Kosmic, Niftski, Miniland, Maru's TAS - COMBINED

I've been embarking on a journey to combine multiple speedruns of the original 1985 NES Super Mario Bros. at once into a real RACE. This video combines the top 3 world records - at the time the video was made - along with the Human Theory TAS from Maru. I've had to use a lot of machine learning, image processing, and development to get to this point. Other videos on my channel give some details on how it was made.
My end goal is to create a platform for LIVE Super Mario Bros. speedrunning races where you don't have to look at 4 screens at the same time.
Runs in this episode:
Kosmic's 4:55.646 [2020-01-17] Former World Record:
• (Gameplay Only) SMB1 4...
Niftski's 4:55.430 [2020-11-13] Former World Record:
• 4:55.430 Desktop Only
Miniland's 4:55.314 [2021-01-12] Former World Record:
• [Former World Record] ...
Maru's 4:54.265 (RTA Rules TAS) [2019-04-29] Current RTA rules best TAS:
• [TAS] Super Mario Bros...
We use the Human theory TAS because it doesn't cheat by pressing left and right at the same time something impossible on the original NES.
TAS stands for tool assisted speedrun
Yes I know that Miniland beat the world record just a few days after this video came out :-)
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[@Kosmicd12]

Haha awesome. 8-2 3 and 4 were especially neat to watch

[@xarxos5274]

This really demonstrates clearly what an amazing 8-4 you had on your run, considering how much you caught up despite being a framerule behind!

[@aok76_]

The legendary .646 8-4

[@maggitz5793]

Tahs ate too

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

@@xarxos5274 I don't see how he caught up at all. Can you or anyone else explain how that happened?

[@20chanic]

You are a god

[@NathanielBandy]

This really shows how close we are to matching the TAS time, that's wild

[@AdrianCosman]

Nathaniel Bandy???

[@RonWolfHowl]

@@AdrianCosman every time.

[@ghyuty17]

What an old meme

[@adamsrankings8860]

Yoooo!!!

[@no-one-1]

just 1 frame left now

It took me until 8-2 to realize that this insanely good, new player Maru Tas that is beating all the best speedrunners is in fact the tool-assisted run.

[@davidvelasco4423]

TAS means "cheating"

[@dizzy_jump]

@@davidvelasco4423 It also means "someone is salty"

[@ajsvideodump]

@@davidvelasco4423 nah, TASes are their own category of speedrunning, not competing with actual players

[@thatoneguy9582]

@@davidvelasco4423 Not quite buddy

[@davidvelasco4423]

@@dizzy_jump WHAT THE [REDACTED] DID YOU JUST [REDACTED] SAY ABOUT ME, YOU LITTLE [REDACTED]?

[@nishanth618]

The fact that the speedruners were able to keep up with the tas for a while shows how good they are

[@jarryd8167]

The frame rule at the end of each level helps keep them artificially closer, but it is still awesome

[@zadarok359]

pretty much the only reason that tas was ahead was because of the fast acceleration that tas can use over the runner

[@AndrewBlechinger]

Nowadays the TAS makers are usually the ones to discover new tech and pass it on to the RTA runners.

[@kkmac7247]

@@zadarok359 RTA runners can and do use that

[@zadarok359]

@@kkmac7247 there is 2 fast acceleration one that rta can do but only at certain place and the 2nd one that rta cant do is the one that need you to press left and right on the same frame which can only be done on tas

[@Niftski]

Awesome work! Thank you for making this masterpiece

[@batrongordeg]

The next person Has 333like.

[@aldynspeedruns8148]

yes niftski u r cute

[@piganddog]

OO

[@vilanokaizo]

4:54,631

[@Facoch42]

Damn the new ninji speedrun looks hella hard

[@drakez341]

Eh si

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

Eh si

[@DaveStridersworth]

Eh si

[@johnathonturner2279]

Eh oui.

[@papyrussemi2848]

Eh si

[@JordanICM]

It's interesting, you can see how tight Kosmic's 8-4 was since he closed some distance between the other 2. You can also see how Miniland's fast accel gave that tiny lead of Niftski. Only complaint is that Badabun's amazing run wasn't up here for comparison.

[@pswitch2289]

The last sentence is a joke? I really can't tell

[@JordanICM]

@@pswitch2289 Yes. It's often hard to convey sarcasm in writing. I was impressed however by Badabun's ability to quickly eat pizza and switch back to his controller in the nick of time during his fake speedrun.

[@pswitch2289]

@@JordanICM hahahaha

[@skytg7739]

Next level is Tas vs Humans vs Cheating+Coke+Pizza

[@ThaAwesome10]

@@pswitch2289 def a joke. I’ve been dubbed “the guardian of smb1 comment sections” and have found a whopping 1 serious comment supporting badabun which is definitely for the better

[@mav6771]

Dude... This is next level.. Just seeing in distance how much the tas is ahead by 2 fr, so crazy That's amazing

[@flibidydibidy]

I know! I loved 'seeing' how far a framerule is, I was so happy when it came together.

[@krunkcleanup2949]

@@flibidydibidy Hmm... the buses must not be that big seeing how short a distance there is between Marios. Maybe we should rename them Volkswagen Beetles.....

[@EGarrett01]

I don't understand how the TAS gets so far ahead in the beginning of the levels. Is it doing some type of double fast accel?

[@fishactivation5087]

Nice Tong-Nou PFP.

[@mav6771]

@@fishactivation5087 Thank you! nice Syobon Action profile picture yourself

[@Aryll_smb]

the 8-4 part is really amazing. I love how kosmic is really behing niftski and miniland but then all 3 get really close

[@nachorzeszut1857]

Kosmic's 8-4 is soooo good dude

[@Th3ch0s3n0n3s]

@@nachorzeszut1857 Wish I could see Miniland's new WR on this. It was faster than Kosmic's.

[@bloonsfamily2066]

@@Th3ch0s3n0n3s u talking about the 4:55.230?

[@Th3ch0s3n0n3s]

@@bloonsfamily2066 Yes. He tied Kosmic's WR in 8-4 plus added in the 4-frame fast accel in first room.

[@SeanNicholsEh]

Yeah. This puts into perspective, like nothing I've ever seen, just how mind-blowingly flawless Kosmic's 8-4 was.

[@arcticdino1650]

With how fast TAS are, Bowser barely has time to get back to his own castle after kidnapping the princess before Mario smashes open the front doors

[@fignewton7968]

Incredible! We talk a lot about saving seconds, frames, frame rules, etc, it's nice to have a tangibly visual indicator of what these really mean. Also, the fact that the TAS couldn't even pull ahead until 4-2 is incredible, really puts a strong point on how skilled these players are, and how refined this run is

[@Taolan8472]

And the way the TAS pulled ahead was by skipping the zip. All three RTA landed the zip first try, but apparently that is a half second loss!

[@hitzcritz]

Found a hidden gem, your content is highly underrated!

[@flibidydibidy]

That's very kind of you to say! I'm still learning.

[@madlad255]

Agreed!

[@CScottyW]

I clicked on this thinking it was going to be a normal 4 screen comparison video, but even a second in I was blown away by the concept and quality of this idea. This was incredible to watch. Keep up the amazing work!

[@superscatboy]

I love the TAS hopping backwards at the start of the level, it's like it's looking at the others like "keep up you guys".

[@CptGallant]

Love how everyone goes for the swag coins in 4-1

[@samm_-te9cd]

Wow, this is truely amazing. I absolutely love the video editing in this. You cut no corners!

[@JamesThigpen]

I have a (distant) background in image processing and as I was watching I was thinking about how I’d approach doing this. Learning you wrote the software at the end was a wonderful surprise. This is excellent work.

[@KimiOmega]

It's so satisfying to see them all schmaneuver like that.

[@puzzLEGO]

nice video, glad I saw it early! it's cool how the only real way the tas gets ahead is through fast acceleration

[@LocalAitch]

Dude this is revolutionary. And your goal is to do this live? Hats off, most definitely

[@WaifuRuns]

holy shit that is awseome i cant wait to see where this goes

[@threecreepio]

This is just fantastic work, well done so far! Really gives a good view of the actual time differences. Do you think there's a good way to differentiate which enemies belong to which mario? I think it'd work great as is, but could get a little busy if you had several players racing.

[@flibidydibidy]

I've considered this a bit, opacity is kind of nice - but I have another idea which involves outlining the sprites with the players main color. I'd like to give it a try when I'm looking at eight runners at a time which is my current target. If it gets really busy, well - that's kind of part of the fun. But you're right I need to strike a balance!

[@clion520]

Yea I think in a 2 person race this would be great or a race where racers were further apart but I think putting in 4 outlines/shades for this would just make it more confusing.

[@scottsmith4346]

Incredible visualization of these minute differences between runs! It's often so hard to tell by watching one run whether or not it's on pace anymore. I definitely hope to see more of this technology!

[@thraelyad6751]

Oh man. I'm incredibly interested to see where this goes; you've earned a new sub.

[@Inthasack]

The reason I usually hate watching speedrun races is because I can't focus on multiple screens at once. This solves a lot of my issues with that having a single screen to watch.

[@rickarda550]

This was really cool. This video made me wonder how SMB speedrunning would look like if framerules didn't exist at all, basically every frame counts from start to finish.

[@DarnokPL]

Cool video - I was rather expecting something like multiple video playing at the same time - but what you did is WAY BETTER.

[@peternewman9606]

This "TAS" guy is great! Hope he stars A stream some day!

[@rapaskingdom2094]

i have a hard time believing its a person it feels like he is using some kind of tools to assist him

[@killedragonyt6353]

hmmm cheating sure

[@pennymikk]

Wow! 8-4 is amazing to watch!

[@Vexxter]

I've watched this video 10 times now because it keeps appearing in my recommended and I enjoyed it every time

[@janmagtoast]

me for the whole video: "how did he make it" him at the end: "i wrote dedicated software for it" me: "well, seems fine"

[@Theodore1999]

This is the most impressive speed run comparison video I have ever seen

[@authorblues]

Uh, this is hype. Can't wait to see where this project goes.

[@colinparker9267]

Your project sounds like such a big service to the community! Races that can be combined with your software could be really fun to watch. Best of luck with it!

[@ZaSpear]

This is really cool, nice editing

[@mulliganaceous]

This is first rate 🥇 🥈 🥉. It is wonderful you took the extra effort to create a smoothly transitioning speedrun video!

[@jewelianperez7038]

There are many things that make this video so satisfying to watch... so good!

[@RetrofIex]

Seeing how close a human can get to the TAS is minblowing

[@Seva98a]

Now I see how important lighting 4-2 from Niftski is

[@The_NSeven]

This is amazing! The video and the software! I really hope to see this is big tournaments, that could be so cool :)

[@clubpasser123454321]

That was cool. Amazing to visually see what those time differences mean. Great job!

[@K1w1-irl]

this is gonna take off, just got recommended this

[@TheZenytram]

man, when you finish this project you will open a new era of smb.

[@Aryll_smb]

oh wow this looks amazing

[@aok76_]

I've been looking for a video like this for ages! Thank you!!

[@MS-ho9wq]

This was impressive. I could tell from some of the pixels and seeing quite a few composites in my day.

[@crummymonk4917]

This TAS guy is pretty good. I've seen him set so many records!

[@brulargeburp]

😳

[@kkmac7247]

He is quite bad at switch, he has none of those records. Must be those damned joy cons

[@brulargeburp]

@@kkmac7247 oh no

[@ThaAwesome10]

@@kkmac7247 tas will soon get the world record in smo. Current the top 3 is Tyron18, Mitch and BTT.

[@Viviantoga]

I spent the whole video thinking this was a cool composition, then the reveal at the end blew my mind! That is incredible!!

[@comfyasf]

woww never would have thought this was machine learning , i thought it was just something you edited together. powerful tool youve created there

[@LynxYKT]

1:07 interesting to see all human players jumping a lot, even on flat ground, while TAS just runs it out

[@ezgoodnight]

Such cool tech. Thank you for creating this. Great video and interested to see what you do in the future.

[@Lizuma]

Thanks for making this, it was fun to watch!

[@ruilopes6638]

To think that two months later we would see someone scrap and extra frame on the TAS. Absolutely legendary gameplay by niftski

[@KingOfJonnyBoy]

This is incredible

[@almoni127]

I just binge watched your channel. Really awesome stuff! Love the nitty-gritty. Thank you for sharing!

[@SkymberGamer]

This video is awesome. I like this style for all video comparisons simultaneously.

[@alsokyle]

Amazing, big applause - keen to see more comparisons like this!

[@disfibulator]

They're all champions and you've created a masterwork.

[@jacksonjacob1965]

This probably the best thing I’ve ever seen

[@Patthiccness]

Youre so close to 1k man! Get that KZbin money! Also, it’s so cool that even though the tas is ahead when starting the next few levels, everyone is still on the same page, if only I knew what kind of 4 wheeled vehicle this reminded me of...

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Great idea to combine all the runs! Really shows their tactics and what's possible.

[@unusedconfetti498]

I cannot describe how much I love the transitions

[@Wiebejamin]

The video was neat and all, but that thing you described at the end actually sounds impressive as hell

[@robmckiernan3264]

This software is such a good idea! And the execution looks fantastic. Huge props FlibidyDibidy

[@NESComplex]

This is great man! 👍🏼

[@Oliver-l1c]

This video is a work of art. Subscribed.

[@1stclassgamer951]

These creator deserves more subs! Props

[@tripple-a6031]

Crazy stuff, really cool to see a comparison made like this.

[@snowyslope7965]

Dang, this is sick, nice video!

[@ExperiencersInternational]

Now that is epic... Honestly you've done such amazing work on this and you should be proud of yourself. This must of taken months to make...

[@flibidydibidy]

It's only the beginning!

[@ExperiencersInternational]

@@flibidydibidy man I wish I was into SMB speedrunning, I do watch Kosmic occasionally but I'm more into watching speedruns for other games

[@nicknaam2254]

Cool software, can't wait to see it in action again.

[@Jacois]

Cool Video. Gives some context to just how f'ing close these runs are. Love it.

[@SA77888]

amazing that these guys are so close to being as fast as the TAS.

[@moth.monster]

this race idea is epic. honestly I'd use it just by myself cuz the transitions are so good

[@cakebrickyard]

this deserves more attention. well done!

[@TheJoshmou]

Absolutely amazing, huge compliments for the video, and I hope to hear more about that project soon!

[@Ph2oxy]

Never seen so much edication in my life, Awesome work

[@stratsboneless6270]

this is awesome

[@clion520]

Man this is fantastic I'm looking forward to the future

[@dR3m1Nator]

Even though I'm not a speedrun I'd love to see all speedrun wr combined in one video. That would be awesome to watch 🤩 Please make it happen.

[@TheUltimateRare]

it's awesome that people are so good they are within seconds of TAS time.

[@Sinner487]

this maru tas character is really good

[@quinn479]

Excellent work. Gives you a good idea of how the frame rules really work.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

You did a great job writing this thing, man. Good shit.

[@darpey9706]

Absolutely amazing comparison. Great video.

[@TheLoginatoR]

Me and the boys on our way home from school on friday

[@Dodecatone]

Now that there are exactly three 4:54 runs out there, I'd love to see you remake this video with those three runs plus the human-theory TAS, as a sort of 2-years-later update video.

[@DanielGirardBolduc]

Hey this is a really good idea :D I can't wait to see speedrunner race all merged on one screen

[@Bretaigne]

Wow this editing is amazing!

[@madlad255]

That's amazing! This must have taken a lot of work, but it paid off!

[@semm174]

I’d love to see this with things like niftski’s sum of best levels spliced now it’s a 4:54.3 Or the human theory TAS Or things like darbians old WRs Awesome video

[@bloonsfamily2066]

or Minilands's new WR

[@stapler942]

This is like watching different quantum realities emerge from the same wavefunction.

[@BillySpleen]

Thats insane. I mean Sure the speedruns yes, but what you created even more. Instand sub

[@CarlWidegrip]

Great video! Amazing job on developing this program, too!

[@radricky9310]

Great video! Definitely going to keep an eye on your content

[@fidgeysrii4888]

Literally never subscribed faster than right now sounds awesome what you plan can’t wait to see it live

[@reidjohnson808]

That must've taken so long. Incredible job

[@tanman.]

super underrated and great videos, keep it up

[@rune4543]

Super cool project! Can't wait to see how this turns out :)

[@boevoikrikun]

Thibgs that surprised me: 1. That every player acts almost like a TAS before 4-2, and even if they don't - that hardly even matters 2. TAS still uses old 4-2 strategy 3. How influential is 8-4 for a good run