Red Ball Speedruns - Beyond the 3-Minute Milestone

This is the story of Red Ball's speedrun world record history after its legendary 3-minute barrier was shattered. Volume 1 of 2. This video serves as a continuation of the following:
Original World Record Progression (Part 1) - • Red Ball - World Recor...
How eg's 3:07 was Defeated (Part 2.1) - • How the 'Flawless' Red...
Death Warp Explained (Part 2.2) - • Red Ball's Biggest MYS...
Sub 3 Video (Part 2.3) - • Red Ball's Legendary S...
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Music List- pastebin.com/2...
- The Relic Song remaster was created by ‪@The_Zame‬
- The Aria Math Remix was created by ‪@Tumble40‬
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Related Links:
The Story of Sub 20 Train- • The Most Coveted Speed...
‪@Insane_Games‬' 2 Hour Long Train Video - • The Story of Train
Red Ball 2 World Record Progression - • Red Ball 2 - World Rec...
Red Ball 3 World Record Progression - • Red Ball 3 - World Rec...
Red Ball Speedrunning Discord- / discord
Red Ball Beginner Speedrun Tutorial- • Red Ball - Beginner Sp...
The First sub 2:50 (Spoilers) - • Red Ball Speedrun in 2...
Red Ball TAS- • Red Ball TAS 12 Levels...
Red Ball Segmented Run- • Red Ball Segmented Spe...
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Personal Links:
Patreon- / maximum
Twitch- / itsmaximum
Twitter- / itsmaximum_
Discord- / discord
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World Record Progression Graph Created Using: flourish.studio/
#maximum #Speedrun #RedBall

[@Remystified]

speedrunners when they find out a "more consistent" setup (it has only 72 frame perfects)

[@tyronium2]

true

[@crazytootzplays1597]

fr

[@lonesome3958]

Geometry Dash players trying to explain how doing 200 frame perfects in 3 minutes is "fun"

[@rafaelamendoim]

LMAOOO

[@Colour_beaks]

3 frame perfects: this is way too much 4 insane frame perfects: very easy

[@Matt-qk8yf]

I will never not watch the entirety of the speedrun history of an obscure flash game I’ve never played

[@shxrd]

if u never played red ball u missed out

[@AlmostNamedOne]

its like watching a summoning salt video of a 2 hour explaination of why he was the best player of a NES game from 30 years ago

[@Ascension721]

It is NOT obscure at all. Still epic tho

[@Nightcaat]

Play it 😭

[@roy11gg]

Me fr fr

[@NorXor]

NorXor couldn’t grab the flag at the end of level ten this run, making him tonight’s Big Loser

[@theyakster3226]

:(

[@Maximum]

I'm with ya pal, don't worry

[@CaramelBinkie05]

I feel you...

[@ourlordandsaviorsquirtle3278]

Womp womp womp

[@Akuretaki_Nikolay]

gg guys

[@Vertic03]

Caramel being 2:47 pace, and then dying to the level 12 spikes three times in a row, was such a slap in the face. It looked brutal enough watching this video, I can't imagine what it must've been like to actually experience it.

[@Maximum]

Vertic! You should speedrun Red Ball btw. I think you would be really good at it!

[@Vertic03]

Ehh idk, not really my style of game. Maybe I'll try it someday

[@GetRidOfHandles]

@@MaximumI want to try speedrunning, but why does the mobile game look completely different now?

[@memele4991]

Vertic play vex egegegegeegegeegegegeegegeege

[@fortnitesexman]

major example of reaping what you sow

[@xdxboxjaja]

Caramel didn't quit, he just gave the rest of the runners a chance

[@PixelZyxelPH]

lol

[@PixelZyxelPH]

also where are the replys

[@Willdoom-kl2mo]

​​@@PixelZyxelPH it's an underrated comment

[@TherayYt_]

Nah bro is wild

[@EobardUchihaThawne]

it's good to see friendly rival between top contestants

[@ThaRixer]

Every video from your channel is literally an instant click for me man, keep it up

[@Maximum]

Appreciate it Ricky, your channel is the same way for me!

[@NoAlarms2]

Both my favorite youtubers in the same place, heck yeah.

[@Windowmeiker]

14:18 bird nuts is a hilarious strategy name, I would love to see that

[@theyakster3226]

I was just about to go to sleep you NERD Jokes aside, im very happy to have been a part of this and this video is very very awesome :)

[@Maximum]

Thanks for all of the help with making it! I had to post it early enough for the euro bros to see :^)

[@theyakster3226]

​@Maximum its all my pleasure man 🔥🔥🔥

[@ourlordandsaviorsquirtle3278]

Omg it's the entire country of sweden

[@crasystar-c8x]

As a fellow swed, I appriciated that you were representing me.

[@jacobharley8401]

​@@theyakster3226Dang! Wasn't expecting you here! Fan of your main channel, btw!

[@NorXor]

the speedrunning philosophy experts in the comment section will NOT be happy about the spike glitch fix

[@Maximum]

I am greatly looking forward to all of the thoughtful debates I will be having in the coming months

[@Motorjam]

the best part is that the fix changes 2 lines and about 5-10 characters in the code, and evgeniy should have just done it that way in the first place because it looks so much better

[@pafnutiytheartist]

I'm usually very stingy on questions like that, but in this case it seems completely fine. I wouldn't even call it a spike fix, it basically just enforcers consistent framerate.

[@ceqell]

agreed.@@pafnutiytheartist

[@I-did-September-11th]

*but it's not the way Eugine intended it 😭😭😭*

[@Chizypuff]

There's an epidemic of "Speedrun World Record History" videos that are almost exclusively about who the runners were and what the times were, which is an egregious missed opportunity. This kind of video that shows what their successes and failures were, the narratives and walls, community goals, etc- We need more like this.

[@zakronthesheep]

The techniques are the really interesting part to me. All the frame-perfect glitches and exploits to save a few seconds

[@eth3792]

This man may not know why his first RB video blew up, but I'm pretty confident it's that he's nailed the art of engaging storytelling for speedrunning.

[@circuspeanuts1557]

What an era, wish I could go back and do it again. Great vid, max.

[@Maximum]

🫡The "P" of PBird

[@endarkenedgd]

🫡The "Nuts" of BirdNuts

[@Xnoob545]

​@@Maximum petition to lengthen the shortened named back out to PeeBird

[@GAMINVR]

11:02 bros flexing his reaction speed on us lmao

[@smoceany9478]

bro i got like a 350 ms reaction time i dont get how anyone does that shit

[@jkfjsfaugueyfhsdfjfafajjgu6769]

@@smoceany9478you can practice that, and better equpment helps too

[@matiasgarciacasas558]

​@@smoceany9478 keep in mind it could be because of yout monitor, they can have huge delays.

[@smoceany9478]

@@matiasgarciacasas558 maybe but i dont think so, my reaction seems slow in real life too

[@NorXor]

@@matiasgarciacasas558 this is true, I went from 190-200 to 150-160 by getting a new monitor

[@TheLazyComet]

the way all those jumps were synked up with the jetpack joyride theme was *chefs kiss*

[@gromburt]

Looking forward to the Mario Bros invasion arc. "Sup guys, did anyone say frame-perfect inputs?"

[@ghov]

new hour long maximum redball video we are so back

[@clayton_sutanto]

If Maximum doesn't upload part 2 in the next month my birdnuts will explode

[@sagegreeen]

Maximum I just wanna say, thank you for always including good subtitles :) it makes your videos so much more accessible!

[@cynicalradicand]

That sub 3 reaction was almost the most amount of second hand happiness I've ever experienced. Well done dude.

[@YellowSkarmory]

this is an era i mostly missed while just chilling, glad to see a great video on it. keep up the good work, max.

[@TheRealVenusian]

Caramel, man. I feel so bad for that guy, just spending all that time grinding to get minimal results. It says a lot about your videography that I can get so invested in this game, despite never having played it and only hearing about it for the first time through your videos. Looking forward to the next one!

[@smileyfacepencil]

Summoning Salt upload now this?! Blessed.

[@Vskord]

ive been waiting for another redball video. you make extremly entertaining content thank you for posting.

[@ShellHg]

Glad to see another well-documented video of the progress of this game's speedrun!!! This community is wild

[@PhluppeHimself]

As a fellow speedrunner, this was another well documented story. Never played redball, but I can feel the pain of the spike RNG caramel must have felt. My main speedrunning game lasts about 1 hour with the last levels being RNG when it comes to timeloss since it depends on enemy spawns and objectives. Which can be hassle. Losing time by something that is out of your control can really be taxing especially in late game. Even though redball is a short speedrun in itself, all the perfects tricks you need to pull off to just be even on pace can be as taxing as playing a longer game. Here it comes down to frames to even get a PB. Never have played redball before, but I could feel each runners' victory and choke in this vid. Stress can be huge when going for record or PB pace and you clearly visualised this in the story telling. When it comes to redball, you're the summoningsalt for this franchise imo :D always a fun watch to see a new vid of yours. Very well explained, sprinkled with a bit of humor here and there, and when it comes to explaining difficult or technical stuff, the visuals really help to understand your explanation. Can't even imagine how long it takes to document everything, grab footage and come up with visuals just to tell an intriguing story when it comes to the niche sport of speedrunning :D

[@TheDeathEagle]

I've been watching your videos since the first redball speedrun video and I've watched almost every single video of yours and seeing your channel grow and your editing improve is honestly amazing. Everytime you make a video I think that you can't top yourself, but you somehow manage to not only improve your video quality, but also your storytelling. Thank you for making such amazing content.

[@mangs856]

17:46 - Congrats on both your sub 3, as well as immediately cementing “The tingles just won’t go away!” into its iconic meme status for your community lol. I don’t know that’s the case, but how could it not be?? In before “The tingles” emote lmao. Hell of a day all around, brother!

[@ericwallhagen3146]

I only recently found your older videos of this, loved them, and was instantly upset that there hadn't been any updates for almost 3 years. Was super excited to see this pop up, and am stoked to see the "finale."

[@socksygen]

Damn, this is easily your most well-produced video. The pacing, editing, and presentation are all top notch! Love to see how you've improved over the years.

[@a-zadri]

Gotta say, your music choices are top notch, nothing but bangers

[@F0restz]

watching this whole thing and seeing present day caramel at *14th* means this next part gonna be one HELL of a banger

[@MChatlakk]

48:19 "If you get 4x I am starting wrp" Indeed he did and I am sooo pleasant for that thank you max you make my day even better and can't wait to part 2

[@hansbarfred1267]

I got a physical reaction, when i saw this video on my recomended page. Love the channel dude

[@RispGD]

It's crazy how much the red ball speedrun community grew from your channel and the impact it had on speedrunning in the game. I can't wait for the next part 👀

[@ItsTi0]

Risp what the hell are you doing here lmao

[@TimTeemo]

i remember discovering this game randomly when i was a kid and super excited to see that one video on my recommended in 2021, I'm so happy this simple game is still as popular as ever and thank you maximum for covering it all :D

[@Qortexgd]

First summoning salt uploaded and now you. My day is gonna be full of speed running videos

[@Tumble40]

thanks so much for using my remix! this is SO COOOOL!!

[@Maximum]

Thanks for allowing people to use it! It fit perfectly with the ending

[@epsilonthedragon1249]

Good content as always Patiently waiting for Maximum to do a Snailiad video lol

[@dimusnail]

Gotta make it ourselves probably lol

[@epsilonthedragon1249]

@@dimusnail probably lol

[@foncess]

I'm consistently shocked by how the best speedrun history channel on KZbin covers red ball and other Flash games. I never thought the janky platformers I would sneakily play in class or late at night as a kid could be so interesting, but the movement is actually crazy. Every time a new red ball video comes out, I get tempted to re-watch the old ones. Dunno why I wasn't subbed until now

[@mystiskmystisk]

Your flash game speedrun series might be my favorite content to watch right now! Keep up:)

[@schrodingerskitten7206]

ahh man I've missed your musical editing. good shit!! welcome back :)

[@Michael_00006]

Sick video Max! Can't wait for part 2 :)

[@NobleShadowCosmos]

I know this is so not the point, but you syncing the songs to the inputs of the runners was the cherry on top. Don’t think I didn’t notice 😏

[@9tydegreez]

Really funny when everyone started changing their username to their country. Sorta irrelevant fun fact, Sweden, Poland and Lithuania, the 3 countries in the top 3 spots on the leaderboard at the end of this video, were all ruled by the same person from 1592-1599, Sigismund III Vasa.

[@theyakster3226]

Sigismund my GOAT

[@DominoPivot]

Congratulations to everyone involved, this is magnificent. And thanks for making this video, must have taken quite a while to make and without it, we mere mortals would not even know the glory of red ball.

[@AnntBro]

Maximum, I love your videos a lot, especially the wr progression ones and red ball ones. I am in to speedrunning flash games now, and i thank you because i would never have as much fun as i am now speedrunning. Thank you. Also, i just finished watching every video of yours for the 3rd time. You're amazing

[@ItsTi0]

Finally, I've been patiently waiting and asking for this. Amazing work Maximum!

[@MrrTrash]

Time to do my favorite strategy… BIRDNUTS (also great video!)

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

35:43 the moment when you remember something cringy you did years ago

[@caden8770]

deadass found this channel today and been binging everything the timing on this vid is perfect 😍

[@broran_]

46:34 when you catch a glimpse of the iPad screen a 6 year old is holding at Walmart

[@broran_]

(In all seriousness, loved how well synced the gameplay and based jetpack joyride theme were)

[@Untoldanimations]

Man I just commented on your previous video from 2 years back a few days ago asking for a sub-3 update. mashallah

[@couldbe_koral6972]

epic vid. can't wait for the last one

[@socksygen]

Absolutely love to see a Maximum upload

[@neyxiumyt3893]

Seeing another long Maximums video always cheers me up. Can't wait for part 2.

[@ayte3656]

Fantastic video once again this documentary style of video is honestly some of my favorite stuff to throw on when I’m eating or some shit and you absolutely delivered

[@quinton_miller]

Great video! Can’t wait for the next.

[@meowcat7124]

Yay, love these videos! I hope we'll get a video on new developments in Red Ball 4, as a sub-2 was reached

[@Sam_Hue]

42:35 i can never unsee countryballs now

[@mikecraftbro]

I’m so glad KZbin introduced us to you your content is great

[@Kalaphant]

This video excited me so much that I legitimately was unable to click the video for a few days XD I first got into the game about a year ago, and I kinda was just. Out of date. And this intro is TOO EXCITING PLS MAX I CAN'T HANDLE IT. Seriously though. The return to the 3:07, even as someone who wasn't around when it happened, was still too much XD And seeing you bring up the IL side? Like. COME ON! The best part is that I had kinda caught myself up, so hearing you mention stuff like the *INSANE* IL SoB, and even show Starline getting *SUB 11 TRAIN* is just. TOO EXCITING. Of every video that could be made EVER, this is probably #2 for the most exciting one. (Only behind getting a Sequel to my fav video ever). I legit don't even think a theoretical Odyssey 2 announcement trailer would have this beat XD The craziest part is that even after writing all this, there is still just. More to how excited I am. I just both don't have the time, or the energy to write about it now lol. I'll probably add updates to this comment every once in a while. (For that reason. This comment was initially made at 7:00 PM on March 16th 2024) Edit Later 7:00 PM: I already have more to talk about XD The thing is. Even after watching it once. This video is still too much XD I clicked the video... And then went to leave this comment because this meant so much to me... And now I can't click unpause due to the same stun I was talking about on Line 1 XD (Does anyone have a better word to describe this than "Overwhelming excitement"? Oh yeah, saying "I clicked the video" is actually a lie. As an excuse to help me not have that stun, I decided to put all your RB1 WR Progression videos into a playlist. And now, I got to this one in the playlist. Edit 7:04 PM that same day: WHY MAX THIS IS TOO MUCH I just watched *7 SECONDS* AND I'M COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED. SOMEONE SEND HELP (jk on the help part... Kinda lol) Edit 7:05 PM that same day: I watched 3 more seconds. And I think you can guess what I'm about to say. THIS IS TOO MUCH I am just gonna say. I am 1000% gonna feel this way for a little while. I don't think I need to keep saying it Edit 7:08 PM that same day: Oh yeah. When I watched this for the first time, I remember feeling an insane feeling when I remembered that Niftski and Miniland are top RB1 runners XD (As while as Top Tier SMB1 runners)

[@doorknob7420]

i cant wait for my favorite redball speedrun explained speedrunner youtuber man with hat to two part explain the red ball game speedy speedrun

[@memedeathgriplord5736]

Love your videos! Not a speedruner, not a haven't played red all in a decade, yet you keep catching my imagination.

[@leonardotmcateer16]

New Maximum video makes my day :)

[@Ojalarora]

I've Been Waiting For This!

[@TheRealestUser]

I just watched all the other red ball videos... and then you posted this one in less than 24 hours, well played

[@transam33o]

I can't believe it's been 1/2 years since I first watched one of your Red Ball speedrun videos.. And how people have so much time and patience to be able to just speedrun a flash game for hours straight with multiple frame perfect for each LEVEL. I could never imagine myself getting even close to their level

[@Astatine16]

Maximum is the reason I have no motivation to game whatsoever. Subbed.

[@Luxtraa]

This video was really fun to watch 🙏

[@EGG_BOY_M4VR]

I’ve been waiting five months bro please

[@h81t5]

25:18 Finns stay mad, Åland is now officially recognized as Swedish clay by the Redball speedrunning community

[@MappingWithYakko]

RAAAHHHH 💪💪💪

[@KeyG0Bye]

Great video like allways, you've become 1 of my favorite Creators on this platform

[@MegaEmmanuel09]

18:07 "This was *NOT* supposed to happen." Yet it happens to us all 😂

[@thegamesquad5133]

I saw that sawblade clearing run at timestamp 2:39, i was waiting the whole video to see it explained, and now i have a pretty good idea of what you're going to explain next video.

[@vulpesignis2201]

Man this game keeps on giving, cant go a year without something wild coming up

[@brookeqs99]

notverygood made the first TAS mentioned here thats crazy. was not expecting one of the garfield kart GOATs here. i like 2 see it tho

[@5quig]

Been waiting so long for a new redball vid. I'm so excited. Love this channel!

[@wildwolfx1563]

43:17 love the cry about it in the bottom right lmao

[@austinclees9252]

Poor guy has to update the script for next video. Gg Niftski

[@HugoStuff]

31:55 The pain I felt when my computer showed up on the screen. My potato isn’t slow, it’s just not fast

[@Maximum]

I mean, it really isn’t that bad of a laptop. Part of the lag did come from recording the screen as well. There were plenty of people back in the day dealing with even worse spike glitch consistency

[@GetRidOfHandles]

Hell yeah, new red ball video

[@natebot08]

After 4 months of no maximum content it is over and we have a 50 minute red ball video to watch Thank you

[@speedyclub2365]

great video, i remember how i was able to get my 2:58 around the caramel domination era, but the strats have just become so precise at this point lol

[@Cam_]

Another maximum banger, cant expect anything else. (Also i somehow snuck into this vid as well, this time with my voice lol)

[@connor9376]

cant wait, love watching your red ball videos :D

[@krillion177]

God, this video just reminded me of how insane red ball speedruns are.

[@qwaabza]

a comforting narrative with familiar charaters :)

[@frankstanley7079]

I do think it’s cool when the person making the speedrunning history video is in the video themselves or that their video directly inspired some sort of advancement of strategies. An example sould be SummoningSalt being in his video on Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out or how Bismuth’s series on min-A presses in SM64 inspired the community to try and lower it as he was making his series. So, I hope you don’t hang up your hat for good with speedrunning Red Ball!

[@DryBreadd]

I remember watching your videos while eating lunch during distance learning lol good to see you still upload

[@element8569]

Another maximum banger dropped i see, time to go get popcorn!

[@NaziOfficer666]

I hope the next part comes out soon 😁

[@Maxmaxs5]

19:10 "Unlikely to find more crazy setups" **Checks timestamp** **30 minutes left in video**

[@cp49100]

Very fun as usual!

[@asswipe-fl7hq]

I could never use this much of my energy on red ball but I'm glad to see your happy at least ~w~

[@Super-playz]

Wow, what an awesome video! The world record for this game seems to be getting a lot more optimized with the addition of more frame perfect inputs for timesave! Seems like a dominant runner would be one that can hit a multitude of frame perfect tricks under a full game run consistently. Now where have I heard that before...? Haha

[@Nicentoastytoast]

I love these videos and I hope you continue getting more and more attention for them, and toward the games you play.

[@eu_brawl1451]

One word to describe this video , a Banger.

[@BraxtonMeyer]

good to see ypu back, maxuimum. if that is even your real name also got baited. i knew 51 mins was too short to explain all the new developments in red ball.

[@12cmercado]

I loved the montage music at the end matching the ball hits

[@I-did-September-11th]

Red ball becoming more optimised then SMB1 i swear...

[@Motorjam]

wait until you find out who has first and second place in 12 levels

[@soupycatt]

YESSSS im so excited.... im so glad there is another rb1 video to binge watch ! :DDD