The Illumina Curse: Minecraft Speedrunning's Strangest Phenomenon

Buckle up, because in this video, I discuss one of the strangest phenomenon's in minecraft speedrunning. This is by far the most effort I've ever put into a video.
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[@pikaJrl]

I now have a discord server: discord.gg/FMRaGhD8nc

[@forenamesurname5326]

:D

[@vladdostupidthings6549]

epico

[@X2Thunder]

Ok :)

[@Minu11]

Statistically its irrelevant the trades of the cleric of other speedrunners beacuse the probabilities dont stack

[@kyokajiro1808]

3:20 this is not true, due to math, it is always 1/3 regardless of what the probability of the instances immediately before it therefore it is 1/3 whether or not you are watching this video

[@wispyspectre5128]

so basically, the day after Illumina gets a WR is a great day to speedrun

[@pavi-hd3xo]

*Dies of comedy*

[@xiaoqing2846]

Imagine he calls quits and noone gets a new world record for 10 years

[@ninja_chick]

XD

[@EliazzzZZzz]

Everyone in The minecraft speedrun comunity: yup!

[@kindabeyond3504]

LOL

[@KayJay513]

All speedrunners should just pay attention to when Illumina gets a WR. Once it happens everyone just starts running that category. Also F for Illumina

[@haloinfiniteisagoodgame1163]

nonono they should run all catagorys, get wr but dont submit, wait for illumina to get wr, then submit there run

[@bluo6344]

@@haloinfiniteisagoodgame1163 but what if the Illumina run is faster than theirs? Not only did their plan not work but they also missed out on the chance to be a world record holder for a amount of time

[@haloinfiniteisagoodgame1163]

@@bluo6344 its a joke bro, chill out

[@irissupercoolsy]

the thing is, i think they already do... he is the GOAT of speedrunning... everyone is already paying attention to him

[@nd_4726]

@@irissupercoolsy in places other than the us, the goat of speedrunnning means he's literal dog trash

[@thealbatross402]

I remember being in chat watching Illu get the 1.14 record. Everyone was freaking out that benex was on the same pace and illu was struggling to find the stronghold in a boat. All the pressure on him he went try hard and got it done. Was such a crazy moment watching live

[@bananya6020]

I remember that. IMO the best streamer moments were had at that time.

[@F_reak]

I dont have twitch so i cud't watch him ☹

[@literallyafif5427]

@@F_reak not pog bro

[@F_reak]

@@literallyafif5427 yeah.. 😞

[@literallyafif5427]

@@F_reak thats okay

[@therealvek3109]

To make up for all this, he held the pre-1.9 RSG record for over a year LOL

[@pikaJrl]

True, but no matter how you look at it, losing 3 world records right after you get them is super unlucky. Most people won’t even get one.

[@matthewcopping3473]

@@pikaJrl tbf illumina isnt most people

[@randomclownguy6]

He's also the only person to hold both the SSG and RSG world records at once

[@matthewcopping3473]

@@randomclownguy6 chad

[@stilldimm4110]

also never forget, the dropper speedrun from who knows how many years ago started it all (no it didn't but it's what let me and many others find his channel)

[@persnicketyVC]

14:29 _"At exactly 4;20, he got his final blaze rod."_ Tell me this ain't the best coincidence ever.

[@tisthegreat7420]

and at 6:09, illumina exits the nether.

[@vin9916]

@@tisthegreat7420 amazing, i mean, nice.

[@nightfury66]

hihi, funny number

[@stargoodgame]

this ain't the best coincidence ever.

[@RubyPiec]

Weed

[@Couriway]

Amazing vid, that wise one cycle guy sounds pretty cool too

[@pikaJrl]

Indeed, he is the coolest

[@minescript3345]

@@pikaJrl Your editing is the best

[@motheringwithgrace8453]

ha ha you have a checkmark and i don't.

[@Barack_Obama_Gayming]

@@leotid6096 GOD DOESNT EXIST

[@fe1]

@@pikaJrl agreed

[@Devoid1_]

either illumina is actually every speedrunner ever or other speedrunner save rly good runs from ages ago and then only upload them when illumina gets wr

[@xaxcord2739]

Imagine

[@thatbiachecalledLoue]

bruh, what if that rlly happens where they try and target illumina

[@mystron390]

If I was Illumina I would have a mental breakdown when someone beats my WR after 3 seconds

[@samriddhirawat6673]

@@snuffow.1218 I'm pretty sure no? I think that rule was there a long time ago and then later got removed. Not sure though

[@heathjake25]

@@samriddhirawat6673 what if you did it live but then only submitted it later?

[@tedison7123]

I feel bad for illumina, imagine getting a wr and within hours it got beaten. SadPag 😔

[@Graverman]

he still get's all the reaction videos and views

[@absurdpotato4004]

@Lewpick 36 lmao i forgot about that one ooooof

[@doaa7941]

But his pre 1.9 record stood for over a year until cscuile broke it

[@xsfr]

SadPag

[@slimyduck2140]

@@doaa7941 funnly it was with a new strat like every time

[@effortlessone846]

Funny thing, the moment Illumina lost his RTA world record, I immediately thought that someone was gonna make a video like this.

[@WinterGamesYT]

What is RTA?

[@Alvionalx]

@@WinterGamesYT Real time something idk

[@aceae4210]

@@Alvionalx real time attack

[@WinterGamesYT]

@@aceae4210 ok thanks

[@bluo6344]

@@WinterGamesYT retro triceratops apple

[@noobwasnttaken]

Aww man It's unlucky that his wrs are broken very quickly, but setting all of them is what we respect him for

[@jsgv7935]

”wrs” my man are you having a stroke

[@Look_Behind_You666]

@@jsgv7935 I mean who cares, If you understand it, that's all that matters

[@noobwasnttaken]

@@jsgv7935 Aw sorry BTW please don't make fun of stroke ... I lost both my grandfathers because of stroke

[@noobwasnttaken]

@@jsgv7935 I meant WRs BTW don't make fun of stroke... I lost both my grandfathers because of this

[@jsgv7935]

@@noobwasnttaken i did not make fun of people having strokes, as i know it is a serious matter. i was simply just making a joke about the correlation between strokes and speaking in broken phrases.

[@Animozic]

he's definitely got the world record of most world records beaten in the shortest amount of time

[@lavandereisly4194]

"Enough fire resistance potions to tranquilize a medium sized horse." Beautiful line, flawless flat delivery, well done.

[@twentyfivelettersinmyname5547]

People said Brentilda killed category, but right now the sub 12s and sub 11s are finally coming in quick, only a matter of time before we get another sub 10, then eventually, wr

[@Gamer-jp6xl]

speaking of getting sub 10s, G4v1ng72 a decently well known runner in the community sadly just choked a one cycle after being on pace for one. But yeah your right i hope someone eventually breaks the world record or atleast get to see another sub 10, so many people have been on pace currently and cant wait what the leaderboards would look like after a month or two from now

[@racsoboom8570]

@@Gamer-jp6xl i know, but you can't blame him, it perched east/west :(

[@tkienjoyer]

I dont think the category will be dead until sub 8 happens because people are still getting 6 minute blinds every few weeks

[@neilcicerega4326]

i mean look at illuminas recent real time wr, its honestly only a matter of time

[@PatrickDavis28]

@@tkienjoyer The SSG world record is a sub 2, so I can see the RSG world record being pushed much much further than sub 8

[@thisisy01]

illumina: **beats the game in a milisecond** a random speedrunner: **beats the game in a nanosecond**

[@warriorcreeper2941]

Illumina : *beats it in a attosecond afterwards* Some another random speedrunner : *beats the game in a yoctosecond*

[@afzal_amanullah]

Meanwhile my pc trying to load minecraft in an hour

[@frisukeurahara1322]

Illumina: beats minecraft in half a yoctosecond Random speedrunner: beats minecraft in a planck time.

[@warriorcreeper2941]

@@frisukeurahara1322 illumina : *beats minecraft in half a planck time* Some random speedrunnet : *beats minecraft faster than time can move*

[@miuiswaifu]

@@afzal_amanullah ok may need to get a new px

[@KirbTheKirby]

illumina is like the savior of rsg speedruns nothing interesting happens until he gets a record and than boom rsg becomes popular af again

[@TheWeeklyThing]

Holy shit this is one of the highest quality videos I've seen in a while. Good shit dude

[@pikaJrl]

Appreciate it man, especially coming from the king of high quality videos himself!

[@juhiss912]

@The Weekly Thing will u do a video on NinjaBrains new HHH wr? It was ab 15.21 if u havent heard about it. But it was very crazy.

[@ZitMaGaming]

You swearing is going to be exposed by 7 year olds

[@satisfiedcheese]

:O The weekly thing SWEARS?!?!?! Sh*t lol

[@peterwille8239]

@@ZitMaGaming stop. Dont hate kids

[@roykin0929]

The speedrun gods gave all that record-keeping time to his pre-1.9 wr, right?

[@pikaJrl]

Indeed. I don’t think a main RSG category record will ever last for that long again…

[@ehsam8202]

the fact that illumina's run could literally have been SUB 8:00 with re-time and a perfect pearch AND IT WASNT EVEN WR is so sad

[@Shmaiex]

it… definitely could not have been sub 8.

[@flamingravenmc4058]

@@Shmaiex would've been sub 9 with a god pearch

[@Shmaiex]

@@flamingravenmc4058 okay yeah but it couldn’t have been sub 8 though

[@ehsam8202]

@@Shmaiex yea it could’ve been theoretically with the real time from dimension loading and if the dragon pearched right away cuz he made it to the dragon at like 8 minutes pretty much and if it pearched like 10 seconds after, the real time is normally like a minute less ish but let’s say like 30 seconds, still a sub 8

[@Shmaiex]

@@ehsam8202 He entered end at like 7:40. Sub 8 was not possible. Please use your brain.

[@enzochoi923]

illumina doing fortress before bastion in rta wr runs is the largest chad move I've every heard of

[@pianodna-james3147]

imagine having the world record for 3 seconds because you had a better pc than another guy, sarge

[@near5148]

And someone says: this is mine now

[@paulelderson934]

*because you were actually slower, but your faster pc briefly made it look like you were faster

[@NoahHensonbassface]

@@paulelderson934 h chchcfhzfyzfffhzcgfg

[@Pencil_tk]

I love how illumina has shit luck but he doesnt rage about it, he just likes to do it, respect

[@durak4371]

The reason why ppl beat illumina records so fast is because his runs are *I N S P I R A T I O N A L*

[@aeroscantsee1665]

Poor illumina, he can't just feel proud for his incredible achievements more than a week.

[@clausmcraft]

He had more than a year to celebrate his pre 1.9 rsg wr

[@rowni]

Well Illumina has the most record titles earned, (even for a short moment for some), which I think is still a huge achievement

[@Burbie]

I think a lot of people lose their world record fast , and illumina is so good and gets so many world record it's more statistically likely that he lost a few of them so fast

[@ca-ke9493]

Also the examples are when someone found a new hack that drastically improves run times after a long lull. Illumina is simply really in touch with the speedrunning community to be the fastest to master the newly discovered hack to get WR.

[@BlueCyann]

@@ca-ke9493 I wouldn't say any of that is really true. It's just a weird coincidence. The 13:53 especially, Illumina wasn't even using the strats that everyone was looking at as being so likely to shatter the WR soon. He was still playing no-F3.

[@matthewfoster6651]

"I got the ender pearl trade!" "Yo I did too!" *Both glare at the camera*

[@louisgarbour2737]

Words cannot describe how perfect your commentary is.

[@iamgoo]

Only his commentary could explain how good his commentary is

[@krutzansemsablaon700]

10/10

[@M4DVILLAIN]

i think Illumina's 13.xx no f3 wr is the most impressive and greatest speedrun till date

[@Galapagopuzzone]

Illumina doesnt need records to be a legend

[@dontcarestudios9393]

This was actually a really good video, as a video maker myself I feel your pain if this doesn't get the views it deserves

[@pikaJrl]

First of all, appreciate it! Also, It’s only been an hour, I wouldn’t count out that possibility yet :)

[@dontcarestudios9393]

Hopefully my dude

[@curatorinator9156]

it didnt flop

[@dontcarestudios9393]

It certainly didn’t wow

[@curatorinator9156]

@@dontcarestudios9393 well by blow up you mean get on trendinh certainly didnt but it got more views than most vids so...

[@pre_algebra1206]

6:37 "Illumina on the other hand, is built like a gustav gun and played fortress first."

[@melomaniac_otaku5725]

>Illumina is built like a gustav gun , This one had me laugh so hard that I started coughing

[@prismaticc_abyss]

Love your humour, especially how you say ridiculous things without changing your tone or pausing whatsoever

[@primoridalspatula663]

11:56 Honestly, Wendy's tweeting about a speedrun isn't that unrealistic

[@nevergonnagiveyouupnevergonnal]

I was there when couri got his record and it seemed impossible to beat. Then when illumina beat it I thought we reached the point where we'd never get anything better. But then that got beat. F for illumina

[@PappyP]

I watched illumina’s video when it came out, and then seeing TLN’s video not a day later just hurt my soul

[@Implodent]

10:52 had me cracking up. I love that you can work comedy into these videos!

[@ole2744]

Fun fact: there was a hollow knight speedrun battle where two guy had 5 centiseconds difference.

[@EssentialOwO]

Imagine people try speedrunning the Any Brillance boss and gets a 1 centisecond difference

[@danekoontz9167]

All this editing takes a lot of work and for being a smaller creator I very much respect the work you put into this video

[@_thekaushikg_9241]

"And as a wise man once said, Enjoy the one cycle" ~ pikaJ 2021

[@EvilEmperium]

This video was funny af and high quality, good stuff man

[@lolzold4]

At first I was thinking that Illumina just inspires others to try harder right after he gets a WR, but some of these are too close for that type of causality effect.

[@real.bingus]

Absolutely fantastic video, love your sense of humor and deadpan delivery

[@youtubesresidentfbiagent8735]

This is somewhat a good thing, Ilummina is the spark to the flame that inspires people to improve and get better and higher course, it may be a curse, but it's also a blessing.

[@williamcurrie511]

Holy shit this video is amazing. It’s funny and has great quality and research. Major props bro!

[@TheOrigamiGenius]

I never knew a speedrun could be so influential to the world

[@breeead420]

Illumina, Minecraft, and World Records is like a mouse trying to get some cheese with a string, it just keeps "cheesing" him by pulling it away by another speedrunners.

[@pu239]

Love your videos! They are the perfect amount of in-depth and entertaining!

[@theoriginalmikyscha2777]

The “I wonder way” part made my day

[@Kaazikin]

The most unlikely speedrunning event is the Mario 64 cosmic ray upwarp I think

[@henrikleijon5118]

I would agree. that shit was caused by an SEU or single-event upset. that's incredibly lucky for it to happen and heaven more unlikely to have the result it had

[@prisssss]

found this on my recommended and decided to watch it, i watched the whole thing and really enjoyed it, gonna watch another video, keep up the good work :))

[@annmarie1114]

i love your commentary/storytelling style, kept me both engaged and informed!

[@darkjcgaming1867]

You seem familliar

[@gusvanskike4889]

Mans needs more subscribers if he's going to keep putting out such quality content

[@WinterGamesYT]

Cleric: sells glass bottles Players: *gun loads*

[@ellieturcotte8170]

How does this guy not have more subscribers. His videos are amazing, detailed, and interesting to watch! Keep it up my guy and can’t wait for more!!!

[@Lmjacks]

Love the concise storytelling and dry humor, fun vid

[@cazaki]

Illumina will be a legend in speedrunning history forever.

[@pappapag3042]

Illumina is just good at motivating people

[@krazybubbler]

Great video, great work. Really good stuff. Thx for your efforts

[@YoWuzUp]

This is an incredible video! You deserve a lot more subscribers!

[@GDPlainA]

The fact the Illumina got so many speedrun wr (not including the duration of him holding the wr) is incredibly ridiculous

[@dazednova]

i was there for the k4 eray stream, he and fyroah were just messing around and they broke the category FeelsStrongMan

[@lowgen]

great video man i love ur sense of humor:)

[@lacmacmclean]

Well he did hold the pre-1.9 wr for over a year so...

[@pikaJrl]

Regardless of what records he’s held, having 3 world records broken right after acquiring them is unusual.

[@uncledrew4720]

@@pikaJrl Karma

[@natural9013]

Fun fact: blaze rods have a 100 percent chance of dropping when the blaze is on fire

[@pedronunes3063]

I really think that's not true, I never heard anything like this anywhere else

[@peterwille8239]

Thx my pb got 7/17 1.14 pb choke 8/24

[@antagonizingprotagonist8721]

I actually watched the second run you mentioned by Illumina live. I didn't know I would be watching history being made.

[@tonidalemon3013]

This was really well made and entertaining you need more subs

[@chris12321]

you’ve been growing a lot recently i’m really proud of you i’ve been here since before 10k

[@qrae_qrae6629]

after dream was called out for cheating, Lemmino's Cicada 3301 background music has been used every documentary done on speedruning

[@whatdatechnodogedoin]

Coincidence? Yeah coincidence

[@beninator5533]

very well made video. Nice work

[@CHengX_]

This is the quality video I was looking for

[@crarcher1502]

Blaze: I'm gonna kill u Normal player: aghhhhh Illumina: sorry did you say something :-)

[@arjstudio2084]

And then there is the guy with a 1 in 7.5 trillion luck and still being called speedrunner despite cheating.

[@cas6434]

really... it's been months.

[@youraveragemachine1013]

Just let it go

[@bluuujaygaming4945]

@@youraveragemachine1013 nah

[@masterfakeio4736]

@@youraveragemachine1013 nah the guy barely had any respect in the community before the cheating scandal and after the scandal he had like 0 all of the speedrunning community hates him

[@dpage446]

@@masterfakeio4736 sure grandpa lets get you to bed now

[@danielpaiva5362]

This is highly rewatchable.

[@schlix]

I have to say.. this is just my 2nd or 3rd video of you i am watching.. but your comparisons are super funny!

[@gianni135mc]

SadPag (?)

[@jacobmc4652]

the dislike is from illumina YEO

[@80reo58]

Great video as always!

[@praneethkavi5055]

I loved the Video man ... Expecting more Videos soon

[@TheAbyssUpdate]

At least he still holds no f3 world record

[@redberriescereal8465]

Mynski

[@pombasss1104]

Mynski

[@potaton8702]

Mynski

[@mappplesirrup8473]

mynski

[@j2trappy692]

@@mappplesirrup8473 mynski's run wasnt verified because he had no previous runs, but that doesnt mean its faked

[@flitefulwantssubs402]

“Statistically you shouldn’t speedrun after watching this video [because the other two speed runners both got pearls instead of glass bottles]” ah yes, statistics. sounds fool proof.

[@pandemicaunt6341]

This video is awesome and also, you are such a good comedian...

[@feelitwithnaman]

Imagine getting a heart from PikaJ (just imagine):)

[@pikaJrl]

Imagine

[@feelitwithnaman]

@@pikaJrl OMg

[@bogalechetissa5827]

illumina has the world record for fastest world record disappearance

[@meanter1402]

Man i think you have a great skill at narrating and general video production incl music choice

[@aRealPanda]

I don't know what it is with your videos, but this is exactly my type of humor 😂

[@aRealPanda]

I lost it at the tiktok dance ahaha

[@eli-kn9ni]

Great video! Please post more like this.

[@Kernellism]

Great video, you deserve more subs

[@friedcheese3421]

Just remember, before you can lose world records, you have to get it first. Illumina is the GOAT

[@biggiecheeky]

I love that the thumbnail has a picture showing him being second but the one on the left first place was slower than him lol

[@schill8406]

The monotone voice while making the jokes actually made it 10x funnier

[@san4th]

man this video was AMAZING

[@MinerBruh]

i love how he sounds serious but just drops random jokes alot and i really love that

[@xenym2674]

It’s a blessing, he always has a goal to reach

[@NathanJamesJerritze]

remember kids, always speedrun right after illumina

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I need to get into this more!

[@matthewcopping3473]

really well made video

[@BlazingshadeLetsPlay]

Dude Illumina's nether splits are always disgustingly good, he's just cracked at the game

[@desmondruhling]

This video is really good!