Red Ball 3 - World Record Progression (Speedrun History)

Going into 2011, the Red Ball Series was in quite a rough spot. The strong physics-platformer foundation established by its first two entries was almost entirely stripped away after three lackluster, puzzle-focused side games released in a row. Thankfully, through his next release, Red Ball 3, the series' creator, Eugene Fedoseev, finally decided exactly what he wanted a Red Ball game to be: an interactable physics sandbox that allowed players to make of it what they wanted, including trying to go through it as fast as possible. Luckily, Red Ball 3 also came bundled with a few physics exploits and glitches, such as corner jumping and pause jumping, that allowed the speedrun to develop much further than anyone could have anticipated over the span of around a decade. This is the story of how and why 13 different speedrunners set over 50 world records in Red Ball 3, the game that saved the Red Ball series.
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Red Ball 3 Links:
Note: The $500 sub 5 bounty is still up for grabs! Make sure to check out the speedrun tutorial and join the Red Ball Discord server if you would like to have a shot at claiming it.
Red Ball 3 Speedrun Tutorial - • Red Ball 3 Beginner Sp...
Watch this if you need help with OBS / LiveSplit / Game setup - • Red Ball - Beginner Sp...
Red Ball Speedrunning Discord - / discord
Game Download - drive.google.com/file/d/1dvM7...
Current World Record - • Red Ball 3 any% in 5:0...
Current TAS World Record - • Red Ball 3 Any% TAS in...
Red Ball 3 speedrun.com page - www.speedrun.com/redball3
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Music Credits:
Music List - pastebin.com/TQtL4iAi
Around half of the songs used in this video are from Toontown: Corporate Clash, a fantastic recreation of Disney's Toontown: Online that is leaps and bounds better than the original despite only being worked on by volunteers - corporateclash.net/
A lot of Club Penguin music has been uploaded to KZbin in high quality by one of the game's original composers, @ChrisHendricks
Also, the awesome Club Penguin song remixes used in this video were created by @AARonHDYT
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Maximum Personal Links:
Twitch - / itsmaximum
Speedrun.com Profile - www.speedrun.com/user/Maximum
Speedruns Channel - @MoreMaximum
Twitter - / itsmaximum_
Discord Server - / discord
World Record Graphs - @SpeedrunGraphs
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Thank you to @ethangass4524, @Goober13md, @Motorjam, @jaroeo, @NorXor, @xdxboxjaja, @BowserStrikesEverywhere, @cookie8r, @jandawg1710, tankedshoe, @thog_nspeedruns8339, @Zennan, and @iBall1 for working with me to make this project possible.
And, of course, thank you to you ALL for getting this channel to 100,000 subscribers. It still is genuinely hard to believe ❤️
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World Record Progression Graphs were Created Using- flourish.studio/
World Record Data was Obtained Through the Speedrun.com API- github.com/speedruncomorg/api
#maximum #speedrun #redball

[@kormagogthedestroyer]

I like how a subplot of this video is Maximum trying to get every red ball world record AT THE SAME TIME and he passes it off like it’s nothing out of the ordinary

[@dootdoodle569]

Not to mention TWICE

[@juxoq]

@@dootdoodle569 I think you mean THREE TIMES

[@jammish9802]

Nothing gets a speedrunning community active like someone attempting a leaderboard sweep

[@natebot08]

I hope he gets it one day and makes a video on it

[@seanthebeast300]

Would be crazy if someone did that in A Pirate and His Crates

[@fluffygalaxy6]

You know it's serious, when the records are sorted by time of day instead of date

[@CrizmicGaming895]

Facts lol

[@renn-fella]

You being 1 record off having all the red ball franchise records is eerily similar to Matthias being 1 off having all the Mario Kart 64 records

[@Unlimited_Powah]

Seeing stuff like that where people get super close to their goals after months/years of work ending off just barely off always breaks my heart

[@bfpncsr3608]

that was Mario Kart 64, not Wii

[@renn-fella]

@@bfpncsr3608 Mb, fixed

[@hithereireallysuck]

It's also remotely similar to PisMc who was one level off from beating every single rated level in Geometry Dash (A feat that is absolutely impossible today)

[@P-nk-m-na]

@@Unlimited_Powah it's even worse when people get all the records in private then dump it all out at once, feels super unsportsmanlike

[@Kosmo_Z]

It's always crazy when the records seem to be super optimized, and then you realize that there's still a whole hour of content to watch

[@casev799]

This just made me realize I'm not even halfway through the video....

[@bluedrake1218]

I literally just had that realization and then checked to see if anyone else thought that! I was shocked to see I was only half an hour in and it still had almost an hour left

[@Coconut_Juice255]

​@@casev799 same Lmao

[@BowserStrikesEverywhere]

Finally, the best red ball game in the series has a world record progression 😊

[@Maximum]

Yo its Bo's friend, no way

[@BowserStrikesEverywhere]

The legend bo

[@eco1969]

@@BowserStrikesEverywhere buy that guy a beer

[@muppetlord715]

@@eco1969 bro needs a medal lol

[@saltycheeseitz]

@@muppetlord715 *bo

[@Maciek-yn8li]

He wakes up every few months and makes a banger.

[@ziwuri]

It takes months of work to produce a 2 hour long documentary that's well researched, scripted, voiced and edited, all by oneself.

[@Orange_Tree_]

Love the implication Maximum gets WR while asleep

[@JUMPYCOOL]

Maximum has a 3 month nap and when he wakes up, he makes a banger video!

[@Maciek-yn8li]

@@ziwuri i know but saying it this way is less funny lol

[@Vertic03]

It wouldn't be a maximum video without announcing a 10 morbillion dollar bounty

[@tepig2828]

I love how there is this implicit rule in the Red Ball community that if someone tries to go for a record sweep, the entire community mobilizes to try and win back the records.

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

I mean, what did you expect?

[@tejiccgd]

its every speedrunning community, just look at matthias rustemeyer, hes the same but for mk64

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

​@@tejiccgddidn't matthias cry hard about the hoarding though? Like really hard?

[@iBall1]

31:11 Definitely the best part of the video. The scripting and voiceover in this part is PERFECT!

[@anonopossum]

dont forget the banger toontown music

[@ziwuri]

factual

[@RepostCollection]

Okay 🤡

[@ziwuri]

@@RepostCollection brodie it's a joke, they wrote and VO'd that part

[@herov2]

The quest for the full series sweep reminds me of the journey that Matthias rustemeyer went on in Mario Kart 64, going for every single record. Absolutely loved this video, I know what goes into making something like this and am thankful you do it.

[@pro-11-brawlstars68]

Damn a BSS player

[@pro-11-brawlstars68]

Also you should get 500 glitched drives ;)

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

Except matthias and a lot of the community went full sadge and cried about the hoarding instead of like here where they built interpersonal rivalries and motivation from it.

[@RodrigoTheHappyDog]

You know what, Onam didn't know they'd need to collect those stars. Those rules weren't in place yet, they just decided to be honourable and play fair. Props to you, Onam.

[@Maximum]

This is actually not the case; the speedrun.com leaderboard for the game was created way back in December of 2014, and as far as I know, the rules have always stated that you must collect all the gold stars in level 8 before collecting the flag.

[@RodrigoTheHappyDog]

@@Maximum Ah, now I've got egg on my face. I tried to look up whether that was the case beforehand but it looks like I didn't look hard enough.

[@beaplayer3364]

@@Maximum Wait, I am thinking about level 8, you need to collect all 3 Gold Stars, after collecting 3rd star can't you reset to get way faster to flag pole? You get all 3 Gold Stars so It should be legal but I also think this can't be

[@aymbaut9361]

@@beaplayer3364 18:50

[@ziwuri]

@@beaplayer3364 it's in the video

[@xdxboxjaja]

But max i thought you were done with red ball videos for good

[@wert8432]

Common W xbox

[@destroyerjacob2783]

Extremely unfathomably common Xbox W

[@Unlimited_Powah]

Oh hey, it's "Eks Dee Eks Bocks Djah Djah"

[@GumSkyloard]

Wbox

[@humanbeing3551]

W Red Ball 3 Speedrunner

[@Wookis]

I love how the series sweep is a continuous subplot between pretty much all of your red ball videos lmao

[@coolssh3979]

For almost single-handedly reigniting an entire community of flash game speedrunning, that silver play button is more than deserved. Congrats on 100K, and great video as always!

[@killemdeader1189]

This is my super bowl

[@McSus74]

Celery

[@Unlimited_Powah]

Coconut

[@TJKZZ2]

Česnek

[@windows98geek35]

Fr

[@jojobod]

I always love when maximum uploads a new speedrunning history

[@golden_rod]

with these generic comments i can't even tell if they're bots anymore

[@zapstarfr]

@@golden_rod exactly bruh

[@jojobod]

@@golden_rod honestly yeah i kinda tried to word my comment to avoid that

[@nutsi3]

Hope he does a speed running history for house of hazards

[@Jrose11]

These videos make me feel like such a boomer lol. I never even heard of these games or websites (I think I saw people play some of them when I was in high school), and yet I watch every single one. Congrats on the checkmark, excited to see what's next!

[@fahkyew7776]

U watch so much of the same content as me

[@TrulyAtrocious]

I remember playing RB4 when I was like 10. It was a fun game, never thought of speedrunning it tho

[@grassonicholas]

Omg jrose is on every speedrunners videos I love it

[@JamesThompson-zu3bq]

dude i promise you basically no one has heard of any of these sites

[@memesong21]

how did you not know red ball 😭

[@cookie8r]

amazing video

[@Maximum]

Thanks for the help on it!

[@jennifercheung6464]

@@Maximum lmao my man broke the wr the day after this got released

[@doggo7078]

In an alt I have looked for every possible recording of the game I speedrun and saved them in a Playlist. Finding old runs is hard, but here are some tips (I hope it helps): - Write your key words, press the middle part of the mouse on the upper part of the screen, point it down and let the screen scroll. - When you reach the bottom of the results, press ctrl F (Windows, Mac works different), type 2011, then 2010, then 2009... And you will discard half of the results. Only the videos from the correct era will show up - If your game is popular in another country, check if the game has another name in that language (Red Ball is a simple game, but Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, is not a simple name. It can be translated to M&S sur les jeaus d'hivern for example). You might be missing a whole world. Specially in Asia

[@inthefade]

I love how you edit these. By the end you've explained every trick and level well enough that you can just let me watch and I understand what is happening, yet I've never even seen this game previously.

[@ThatJyJade]

yeah

[@ShakeyBox]

"Pause jumping had managed to push the game to completely new heights" Pause Jumping: That's why I'm here.

[@nat298]

hey maximum, just wanted to say that i MASSIVELY appreciate the fact that you put a music list in the description. i cant stand it when i watch a video, a song catches my attention, and there's no reference to the music whatsoever in the description. Of course, this video is also yet another banger - i can't imagine how much work must have gone into editing a 2 hour long world record progression. thank you!

[@CherryPie_s]

So happy to see the corporate clash ost getting some love, super talented people for a free game

[@nubert2036]

The combination of your storytelling, the awesome skips found and how much I've played red ball in the past made this video one of my favourites ever. Congrats on 100k and looking forward to your next videos :)

[@iesty]

i love how cookie beat the wr literally a day after this was uploaded

[@JCKingTAW]

Love the toontown Corprate clash music in the background

[@melodicamaven]

you have quite good taste in background music :D

[@Maximum]

and you have quite good taste in game design!

[@dustmopthepig]

the day after he uploaded this, cookie8r broke the record again with a 5:06

[@alantaylor2694]

I love how you, in essence, just count down a list of numbers and runners names who I've never heard of and yet you tell such a compelling story. Sooo much time and effort. Thank you. Excellent video and congrats on the 100k.

[@soupcan2314]

Mmmmm toontown corporate clash music my beloved

[@dustinregehr1814]

Maximum is a legend

[@ItsTi0]

Yup (everyone say yup)

[@zero_hero]

Yup

[@farmcactus5280]

@@troveion Yup (why did troveion edit his comment to say (why did neo (previously anstro) edit his comment))

[@leonardjaksch5045]

yup

[@mrpojsomnoj3313]

Absolute legend.

[@zknight5567]

Why does this man's background music slap so hard?

[@anonopossum]

holy shit the cfo theme?? i thought i was going insane but thats definitely the clash cfo theme while you're explaining double jumps lmao

[@Maximum]

Over half of the songs in this video are from clash 😂

[@anonopossum]

@@Maximum ive been grinding out cfo so its the first one that really jumped out at me, i noticed a bunch more when i startrd listening for them

[@itsbally5122]

"this is how me and xdxboxjaja pushed the game to limits, limits people didnt think was possible. But after a TUFF battle, i gave up first"

[@NorXor]

maximum gets arrested for money laundering after setting 40000 dollars worth of bounties for xdboxjaja to claim

[@4_qu]

genuinely so happy for you reaching 100k subs, i honestly never thought you would grow to this level when i first watched your red ball 4 documentary, but i guess u did, congrats

[@RyanYakovich]

Congrats on 100K Max! You truly have improved so much as a creator from when we met over 2 years ago. It's only up from here!

[@Good_Mr_Doggo]

Omg the nostalgia from the club penguin music I could tell you where all the songs were from RIP Club penguin

[@arrendor]

Thanks for all these videos Maximum. I might not be that good at speedrunning but I love watching these and reveling in the history of these games.

[@miniwizard]

Woot, congrats on the 100k and play button. Great video and I hope it inspires others to jump in and push for new records and strategies. I love seeing old games being kept alive like this.

[@konstick66-pepeland60]

You know it’s a great video, when you think it is near its end, but there is still 1 hour left

[@toimine8930]

i love the new editing tricks you've used in this video

[@lumensmith9787]

I have so much respect for your dedication to these games. It's so crazy to me that you prefer the competition over the glory and didn't silently sweep the games when you could've pretty easily.

[@ccmacl]

First watched your channel when your Red Ball 1 World Record Progression video took off. Congrats on hitting 100k and I wish you luck on future projects!

[@BrilliantBouncingBall]

this was an amazing video. one of the best red ball speedrun progression videos from you yet.

[@liifeyy]

as someone who initially started watching u around 20-30k, this has rly been a long journey, and ive loved all ur vids a lot man. u got me into vol 1 (the first vid i watched from u) and i dedicated a lot of my time to that back in 2021 and its so cool that the person who got me into that to be hitting new heights on their channel. HUUUGE congrats to u for 100k man, good luck in the future :)

[@jaroeo]

Amazing video

[@entropic-decay]

I hadn't heard of this series at all before I started watching your channel, tbh, but watching runs of it is entertaining

[@YellowSkarmory]

Congrats on 100k, Max. It's been a joy to be in the community and watch as everything blew up. You deserve it.

[@kannraorhara]

Congrats! I've been in and out of your videos from the past few years, one of your Red Ball speed running videos catching my eye. I'm so happy that you're getting recognized, and I'll be here waiting for the content, whatever it ends up being, that you make. ^^

[@SirLampsALot]

Dude. Huge accomplishment and great video. The music selections were top-notch.

[@pricelessmakoa4482]

Amazing work! Much love and keep the speed run progression vids coming❤

[@tylerlarsen1842]

Absolutely brilliant video, and congratulations on receiving your silver play button, Maximum!

[@StriderStryker]

Watched the whole video. It was satisfying to see him getting the 100k plaque with confidence. Hopefully he reaches to a million subscribers in the future!

[@itskatplayz]

Amazing video as always. Speedrun history videos are always ny favourite as it teaches me the history of games im interested in

[@the_player_2]

thank you for creating these videos for us, really means a lot to me

[@Ne0_Se0]

"Not now honey, Maximum just uploaded another red ball speedrun history"

[@ShamanJeeves]

A new video, and it's a nice long one! Looking forward to this journey.

[@Doctor_Sex.]

Happy 100K Maximum, and here's to another milestone.

[@OhhWelll]

I love this long form style of content from you. Keep it up ❤️

[@Luciousness]

When the Red Ball is 3!!

[@TopRob1]

Fancy pants 🔥

[@Unlimited_Powah]

I think the ball that is colored red is hero

[@Nate_Nitrogen]

Brilliant work once again Maximum!

[@reneeprkl1843]

Another great video about a game I've never played. Loved every minute of it

[@cloudytug]

If it takes another 3 months for the next video after this ima cry. Dudes content is genuinley addicting. Ive watched all his videos multiple times 😂

[@bootycrums8092]

Bro I've been sick the last 3 days and there haven't been anything good but finally i already know this will be fire judging from the previous red ball videos

[@snoopee110]

So cool hearing music from Corporate Clash!! - Clash Video Editor :)

[@theallstar8495]

I love these videos so much. There's not many long videos I can watch without getting very bored very quickly, but you make your videos very interesting. I've been feeling like I should watch another video similar to yours lately as I've now been interested in watching longer speed run progressions or challenges for games, and just saw you posted this three weeks ago. Keep up the amazing work!

[@cadaeib65]

Oh my god the sub 5 10 clutch was so incredibly well made

[@Maggerama]

Your Red Ball videos are my tranquillizer.

[@drdusk5285]

I never even knew what Red Ball was until I came across your videos, they're so cool!!

[@alexanderkunitsugu9044]

For a red ball speedrun progression being this long, you know it's gonna be good

[@Elliasal]

It's awesome how this is like at the same time a history but also autobiography, not all speedrunners have the skills to do it thank you!

[@Shero1337]

Well done, what an amazing video!

[@ww4830]

What a great video, congrats on 100k!!

[@jamesknapp64]

Me: man this was an interesting history, not much is left is there. *looks at video timer* .... only halfway done? what craziness is coming in the 2nd half....

[@FloydMaxwell]

Amazing quality to this video, Maximum. It helps you are a world record holder on this game, but you have video editing gifts as well.

[@DeathKontrol]

Great video as always, and congrats on 100k!

[@ItsTi0]

42:51 made laugh really hard. I love how honest Maximum always is

[@YuckiDude]

Best Video by Maximum. Can’t wait for the next one. Whenever it comes out 😂

[@J_-_]

i dont even speedrun but these wr progression vids are too interesting to not watch, think im gonna have to watch it twice so the algorithm promotes ur vid more

[@cheyennereynoso4116]

Oh, I didn’t notice this had come out. I guess I got the notification; I just didn’t see it.

[@TrueAgentZan]

Yay! Red ball speedrun videos are here again!

[@GlichCentral]

I really like how max 11 follows the edge of the wood beam. It took me a few times seeing it to even realize they didn’t have collision

[@ThoughtEnjoyer]

Great video man!

[@dawsonjones7530]

Congrats on the play button Max you’ve more than earned it!!

[@Nicentoastytoast]

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this.

[@Unlimited_Powah]

At most, 927 years

[@Nicentoastytoast]

@Unlimited That's true.

[@nitrouspeed3583]

I got notified of a Maximum video yesterday so I rescheduled a meeting and cleared 2 hours in my schedule today to watch it

[@metronas]

W Priorities

[@KingSkinny-ww2pl]

I only found your videos on speedrun history recently and have to say I'm a fan, love how in depth your research is and you can tell by listening to you that you really appreciate the art, I'd love to see a video on Superliminal no glitch category at some point, I play console so I only ever achieved 8th place, and have dropped to somewhere in the 30-40s, but would love to see how that game evolved

[@BinhVu-hx3xx]

your content is amazing

[@DanyxR6]

Finally a new video less go keep it up MAXIMUM

[@srwapo]

I gotta say I've never heard of this game, I have no desire to play it, but I can't help but watch every one of these videos when they get recommended to me.

[@playercore7444]

So much fun in the chat! I’m so glad that I was here.

[@transam33o]

Your videos really make me want to start speedrunning these flash games

[@herisruns]

that interpolated spinning red ball looks so cursed 😂 i love it

[@corybrownson1728]

My boy Mukmuk played this for me. So amazing thanks for all your efforts to immortalize your struggles. Amazing video, great narration and flawless editing.

[@GB6__YT]

Always a good day when I get to watch a movie-length documentary about flash games from my childhood

[@gueyremi7429]

Congrats on 100k subs!

[@loafzero]

the camaraderie in this is so incredible. gg

[@minejack7773]

Always a good day when Maximum uploads

[@Hellcrusher56x]

Here since 14k, love your vids