Red Ball 2 - World Record Progression (Speedrun History)

A Documentary by Maximum - On October 8th, 2009, Eugene Fedoseev Released Red Ball 2, the second installment in the Red Ball series. Compared to Red Ball 1, Red Ball 2 was a more fleshed out game, having many new gameplay mechanics, a large array of puzzles, and 8 more main levels to complete. The puzzles in Red Ball 2 were often long and convoluted, and every single star needed to be collected in each level before the flag at the end could be collected. The slow linearity of Red Ball 2 made the game become a chore for any speedrunner who tried to tackle it. However, through the discovery of pause jumping and the immense dedication of speedrunners, the game has morphed into something completely different; a highly exciting speedgame that has brewed many rivalries, competitions, and exciting moments. I hope you enjoy learning about the story of Red Ball 2 Speedrunning.
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Links Mentioned in the Video:
Red Ball 2 Speedgolfing Progression - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJO1c2icnLaErKM
Death Warp Explained - kzbin.info/www/bejne/poeUioCMr7R6f5o
Speedrun Graphs - kzbin.info
Red Ball World Record Progression - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJCxnXWBo8x1jNU
Twitch Channel - www.twitch.tv/itsmaximum
2nd Channel - kzbin.info
Double Jumping Tutorial Video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWTdm4GKeNqIfrs
Red Ball Speedrunning Discord - discord.gg/NtectkbxPK
My Discord - discord.gg/VgdepznZQT
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Other Community Links:
Current 20 / 25 Levels World Record - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp65eZ-Vncd6eJI
Red Ball 2 TAS (Outdated) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3mqpXx_er2Vask
20 Levels Progression Graph - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWKQfKKBdquYj6s
25 Levels Progression Graph - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jputlYR5rbqLqaM
Red Ball 4 Vol.1 World Record Progression - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmTNYZWaqNOEe6c
Red Ball 2 Leaderboard - www.speedrun.com/redball2
Individual Level Leaderboard- www.speedrun.com/rbce/individual_levels
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Music List - pastebin.com/scdSyysM
Banjo-Kazooie Final Battle Orchestra Remix was Created by Diego Leal E. - kzbin.info/door/Q3it8gTCqQIeD0xW47VAyw
Red Ball 2 Tracks were made by Tombor911 and ChrisisD - tombor911.newgrounds.com/ , chrisisd.newgrounds.com/
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World Record Progression Graph Created Using: flourish.studio/
World Record Data Obtained Through the Speedrun.com API: github.com/speedruncomorg/api
#maximum #Speedrun #RedBall

[@xdxboxjaja]

cat roomba would be proud

[@catroombaofficial]

what

[@Sumthin]

@@catroombaofficial You created your account today just for this bit

[@ogattodagatta]

@@Sumthin lol

[@20TrillionTrees]

Roomba cat 😩🥵

[@IzanagiD2]

cat roomba (my taxes still arent paid)

[@andrewchapman2039]

This category in a nutshell: "This time might be possible but nobody knows for sure" two minutes of timesave later "This time might be possible but nobody knows for sure"

[@andresfgp13]

everythiing its imposible till someone proves that it isnt.

[@GumSkyloard]

"this time will be impossible" "lol watch this" "this time will be impossible" "lol watch this" "this time will be impossible" "lol watch this" "this time will be impossible" "lol watch this" Ad nauseaum.

[@nahnot6247]

@@GumSkyloard then a billion years later "Perfection has been achieved, there's no way someone can beat this" One random dude: *proceeds to shave off a frame from the wr*

[@DestronGaming]

@@GumSkyloard speedrunning in a nutshell!!!

[@reneedemers8218]

One of the things I love most about these world record progressions is how well Maximum hypes up his competitors. It honestly delightful how much Maximum loves someone else beating him for the challenge as it is for him to get the record too.

[@Maximum]

🤝

[@DestronGaming]

Having his competitors give their inputs in the vids was amazing!

[@greggy8350]

This video popped up in my recommendations and decided to watch it. Had completely forgot that I did a speedrun of this game, almost 7 years ago! I laughed so hard when you started to talk about my run! Awesome video Maximum

[@Maximum]

Haha, thanks for helping lay the foundation for speedrunning the game. It’s funny how my videos are somehow able to find the random people that are mentioned in them.

[@Dan280974]

@@Maximum THIS IS SO INTERESTING!

[@sharmajp]

The lord has returned, I see.

[@lazilyymade]

I have exactly one hour and fifteen minutes until I get off work and I know exactly what I'll be listening to for the rest of the shift.

[@Maximum]

you might want to turn the volume down in some segments 😅

[@lazilyymade]

@@Maximum I definitely got my ears blasted at a few points but it 100% passed the time. Loved the vid as usual!

[@Backspaced_]

Amazing video as always Maximum! Glad I could play a role in the history of this awesome speedgame, even if it was only a small one ;)

[@Maximum]

Thanks for being a great competitor, it made playing the game back in the day so much more fun

[@ricogoins]

U are good at playing games at 12 am

[@Backspaced_]

@@ricogoins Ty!

[@Rubienlily]

oh so you didnt die or got carpal tunnel suprised

[@Backspaced_]

@@Rubienlily you & me both :O

[@ChibiRuah]

i know its a pipe dream, but I like to see maximum getting the sweep. He has so much heart in this game it be poetic.

[@rakiyt3876]

:)

[@rakiyt3876]

:(

[@rakiyt3876]

:)

[@sonetagu1337]

":/

[@broran_]

Man, I forgot how far rb2 was pushed, it just kept going! Merry Christmas Maximum 😄 great video!

[@Maximum]

Thank you Broran!

[@COINY_2]

​@@MaximumDo bfdia 5b world record progression, I dare you.

[@bobstayoffthegrass8772]

if it helps, “I’m gonna roll around on the floor for a bit, k?” is an Invader Zim reference

[@Maximum]

nice, found the original clip

[@dovesr0478]

Another absolute banger. Never played Red Ball in my life but I've been hooked since the Red Ball 1 world record progression video. Very happy that Xbox finally achieved absolute dominance in a Red Ball game.

[@SirPlartinumLongbottom]

I have adhd and this man really just managed to entertain me for an hour, also series sweep arc was my favorite story arc lol

[@astralnekomimi]

My favorite part of the video has to be the fail compilation at around 1:05:00, you've set up everything beforehand to show just how painful all these fails are, that prove just how insanely difficult the records were at that level of optimization. Incredible video overall - I literally never heard of this game or series before finding this channel and yet became that invested in the game and its speedrun over the course of the video.

[@Maximum]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed! I’m very glad that Xbox recorded all of that stuff on a notepad document with time stamps and video links because it made my life so much easier when making the montage.

[@thejuan8693]

It's funny to me how someone so skilled in getting things done as quick as possible can take something like 'beating a game in less than ten minutes' and make a feature length film about it. İ could have just watched the top speed run in full and have been done an hour ago, but the fact we didn't speaks volumes about this creator. You're doing great work, Maximum, thank you for what you bring to the speedrunning community, and how masterfully you share it with those outside of it.

[@Shartmaster32]

I love how such an old and simplistic flash game from over a decade ago still has a dedicated community

[@porkchopicus8393]

Loved the Grunty battle theme at the end with the perfectly edited compilation. Good job dude

[@playful1510]

I heard my name being called? I WILL say, at the time I had submitted my video series, I had barely any understanding of what a speedrun was, so I definitely hadn't submitted it with the intention of having a WR. It's neat that I could have had it at some point though!

[@Maximum]

Wow, it’s awesome that you found this video! It’s cool that you uploaded a playthrough of the game so shortly after its release. If it weren’t for KZbin / recording software limits in 2009, you probably would have had an (unintentional) record to your name.

[@playful1510]

@@Maximum Little bit of behind-the-scenes trivia, at the time I recorded those videos, I didn't have any sort of video editing software. The reason why the videos are discontinuous is because in order for me to break up the videos, I had to manually end, and restart the recordings. I believe it was done in one session.

[@NickAndriadze]

*17:59**-**18:25* This marks one of the coolest sequences I have ever seen in a video, *period.*

[@jayzona9]

Love these videos man, clearly so much care and love behind them! The entire community around these red ball speedruns seems so great, so thank you for sharing it with everyone!!!

[@TimTeemo]

to this day, I still cant believe that the simple game that I accidentally discovered while messing around on the family computer when I was 9 years old has an active community

[@ExtemporaneousnessOne]

Wow! Maximum's documentaries always show how thorough and creative speedrunners are in the Red Ball community, and really in general.

[@fricc3824]

a "this is the only level" wr progression would be super epic ngl

[@VGV1deo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKDPqY2Dl5xnnrM Improvements to the run have been made since this video was made - in the last 5 levels. The world record is now 2:24:550. I don't know how.

[@fricc3824]

@@VGV1deo OH FUCK YEAH

[@PatrickDavis28]

@@VGV1deo I've heard that a new strat was found that saves 2 frames per level. In that case. 2:24.4xx is possible.

[@VGV1deo]

@@PatrickDavis28 425

[@Rubienlily]

@@PatrickDavis28 *2:14.425

[@mikecraftbro]

This was so awesome to watch I can’t wait to see a world record progression of the other red ball games and other flash games

[@yummyos]

So much passion. What an adventure. The collaboration simply to make this video shows how amazing tight the community and speed running as a whole is. While everyone is competing they’re also forced to learn from each other which is really cool

[@TheRealWilliamWhite]

The best part of speedrun history videos is when the narrator says "and then I came along"

[@catchara1496]

Like summoningsalt’s “The quest to beat matt turk” where he has the mike tyson wr

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

that montage at the end, synchronized with the music is brilliant. Never played red ball in my life yet i watched this whole thing. Kinda dumb, loved it tho

[@leoschunn996]

We must have really similar music taste since I could name the game series every one of the songs used was from. Regardless, this video is so incredibly nice to watch, one of the greatest vibes I've ever gotten from a KZbinr.

[@Maximum]

Glad you liked the music picks and the video as a whole! You can always find the music list for a video down in the description if you need it.

[@Incredi2k]

On the 9th of August, 2021, a speedrunner by the name of Xdxboxjaja completed a phenomenal speedrun of a flash game called "Red Ball 2" with a time of 7:48.933 in the Any%, Pause and Glitch category. Xdxboxjaja's time came from a long span of competition without a runner named "dha" who had not been making large improvements to the world record that year. Most notably, dha failed to save an entire cycle in stage 15. Essentially, this platform only lowers every 10 seconds of time. Runners had always lost a significant chunk of timesave waiting for the cycle, but dha was able to fail the cycle at 50 seconds flat, losing him almost 10 seconds. This cycle loss was extremely unclutch and very expected to the game's runners at the time. Since dha failed to achieve a time of 7:48.933, it has been tied by three separate runners to the exact same frame. rare.eg on July 16, 2021. "MoreMaximum" on July 17, 2021. XDXBOXJAJA ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST, 2021. All of these runners booted up the game at different times, but it didn't matter, and everyone entered stage 1 on the exact same frame. The videos desync from this point due to lag, but since the game is timed without an in-game timer, this doesn't really matter. The gameplay displayed in all of these runs in the last 5 stages was seemingly imperfect. It's hard to tell due to these video recordings happening at either 30 or 60 FPS while the gameplay is happening at 30 FPS, but every timer appears to stay perfectly together on the entrance of stage 21. YES. All signs point toward 7:48.933 being an unbeatable time.

[@theneonwarriors3794]

How does this man know the script?

[@Maximum]

yep. thats the whole vid

[@shakisyaboi991]

@@Maximum red ball kinda looks like among us

[@marshmellonofficial]

@@Maximum hey max, i got banned off the red ball speedrunning discord server for being underage

[@no1uno388]

@@marshmellonofficial theres no rules about being underage except discord TOS, which means you are under 13 and shouldnt be on discord

[@zelda1420]

GAH! STOP MAKING ME HAVE CHILLS MAXIMUM, this is WAY too well edited and exciting for an hour long video about moving Red Balls. _Chills_

[@Aladite]

I'm so happy that red ball 2 got into the light once again, I grew up on red ball 1 and 2, it just brings back so many memories

[@JediSteve-J3-]

The fact college students are speedrunning this goes to show that you can Speedrun whatever you want to no matter how old you are.

[@NotCon]

You make it sound like they are 60 lmao.

[@sideshowirl6779]

I looked up speedrunning history. This is the first video to appear. And it was insane. Thank you

[@roar247]

Love the Los Pollos Hermanos drip at the end. Icing on the cake

[@jamesbryan558]

I think I played like one of these games when I was like 8 but holy hell this channel is amazing. I didn't realize this community was like this and I absolutely love it. Keep up the great work cause my nostalgia loves it

[@GGamerLiam]

I love when he rolled around on the floor for a little bit

[@quantumm313]

Not trying to take anything away from the runners that did it, they still are obviously at the top, but hoarding records in secret is super anti-competitive and seems a little petty. Same thing happened in mario kart 64, causing one of the most prolific runners to quit the game. It takes away all agency for the person going for the sweep to contest the records; if a new wr gets dropped you could go fight to take it back. But when a ton get unhoarded at once, its too overwhelming to have to contest them all for the sweep. The only options are to give up or start hoarding your own. The fact they did it to you twice feels pretty bad, but I'm glad you don't seem too bothered by it (based on how you talk about it in the video).

[@Lockirby2]

I think it depends on the culture of the speedrunning community. In the SM64 community it was definitely unsportsmanlike whereas here it seemed to be generally expected and all be in good fun. Although I'm not a part of either community, I'd imagine it would be pretty obvious to somebody in either community whether it's acceptable or not.

[@Skye3979_]

I appreciate how these WR progression videos double as both informational and as a way for Maximum to subtly flex his own achievements as a top runner. Great video!

[@mxstila6220]

Y’all guys are so lucky to have such a supportive dev. I’m in the Roblox obby community and we recently lost one of our most used clips lol But in all seriousness, amazing video! I totally did not watch red ball 2 for 1 hour 15 minutes at 1am lol

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

there's roblox obby speedrunning? wow!

[@NotCon]

@@user-vw4xp5nt9f They never said speedrunning. :P

[@iguanabros0275]

14:22 to 7:29.100 is insane and I never would of thought that that would be the difference between the start and end of this video.

[@SeamstarSmokey]

Max: (*Plans on getting the WR for every Red Ball game*) Rare. eg: (*Chuckles*) No.

[@ralphismyname4940]

That 3 way tie is the most absurd thing I’ve ever seen in any speedrunning history

[@micasingh]

my favorite part about these wr history vids is that unlike summoning salt who doesn't run most of the games he covers, every once in a while maximum is like "and then someone stepped up to beat the record...: me." great to have an actual runner covering a game XD

[@GumSkyloard]

"Xbox, rare.. oh, and me too, i guess!" I love how non chalant he is.

[@AntiVectorTV]

26:13 It's this point in the video we become aware that this whole time we've been watching from the _villain's perspective._

[@Wooftydog]

I didn't expect to become this interested in a speedrun video about a game I've never heard about but you really made this video investing! Amazing job!

[@thomaskaldahl196]

I would not believe you if you told me 10 years ago that I would grow up to watch several hour-long documentaries about the flash game I was playing at the time. Just subscribed!

[@Maximum]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

[@semisemicoloncolon]

Another incredible video, as I would expect from this channel, thank you for the content

[@RazzleJazzle420]

I love this channel, I wish there were more niche speedrun history videos. Awesome work to yourself and fellow runners! What a great way to put these guys on the podium.

[@laeyein]

this is such a fantastic video and story, and the great editing is the cherry on top!! so excited to watch the rest of your flash game content as well :)

[@pawer_themaw]

I remember watching these videos just for fun to see one of the games i played (RB4) have many strats and stuff. I can say, this inspired me to speedrun some webgames, and i realized that i have pretty good skills!

[@Maximum]

That’s great to hear! Best of luck with future runs

[@trinscabbage9414]

this is probably my favorite speedrun video on the internet. i love your channel and have been binging so much and its just. your videos are so much different than other speedrunner histories or progressions because the games are so well known/ easy to understand the basics of but the speedrun community is small so you get to focus on a handful of people per video. also its so cool. i love this., i was on the edge of my seat. if all history was taught like this i would be a history buff

[@irchonite1953]

This is exactly the kind of video I was hoping to see, so hyped!

[@GutenBare]

It is amazing how Max takes an old flash game about a red ball and actually make it interesting to learn about

[@casev799]

The fact that people are speedrunning old games like this make me extremely happy for some reason

[@TimofeyMarko]

I’ve been waiting bro, and I wasn’t disappointed!

[@danclaydon6588]

Absolutely banging vid as always 👍❤️

[@NotBest713]

12:54 that's actually how I did it on my first time playing and didn't even know that it wasn't intended

[@zaku28]

wow, that 3-way tie between You, Xbox and eg was insane. Awesome progression video once again ^•^

[@platinummyrr]

Your presentation of this type of content is amazing!

[@Finicheti]

Boogles my mind how much incredible content you get out of this game

[@Beastolicous]

Amazing video as always!

[@J_-_]

I love when you go on youtube and watch some of the highest quality videos on the platform, and then realize that those videos were made by such small channels. The red ball community is so neat, and I really wish it got the attention that it deserves. Very well done video overall, I really like the editing style and like how everything is explained so clearly.

[@that_guy1107]

why i’m watching a video about the speedrun progression of a game i’ve never heard of, i don’t know. But i do know it’s worth it.

[@ArtDumbster]

I didn't notice this was an hour and a quarter long and just watched it, nice video!

[@miniwizard]

Fascinating story and well put together video. Not something I'll ever be involved in doing, but it's so interesting to see how individual level strategies evolve and how the bar is constantly being raised bit by bit. Loved the montage of all the failed attempts while going for the sub 7:30

[@purpleluckxd371]

I don’t know why, but one of my favorite parts of your videos is seeing all of the different profile pictures of all of the runners

[@ZaneBababababab]

4:20 hahahaha that’s my brother, wow funnily enough he actually does speedrun now, except he mostly (see: only) runs layers of fear for some context, me and him were really into flash game lets players when we were younger, so we tried to make our own mine are lost on a long deleted channel but his are still up (including a play through of red ball 1 too funnily enough)

[@Maximum]

That’s hilarious dude! these videos get found by so many people that have unique connections to the people featured; it’s kinda crazy.

[@TheWaffleLord6787]

That 3 way tie is insane 😮

[@JoeDan54]

On point music choices, great vid

[@poopsmithjones1]

great stuff, would watch any WR Progression you make

[@RobsMiscellania]

1:05:22 I love how fast he reset. The frustration was palpable in the short amount of time between failing the strat and resetting the timer

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Best (and probably only) channel for red ball speedrun content

[@arn0000]

quite the nice video as well ! ngl a 3 way frame perfect tie is sth i aint heard of yet and i watch a lot of speedrunning record vids xDD congrats to y all for the records, and ty for making this video :P

[@Aaron-cs3xl]

The editing in these videos is always top notch. I'm so impressed by the quality and polish of these videos. The optimization of a speedrunner really shines through with how optimized these videos are.

[@voxalice1]

the legendary itsmaximum back with another banger

[@The_musical_gamer]

I’ve been waiting for a new amazing video

[@forgedinfaithfarmboys8092]

Love your videos!

[@CalldeMolly]

That was really good we would like to see a world record progression video of Red and Blue Balls next.

[@DestronGaming]

I love how whenever you try to do a record sweep, a resistance is formed. It's like a group of heroes attempting(and succeeding) to stop the main villain!

[@MercurySG3M]

4:47 YOU GOT TOONTOWN IN THE VIDEO i didnt expect to see this and it makes me so happy

[@bangles7437]

Awesome video, I loved red ball as a kid haha

[@FloydMaxwell]

Another outstanding doc

[@theloser4903]

Damn I saw a video of yours a while ago and intended to subscribe but never did I guess. Well I am now so hope to see more.

[@moris_tm6670]

Damn the editing on this one is so incredibly awesome. I don't know enough words in english to explain how good is it

[@TwinSteel]

Can’t believe I haven’t subbed before now - been watching for a while now

[@efabrigmail]

Excellent audio editing and video sync

[@ChaosGore420]

The hollow knight bench music at xbox's record was fitting so well. Nice video

[@rbrt2718]

imagine not watching a maximum video

[@Rubienlily]

so true bobert

[@mrheadshot8757]

Such a Great Video!!!!

[@-ZH]

ItsMaximum The absolute super villain of the story.

[@aboxd101lol6]

I just watched the first 18 minutes of this video and asked myself how long this masterpiece is. That was the moment when I realized, that I have roughly an hour left :) fabulous video to this point ;)

[@leafx42]

From a decently sized ftp journey to almost smb tier speed is insane

[@cody4561]

It’s honestly hilarious to me that they made a secret discord with the sole purpose of conspiring against you specifically

[@nat_cat2923]

Thanks for video! It very cool video!

[@YellowSkarmory]

Red Ball 2 graphics are the best in the series. I will die on this hill.

[@sovietblobfish]

found your channel about a week ago thanks to that algorithm (which seems to really like redball... maybe susan wojcicki is a secret red ball runner) i've really enjoyed watching every one of your redball videos, you bring a clear passion to them from your involvement in running, and now i shall continue on to watching your non red ball content, keep up the good work!

[@sovietblobfish]

unrelated but why are so many top runners on the leaderboards now naming themselves after their countries?

[@scottcaramel]

The real question, why ever was the “roll around on the floor after obtaining the crown” strat ever abandoned?

[@samuelding7854]

Because the alternative strat saves like 10 seconds

[@BrilliantBouncingBall]

great video

[@oofster15]

Great vid

[@Jplayz41]

I like your videos man

[@EdgyRose]

Your videos are very interesting

[@tofudaturtle271]

"imma roll around on the floor a little bit" -a very happy man/redball