Sub 10 minutes here I come... [Tricky rounds on the World Map]

The minutes are tumbling on my quest to see how quickly I can get a perfect score on the world map. Last week I achieved a respectable 18 minutes 30, but I knew I can go quicker. Join me as I take on some tricky rounds and surprise myself with a 15 minute effort. Do you think sub 10 minutes is possible? Let me know in the comments..
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[@GeoWizard]

IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS: -More Geoguessr -More Chronophoto -Geo Detective IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS: -A corking straight line mission..

[@marcjohnson3553]

Looking forward to it all!

[@KbanjoK]

Ireland???

[@nadavshvo]

we cannot wait mate, you're spoiling us

[@IsabelJones69]

My favourites are the geo detective and straight line missions so happy they will be coming

[@thedragonflytapes5727]

Love a corking straight line mission almost as much as I love a sublime Ecuador guess

[@zi8gzag]

As other people pointed out, I got my 11 minute time on a much easier map. I couldn’t beat the GOAT himself - yet anyway ;)

[@_phiaa]

two goats fr

[@bodhiliciousss]

zegog 🐐

[@kaiserandvlad]

zigzag vs geowizard moving match (so its equal) want (and need) to see it

[@jwebb4750]

💪

[@DogboyYoutube]

yet

[@Mag_Nus32]

You're like the Jimi Hendrix of Geoguessr. There's an impressive new breed of players who have loads of techniques and metas but watching you is the best by miles

[@minch333]

Funny thing is, zigzag actually failed to beat geowizard and got the 11 minute time on a much easier map after giving up trying on the world map! Zigzag is genuinely one of the best players around so it does say something about geowizard's skill in this particular format

[@jchrizzy6995]

Im a big rainbolt fan but tom is definitely hendrix, maybe that makes rianbolt clapton or somebody

[@zenith709]

I love this analogy

[@daylen577]

I'm really not a fan of the new meta. People like Rainbolt are phenomenal to watch in clips, but it's all about memorizing stuff, not about getting good at reading maps and areas. I don't want to have to memorize a list of hundreds if not thousands of little details, and I don't really enjoy watching people that do have all that memorized.

[@SicMvndvsCreatvsEst8]

@@daylen577 To get the "feel" of the place is much more fun and meta is some interesting stuff that you might possibly want to add to your skillset. I don't really like it either but some of it is still interesting.

[@TheCaptainBrannigan]

Personally, I think that having the results of the video displayed in the thumbnail takes away some of the excitement of watching the actual video. For me, it's more enjoyable when I get to see how well you did without any spoilers in the thumbnail. I hope this feedback is helpful, and I appreciate the effort you put into creating your content!

[@p8nisman-not]

Agreed but it probably helps with getting clicks sadly

[@vivago727]

@@p8nisman-not also helps with tracking his progess in the future. You can just scroll back in his videos and see how much he improved

[@TheCaptainBrannigan]

@@p8nisman-not Maybe, idk... But I also find myself skipping through the video more often.

[@aspzx]

I agree but luckily I clicked so fast when I saw the video pop up that I didn't see the time on the thumbnail 😉

[@blakdfje]

I agree

[@merlinthewizard]

The return of Future Tom was long awaited and much enjoyed! Good job Tom!

[@Keovar]

It would be a fun gimmick to straight-line Spain in a couple minutes at the end of July and then turn around and straight-line France at the beginning of August. That should be possible at Pheasant Island, if you could get there just before midnight.

[@namename3130]

Get this seen lol, nothing worse than a good idea that cant gather steam

[@kuningas1101]

It's unfortunately illegal

[@Keovar]

@@kuningas1101 - So he could get permission or be stealthy. As long as no one is going to be harmed by it, I don’t see why it should be dismissed out of hand.

[@kuningas1101]

@@Keovar Why would they give him permission?

[@Keovar]

@@kuningas1101 - Maybe they take it as free advertising and set up a tour. People will pay money and risk their lives just to stand on Everest long enough to take a selfie. Visiting a border oddity may not sound as impressive, but it should also be far less expensive and risky.

[@antoinstanton915]

A quick hint for France - if you see a place with s/ it stands for "sur" which means on. The equivalent of Stoke-on-Trent for example. It doesn't specifically mean it will be on a river, but this might help with finding villages around France.

[@IAmUndersteer]

“SR 312” in Florida (and some other states) is short for “State Route 312” to distinguish it from a U.S. highway number, or a county road number. In Google Maps, U.S routes will be in the white shield (the fancy looking one), State routes will be in circle/ovals, and county roads will be in rectangles. Helps the scanning eyes work quicker on U.S. maps. Hope this helps someone!

[@InternetKilledTV21]

I wonder how the dynamic would change if Google were to finally implement state-specific shields like they have in Waze, as well as Apple Maps. It's one of the biggest cons imo, especially in Virginia.

[@mariabelenetchegaray1862]

Hi Tom! I'm from Argentina and in the second round Chaco it's a province, Resistencia it's the capital, and then when you were comparing the billboard with the map, the place was right because both had the Rinconada neighbourhood (check 8:05); good video, loved it!

[@Zanteeh]

And also, the flag he spotted was the province flag, green white blue in vertical stripes

[@josephmarch6850]

Zig Zag did get 11 minutes, but this was on a pinpointable world, he didn't get it on the official world map.

[@Elidan1012]

@@jamisonr He was just training in the format. Chill

[@Thespyykker]

a small tip for town signs/names in France (maybe you already know it but in case you dont): SUR (abbreviated to s/) means above, and SOUS (abbreviated to /s) means bellow. these are almost always with reference to a river name. e.g. in the first location SUCE SUR ERDRE it can sometimes be faster to look for the river ERDRE first and the look for the town SUCE SUR ERDRE that should lie "above" the river ERDRE!

[@b0rme]

The comment about the Falklands and Argentina was too funny 😂 being a Brit made it even better

[@iMintyGreen]

Round 4 was surreal to see, I live only around 15 minutes from there and have been down those stretches of road hundreds if not thousands of times. Glad you were able to get it so quickly, congrats on the great time!

[@crazygator21]

Same here. When I saw 312, I was like omg it’s St Augustine! Very cool to see familiar roads. Been down that road many times on the way to the beach.

[@menice6736]

"Are those the Falklands?" "Thats a bit naughty" Typical Tom🤣

[@mfdiocholling6871]

“Falklands, but naughty” we love geopolitical Tom 😂

[@HapticNoise]

The fact that you instantly clocked Florida blew my mind. What secondarily blew my mind was that you instantly clocked Florida when that location is *in my own hometown* Granted, Jacksonville is pretty damn big and I never spent much time in the Anastasia area, but still, that was a crazy combination of a fairly unlikely coincidence and being very impressed that you clocked it before I did myself 😆

[@DensityMatrix1]

He missed that 904 is the Jax area code. Also A1A is an obvious thing to a coastal north Floridian. All hard to get if you aren't very familiar, though.

[@reggiedixon2]

Rory (Geography Challenges) just did a 6:12 on this map. Takes me back to when I first discovered Tom and Rory when they did their country streaks challenge. It was all fields back then.

[@lordgraga]

This was some of the best commentary you've ever done, more of that please.

[@justyndelbridge7467]

These are my favorite kind of videos on KZbin. Thank you so much for continuing to make them!

[@alexg1778]

This is the content that introduced me to Tom and to Geoguessr. I love all the other content too, but this will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@peterkazmir]

Who else was screaming at the monitor, THERE'S GOMBE! THERE"S GOMBE! as he kept zooming in elsewhere?! Nice job!

[@gem3dem]

Was so strange seeing you spawn on roads I grew up on 😆 As soon as I saw “Anastasia” I knew it was St. Augustine beach

[@ss.spotting]

At 15:06 I got mad when he missed 'Gombe District' written on the billboard lol. Apart from that, well done mate

[@apizz2882]

There are way better geoguessr players than tom, but none of them makes me feel this way when i watch a video of them. Tom is, and will always be my favorite player❤

[@mussnc]

same. i love going through the whole process with him, although its super impressive to see someone guess the country in a split second, this is exciting as well

[@beetwinntv]

I absolutely love these videos with the grind for the xx Minutes perfect score!

[@XandyEhhh]

It's weird when the place he is searching for is where you drove on 10 minutes ago :D Vienna represent!

[@crazygator21]

So cool to see St Augustine in one of your videos. Great job getting Florida so quickly. Once I saw 312, I knew exactly where you were. You should come back to do a part 2 of how not to travel America and start in St Augustine and travel to the west coast.

[@ASF4LL]

aahah you start the round just near my place, your accent saying Nord sur Erdre was pretty funny !! great video :)

[@isaacengeling7001]

Awesome that you watch ZigZag. You should schedule a collab with him.

[@daylen577]

It always baffles me how you (and many other GeoGuessr creators) don't put down rough pins until very late in the game. I always click where I'm guessing, so starting at country level and then down to region, down to town, down to roughly the area in the town. It helps me keep anchored to something, otherwise I very quickly feel like I am lost. In the example here, I would've just clicked somewhere on the D178 as soon as I found that, just to lock that in in my mind.

[@Toudreyte6501]

Of all places in France you find "Sucé sur Erdre", which translates into "Sucked on the Erdre". Noice Btw the "S/" on signs means "sur" too, meaning "on" something, as in "on the Erdre" in that case. 99% of the time it's a river afterwards.

[@natan2517]

Quand il s'est retourné et j'ai vu le panneau j'ai explosé de rire. Pourtant j'ai 30 ans pas 15 :D

[@shawnwilliamson9267]

Putain c’est magnifique. Quelle vidéo légendaire celle du village de sucé😂

[@GeographyChallenges]

Great job

[@ooABoo]

Good effort Tom. As has been said, the Argentina round should have been easier by the car at the junction having a small white plate with centre black dot at 4:37. The lat part where you didnt see correlation on that round, at 8:01, you can see Rinconada SW of your marker, next to the rio negro thats mentioned on the Rinconada signage.

[@sergenovikov7021]

Sucé-sur-Erdre is a big meme place in France because of its name, hilarious that you got it in this video 😂

[@Nick-hm9rh]

"i saw the best player of the world do it in 11 Minutes so ill try and do it in 10" Tom do you see where this math is not mathing?

[@eyeseaewe1736]

Good to have Future Tom back on the channel.

[@pzrk]

Not as good as the episode featuring the *video* of Future Tom in one corner, with our Regular Tom in the other corner, both doing hilariously simultaneous detective work, but this will do too. Sadly, I don't remember which video was it with those escapades of Future Tom.

[@anonymousAJ]

7:57 The billboard says Costa de la Rinconada and there's a rinconada neighborhood visible in that direction (southwest) on the map; also there's a map marker for Insuga Chaco SA, confirming you are in the state(?) of Chaco

[@rogo12344]

Love the editing style with voice over

[@Delta_Nox]

Lmao first location is like a mile away from my home that was good to witness, you’re so good congrats on the good run

[@brennatomlinson7167]

As a Floridian you calling the water retention pond a lake is killing me

[@TheFlemingNetwork]

SR stands for state route in the US (technically a highway). The green sign is to let cars driving in the perpendicular direction of SR 312 know which street they are passing/turning onto. Hope that helps

[@notmyname327]

That felt like a great time! Lol you said it was slow but to me you were absolutely crashing it. Great video as usual!

[@jarl5817]

7:34 “a bit naughty” lol

[@barb0za0]

some hints: SR means state road, and the A1A is a famous highway that runs up and down the east coast of FL.

[@timmys1877]

Dude you need to stream these! I could watch this for hours

[@DadgeCity]

I don't know about Tom, but I found speedrunning with a live audience made me quite nervous!

[@BigMoneyRelaxed]

SO EXCITED FOR THE GEO CONTENT!!

[@93Basje]

I loved the Argentina guess the most this video

[@DadgeCity]

Tom's definitely moved back into the big league with his confidence in guessing quickly based on road angles.

[@muhilan8540]

What’s funny is it showed the thing that was on the sign on the map, rinconada or whatever, but Tom didn’t notice and sent it anyway

[@cranon5283]

Just a tip, SR 312 stands for state road 312, which means its a major highway in the specific state

[@TakeNoShift]

SR 312 would be State Road 312, that's what the SR means. As a Floridian myself I immediately identified that area as being coastal Florida. I live more inland just northeast of Tampa.

[@ShawnGBR]

They are also known as State Routes in some other states, so that's one way you can tell is someone isn't from Florida: they say "route" instead of "road".

[@raf42]

Great vid! If you didn't parse it already, for the fourth one, SR means state route. A small request for future vids: move your facecam a bit at the end so we can see your time splits.

[@jamiedickinson4976]

Zigzag's 11 minutes was on an easier map for pinpointing. I'm pretty sure the record on a Diverse World is around 2 minutes set by Blinky in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqjOlpaleaZ5kNU

[@annevanderbijl3510]

Kodiak has a 1:02 if i’m not mistaken

[@xmtxx]

And, don't forget that zigzag, couldn't get a 25K on dirverse world. That shows, that he is still in the game!

[@deznutes6689]

@@annevanderbijl3510 Kodiak is my goat

[@LightsTeamEuphoria]

Diverse world is still easier. World map is what Tom is doing.

[@Lennli]

​@@annevanderbijl3510 kodiaks 1:02 is not a speedrun, he just played the seed with a friend in co op mode and then finished it after he knew the locations. speedrun record on acw is by jan seweryn at under 2 minutes

[@pj.claeysens]

Gotta love the Old Trafford Barbing Saloon, or better known by it's nickname: The Theatre of Beards

[@schnitzelThis]

hey Tom, great effort and great video! I think it's definitely possible to do under 10 minutes in this format if you - are good at the game (which you obviously are) - get 5 doable / pinpointable rounds. one bad round like just a long straight with no buildings or junctions nearby or some road in the middle of nowhere can completely screw you over. - probably play a fair share of games - maybe risk a bit on certain guesses good luck on it!

[@gremier216]

love you Tom, keep at it!

[@seananon4893]

American road sign tip: SR stands for STATE ROAD, CR or CNTY stands for COUNTY ROADS. These are not interstates or Highways, and County Roads are usually two lane, but not 100% of the time.

[@BlameItOnGreg]

In the U.S. the “SR” in the numbered road name usually means “State Road”. There is the interstate road system with “I” followed by the number, and then the state road systems, often starting with “SR” on the green street signs.

[@tonypapas9854]

Welcome back, Future Tom!

[@zacharyharrisnc]

That St. Augustine location is my late grandmothers neighborhood. Haven't been there in years, but recognized it right away.

[@crazygator21]

Same here. My grandparents lived behind the Alligator Farm

[@andyd9116]

Regarding the SR in round 4: The US uses a system that consists of four major types of roadways generally: 1) Interstate highways which are long, large roadways that can travel across the length of the country. These are managed by the federal government and labeled with an I (e.g. I-75) 2) US routes which cover a region, generally a few states. These are managed by local and state governments and labeled with a US (e.g. US-66) 3) State routes which traverse large parts of individual states, managed by said state(s). These are generally labeled SR or sometimes with the state’s abbreviation (e.g SR-3 in Alabama or LA-1 in Louisiana) 4) County routes which span one or more counties inside a state, managed by the county government. Usually these are abbreviated with a CR or the county initials (e.g. CR-J7 in California or CC-215, part of the Las Vegas beltway in Nevada, CC standing for Clark County)

[@beorlingo]

Zi8gzag narrating at 1000 words/min in real-time is beyond comprehension.

[@S-Nova0]

"Old Traford Barbing Saloon" is amazing

[@rssiddharth]

It's the British Bernardo Silva with the geography guesses!

[@ruimarques7625]

Christian Eriksen

[@Freiclips]

It’s impressive how effin good you are at this game damn

[@chadbudnack5870]

SR on those signs mean State Road or State Route. That other sign that said 312 East, had the outline of Florida on it. Def keep an eye out for those things. A lot of states have some kind of identifier on their route signs.

[@mslo7312]

Welcome back, Future Tom

[@TrimutiusToo]

So i look at the one in Vienna area, and was right away "looks like Vienna area", but mostly because i was driving there recently when i visited Austria in November, so Brno and Budapest signs were still fresh in my memory

[@methosb]

Phew! We almost got to the end of the video and you hadn't checked if we were recording yet. Thought it wasn't going to happen :P

[@ErdTirdMans]

FYI GeoWizard - "SR-312" means "State Route 312." These can also be labelled as - for example - "FL-312" for "Florida (route) 312." State Routes are usually highways, but not as limited access as proper Interstates. Each state has its own funny state route sign, often with the shape of the state itself somehow incorporated except for Pennsylvania where we - the Keystone State - use a keystone symbol :)

[@kevin.croner]

As others have pointed out, if you want to be fast, use some keyboard shortcuts. WASD for moving a step fw/bw or rotating; R to return to start; SPACE to guess. Personally though, I'm not here for speedruns, I prefer watching you comment live!

[@morris_de]

Nice one mate

[@DBDenzz]

Good to see you back on your A-Game mate 👍

[@carsongarnett1700]

That was a solid game! Well played

[@freqenc]

Don't mind voice over if it improves the concentration.

[@gwendyp125]

🐐

[@CristiNeagu]

Post video commentary is just fine, so don't worry about it. Also, 8:08, nothing linking it? You have Quinta La *_Rinconada_* and you have Insuga *_Chaco._* I mean, what more do you need?

[@MrElectrikFeel]

love these

[@TheSkilledballplaya]

This is a good format when you are explaining your reasoning afterwards..Probably good for you to edit too and i learned a lot more compared to your other geoguessr videos..never noticed the car thats following in nigeria 🤣

[@youfosignhere]

love you tom

[@16m49x3]

8:06 I mean it does say Rinconada sobre el rio negro, and on the map the road goes to quinta la rinconada next to a river called Rio Negro

[@planespotterkarl2783]

Just for your info, “SR” stands for “State Route.” A lot of states use that designation on signs like that, so unfortunately it doesn’t give any clue other than that it is a state highway and not a federal highway. If you already know the state then it’s perfect

[@randomizednamme]

That “peligro” sign is ominous

[@Grigpig]

This one reminded me of when Luke first met Han.

[@Ivanfederico94]

El Chaco is an area in Argentina. But knowing that probably only comes from people with ties to Argentina & Uruguay.

[@chantalmeade6878]

s/ on French signs means "sur" meaning on or over, so it usual means it's close to a river or sea

[@MattMlcc]

future tom is always a good addition to the videos

[@foolmetwice374]

I recommend playing DIVERSE WORLD or COMMUNITY WORLD, since that's what most great players are using these days. It will make for a better comparison, even if the difference isn't necessarily massive.

[@d-rot]

SR usually means State Route, they're state highways. Rather than interstate highways which are federal highways.

[@samrusoff]

7:58 kicking the table seeing rio negro on the sign and also on the map, and costa de la rinconada vs altos de la rinconada. tom!!!

[@ahdgfsdgsdgsdfg]

Greetings from Vienna!

[@thebigbadrook4208]

i cant believe you got that time, i cant even get a sub hour perfect game...

[@anonymousAJ]

dubbed commentary is great! go Tom! but stay there

[@svenkuffer4512]

The steak and the place have the same origin, both spellings with ‘d’ and ‘t’ have existed. The steak is named after a person which is named after the city which is named after a castle which is named after a person…

[@noahrussell2043]

Was just having a GeoGuessr watching marathon on the Patreon - I guess I’m extending it now!

[@Kamil_O]

great skill

[@christopherfrancis3598]

Insane

[@SardonicWrath]

Runk companies, now that's funny 10:58

[@CapnJack1]

awseome stuff!

[@anonymousAJ]

11:50 the sign shows state route 312 - i.e. the SR 312 you already saw on the signal light

[@Teferi600]

It would be great if some rainbolt tournament would be first team to 5000 on some crazy map, 5 rounds (so bo5) with LB.

[@olivier2553]

Suce s/ Edre: the s/ means "sur" translated to "upon" like Startford upon Avron (?) implying there is a river called Edre that flows in the city.