Super Mario Bros. 3 Speedrun World Record Explained

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Notes (timestamps are this way so chapters aren't broken):
At 8;05, I imply that Worlds 5 and 6 take you to World 8, which is false. They take you to the second row, which means you can go to World 6 and warp backwards to World 5. In the Japanese version, a fourth warp whistle is available to collect in 5-1, which means you can theoretically play the game forever.
At 24;18, I mention that Mario's subpixel position cannot be set to any specific value other than at the very start of the run. This is not entirely accurate. It is possible to set up a subpixel value, but the latest point it could be set at is the previous Boom Boom fight, which wouldn't help for the wall jump. However, it is used in other categories to set up a wall clip in the first room of Bowser's Castle for the 5-second slower route.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:31 - 1-1
02:43 - Hammer bro movement
04:27 - 1-2
05:07 - 1-3
06:15 - 1-F
07:58 - To World 8, 8-Tank
11:06 - 8-Navy
13:15 - Hands
14:25 - 8-1
16:33 - 8-2
17:52 - 8-F, to Bowser's Castle
21:48 - Bowser's Castle
26:42 - Bowser Fight
28:05 - Conclusion
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[@DoctorPorkenfries]

I imagine Bowser having a nervous breakdown as he realizes it's not a question of if Mario will beat him anymore, only a question of how fast and stylish it will be.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Mario is always several parallel universes ahead.

[@kaynor1260]

@@ZorotheGallade yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyahooo!

[@BambinaSaldana]

Imagine him watching a TAS speedrun.

[@jarrod752]

That's like _CatRat_ is _Gabby's Dollhouse._ He's always the villain, not because he's bad, but because hey, someone needs to do it!

[@RootingTootingTimes]

@@kaynor1260 poi

[@skrubbed]

"I am now playing on CRT... Blame it for all my mistakes" *gets wr*

[@thisisasupersayin376]

He was only using CRT because the higher powers decided No CRT Mitch was too powerful for this world

[@rambosx6699]

Leytendo Bros he dint get the world record he got the world record

[@Hovezipwn]

@@rambosx6699 wat

[@EWOODJ]

@@rambosx6699 wat

[@Just_Jam94]

@@rambosx6699 wat

[@Kosmicd12]

great editing, effects, and explanations as always! I liked the :thinking: piranha plant

[@Bismuth9]

I loved making it

[@alisiaale565]

Hi, Kosmic!

[@SolidIncMedia]

Absolutely. The overlays showing the differences in even small things like the 1-2 strat, along with demonstrations of the best / TAS and worst possible cases alongside the actual run really helped visualize what was going on.

[@alejandropetit6573]

Oh hi

[@CeeJayThe13th]

@@Bismuth9 I just came to the comments to brag on your editing!

[@benhaney5843]

Of course he's not a pick up line guy. He doesn't need them. He just informs the ladies he has the Mario 3, 100%, no wrong warp, world record and its in the bag from there...

[@originalkhawk]

100%, any% warpless and any% no wrong warp wr's actually, just an any% wr away from a full sweep of the super mario bros. 3 leaderboard

[@0Fyrebrand0]

Pick-up lines are for 100% clears. In Any% you can skip the pick-up line stage.

[@Aflay1]

I’m WAF just hearing that.

[@SonGayku]

Dude's gonna need a giant stick to swat away all the horny woman

[@paradoxzee6834]

But the real question is does he eat pizza and drike coke while doing it

[@frightenedsoul]

Another important part of this is how he was reading chat and responding to them the whole time. Incredible.

[@vilanokaizo]

Cause he is a big streamer en nothing is realy hard only rng en wall jump/clip

[@Potato7]

Bismuth is like a solar eclipse; you don't see it very often, but when you do you know its something special.

[@orangejoe2147]

Pvtato that’s actually a really good analogy

[@gaignunkukai9461]

Also ripped right from a movie word for word just added in bismuth in lew of the actual name.

[@Potato7]

@@gaignunkukai9461 I didn't know I actually copied someone with it

[@RazzBeri1]

The best youtubers are always the ones that take their time.

[@ethanrossignol4718]

Quality over quantity

[@batlrar]

I had that long Bowser fall once when I was little and nearly turned off the game thinking it glitched just before the end. Thank you for solving a decades old mystery for me!

[@taemien9219]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@ReMeDy_TV]

I didn't even know about that Bowser death. You must have been upset; you beat the game, only for the devs to snatch victory from your grasp.

[@batlrar]

@@ReMeDy_TV He does land eventually, it's just delayed enough to cause you to worry and luckily the timer pauses just as he falls through the hole he made so there was chance that time would run out!

[@atruepanda1782]

Imagine you're playing SMB3 and it's the first time you've made it this far in the game and you've got a good chance if finishing the game and then a hammer bro and a spade game softlock you

[@whyumad2983]

Magic Koopa tupa: "hey boss remember that plumber that we stole the princess from. 10 minutes ago." Bowser: "yeah" Magic koopa: "Hes at our door step."

[@champagnesupernova1839]

*alert goes off* "Scratch that Boss, just run"

[@champagnesupernova1839]

@Hanyu ZHANG And then they all died. The end.

[@jjwei4578]

This channel is so underrated, Bismuth makes such high quality uploads, and he definitely deserves more subs and love.

[@Aries_Army]

Facts I love his videos their so interesting and entertaining

[@orangejoe2147]

He and summoning salt are absolutely incredible with their videos

[@LMTR14]

deserves a punch to the face more like

[@torbiboy3623]

Oh man, he does.

[@aturchomicz821]

@@orangejoe2147 Most people sadly arent Intellectuals you know...

[@nkbp588]

The presentation is so clean it's amazing.. That wall jump section breakdown was insane.

[@hitzcritz]

I was really hoping you'd do this category for quite a while now. Phenomenal work as always, Bismuth!

[@chazcollabs9536]

Totally unrelated, but I've seen you in like 6 different comment sections, including my own lmao

[@hitzcritz]

@@chazcollabs9536 I just deleted that comment from your video because I was being a bit of a dick, sorry about that :/

[@chazcollabs9536]

@@hitzcritz Nah son you're fine

[@35volts52]

Thanks Obama

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

You again lmao

[@zackhample]

I watched the entire Super Mario 1 video yesterday, and now all of this one today. SO. DAMN. COOL. And brilliantly packaged. Thanks for the expertise, education, and entertainment.

[@Bismuth9]

Glad you enjoy! Next stop, Super Mario 64?

[@youtubeneedstochange4414]

@@Bismuth9 Sounds like a plan, man.

[@DoorknobPlus]

@@Bismuth9 sounds good to me. i love that game

[@MoonstarAriadne]

@@Bismuth9 no

[@DrNo64]

@mrgirl I too am pathetic

[@Hazaak.]

you should look at the new oot 100% route, that shit is probably the most insane speedrun route i've seen and feel like it'd make for a great explained video

[@joeschmoe5063]

He's going to need at least three hours to explain SRM for getting items and SRM for glitching FW

[@Hazaak.]

@@joeschmoe5063 it would take that long lmao, but it would still be a amazing video to watch

[@RegalPixelKing]

@@joeschmoe5063 More like 5-6 hours. The game is broken into a million pieces when doing a 100% speedrun. The amount of time it would take to explain every little trick would far surpass the amount of time it takes to actually finish the fun. I mean this Mario 3 run took only ~10:40 seconds and this video is over half an hour long.

[@radia9098]

Holy shit the Mario ghosts for comparison are a really nice touch

[@mandret1996]

This trick is TAS only Runners after 2 years: its a common thing now

[@casedistorted]

The editing in this video is fantastic, always loved the way do speedrun explanations to make it easy for us plebs

[@juancorral7216]

You are extremely proficient at giving in-depth but easy-to-understand explanations about the mechanics of the game and how they are used during a speedrun. I love this kind of content and wish to see a lot more of it from you, Bismuth.

[@RonaldSL-]

I got recommended one (1) video from this channel and here I am binging it all. I love the humour of the narration and how detailed and easy to understand it is. I've seen many speed runs and TASes but admittedly not understood much. Seeing the inner workings and getting every Zelda enemy explained is just *chef's kiss*

[@rigdigwus]

it's just insane how perfect the execution is on those super mario runs. the runners are just incredible

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

The legend has uploaded once again

[@totallyaploy1824]

Rero rero rero rero rero rero

[@bored977]

Want a donut?... wait

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

@@bored977 Dude I'll get Jotaro to beat your ass lmao

[@Brawler_1337]

The absolute legend?

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

@@Brawler_1337 We all are according to karl jobst. Another legend.

[@HenryZhoupokemon]

The thing about speed running is that every “unbreakable barrier” eventually gets broken, either better gameplay or new strategies. I fully believe in the next 2-3 years speed runners will be approaching 10:39

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Excluding category, sure. Some categories certainly hit hard walls though due to not allowing certain tricks and glitches. OoT is a great example thereof.

[@TheGerkuman]

The closest TAS category to this does it in 10:24.340, but it almost certainly involves some time saves that are beyond the human limit. But clearly not all of them are. I think that there will be a barrier hit eventually, unless new techniques are found, but there's definitely room to beat this one.

[@skyehoppers2]

Eventually sure, but 2-3 years is way too soon. This record was set almost two years ago already and nobody has made a serious attempt to beat it since. And getting to 10:39 will take several new records, each one bringing it down by a small amount. I'd say 10:39 is at least 5 years away at a minimum.

[@RichConnerGMN]

speed space runners

[@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073]

Oh hey my family plays this all the time, we have the old Nintendo Power guides and know where all the items are, my Mom loves to 100% the game, but the rest of our family grabs the first possible warp whistles and skip to World 8.

[@masterjosh778]

She sounds cool is she single?

[@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073]

@@masterjosh778 lol no she's married, I'm sure she'd be flattered though.

[@CoalWurld]

@@masterjosh778 Down atrocious 💀

[@vkvk3525]

@@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073 She have any cool sisters or daughters/nieces (18 and over) ?

[@thedude5295]

Speaking of pickup lines, the funniest one I ever heard was when my friend told a girl way out of his league that if she was a booger he would pick her. I'll never forget the look of disgust on her face as she turned her back on him. I died.

[@TheDarkSide11891]

Man, I thought that today was already going pretty good, and then I saw a new Bismuth upload. I didn't know my day could get _this_ good.

[@kriller3771]

Great video! Also, just so you know, 22:43 in smb1 you don’t need to land on the exact pixel. There’s a 5 pixel window. If you land right on the top pixel of the block, then you can Wall jump, or if you collide with the wall up to 4 more pixels lower, the game will snap you up to the top of the block and you can still WJ. So 5 Y pixels in total.

[@TheNoSwearGuy]

This is an older video, so he didn't know that back then. He mentioned this in his 4:54 video: www .youtube .com/watch?v=U7RzoIEoSMY :)

[@vilanokaizo]

Thats why wall jumps where so ez i thought mm1 wal jumps where harder cause off the speed you need

[@TompaA]

Glad to have been a part of this, lovely video, Bismuth!

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Hey Tompa!

[@TompaA]

@@xxEzraBxxx Yo!

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@TompaA Always fun seeing people from tasvideos.org on other parts of the internet.

[@TompaA]

@Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas Me? I'm Tompa, one of the TASers for this game.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas And I am Ezra. I comment on submissions and I don’t TAS but I currently am not motivated too

[@HappyLeeHL]

Great video as always. Thank you, Bismuth. My request: SMB (warps/warpless) TAS explained. :D

[@Bismuth9]

One day, one day!

[@alisiaale565]

Hi, HappyLee!

[@ZorotheGallade]

Bismuth: "Rotodisk" Me, an intellectual: "Electric waffle"

[@underrated1524]

Radioactive waffle*

[@ZergrushEddie]

I think Hammer Brother movement is going to become a HUGE deal in the future. As runners get better and better and that next break point is jjuuuussttt around the corner, I can see a world where if you don't get double one title Hammer Brother the run is just reset. Kind of like how only like 20% of Kosmic's runs get past 1-1

[@AkumaAPN]

"While I was making this video, he also set the world record for Warpless."

[@andrewchristianson2086]

Pretty interesting. I don't understand how any human can play like this without making a mistake every once in awhile. But thanks for explaining things. I didn't know much how the Hammer Bros patterns worked, but I do now! LOL

[@Bismuth9]

Always remember that behind each world record are thousands upon thousands of failed attempts.

[@andreaswesterveld]

I had to mow the lawn today even though I really didn't want to, but when I saw a new Bismuth video pop up, it made me motivated to just cut the damn grass so I could watch it afterwards!

[@youtubeneedstochange4414]

Niccccccccce Good job, bro.

[@vkvk3525]

Huh? You could have watched the video and just still not mow the lawn

[@andreaswesterveld]

@@vkvk3525 Yeah, but then I would feel kinda shitty about myself while watching it, affecting the viewing expirience. If I recall correctly, watching this video after mowing the lawn was like having an orgasm.

[@SondreGrneng]

It's actually quite ridiculous how optimized this category is considering the sheer quantity of RNG bullshitery.

[@hartley9672]

Just want to mention that Mitch is a god. Currently has the 100%, Any% (Warpless), and Any% (No Wrong Warp) World Records. Absolutely dominating.

[@JMPDev]

Excellent explanations and visualizations. The wall jump section alone was top notch! So many videos mention sub pixels but none so far have done that good of a job of actually showing the lay viewer how they impact tight jumps like that. Bravo!

[@theCarbonFreeze]

I really like your channel. Its a great companion to summoningsalt's

[@Nicholas-xx8mp]

The amount of work that goes into these speed runs are so underrated, these mates are crazy.

[@shteevie]

The single best speedrun breakdown I have ever seen. Great job! It really shows all of the angles, I love the shadow marios showing the outcomes of different strats, and the explanation of the odds and mechanics were all really clear. Congrats to the runner and also to the videographer!

[@billyhansen7183]

Good lord, it made my day to watch this. It's hard to grasp just how much effort you put into your videos, but I know it's a LOT. So thank you for being such a cool guy and making some stupendous videos for everyone to watch :)

[@stormyclouds8409]

Great vid Bismuth. You and SummoningSalt really do these records justice

[@80s_Gamr]

It just amazes me how you guys manage to pick this stuff apart. Great run!

[@Lerithan]

After watching your video about your process for making these videos, there’s an extra level of appreciation for the care and detail you put in to these. Nice work my dude, this was a treat to watch.

[@raafmaat]

thanks for this! i have seen most of these tricks seen explained at some point, but its so nice to see it all together in one well commentated video :)

[@andy4an]

this is absolutely incredible. as much as I enjoy summoning salt's speed run explanation videos, this is a delightfully different niche. your explanation of the tricks is superior, and i love how much deeper you can get into a single run than he can on an entire history.

[@alaeriia01]

I would absolutely love to see a speedrun breakdown of the warpless category. If ever there was a category defined by the capriciousness of random numbers and losing time to General BS, it is the warpless category.

[@laurenwrubleski7204]

I'm doing a game jam right now, and your videos have been very helpful for developing the thought process. Great work!

[@onarass6321]

Awesome video man. You and summoningSalt have really got me into watching the speed running scene. Please keep up the good work.

[@FlintlockYT]

This was one of the best things I've seen on KZbin in a long time. I'm glad I found this channel. Thanks!

[@Scrimsion]

Bismuth's videos always have such fine quality. He also explains things incredibly well so that even a new speedrunner would understand. Keep it up bismuth!😀

[@Carlosdanielpuerto]

Incredible work on both explanation and editing! Ty for this awesome video

[@jabottom]

This breakdown is insane! You should make documentaries, your attention to detail and explanation is very well done.

[@DracoVerta]

I can't explain how good these videos explain things! I have watched this over and over again! :)

[@lazysod3]

Extremely well-edited and explained. Sub for you, sir.

[@twilman420]

Been watching Mitch’s runs for years and still learned a ton of new tech from watching this, thanks for the content Bismuth!!

[@sagacious03]

Incredible video! Love these big explanations! Thanks for uploading!

[@Bitplex]

Such a thorough and meticulously presented video. I don't watch many speedruns (just doing research for my latest Mario video) but this hooked me! - Bitplex :)

[@hanthonyc]

I love that you play the clip as normal before going into the semantics- it's a small detail, but it makes the information so much easier to process! Thanks for another high quality upload my guy ✌

[@billpozniakas1699]

Love when you do these videos. Great job as always

[@GrayderFox]

You've gotten really good at concisely and clearly explaining and visually demonstrating abstractions like frames. This is very easy to follow! =D A+ music choices as well. Cheers.

[@danield6740]

You’re videos are REALLY GOOD QUALITY and you deserve wwaayyyyyyy more subs!!!

[@alisiaale565]

12:06 *Him:* When coming out of the pipe... *Me:* I only see two wooden platforms. For some reason, Mario went out of them. Are you sure about that?

[@yelir64]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@alisiaale565]

@@yelir64, lol!

[@trainerskulb00d]

Nice animation additions for comparisons. I remember playing this game back in the day and finishing. Thank you for the explanation of the skills, I was curious how some of that was determined. Some of those tricks he did, I remember doing back in the day....that was before the internet.

[@Lizuma]

Another amazing speedrun video! Keep these up, I love watching them and learning more about my favorite games! :D

[@erik3371]

You sound so friendly and have such a high production quality.

[@ultra_exists]

I was actually shocked when I realised how low your sub count is, how is content this good so underrated

[@grumblekin]

The entire time he's interacting with chat and wisecracking...what a legend! And Bismuth gave master-level commentary that was exciting and added to the tension of the challenge. A+++ work!

[@46lespaul]

I love the in-depth analysis of games in this format I find these a lot more enjoyable Dan summoning salt videos because it goes more into why everything works not just what was done I really love the videos man

[@4ss4ssin3]

This is the reason that i turned my notifications on, its cuz of good vids like these

[@alisiaale565]

Me too!

[@mastergame1311]

And then there's me, unable to finish the game as a kid. What a nice run.

[@longgreasy1595]

I don’t think I ever was able to beat more than 2 games on the NES

[@NotaSkeleton]

As always, great work. I'm always impressed by the detailed explanations and visuals used during them. Must take a lot of effort.

[@qweasdzxc25]

I wasn't expecting such high-quality explanations as it is entertaining! I'm subbed now

[@ZeroKage69]

10:57 I was doing that on hammer bro chests back when I was a child. I never liked wasting time in video games

[@PV-po6zt]

I yelled when I realized this was releasing today, this is some good content

[@DaVeganZombie]

11:27 The silence here, just for a moment, had me thinking Bismuth was about to go in to a tangent about how pickup lines and their effectiveness.

[@karlk5801]

"Here Mitch goes for the 'Did you fall from heaven?' line. This is a risky move, but compared to 'Do you come here often?' it has the potential to get the girl's number 0.7 seconds faster if he times it perfectly."

[@RobbyRobinson1]

Thanks for laying all that out, way more complicated than I thought but glad to hear all these little specifics.

[@natewoody104]

I'm just here for the dating advice

[@that_one_nerd]

You know when the music starts, he’s about to go on a rant

[@mathprodigy]

Great video Bismuth, great effort and breakdown. And narration. Subbed

[@etopowertwon]

I absolutely love explanations of speedruns as watching them casually you have no idea what kind of glitch is being used and why

[@trueilarim]

Current WR (by Mitch of course) is almost three seconds faster. 10_41_68

[@trueilarim]

If anyone is interested the main time saves were new route in World 1 (obtaining mushroom and leaf ealier) and better luck with the angry sun in the end.

[@imnotnuub8993]

This is SummoningSalts brother its official. Im not into speedrunning but both of u make so good videos about them. Love yall (no homo tho).

[@peternorth824]

Liked and subscribed. Really enjoying speedrun analysis. Hope they keep comin!

[@generfeld]

amazing explanations, you go into full detail to incredible levels. thanks so much

[@herbs4135]

Yet another incredible video. You deserve so many more subscribers and views. Just wanted to say you have been a massive inspiration for me; I recently dropped my first “Speedrun explained” video, very much like your ones, after 5 months of hard work. It’s not nearly as excellent as yours, but you’ll see it was heavily inspired in terms of the visuals and diagrams etc. and I can’t wait to make more. Keep it up and thanks so much! :)

[@gregorycocco9043]

Why do speed runners pick a game that has such heavy rng? Being on world record pace only to get screwed by the hand seems super frustrating.

[@TompaA]

But it's more rewarding and satisfying when you finally get something good! =D

[@shmovinnn]

@@TompaA gambling addiction

[@hoodedman6579]

@@TompaA In the same way that winning a slot machine is satisfying, I guess.

[@generalgk]

You'd have to be an absolute masochist to run a Pokémon game.

[@MisterNohbdy]

This run involved extremely little RNG. It just seems like it because the run is so incredibly optimized. At some point, almost every game gets optimized to the point where even a few frames of RNG-based time loss become unacceptable.

[@JacStone98]

The only thing that impresses me as much as how detailed these speedruns can be, is how well Bismuth explains why the speedrunners do what they do.

[@GeneralPhaeton]

Amazing analysis, Bismuth. I’m so happy I found your channel. Keep up the excellent work. CrocDoc

[@rickpgriffin]

Hah, I never knew about the Long Bowser Fall. That's amazing

[@0ThrowawayAccount0]

Eat your heart out, SummoningSalt.

[@sodapop2755]

I don't like to view these creators as against each other, I think what they are are two creators who create sophisticated and engaging videos about speed running I like them both!! But yes, I think that this guy definitely does deserve more attention too, his editing style is very clean and really helps enhance the clarity of his voice-over, to say the least

[@LMMotoss]

Always great breakdowns, kudos for tackling this iconic run

[@NyxaGrayheart]

Bismuth, I've been going through all of you stuff lately it's just SOOOO interesting, thank you ♥

[@myn5817]

every new video i watch on this channel just brings me more and more to the conclusion that speedrunner are batshit wizards

[@RichConnerGMN]

nice pfp

[@RichConnerGMN]

no more pride flag :(

[@myn5817]

@@RichConnerGMN don't worry Im still a lesbian.

[@dzemo_p]

damn this is literally just what I needed during these days. popcorn get ready to be annihilated... :)

[@SmokeConcentrates]

Love your videos man! Keep up the great work

[@Narxes081206]

Wow, the detail and explanation of this was top notch!

[@illstplaya84]

i feel so much more smarter after watching this... omfg :)

[@frudented]

There should be speed run categories called “best rng” that just absolutely is TAS level rng and see what speed runners can do

[@EGarrett01]

I like that, also someone else suggested separating the Warpless WR categories by number of hands so people aren't wasting hours of their life due to that stupid mechanic.

[@evank3718]

Finally another one of your videos to rewatch every few months!

[@keryst]

Thanks for this excellent explanation! That was such a good presentation of subpixel collision detection!