was insane.

[@quite1enough]

Hi, I'm from future. Speedrunners actually managed to beat that game for negative time. Now we all live in eternity.

[@TheLemonyBard]

Literally the day this run happened someone commented “in a few days: hello you absolute legends”

[@pIayingwithmahwii]

Damn his heart rate gets so high while playing. Technically he's sitting nearly perfectly still, only moving like 3 fingers. It's crazy how mental focus can do the same thing to the heart as physical activity.

[@pIayingwithmahwii]

@@commanderleo u mad bro?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@commanderleo Calm down.

[@35milesoflead]

I can only assume you are either not a gamer or you don't play games requiring split second reaction time. It's not crazy at all. It's competition for one. Second - he's isn't just playing Mario - at all times through the run he IS Mario. Meaning Mario's peril IS the players peril. Lastly - attempting a speed run in any game is stress inducing. Knowing you have to have a perfect game with no faults. Knowing that it's one tiny mistake and that's a whole run gone, starting over. Also knowing that while they sit alone, their world is watching them just to add a little more pressure. It would raise suspicion if his heart rate weren't so high. It's one of the proofs people use to show they aren't miming a TAS.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@35milesoflead What are you talking about? He's impressed at how much concentration it takes for the speedrunner, and you go on an rant and I don't even understand why.

[@35milesoflead]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 I wasnt talking to you so I don't care if you don't get it or not.

[@-12Sided]

Niftski clearly cheated No Coke, Pizza, OR LAVA LAMP?! What a disgrace smh

[@jasoncalandra8098]

Hey man, I really appreciate these videos, I don’t really watch any speedrunning other than when records are broken and your videos are always so informative and exciting so thank you for keeping this non-super fan coming back so often!

[@MCGIESEKE]

Back in '92 when I was a kid, I beat this in 4:53 with a Power Pad using a combination of Nintendo Power tips, mad skills, my sisters left leg, and Clear Pepsi fueled breakdance techniques. I didn't think it was a big deal so I didn't document it. But this is still pretty impressive.

[@Recarsonated]

Fake, you have to drink coca cola and eat pizza to break the record, not PEPSI.

[@ariaroflcakes]

It's still funny that Karl is jabbing at Badabun's fake speedrun lol

[@Formalec]

Crazy that it have that many views.

[@unlimited8410]

@@Formalec kids will watch any pile of dogshit if there is an ego behind it, fake energetic personalities, anything related with money, and plenty of colour too. Oh and don't forget they love watching brazilian guys eating pizza and chugging coke whilst pounding their controllers towards a turned off console.

[@Tucanazo69]

I like how 0.7 of a second is a massive save time

[@overtone55]

The fact that AndrewG broke the 5 minute barrier on Christmas eve is hauntingly beautiful.

[@blamberton7893]

No, playing Mario alone on Christmas is the opposite of that

[@CharlesUrban]

He was visited by the Ghost of Speedruns Past.

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

With Windows XP! Looks like AndrewG got a 4:59 instead of Windows 7 for a Christmas present, and he didn't like operating systems that are later than Windows XP, like Blubbler's Windows Vista, darbian's Windows 7, Kosmic's Windows 8.1, and Niftski's Windows 10.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@blamberton7893 lmao sheesh

[@frankhorriganfromfallout2]

@@blamberton7893 exactly

[@floridaboy6357]

MOM: 5 minutes to bed time! This dude: how generous

[@moritzschmidt6791]

Wow creative comment never seen

[@darknessblades]

Unless he choked 4-1

[@nessy5168]

I can't even begin to comprehend what was going through Niftski's head as he was making his way through 8-4 on his 4:54 run. What a legend. Speedrunning truly is the most beautiful example of "never say never".

[@kaldo_kaldo]

It's also one of the most insane examples.

[@DonYagamoth]

~5:06 - Bullet Bill glitch was essentially random at the time, before they learned how to manipulate and expect specific RNG values if I remember correctly

[@lauravturner]

When the timer stopped at 4-54 I let go of the breath I didn’t know I had been holding. It’s been a while since a speedrun left me tense enough to feel the extreme relief afterwards. Incredible.

[@the85thgaming32]

Matt Turk showing up again like a hidden boss on the leader board.

[@tonycampbell1424]

"And finally, one fateful day, a human player matched the TAS precisely . . . . . . And that player's name was Matt Turk."

[@AD-ui6sk]

Am I the only one who hasn’t seriously speedrun anything ever but watch so many videos here 😂

[@SamuelLopesGrigolato]

I think we are the vast majority lol

[@mip5944]

I can barely even speedrun minecraft,so same

[@zyvan3179]

I've done some casual LTCs in Fire Emblem but I dont think I could speedrun. This stuff just interesting

[@PatrickDavis28]

I speedrun Mario Kart time trials. Does that count?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I've done single level speedruns of DKCR and DKCTF. So basically time attack mode lol.

[@foolish7593]

7:07 i love the slight badabun shade LMFAO

[@squishyturtles1648]

Growing up I never really understood why people would speed run games, it just never really made sense why people would devote so much time to something unimportant. Then I found you and summoningsalt and my perception of speeding running completely changed. I never realized the near impossibility and story to some of these runs I’m glad I found your channels.

[@eelfucker3324]

Wake up, babe, new Karl Jobst Video and it’s a biggun

[@eelfucker3324]

@FuckOuttaHere she?

[@kristoffer8609]

@FuckOuttaHere

[@kingbeef396]

I played this game for like 4 years and couldn't finish it as a child then some person just comes along and do it in minutes

[@Alpha-Trion7]

oh my beloved ice cream bar, i've had since I was a child!!

[@jeffitus]

@@vaeIokre lol he hasn't even been alive for 20 years

[@lbright4568]

“Hello you absolute legends” no Karl, you are the legend.

[@alfieomega]

I couldn't help but smile so genuinely seeing that clip towards the end of a new world record. Precious, precious enthusiasm.

[@iwersonsch5131]

This game has _kept_ seeing a second barrier roughly every 2 years, and we thought it'd be over but now we almost _know_ it's over because it's literally the same number of seconds as TAS, and TAS has been seeming maxed for years

[@Aspectt1991]

while she ignores me, Karl calls me a Legend

[@honeycoatedparadox]

get yourself a legend then. smh

[@souljynx]

Date Karl then

[@honeycoatedparadox]

@@souljynx exactly.

[@thedootlord]

What an absolute legend

[@medicgaming101]

Watch this become recommended to everyone in 10 years. Proud to be here lol.

[@amso7169]

not really the kind of video for that to happen chief

[@BokBarber]

Think about where we'll be by then. Maybe two more frame rules will have been saved!

[@qvmll3198]

Maybe im in history 10 years later

[@thedoctor5167]

Stfu

[@medicgaming101]

@@amso7169 Yes it is, SMB speedrun records are history tbh

[@NobaraGamezzz]

Plot twist: Andrew g was actually Andrew Garfield.

[@aaronburrell3729]

Just his brain in a carbon freezing chamber

[@monkeman690]

Niftski’s chat was moving faster than he was

[@captaincockjoke3928]

"We're gonna leave in about 5 minutes beat the level and let's go" "Yeah let me beat the game first"

[@Numbnuts007]

Oh my god, this is the perfect ending to the 35th anniversary of Mario.

[@mitaix1001]

KZbin: how many ads you want? Karl Jobst: Yes

[@gm2407]

KZbin changed their rules a while back. Not all adds are split with the KZbinr when KZbin saturates a video with adds. Not sure why they think people are going to voluntarilly watch that many adds since you can move the video to just after most adds and they remove, then watch the video from the start. Also most seem to have gone on this one.

[@LunchMeatTrump]

Wow it looks like his chat was blowing up, until you slow it down and realize it is legit only like 6 or 7 people spamming at the speed of lightning :P

[@GypsyxDarling]

why did this make me cry? speed runners are so cool, I’m constantly impressed with how they smash through barriers

[@Zerog41612]

They said 4:54 was borderline impossible for a human, this is some next level stuff

[@Flamingcloud083]

While 4:54 was borderline impossible.. 4:53 is actually impossible unless some game breaking glitch that goes beyond faster movement is found.

[@systemafunk]

@@Flamingcloud083 in fairness, the TAS is right at 4:54, so literally any addition would bring it under 4:54 But at this point the fastest human is less than one sec off the TAS, or 0.3% slower. Maybe someone saves another framerule, but it won't get it down to TAS speed, and I think the TAS would need to drop by at least 0.75 seconds to make a sub 4:54 run possible for a human.

[@ikinoktace1280]

@@systemafunk the tas that's at 4:54 flat if a tas that presses left+right and the same time, which isn't allowed in normal speedruns since it requires the equipment to be modified. the no simultaneous left+right tas is at 4:54.28

[@SirTylerGolf]

@@systemafunk it highly depends on how that time is saved in the TAS, humans need at least 3 more framerules saved to be able to get 4:53, but at this point, a something new would have to be huge, and it's just as likely to save 1 frame as it is to save 10 seconds

[@davidandre3719]

@@systemafunk TAS records have been humanely broken before so you never know

[@mellodyzanin5788]

I was wondering when this video would drop, just got around to seeing it now

[@clothinghanger6978]

Imagine Kosmic hitting his console when he tossed his headset and the game crashing Edit: spelling

[@ej-jz5rc]

Kosmin

[@clothinghanger6978]

@@ej-jz5rc I fixed it

[@ej-jz5rc]

@@clothinghanger6978 nice

[@EagleAssassin55]

I'd take a college class over the history of speed running if Karl was the teacher.

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

Guest lectures by Summoning Salt

[@ThaAwesome10]

There’s a summoning salt class, but it’s expensive

[@maxalaintwo3578]

You'd have to speedrun the class

[@davidjerome4971]

I’ve never clicked on a video so fast. Take it from a fellow Aussie guys, Karl is the absolute legend.

[@loogi9281]

“Give the game another 36 years” LOL

[@Super_Suchi]

Just got the WR on clicking on this video. Jokes aside, it’s amazing to see this second broken. Speedrunning is a such a fascinating topic to me, and while I don’t have the time to train my dexterity, watching videos and steamers more than make up for it for me.

[@PTwithLeo]

Niftski: the first 4:54 in 40 years Viewer: hosts with 1 viewer

[@PliebertGex]

Karl Jobst: The odds of that were a 1 in 100 chance!!!! Shiny hunters: I like those odds

[@justhen8022]

Whenever he says "you legends" I feel so appreciated

[@Linkenfant]

7.8/10 Niftski didn't eat any slice of pizza after completing a level.

[@maxwelljennings4178]

It's fun to find out that a speedrunning achievement was made on your birthday!

[@FinalBaton]

My teacher asked our class to write an essay on mythological creatures... I wrote mine on Andrew G.

[@Augusikas456]

11:40 The "1" just fits perfectly in down left corner