The final minute barrier ever - Super Mario Bros. Warpless World Record Explained

[@Bismuth9]

The followup video is here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4CTi3qEgpt6Z7M

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Bismuth hi I love your videos

[@zacharyrusch312]

Super Chill Gamer agreed

[@daewol]

I love u too

[@L16htW4rr10r]

I'll wait for it!

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

L16htW4rr10r he doesn’t upload that frequently,it is very lucky that he upload.It makes my day.

[@parzival8108]

This is the best framerule explanation not involving a bus I've ever heard

[@thejunkman]

I missed the bus.

[@Chroniknight]

So you think the bus explanation is better?

[@parzival8108]

Chris Elliott i think the bus explanation is cliché

[@buckroger6456]

I thought it was changed to a uber now.

[@GIGADOPE]

The explanation in the video actually explains WHY the framerule is a thing, which is nice. The bus analogy works, but this is more to-the-point IMHO

[@TheBBmTV]

23:04 Here you see Kosmic temporarily reducing his heartbeat to zero by triggering an intense, meditative state akin to ego-deathing on DMT in order to spiritually connect to Shigeru Miyamoto, giving him strength and determination for the rest of the run.

[@NuclearTopSpot]

What if there's no ayahuasca shaman available an i'm not proficient in zen-buddhism? Can i still become a top tier speedrunner by just rolling some ket into a phat blunt and hoping for the best?

[@ryanmalin]

@@NuclearTopSpot LSDMTHC

[@deaththekid922]

honestly if i was in the stream i would have said "rip strimmer ded no heartbeat" or something , instantly noticed it too

[@boodro2122]

😂😂😂😂 "ego-deathing"! The whole comment was great, but that cracks me up.

[@Re3iRtH]

Joe Rogan taught him to?

[@Weaver0x00]

"Bismuth has proclaimed it to be the run, therefore it is" : D

[@clonefighter1996]

The pipe disappears? Then the run is impossible. IK that he meant that the PLANT disappears.

[@exxor9108]

I can't believe how he predicted it. lol

[@KrazyKyle-ij9vb]

Bismuth is God confirmed

[@alisiaale565]

666 Likes, OMG! 😱

[@Brawler_1337]

Galaxy brain: Bismuth proclaimed it to be the run just so he could make another video and make money off of Kosmic’s achievement.

[@toastmcporridge8069]

1:56 - the first step in breaking super mario warpless WR is to clinically die for 3 seconds prior to beginning the game

[@98Niicko89]

And mid game too 23:04

[@ysc_josh]

And at 20:03

[@ht5714]

“As you can see, at 5:09 Kosmic me mentions the name “Bismuth”. This is a crucial part of the run that makes this whole run possible.” Keep up the great videos man

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

“Actually it’s 1 255/256 pixels” is the the new “Let’s talk about parallel dimensions”.

[@ThaAwesome10]

Actually it’s 1 and 15/16 of a pixel

[@darKz_gg]

@@ThaAwesome10 no?

[@Fiberoeatingfiber]

Imagine Terminal Animations making a WAHOO version of the Mario here in SMB speedruns. That'd be awesome to watch. Feel free to correct me if I got the channel wrong.

[@SuperBox_Ray]

Close. Terminal Montage.

[@BambinaSaldana]

@@Fiberoeatingfiber He just BLJ's the whole way and at some point it shows him waiting for a bus.

[@iamsam-cu9rz]

5:20 In this clip we can see Kosmic stop his heart for about two seconds. This speedrunning trick, known as Heart Failure (HF) gets adrenaline pumping and makes his inputs more precise. This is extremely hard to pull off.

[@WindowsDrawer]

It's also frame and pixel perfect

[@K1ngpotato]

When it says skip to 4:50 if you know this stuff but you’re watching the premiere DJ Khaled suffering from success

[@neskey]

when you have 69 likes but it's gonna stick there because people won't ruin the funny number DJ Khaled, suffering from success.

[@clonefighter1996]

HA

[@ieuanhunt552]

Congratulations you played yourself.

[@user-bx1bv6ng9t]

I like how sometimes he syncs up his fireballs and jumps to the music like at 15:10

[@clonefighter1996]

Same

[@twistercuber]

@Harley OMG both of the ones that he fired before we're already off-screen by time and he pressed the button again

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

My guess is that flagpole glitch exists because there was probably a bug during development that would make Mario slide through the floor and die if he grabbed the flagpole in a certain way. They likely added a failsafe to skip the flag lowering scene if Mario went below the pole. Then later on the bug ended up getting fixed but the failsafe was left in.

[@grapetape5854]

Yeah. I definitely understood everything almost....

[@musaran2]

Or, in original plans Mario could just walk to flagpoles.

[@joethebrospeedruns]

i think the generally agreed upon intention is to make the flag go down by varying heights depending on where you grab it from, it was just implemented incorrectly

[@gosnooky]

You gotta love how these old games written in Assembly can be exploited with something as simple as a shared memory address, back in the days where every byte counted.

[@justin_tang]

19:49 Breaking: Kosmic dies in middle of world-record-breaking speedrun, but is reincarnated just in time.

[@TheBeast9417YT]

Peach: Mario? Mario: Yes Peach? Peach: The pipes are clogged, so you’ll have to take the long route to Castle 8. Mario:

[@steves1015]

That conjures up the image of Maria doing a Shawshank Redemption type traverse of a pipe ;)

[@Blernster]

Zzz

[@mmpsp693]

Good companion piece to Summoning Salt's latest video.

[@randomsomeguy156]

Another creator for people to watch is Karl Jobst, a speedrunner that actually speedruns what he talks about

[@HonkeyKongLive]

One for the record history. One for the mechanics. It's perfect.

[@nicksalvatore5717]

Random Some Guy summoning salt speedran Mike Tyson’s punch out

[@arieltabbach4946]

@@randomsomeguy156 kosmic actually did a 1 hour video explaning his video

[@randomsomeguy156]

@@nicksalvatore5717 never said he didn't but I realise how it comes of as I did

[@Mayrink.]

00:00 - Intro 00:44 - You Should Still Watch Those Videos 01:00 - Explaining Everything That's On Screen 01:51 - Title Screen Waiting 02:16 - Flagpole Glitch 03:47 - Framerules 05:45 - Item Grabbing Through Block 06:09 - Stomping Enemies From Bellow 06:49 - Fireballs Kill Bowser Faster 08:07 - Faster Isn't Always Faster and Fireworks 09:21 - Manual Timer vs True Official Time 10:34 - Sliding Animation Glitch 10:48 - Randomness Manipulation 14:15 - Going Through Platforms 16:04 - Flagpole Nuances and Mario Accelerates Faster Backwards 18:11 - Going Through Walls 18:46 - Fire Bars Have Innacurate Hitboxes 21:41 - Avoiding Fireworks and Some Strats Are Too Hard 22:27 - Lag Frames 24:57 - And Some More Lag Frames 25:48 - Piranha Plants Have Innacurate Hitboxes 26:03 - 8-1 Subpixels and Hitting The Star Block 28:10 - In 8-4 Every Frame Counts and Hitting The Axe 28:35 - Plant Disappearing and Maze Room Triggers 29:30 - Small Frame Losses You'll Have To Make Up For 29:52 - Pipe Jump 30:22 - Making Up For Losses and Fast Acceleration 30:46 - Mario's Speed Caps and Ground vs Air 31:23 - Turning Around For The Pipe and Wrong Warping 32:33 - Underwater Hitboxes and Crouch Swimming 33:15 - Bowser's Hammer Patterns Are Brutal 33:57 - How The Official Final Time Is Calculated 34:22 - How The Speedrun Could Be Improved 35:02 - GG

[@Mayrink.]

Also, great stuff as always, Bismuth.

[@bakruptfern329]

Certified bruh moment.

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Thankyou sir

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Bismuth soups pin your comment

[@AR15ORIGINAL]

Nice!

[@Silver-ue7ev]

I love how you explain everything so in depth, its so interesting when speedruns deal with the game's code and whatnot. Keep up the good work

[@JorgetePanete]

it's*

[@jimothyjimothy1]

@@JorgetePanete Thank you for correcting them, I had no idea what they meant

[@ReplyequalsNerd]

@@JorgetePanete shut the hell up

[@Tomix4k]

*Mario takes a step on the first frame* Bismuth: So wait, a lot is going on here. Let me explain.

[@sportsjefe]

Have you heard of @Retro Game Mechanics Explained...

[@aldynspeedruns8148]

"At the world record level, the whole run is planned in advance." That's funny to hear, but so true

[@raymondamantius]

ayy aldyn finally showing up

[@TheIvyX]

Dude, you nailed it! Explaining something in-depth in a way that portrays to both people that play the game and those that have never seen it before is a rare sight, and to do it so well is even rarer. Great vid!

[@Walter_]

9:27 can perform hundreds of frame-perfect tricks in a row but can't manage to hit frame perfect pedal hits, smh.

[@TazerXI]

I watch other speedrun videos and they say "this trick is not used in runs as it is extremely precise fame perfect trick". My reaction is "smb1 Speedrunners can do that, it is even running at half the frame rate so it is a 2 frame trick to them"

[@browniex5120]

LMAO 😂!

[@jatloe]

@@TazerXI Well, it may be extremely risky or may be a long run. Or, the game isn’t optimized yet.

[@TazerXI]

@@jatloe the game is definitely optimised. It is at the end of it though, after over an hour. If you want to know it was carpet less in sm64 120 star. I forgot how hard frame perfect I puts are, and that they still reset thousands of runs

[@jatloe]

@@TazerXI Yea thats why they won’t go for it. Especially multiple frame perfect inputs in a row or something like a 4-frame jump, they are stupidly difficult.

[@theshellacstation78]

Peach:Help me Mario! Mario:Ok be there in 20.

[@toastour]

Yeah ik it takes 20 years to get there xD

[@cageevans]

@@toastour you said this 20 hours ago 😳

[@theshellacstation78]

@Mind Control Experiments I agree, I think 64 was lame.

[@enochliu8316]

@Mind Control Experiments ピーチ姫 ピーチ姫

[@theshellacstation78]

@Mind Control Experiments Agreed

[@CibuYT]

"bismuth has proclaimed this to be the run therefore it is" And So it was.

[@breadlane6486]

I've watched a lot of videos about the any% speedrun and I never knew it was necessary for players to hit the star block in 8-1. I always thought they did it for fun! Thank you for this fantastic video! I loved learning every tidbit and detail you mentioned. Lastly, congratulations to Kosmic for achieving this time!

[@allthingsgaming6]

“There is no need to watch 57 minutes of Super Mario Bros. Content.” Me, who is marathoning Bismuth’s Super Mario Bros. Videos: 👌

[@toolassistedsuperplay2839]

“The final minute barrier ever” ACE when it gets discovered: *laughs in 30 second any%*

[@ThinkAboutVic]

What’s ACE?

[@threehead99]

@@ThinkAboutVic arbitrary code execution.

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

God bless you Bismuth, my favorite speedrun content creator. Always a delight to see more content from you (however long it takes lol).

[@harukomeyers7073]

You should totally check out summoning salt too if you haven't

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

@@harukomeyers7073 I was waiting for this comment, thank you SummoningSalt is the Dark Souls of video makers, OF COURSE I've seen him. He's good, but not as good as Bismuth.

[@dewe6037]

i already know the knowledge, but i aint skipping the video lol

[@chromosoze]

Never before have I clicked on a video so fast. That is because I thought this was a new Summoning Salt video. But then I realized it was Bismuth, that guy who made that really cool video of how the fastest SM64 speedrun works. So I continued watching.

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

chromosoze's account summoning salt is good too......But bismuth is the ebst

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

*best

[@OrsVids]

Love them both. Summoning Salt showed the long history of the run, while Bismuth explained how everything works. Two very interesting documentaries

[@randomsomeguy156]

@@Cyrus_got_verified just edit your comment lol

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Okay I will do it later lmao

[@wfjhDUI]

0:00 Wow, that's a really high heart-rate for someone sitting down.

[@58209]

resting heart rates vary wildly among individuals for a variety of variables beyond cardiovascular exercise. a resting bpm of 90 is not that unusual.

[@wfjhDUI]

@@58209 I was commenting on right at the start, where his sitting heart rate gets to a tad over 160, about equivalent to a brisk run.

[@DashRetro]

@@wfjhDUI A world record run usually doesn't happen on the first run of the day. You'll sit down and do several attempts in a row. His heart rate at the start of this run is not a normal, sitting, resting heart rate, but rather that of the previous run where something unexpected happened, losing him the possibility of the record. When that happens, you don't wait for your heart rate to calm down (not every time, at least), you just hit reset and try again.

[@wfjhDUI]

@@DashRetro Yeah I understand the cause and I didn't mean my comment in any sort of critical way. It's just a little interesting/surprising that excitement can get your heart rate higher than even a typical jog which would actually be increasing the oxygen demand of large muscle groups.

[@DashRetro]

@@wfjhDUI Indeed, nerves are crazy!

[@johnnydeppman657]

Love these videos. It's really cool to see the games I played growing up get broken down on such a technical level. Keep making videos man!

[@rthaaaaa]

32:57 "The tip doesn't usually hurt mario"

[@JamesP7]

UR MR GAY

[@murderedx8018]

@@JamesP7 so long gay bowser

[@denysalbesko6840]

23:04 - He died. Heart rate 0.

[@farenhite4329]

Even death can’t stop him from getting the world record.

[@dsan558]

Must save alot of money on EKG's

[@saladsnake8887]

15:05 dude just made mario do the beat of the overworld theme

[@-yuvia-]

Salad Snake ok

[@LP-ui8gl]

He did that at least 5/6 times throughout the video if you listen. It's a cool.

[@matthewstone2545]

It's at 15:10, no 15:05...

[@flamerunner_anix]

7:51 bismuth literally predicting the future 👀

[@Kosmicd12]

Big

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Hi

[@Claudia-tm9dr]

I recently found your channel through summoning salt! You do amazing analysis and help me, who's never touched a speedrun ever, to grasp and understand it. Keep up the good work, mate!

[@HyruleOrphan]

20:02, He had a heart attack

[@PSXMicha]

It's really nice of you to add things like "skip to xx:xx for next explanation" I do watch this videos in their entirety though because I really love the concept! Please keep those speedrun breakdown and explanation videos coming :)

[@mangckyatmamon]

0:53 welp, you convinced me to watch 57 minutes of videos about mario speedruns.

[@steves1015]

What an amazing run... and a fantastic explanation! This video really highlighted how the way it was coded allowed these tricks to occur. I learned a lot from this, and it makes the achievements of these speedrunners all the more impressive!

[@HonkeyKongLive]

The fact that a quarter second slowdown by touching a pipe in 8-4 was nearly enough to tank a run shows how stupidly optimized SMB runs are. Almost any other game has space for errors, SMB records require new strats and finding ways to make TAS tricks work.

[@exodiawolfe6008]

I've always heard of speedruns in passing but lately I've been into it and the hard work gamers go through to do it. Thanks for explaining stuff that I don't quite understand.

[@andyn46]

I feel like I’d have an easier time putting a man on mars than I would trying to dissect a game enough to discover half the shit that goes into speed running tricks

[@Innomen]

In a way that's literally true thanks to the power of parallel processing. More man hours go into some games than the entire space program. Especially when some of the games have a huge head start compared to a relatively recent program goal.

[@felipeluz5035]

I really liked the fact that you didn't assume prior knowledge. It was good to remember some old explanation and even see some new ones. Like the more on depth explanation of the flagpole sub-pixel position tied to items. xD

[@Faar22]

How to explain framerules to normal people: Imagine a bus... Me trying to catch a bus: If i run I can save a framerule!

[@cpfaclan3681]

No

[@magmacube8689]

Why run when you can BLJ? Better yet, why not buy a Big Rig, and tear the existence apart as you go to work?

[@unreal-the-ethan]

If you bomb clip through the bus door, you can save a few more frames but there's a risk of dying, injury, or being seized by the authorities. I prefer not to use that strategy.

[@DanielReid88]

Your video analyses are very interesting!

[@trebesdisease6998]

'When Mario goes down on the flag pole...' There's children in here good sir!

[@nthgth]

Great video man, I can't believe how interesting this is and the presentation is just fantastic. Could say that about your other videos too.

[@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy]

I am more amazed by the 90+ resting heart rate.

[@TheDarkEye]

Thanks for providing times to skip explanations and even adding annotations. I like when people respect my time :)

[@ianmathwiz7]

I love how Kosmic jumps and throws fireballs to the music every so often.

[@balzac00]

The science of video games explains by Bismuth.

[@alejandroarancivia4074]

yesterday Niftski accomplished a new WR 18:54.864

[@zachmcdowell2634]

The skill and the way you explain the methods down to fractions of a second is pretty damn cool. i feel like a little kid in the arcade watching the older guys play....keep up the awesome content

[@ZaTimou]

I've just realized there was a connection between Super Mario Bros. 1 and Super Mario 64: You accelerate faster backwards.

[@Opanker_]

Well in smb64 you dont acceralate faster backwars you "travel" faster backwards

[@ThaAwesome10]

Kinda

[@DanielGonzalezL]

That's the best FPG explanation yet. Awesome vid!

[@219ms]

Grats to Kosmic for the sub 19 run!

[@RajBhatt]

I don't even care about speedrun records, but bismuth's explanations are so interesting and engaging that I've watched 3 long speedrun breakdowns in a row.

[@sizzlexd3472]

That "Did I do it" at the end tho Sounds like he's drunk lmao

[@DanielPinel]

Drunk from the high of WR-ing?

[@samuelmunaku3754]

This is the best KZbin video I have ever seen

[@larhyperhair]

He didn't even stop to get infinite 1 ups! He's clearly an amateur.

[@CopycatkboxYoutube]

amateur is not worthy for him hes a god

[@SPY-ce8qf]

7:51 Bismuth was watching the stream. I thought I was hearing things. That's so funny.

[@DJTileTurnip]

Nice job, Bismuth, after a year, reviewing Kosmic again

[@WyrdieBeardie]

Your videos are amazing! I really appreciate your ability to explain very technical concepts in very approachable ways.

[@Local_PensiNumi]

Famous Mario glitches people would know: BLJ, FPG, World -1 / Word 36-1. 9-1. Etc,

[@Kaitri]

Youd think a nes 2d plattformer is just hold right but nope the planing that goes into this is insane. I knew quite a lot of stuff alrdy but there was new info aswell. Again a great vid why didnt i sub earlier.

[@hagen-p]

So much insight. Really enjoyable. Many thanks for making this understandable!

[@hitzcritz]

28:20 *_"Every frame counts!"_* lmfao

[@tryhard9380]

Lol dude I have no idea why I find this interesting , I won’t ever play Mario 2 or whatever again. But geesh the amount of dedication their putting into this I respect.

[@Skyehoppers]

Excellent video for the best SMB1 category

[@CZ-PC]

As always great videos from this man.

[@MrMate91]

Oh no my bus is gone, now have to wait till next year :(

[@DWolrd]

Bismuth your content is simply the best. Always great quality, good an relevant informations, the analisys... I Dont even know how to describe it. Just amazing.

[@sepix7414]

15:10 soooo satisfying

[@Maloolz]

Amazing video! I'd love to see more in this style on other games you may be knowledgeable about. SMB is soooooooooo insanely optimized, it's crazy just listening to all the things that go into this run. A literal quarter of a second of an otherwise perfect run can be the difference between a successful world record and a failed one.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

3:37 "It's unclear why this condition was added" Holy shit! The game creators must have predicted speedrunners from the very beginning!

[@AndGoatz04]

I love the way you recapped all tjhe stuff you covered previously, it's really friendly to those who just wnat to see this singular one!

[@leo17921]

2-frame window, pixel perfect, 1 pixel, 1 frame, 2 frames, 21 frames. Simple enough.

[@alexanderweber347]

I love your videos dude! Every single one is a masterwork and soo chill to watch ^^

[@Catmomila]

I like how Kosmic always plays to the rhythm of the music whenever he can lol

[@daisukidatotoro]

The breakdown on these videos is amazing. Thank you.

[@aidyplays1013]

Mom: School in 20 minutes!!! Me: Ok, let me just do this! *speedruns SMB in 18 mins*

[@alanbours]

no warpzones

[@zedstar1297]

Blown away by the level of detail in your analysis. Thanks.

[@GMPranav]

This time I intentionally didn't watch the WR run because I was waiting to see it on your video.

[@daisukideshou]

i feel like speedrunning turns into muscle memory similar to playing an instrument over time

[@notvalk5475]

Darbian an 18:59 is impossible Kosmic hold my beer

[@livonium]

It is possible. Wait 17 house on the title screen and complete the game in 1 hour and 59 minutes, and that's a 18:59:00 🤣 (Hope u understand the joke)

[@lucashurpia7474]

All praise a new Bismuth video!!

[@allencummings7564]

bismuth is a legend, so cool to see him in the mario maker league

[@Timtamz]

Great video! One of the best "explaination" videos i've ever seen. Very easy to follow and I can see that even "noobs" can understand what you are trying to explain. Keep it up!

[@crossadam]

Whenever I see these runners heartrate go up over 170 I get extreme anxiety! LuL

[@jackdavis4657]

I know I'm a year late but damn, you've earned a sub. I mean, I subbed on the NES Zelda video but hey, this is some top tier content. Love how I get to watch the run and have it explained as it goes! Keep on shining!

[@chrissvectorisntreal]

7:53 Foreshadowing

[@jacksonsparrow1862]

This is very well done, I rarely follow speed runs so I appreciate it all & the little chapters/titles are superb, thank you for a wonderful vid Also a pretty good speed run overall 😂

[@pafnutiytheartist]

Today I learned: The tip doesn't usually hurt Mario.

[@QuetschKuh]

Hello Bismuth. You'll probably won't see this but I just wanted to say that you're an absolutely awesome KZbinr. You can explain stuff really good, the editing is wonderful and how you talk is perfect as well. You definitely deserve more subscribers!!!

[@toboterxp8155]

I think the reason why framerules are a thing is actually a bit different than you described. As far as I know, SMB just has a global timer, wich decrements every 21 frames. That timer is used for multiple things, such as RNG, and also to time the small pause befor the black level-end screen, as well as the duration it is up. So those things can only last a multiple of 21 frames.

[@paulstelian97]

Do you know anyone who disassembled the game and actually checked which of these is true?

[@toboterxp8155]

@@paulstelian97 I just checked the disassembly. Smb has a standardized system for Timers. These timers will either decrement every frame or every 21st frame, depending on the timer (the 21 frame rythm is unchanging from game start ). These long-term timers include the level-end and the black-screen timer. The RNG actually just changes every frame, and the perfect timing makes it consistent.

[@paulstelian97]

@@toboterxp8155 hah, now I'm actually interested in exploring the code myself!

[@toboterxp8155]

@@paulstelian97 just google "comprehensive super mario bros disassembly". It's in 6502 assembly language though.

[@paulstelian97]

@@toboterxp8155 Yeah I don't necessarily fear assembly so I will look for it. Thanks.

[@FuscaBat]

Excellent video as always!

[@maurice7017]

5:19 is cosmic dead? According to the heart rate yes

[@hri7566]

Every time I watch a bismuth video, for some reason, I get major deja vu. Not about bismuth, and not about Mario. I get deja vu about telling my friend that i'm having deja vu of the exact moment.