The History of Super Mario Bros 3 100% World Records

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[@SummoningSalt]

Thanks to the following people for help with research! This video wouldn't have been possible without them. Be sure to check their channels out: mitchflowerpower: www.twitch.tv/mitchflowerpower Kirua: www.twitch.tv/kirua TheHaxor: www.twitch.tv/thehaxor Lui: www.twitch.tv/lui_ Tompa: www.twitch.tv/tompa Czikubi: www.twitch.tv/czikubi

[@yoklete6140]

Mario Galaxy (1) Next plz ‼️

[@abandonedhhhv]

Ok

[@nicholasstocker8864]

Do Mario Kart 7! That game is underrated!

[@abandonedhhhv]

​@@nicholasstocker8864 Agreed, but I think there is probably some people who did that idea.

[@nicholasstocker8864]

@@abandonedhhhv But that doesn’t mean that Summoning Salt can’t do it.

[@yusharider]

"He may have lost a minute and a half in one stage, but his run looked cool." A man who I can truly respect

[@kennethlasseter9264]

ok.

[@KY_100]

ok.

[@misterklonoa1602]

ok.

[@FusionCyborg]

[ok.] CTRL+C CTRL+V ok.

[@litessbu]

ok.

[@RiccardoMargiotta]

I love the way Salt gradually builds up your knowledge of strats and glitches throughout the video. By the time you get to the final interview with Mitch and he's using specific terminology for techniques and level numbers, you're just nodding along knowing exactly what he's talking about.

[@Freakmaster480]

Salt's ability to do this is what makes him the uncontested best communicator for the speedrunning community. Anyone with any level of knowledge of gaming can watch his videos and follow along to become invested in the history.

[@RiccardoMargiotta]

​@@Freakmaster480 Absolutely!

[@Narcissistic_Penguin]

100% (Hehe)

[@baldbro3693]

Salt could make videos about grass mowing speedrunning and I’d STILL be glued to the screen.

[@Freakmaster480]

@@baldbro3693 Are there speedruns for power washing simulator?

[@jcsrio15]

For a 100% category, over an hour record, to go down only 17% over the course of almost 2 decades, the original record was an absolute masterpiece for its era.

[@jessiemydog7446]

no it wasnt dhead

[@MegaDysart]

​@@jessiemydog7446 Ukraine flag in pfp - opinion discarded try again later sheepdog

[@sceptilep717]

streets ahead

[@limitbreak2966]

@@jessiemydog7446 it was *for its era* , that’s why he said that. Video game speedrunning wasn’t as prevalent back then

[@swiftest]

Phwoar big Jessie throwing her toys out the pram again

[@gartoll]

Kirua really is taking a decade of therapy from 8-1

[@victormelendez6972]

Lmao, after destroying paces and setting standards, he lost his mojo like as if an alien came up to him and sapped his talent away

[@pithin3625]

@@victormelendez6972 He got his goal of sub 10:30, he doesn't need to grind more

[@Sady845]

​@@victormelendez6972when you reach your goal you don't really need to put your entire self into it anymore. Nobody "took his talent away", he's still talented, I mean top 8 is still insane bro, he's just not invested as much as he was because he reached his goal.

[@JasonParmenter]

Bro, spoilers 😡If you gonna put something as simple as that try to put SPOILER WARNING: and then space until the end, I accidently read your comment before it finished.

[@seams4186]

​@@JasonParmenterdont read the comments

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Love the interviews where you not only show the runner's gameplay but dive into what was going on in their head at that moment. Thrilling as the audience to not know how a specific run will end while it's being examined step by step

[@brandonmoore1612]

20:22

[@M0torsagmannen]

yeah the interviews adds a lot to these already great videos

[@Skoopyghost]

I love "Pee meter","Pee running". I'm a man who's almost 30. Still laugh at things like that.

[@scapegoat4]

100% (no pun intended). Stuff like that really makes people pay attention, for example when he Mitch said "at the moment..." at 1:22:37 I just knew that this was going to be some sort of god run. Just an incredibly well written moment that works because of Mitch's charisma, its these kinds of small things that make summoning salt's documentaries so great.

[@MadMaxWorld1776]

Check out tomatoanus, his videos are pretty much that

[@urimkrasniqi9680]

Summoning Salt actually got Kirua to speak about THAT run. What a legend.

[@connormcnulty6377]

When Summoning Salt wants to talk to you, you talk to him.

[@darrinspells6166]

The myth the legend

[@omg_]

@@connormcnulty6377 he "just wants to talk " 6h later

[@funkerman7]

Youre shocked a speedrunner wanted to talk to literally biggest speedrunning persona in the world lmao?

[@connormcnulty6377]

@@omg_ Bro if I got 6 straight hours of Summoning Salt talking I’d be so happy

[@jameskleinfunnyguy]

Listening to those two Hammer Bros running and just shuffling together for so long was literally way funnier than it needed to be

[@2Links]

For me it was painful to watch haha

[@jameskleinfunnyguy]

@@2Links yes its like the biggest f you without saying it... smb3 basically flipped him off 😂😂

[@voratheexplorer6442]

"Oh I'm sorry were you in a hurry? I just had to find a spot, pardon me."

[@denelson83]

A movement of 52. The N-spades also move around, and in the Sky world, it is possible for a hammer brother and the N-spade to come together and never separate, resulting in a softlock and forcing a reset.

[@jameskleinfunnyguy]

@@denelson83 is there video of that I would love tos ee I wonder if its only for certain versions too or if they patched it? (like in allstars)

[@itskdog]

With the full graph at the end, to realise that it's just a 15 minute timesave compared to the first known run is insane.

[@Widembois]

Just? That’s a lot for speedrunning, especially when world records can be beaten by only milliseconds

[@notnath14]

@@Widembois for some games that are super optimized, or shorter, yeah 15 minutes is a lot. For a game as old as Mario 3, especially on such a long game where RNG also affects runs, it's pretty insane for the first run to only be cut down by that much over almost 2 decades.

[@Kylora2112]

For most games that long, 15 minutes is HUGE. The Mega Man 2 WR is a half hour and roughly 4 minutes have been shaved (from 30 to 26 minutes) off from the earliest recorded runs (outside of zips, Mega Man 2 was already pretty optimized early on). So shaving 15 minutes off an hour long game is more than double the Mega Man 2 progression (but Mario 3 100% has an ass-ton of RNG and a ton of crazy glitches/tricks that save minutes).

[@alguiencualquiera6217]

Welcome to the world of speedrunning lol

[@josephknezekdesigner]

That Kirua arc. Truly an absolutely crazy run to end the video on. *checks timestamp* Wait...

[@hariman7727]

That's what I said!

[@litessbu]

Same thing went though my head

[@PeachCrusher69]

lmao same

[@Akuba]

Exactly my thought :D

[@BluePhoenix559]

I don’t get it

[@zattisq3395]

The introductions to these videos truly never get old. The music playing while Salt narrates a new category is something that will hook me in every time.

[@Kel-bestboy]

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[@zk7979]

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[@LavaCreeperPeople]

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[@TehPwnographer]

MATT TURK

[@ThatVinceGuy]

Home does an amazing job on them synths, especially paired with an intro to a banger Salt vid. 🙌

[@YuyuuChan]

It's so fascinating to think that Kirua, who singlehandedly dominated the World Record of this category for ages, only started running it because a friend (and fellow speedrunner) thought he'd be good at it.

[@luizansounds]

And what is poetic to me is how Mitch ended what Kiura started, when the first glimpse of sub 1:09 showed up and managed to get a golden run himself, The dominance they both displayed is out of this world

[@omgemojixd9739]

29:11 Thank you for including the ENTIRE 50 Hammer Bro movement clip. It really puts into perspective the crushing feeling that a speedrunner feels when it just keeps going.

[@eshanfadi]

It's crazy how Kirua's record is still in the top 10 records for 100% 6 YEARS on.

[@natezab5598]

don't click that link

[@big_sea]

yes

[@thefcsmod]

@@kingsrevenge9234 FUCK YEAH

[@davifelizardo4187]

And this is after the crazy competition to break the 9 minute barrier, the guy is a fucking beast.

[@Vulpas]

For a game as old as SMB3 that ain't too long.

[@CarlSagan42]

This stuff is SO nostalgic for me. I watched many of the older runs live on twitch a decade ago, or on SDA even before that. Shoutouts to David "Marshmallow" Gibbons being an absolute granddaddy of speedrunning for like a whole decade. I watched all his old stuff in high school.

[@JoseLobo75]

So good to see you here!

[@sanschungle]

You’ll never escape Larl -📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦

[@lrodshrek6086]

Hello Larl

[@betsmith3821]

I beg of you

[@AllredGL]

You’re actually the person who got me into Mario!

[@ethanknifsend9775]

I’ve always found it fascinating how one developers mistake/laziness from 30 years ago can lead to a brutally difficult exploit that costs speedrunners countless hours of their lives

[@laurenhpbrn]

I think about this all the time, LOL! I wonder if any developers who find out about speedrunning have found something they were in charge of coding was the make-or-break exploit of a run.

[@suezuccati304]

​@@laurenhpbrn Undertale and Deltarune devs do pay attention to speedrunning. One of the latest updates to Deltarune have a lot of the rng that only affects runners trimmed down. Back in the day, in undertale 1.00, Toby heard about the quick Burnt Pan trick and tried to fix it But then, he actually made it easier to do and kinda gave up on trying to fix this type of glitch.

[@ReeseLeeArt]

Why do people automatically chalk stuff up to laziness or mistakes when it could just be limitations of the hardware or they missed it during a crunch.

[@spuckuk7039]

@@ReeseLeeArt Exactly this

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

@@ReeseLeeArt Or it just wasn't a big playtesting. Playtesters are not speedrunners to find out such exploits

[@le_e_na]

the way so many speedrunners say "we" got it. the competition may be high but this is a community through and through. it's so endearing ❤

[@wireycoyote3544]

Tell me you think pronouns are important, without telling me you think pronouns are important. 😂

[@wireycoyote3544]

Woke pronouns**, sorry. 😂

[@TH-vo6hv]

@@wireycoyote3544what? The "we" meant the community of runners, nothing to do with whatever the hell "woke pronouns" means

[@ripitthrough22]

It's incredible that the record has only fallen ~15 minutes. That just shows that the original run was quite solid.

[@flammincabbages]

Ye honestly that’s really impressive

[@billj4525]

Well it depends how you see it. I see 15 minutes as a really long time even for a warpless record. Also when watching his record you can see how bad it was in terms of mistakes,dying, and how many times he had to slow down. It was obviously good for that time period though, and it was the world record so of course he gets a lot of credit. I just see it as very very far off from the current record.

[@cacau1810]

ok

[@jcsrio15]

For a 100% category, over an hour record, to go down only 17% over the course of almost 2 decades, the original record was an absolute masterpiece for its era.

[@jpetersongaming]

The original record time was definitely a solid run. It really makes you wonder how anyone could be motivated to try beating it over and over... perseverance at its finest I suppose

[@TimeBucks]

Mitch seems like a happy and healthy guy

[@abhisheksaha6975]

God job,👍

[@renjuajitharjith3989]

Nice

[@denukhasangma1817]

👍

[@8Bitorbust]

He inspired my fat behind to lose about 70 lbs. I've tried my hand at MB3 again, I can beat it but nowhere near as fast as that guy, he's got a good 30 -35 mins on me. 😉

[@chanukathiwanka5827]

Nice

[@osmium6832]

My favorite run was towards the end when he had to get the hammer suit after losing a fire flower. I don't think I've *ever* seen a speedrun with the hammer suit before. Even as a kid, the hammer suit was so rare that I saved it and almost never actually wore it, so this was the first time I'd seen all the animations for it. The fact that the run had to be improvised so much and still got a world record is nothing short of amazing and the unique suit really set it apart for me.

[@shaunduggan8605]

Not only did David's run hold the record for 6 years, but it was under the twin galaxy rules, so the one that finally beat it was almost playing a different game

[@JohnnyMontilla]

Dear Summoning Salt, In a world of click-bait nonsense, thank you so much for taking the time to make insanely high-quality content. As a happy Patreon supporter, I hope you continue to make these videos for a very long time! Thanks, JM

[@betsmith3821]

I love eating orange peels

[@TheDiegoArmando]

@@betsmith3821 bro

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

​@@betsmith3821 ok

[@-snek.]

@@betsmith3821 sink garbage disposal behavior

[@betsmith3821]

@@-snek. I am going to eat newborn children

[@Altorin]

love how summoning salt can make 2021 sound like history.

[@TrueFool188]

I'm shitting myself that 2012 is over 10 years ago.

[@Piorum]

@@TrueFool188 I hate to do this to you but its actually 11 years ago now

[@KampzOnXbox]

It is, and even now is history.

[@teratoma.]

2021 was 7 years ago dude

[@leatsykeee]

@@TrueFool188 2012 kids go into middle school in just a few months

[@silverflight01]

I really loved the Kirua arc. He kept going, aiming for his ultimate goal, and finally made it to the sub 1-10-30. He may not be speed running anymore, but he has made great history, and I hope he'll keep that close to his heart for the rest of his years

[@Jeff.S.]

That 8-1 death hurt so much to see

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

Kirua is a legend and inspiration.

[@victormelendez6972]

MFP got him hyped into this category, and pretty much catapulted it into new heights, standards that perhaps no other game could even dare to match

[@craigdavies2598]

Don’t worry,He’ll Come back in November 2026.

[@alexandercolefield9523]

Speed runners in 2012: Check out how cool this run is [runs into wall 31 times to clip very slowly through] Community: Rad! No one can possibly top that!

[@CJShrader]

I'm honestly really impressed that the first person to record this speed run was within 15 minutes of the world record 17 years later. Usually people don't do that well right out the gate.

[@chilesuicmez]

its warpless 100% to be fair

[@Illjustwait]

Minute per year (including sales tax)🕺

[@iplaygamesalot5039]

​@@chilesuicmez I mean it's not like you'd warp in a 100% run anyway

[@mee091000]

Yeah honestly David was on an entirely different level for his time.

[@nivyan]

That's the most impressive to me by far. Just consider how streaming and content creation has evolved speed-running as a whole. Now realise that *nobody* in that entire era of exponentially stronger runners *still* couldn't beat that record for *at least a decade* I'm genuinely interested in how it compares to other historic records, because SMB3 is pretty prestigious and not a record that's just been hanging there because nobody cared.

[@tjp7154]

[@daymare0]

ayyy, it's the man himself

[@jaiden07g84]

Ayyy 🔥🔥

[@jackbishop8610]

Any relation to the professional wrestler? Hehe.

[@karelpgbr]

Thanks for advancing the record and pushing its limits!

[@pcanzz]

beast

[@Bannedforfun]

Your music choices are fantastic, and it's not just the intro tune everyone knows and loves. That transition at 43:30 was really nice.

[@LunarWingCloud]

That part was stupidly hype, loved it

[@jonfinklehotwing5144]

is the intro from a queen song

[@OreoFistBreakfast]

​@@jonfinklehotwing5144which song

[@jonfinklehotwing5144]

@@OreoFistBreakfast last minute and a half of radio Gaga

[@OreoFistBreakfast]

@jonfinklehotwing5144 Thank you. Much appreciated

[@buttelf]

this channel is the gold standard of gaming history. the last third of the video was such a rush! hearing the runners' interviews was fantastic.

[@mrhumble2937]

Videos are. Channel would be if did a little more videos.

[@mariaisabelg4701]

I'm loving that Summoning Salt has little interviews now. It's really cool to hear some of the runner's thoughts during their runs and it really hypes up to the climax.

[@michaelwhalen9084]

the fact that it’s been six entire years since his run and Kirua is still in the top ten is INSANE

[@aryst0krat]

Imagine if he'd got that god run.

[@ZachGatesHere]

@@aryst0krat I honestly think he'd have killed the category. It would have been like Hotarubi with that one Metroid run where people just didn't even want to try it because of how far ahead it was so they just went into other categories.

[@jordangroff8978]

He's probably the greatest SMB3 runner ever next to Mitch

[@redacted2275]

It's really not... 🙄 The guy is good and he worked a lot for that to happen.

[@JosepiThe13th]

@@redacted2275 But runners have been grinding the category for years with new strategies to boot. You’d think at least 10 would’ve surpassed him after half a decade.

[@silverflight01]

This video introduced me to sprite despawning, where having too many sprites will cause an enemy, projectile, etc to despawn. I decided to test this in Mega Man 1 in Bomb Man stage by spamming Magnet Beam, and sure enough, the flying bombs that regularly show up and usually hit Mega Man never showed up at all. It's kinda incredible that this sort of trick can only be pulled off in certain NES titles

[@kenz526]

Would love to see a high level summary of how the first year of pandemic impacted the frequency of world records being broken

[@ForumArcade]

I love how you've inspired a veritable armada of KZbinrs doing Speedrun history videos in their respective favourite games. A whole genre exploded into popularity basically overnight.

[@_soapy_milk_9110]

Agreed

[@dewott8251]

Maximum and the Flash games are a good example

[@johnsmith-po9gt]

And they all use his opening theme in some way or other

[@Zyyk0]

Yesss that's so cool, I regularly find myself searching for 'speedrun history+game I'm interested' and more often than not my search is successful

[@willtheprodigy3819]

I think he should move onto PlayStation games.

[@LonesomeDevil]

I learned 3 things from this video. 1- The SMB3 speedrunning community seems incredible in many aspects. 2- The fact that Summoning Salt now has enough notoriety in the Speedrunning community in general to be able to get professional interviews with the runners is mindblowing when you think back to his more humble beginnings. And he didn't even change his style all that much either. 3- Maybe kid me didn't suck as much as I thought for struggling a lot with 8-1 and 8-2 as I was trying to beat the game casually for the first time... Those are apparently legitimately tough even for speedrunners when they feel the pressure.

[@SUPERNOOB20]

Same over here, man! I can't remember how many attempts it took me, but I believe I had to spend aroung 70-80 lives at least for the entire World 8...? It's a rather hard game even for casual runs, but these guys nail it on a whole other level!

[@LonesomeDevil]

@@SUPERNOOB20 Oh yeah, obviously I still died numerous times throughout World 8, but 8-1 and 8-2 were just on another level for me back then. Plenty of my play-sessions ended with me getting Game Overs on those 2 levels. Some of the jumps you have to make there are fairly tight and you can't really hesitate, else you won't make it. I ended up needing to rush to World 8 with 2 Warp Whistles several times when I couldn't play for super long just so I could practice there. (I was playing on original hardware of course... so no saving my progress, unfortunately)

[@SUPERNOOB20]

Ohhh I see, massive GG on that :O I said World 8 in general because it was years upon years ago and I can't really remember for each level... Back when I beat the game I didn't know there existed whistles so it was painful to go all the way up to the last world oof

[@Oakshield2]

Speedrunners are tremendously open to help and donate their time to someone making good content about what they do. It probably stems from the whole process being so dependent on tight knit communities.

[@nedisahonkey]

Look up the word "notorious" it doesn't have positive connotations. Maybe you meant "has enough notoriety" but you essentially said the man is infamous.

[@greg55666]

The last ten minutes of this video, where we get to listen to Mitch explain what's going through his head, is really fantastic. It really shows us just how complex this activity is, and the insane depth of their understanding of the game.

[@joshuajames8885]

Nick, my guy.. You are an awesome creator, researcher and storyteller, and it is very clear to me (and anyone else who LISTENS) that you are passionate about your craft. I appreciate every video that you put together and it bums me out to hear about the mental health and home life stuff that is under duress. Nothing but positive vibes and energy your way bro. Take care of your self.

[@teethcoat4274]

Holy shit the segment from 29:10 absolutely MURDERED me, I was not expecting to laugh that much at a summoning salt video

[@morganaensland1105]

It was brutal! XD

[@Emanon389]

yeah same, I mean, it just never end x)

[@CidZero]

This literally happened to me in world 2 and I had to reset. I cried.

[@jeremyying3602]

they returned to the SAME FREAKIN' SQUARES TOO LMAOOOO

[@canebro1]

I went back to count, that was 52 movements!

[@IkEisawesome7]

It's wild wondering what Kirua's record could have looked like, or how long it would have continued to last. Even crazier is that, despite a mistake, the run still stood for YEARS. Beautiful run by Kirua

[@ZachGatesHere]

If he'd have clutched out the run I genuinely believe there's a nonzero chance people would have just bailed on the category until new strats came about. Aside from the perfect execution, the RNG was absurd, the only room to beat it would have been better hammer movement. There's no way anyone would have wanted to just nonstop grind for that.

[@ze444]

What was the theoretical time if Kirua hadn't made that one crucial mistake?

[@ZachGatesHere]

@@ze444 under 1:10, but hard to say the exact second. If I had to guess it would be in 3rd right now

[@IkEisawesome7]

@@ze444 Seems like around 1:09:50

[@michaelfiorino1220]

The real 100% category is all of us watching 100% of summoning salts videos. I typically double tap my way through most videos doing a watch speed run but his videos are so engaging i never once skip.

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

I like how the wall jump was a glitch in the earlier games, and then in SM64 the programmers decided to make it an actual genuine move!

[@mixedmartialoddest]

Wah! Wah hah!

[@nicholasstocker8864]

Speed runners: On pace for a perfect run. World 8: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@aion425]

That feeling you get when you haven't seen a summoningsalt in a while and the intro hits you just right.

[@Gwildor2020]

I was thinking the exact same thing a couple days ago.

[@ultrahthefixer8740]

Facts lol ❤

[@lgmediapcsalon9440]

the power of SYNTHWAVE!

[@JugglerOfWords]

I love that "all rise for the national anthem of speedrunning" moment...

[@EsmReparlana]

Im gutted for Kirua, walking away and knowing what his peak accomplishment could have been. Great video as usual.

[@carsoncass8828]

Was this supposed to make me cry? There's something special about seeing runners perseverance in uncovering the impossible. Especially in a beautiful magic mario world that is inherently a creative endeavor. Thank you for continuing to make amazing videos that showoff the awesome potential of life!

[@Skoopyghost]

It has the effect as dyslexic finishing uni, or getting good grades on me.

[@zacharygros3700]

I really like the visual timeline with the dots and colors. It really helps to better visualize how insane the timesaves and gaps between records were.

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

It's definitely the thing that set him apart from other speedrun youtubers in the early days

[@ibus1502]

yes, one of may favourite parts of his vids. Let's you really visualise everything.

[@whatevermakesyouhappy5932]

@@THICCTHICCTHICC what? Salt only started using the “dot-timeline” last year lol

[@PeachCrusher69]

@@whatevermakesyouhappy5932 wait what, he started that last year? time sure flies by quickly...

[@bmac4]

I remember when Kirua got the 1:10:19, that run was so ahead of its time that even with the death basically everyone knew it would take some incredible grind to beat it.

[@sportsjefe]

There's an irony to the fact that the long-time record after that was 1:10:03, which is what Kirua would have had if he'd stayed even with his pace after world 7.

[@RodBrites]

You are an amazing content producer. I am in no way, shape or form linked to any speedrun or game community... at all... and here I am 90 minutes later blown away by this. Gotta say, this is one of the best overall documentaries I have watched... you were able to build my interest over time with this... congrats and thanks for your effort. Amazing stuff.

[@olfmombach260]

Are we just gonna ignore how David Gibbons called someone their love slave lol

[@olfmombach260]

5:02

[@Jakewebmaster8]

Kirua is definitely a kind of person to tell you to never lose hope after one mistake. Keep going, because one error doesn't always make a dead run. And sometimes, you can always come back from your mistakes. Never give up.

[@winterwatson6811]

go out fighting 💞

[@WizardOfDocs]

but simultaneously the one person in this story to whom Casey at the Bat almost applies. "There is no joy in Mudville..."

[@icameisawitrolled]

60% of the time it works every time

[@Jakewebmaster8]

@@icameisawitrolled true but there is always another chance.

[@whitekj03]

Number 1 on KZbin TRENDING!!! Let's go SS, your videos are multiple cuts above your contemporaries in this space when it comes to quality. These are literally incredible videos that most others would hold behind a pay wall. After this I will surely be contributing to the Patreon. Great video!

[@fixedfunshow]

Wow speedrunners might be happy they are being recognized thanks to his videos, I think they were mostly silent because well, if you can watch 8 hours of someone playing to a WR that's fine but I know some can't thusly this video is a great way to make light of them without the many hours of grinding.

[@ursaminor2732]

*my content is worse than summoningsalts*

[@NickRoe]

100%

[@TicklesTrout]

I can't even imagine taking thousands of runs and putting any order to them. Even comparing events of a specific run to one's before, I can't even comprehend how he makes these videos.

[@kazuma4959]

​@@theboomerperspective2478 as a german i approve🤝

[@griffintgm9467]

Dude the crafting of these videos is so well done, I was genuinely terrified that the unlucky bowser pattern was going to kill Mitch’s final run, so suspenseful!

[@thiagoene]

The fact that just a handful of stages are shown repeatedly during these speedruns means that the other stages in the game were relatively straightforward and easy for those guys to execute without error. And that by itself is mind-blowing!

[@NyancyCat]

God, that graph at the end. It really goes to show you the different eras of the run - the early days, massive leaps in uncharted territory culminating in Mitch bringing the record down by more than anyone had before or will again, into Kilua's solo arc grinding the corners off the run until that final fierce blood-in-the-water battle with Mitch keeping his head high even with everyone on his tail. Amazing stuff. Mythical.

[@ChristianPerrotta]

I've noticed that it resembles an exponential function graph a lot. The records tend to last longer, and they are lowered by smaller and smaller bits, eventually reaching a wall that no one can cross: the asymptote.

[@RuinAngel]

I laughed so hard at that longest hammer bro movement segment 🤣

[@coffee115]

That's a speedrunner nightmare

[@x3dfritz0]

it just kept going! lmfao

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

@@coffee115 Time to create a new category!

[@tickkid]

Same here!

[@MegaDarkness5000]

I probably laugh in despair if that happened to me in a spreedrun .

[@SuikodenGR]

1:20:49 - the God Tier Run 😳 The way all the Planets aligned with one another to make this run possible is too incredible to be real 😱

[@nigelmcbutler2279]

What an absolute BANGER of a video, Those interviews for the "historic" runs are adding SO MUCH to the video. Absolutely love them I do hope you add the "What do they do/run now" again from the major runners at the end. I thought it was really awesome to see what those runners are up to now after seeing what they had accomplished

[@popsdotj5679]

The dilema of deciding how long to put off watching a new SummoningSalt vid so you don't have to wait as long for the next one.

[@leftysheppey]

I've got 3 to watch. I'm gonna have a good day on the weekend :D ill watch this one too, since I fell asleep .-.

[@darkithnamgedrf9495]

@@leftysheppey Same, i saw this video pop up in my feed and i was like "Cool! a new Summoning Salt video" and then i clicked on his channel and there are three new videos i havent seen, and that youtube decided not to show me lol

[@Rubmaster]

You remember that feeling you got as a kid, when it was weekend. So you could go straight from bed to the console? With Summing Salt videos, that feeling comes back! I watch it in the morning, first day off from work.

[@arrtwo1375]

Literally

[@jonaharnot736]

One day. Made it one day.

[@successfulfailure1298]

29:10 That hammer bro went about 20x longer than I could have possibly expected him to

[@grandam67yt24]

Deadass, I thought the game had sorta softlocked for a bit there, that was ridiculously long.

[@Psyphix1220]

That was roughly 28 seconds of two Hammer Bros refusing to leave each other alone

[@maybeher0]

koopas, is it gay to take a jaunty little stroll around the map with other hammer bro as that plumber from mushroom kingdom watches

[@Dwedit]

About 28 seconds.

[@lmnk]

29:10 -- *_Hammer bros: Anxiety edition_* "Oh no, have we checked the Toad house? What if Mario's in there *already!?"* _stolp-stolp-stolp_ "Thank God, no Mario in there. Wait, what if he's already reached the castle while we were away? Oh my god, we need to inspect it *again!!"* _stolp-stolp-stolp_ "Wait! I just remembered we haven't inspected that palm on the left. Oh noooo, what if Mario's hiding somewhere under it? We need to check it *ASAP!!"* _stolp-stolp-stolp_ "Sheeesh, no one's there as well... wait, have we *actually* inspected the Toad's house well enough?" *_(repeat 3 times)_*

[@TheSenatorXV]

I took a Historians Craft course in university and there was this old book our prof showed us where a historian said "if you're reading history and you're bored then your historian is a dumb dog!" Summoning Salt brings all the excitement and experience to what is only very recent history in such a way that it already feels timeless. Proof that passion in the subject can allow for an amazing recounting of the history!

[@amcoolio]

Mitch needs more recognition in the speedrunning community. He's the SMB3 master and still plays every day. He's a great streamer on Twitch, please support him!

[@Runie549]

1:20:49 if it wasn't already, this is now the official final boss battle music of the channel. You KNOW when you hear this music this late in a Summoning Salt video, that the run in question isn't just some typical speedrun to close the video out, it's either going to break your heart or make you cry tears of joy.

[@sirskippalot]

Honestly Mitch is such an active runner and supportive across communities, nailing such a godlike run couldn't happen to a nicer runner

[@JohnSmith-cq7lk]

I love how he broke down his play like some sort of professional sports announcer.

[@victormelendez6972]

And he gets people hyped up into trying it, still. He got Kirua into it, and if not for that, who knows how this record would have become now..

[@Landmasters]

That finale man..."I'm going back, but I don't have to" Nothing arrogant about the tone, just a guy who feels he's fully realized his potential

[@bunyan2422]

When mitch got that final run I got such a big grin, you always make such interesting videos about speedrun history and every story is like a mountain climb that when you reach the top feels so good.

[@TheSinrai]

I always love it when I hear that a run “has become fairly optimized”, but there's still about an hour of video left 😁

[@endeav0r_49]

"The run has become fairly optimized" (a groundbreaking discovery is around the corner)

[@michaeloconnell8975]

Bro the way these documentaries have me actually getting nervous about what happens next is unreal. Once again another masterpiece from SummoningSalt

[@jamesb6857]

He’s the best at what he does, that’s for certain.

[@jarrow272]

Another exciting, fascinating watch. You continue to blow me away with your excellent narrative craft and storytelling, great video choices, quality of research, and the perfect balance of explaining just what we need to know to appreciate what we're seeing. I've only seen half your videos so far and am torn between wanting to devour the second half and savoring them slowly. You deserve all the accolades you get for the work you do and more. Absolutely a hero in this community. Thank you for what you do.

[@schrodingerthecat]

This was awesome to watch - as all your videos are. Having watched Mitch get those records, it was awesome to be part of the experience. How you make zooming into lines on a black background so intense is amazing.

[@JO11190]

'I have no idea why I kept going' is probably the most powerful thing I've heard in recent memory.

[@yoyoma2026]

Out of context, your comment seems insane haha

[@jpetersongaming]

They had a goal, and they weren't going to leave without it!

[@DanKaschel]

​@@jpetersongaming but... He didn't

[@superpunkguy]

​@@jpetersongaming qlkkkkkkkkk

[@Raparanoiko]

This guy videos are just art. He's fucking talented. He could make a 2 hours video about the evolution of Barbie games speedruns and I'd still watch it and enjoy them

[@danlorett2184]

"The World Record History of Barbie Horse Adventure 100%" im down

[@hardlyanydiggity3953]

watch him make World Record History of Crazy Baby Shark Granny Fart Simulator Mobile edition | 100% Clean NO VIRUS

[@VegasMilgauss]

F slur

[@SeymourDisapproves]

​@@VegasMilgauss um, where?

[@denelson83]

He should do a video on the NES Tetris speedrun world record.

[@mike48931]

The amount of glitches in this game is crazy when you consider how well it is made. The average user is going to have a mostly bug free experience playing this, but all it takes is for one player out of millions to experience some obscure glitch and post it to a forum or some TASer pushing the limits of the hardware. Then there’s the runners themselves that find glitches sometimes by chance for simply playing the game a thousand time mores than a dev tester would. IJS, this game is incredibly well made for its time and in my experience as a casual player I have never encountered a glitch in this game, or at least not one that affected the experience so much that I noticed it. Crazy the way they break a game like that.

[@FleecyElf]

1:12:00 hearing mitch yell “WE DID IT!” as i realized he had finally broke through and got the sub 1:10 made me tear up. truly an amazing moment.

[@Vindbringer]

The production quality is so good man. Actually getting the interviews from the players, not just the current record holders but also the ones that paved the way is soooooo nice for us who weren't there. Getting that frame of perspective is just awesome!

[@appointmenteer]

very much agreed. it lends the really big runs in the history even more weight and drama

[@brassykibbles]

(0:00) HOME - We’re Finally Landing (1:29) HOME - Tides (2:57) Chris Doerksen - The Feeling (5:54) Rosentwig - Chroma (7:54) Chris Doerksen - The Sewers (10:27) HOME - Odyssey (12:34) Rosentwig - Fvck Writer’s Block (15:25) HOME - Resonance (17:47) Chris Doerksen - Perspective (19:20) Amie Waters - SN-1054 (21:23) Chris Doerksen - Build-Up (24:05) HOME - Abandon Planet (25:35) HOME - Hold (27:28) Chris Doerksen - Bite Sized (30:13) HOME - Before The Night (33:10) HOME - Aquarium Gift Shop (35:05) Chris Doerksen - Dark Side (38:06) Rosentwig - Sublime Coincidence (40:21) TheOfficialLobst - Cosmos (41:58) Amie Waters - Superposition (43:36) HOME - Even Dumber Awful Song From Hell (45:44) Rosentwig - Acceptance (46:58) Chris Doerksen - Unnamed (48:58) Rosentwig - Moonwake (51:52) HOME - Resonance (54:10) HOME - Nights (57:10) HOME - Still Life (1:00:00) Chris Doerksen - Cruisin’ Along (1:02:44) Chris Doerksen - Next In Line (1:04:50) Chris Doerksen - Summoning Salt (1:06:03) HOME - Nights (1:07:04) Chris Doerksen - Playing House (1:09:20) Kevin Macleod - Man Down (1:11:28) Chris Doerksen - We Made It (1:14:40) Rosentwig - Sublime Coincidence (1:18:24) HOME - Aquarium Gift Shop (1:19:40) HOME - 4 (1:20:48) Rosentwig - Safehaven (1:25:16) HOME - We’re Finally Landing

[@leftysheppey]

Great job on copying the description...

[@brassykibbles]

@@leftysheppey thank you ;)

[@ReizokoRyu]

Sad

[@danplaysguitar6706]

The iron grip HOME has on this channel lmao

[@dannydorito4675]

Salt I love your channel please don't stop making videos. The way you deliver and layout information is unparalleled. You have a way of keeping the topic interesting even over long periods of time. You and Brick Immortar are the only two channels that I can listen to and not get bored but also easily fall asleep too. It is an amazing gift you two have!

[@grayt4951]

I love when runners say "we" when talking about their runs, like them and chat. Mitch seems like such a genuine guy, deserves the record 100% and it's awesome he's still pushing to go lower

[@FourthDerivative]

1:11:55 The suspenseful pause before hearing Mitch shout "WE DID IT!" just gave me chills, man

[@TravisLawrence12]

I just noticed that too and it's solid.

[@pjstraightedge]

I love how he truly feels and expresses that its a team effort with him and his audience when he says "WE did it!" That really stuck out to me.

[@plasmac9]

This is probably your best video to date. I saw Mario 3 World Record and a 90 minutes video and I thought there was no way it would be entertaining the entire time. But the graphic of the timeline plus the interviews with the players themselves really made it interesting and kept wanting me to keep watching. 60 minutes in and I'm thinking, "how can this be 30 minutes longer and still be captivating?" And it was. Great job.

[@appointmenteer]

agreed!! i personally think the matt turk one is better, but this is without question one of the best videos on this channel. so well made

[@IqTempest]

I watched your Choco mountain video 3 years ago and recently rediscovered your channel. I just wanted to take some time to thank you for the memories and to wish you all the best for your future. Much love ❤️

[@michaelwx1]

It's amazing how Summoning Salt takes the history of a speed run and turns it into such a captivating hour and a half. I struggle to sit still through a movie or some TV that goes on this long.

[@willmistretta]

The "imminent horrible death" music playing under the final run is amazing.

[@stigmaoftherose]

I know it's only been 2 months but it feels like it's been an eternity. Probably because every time I hear this song anywhere else I feel the need to binge all the videos in a row then cry about a lack of a new one.

[@GotDubsteq]

Same. Anytime I get bored late in the night 12am-3am, Summoning Salt is the go to. Even knowing all the information and what’s gonna happen, it still shocks me every time

[@KaervekTM]

Bro......facts. I watch SS with my son, he lives and dies by Salt's uploads. LOL.

[@F4sy]

SS is the best during a hot bath. I'll sit til halfway, air-dry til it finishes and sleep

[@brycedrew3035]

It's "Quest to beat matt turk" every time im reminded of summoning salt

[@mfox3863]

Any time I hear a non-speed running video play this song I just think, wow you stole that from SS

[@blah_blahx]

I'm so glad K1rua got a mention. Dude was my favorite Mario runner. I was there for him beating Mitch's first WR. Used to watch those streams for hours.

[@Skorpse]

This game, that's my childhood right there. Took turns playing levels with my grandma... oh how I miss that angel. Thanks for the amazing video as always Salt!

[@michaelplantarich3375]

I love that you got Kirua and Mitch to speak with you. It gives such a cool insight into the professionals thoughts during a run. I hope that more do this with you in the future!

[@muadeeb]

Love that you're able to get interviews with the runners regarding their records. Love the added touch.

[@NefosG]

I mean, who wouldn't want to be the winner on "The Wizard" and further humiliate your opponent by clearing everything?

[@amasunprime69]

Man, i am nothing of a Speedrunner nor a active gamer per say, but salt's videos really suck me into that niche and I always have goosebumps in the end. From the narration, the music and everything around, this videos are pure magic. Summoning salt is one if not my favorite content creator on YT. Glad I follow him for years now.

[@joeecm27]

I think this might be my new favorite world record history. Adding the interviews with Kirua and Mitch was such a good call. Their insight and knowledge of the game and how they’re thinking has to constantly evolve during a long run was awesome and added a lot of depth to the most recent records.

[@coltonk.3086]

Something crazy in my perception of speed running, is that in your “immersion” (think like Mario’s perspective) your fight is no longer just against Bowser; your *literally* fighting against the world around you; fighting and bending the laws of that universe. Perfecting Parkour. Slipping through walls like a ghost. Memorizing the patterns of your enemies. I think something like that would make an amazing animated video.

[@myvh773]

Your idea makes me think of TerminalMontage, a videogame animation KZbin channel that is often about speedrunning.

[@Aloysis]

A Summoning Salt video that hasn’t been outdated for a year. Amazing.

[@noahrosser76]

The hammer bros RNG is the funniest thing. Imagine being several seconds ahead on WR pace and 29:12 happens

[@jamescruz8678]

As least that was on W2. Imagine if that somehow happened in the later worlds.

[@Riclmnopp]

I hope you know that even 40 something year olds, like myself, really enjoy your videos. Great editing and narration. Thanks for all the content.

[@feelincrispy7053]

Good entertainment is good entertainment. Let’s not forget that your generation invented speed running

[@appalacha7278]

is your that your face on top of the Nirvana album, "Nevermind"?

[@D-Fens_1632]

I always assumed we were the ones most into these videos as we were the ones who grew up with these games. I guess not though, seems like NES runs are bigger with people in their 20s. It's understandable though, nearly all the music I listen to was made before I was born, ya can't mess with the classics.

[@ultimaIXultima]

43 and counting... tune in *instantly* to a salt vid.

[@Riclmnopp]

@@appalacha7278 sadly I’m just the body double for that pic.

[@HelpIveBeenShot]

The interviews are a wonderful addition. They really add to the experience of the story.

[@jpetersongaming]

I had no idea Super Mario Bros 3 could be pushed to these incredible limits. Wow

[@davidwalbrun]

Does anyone else get chills from the intros to these videos, like it's a huge event when these drop

[@Zlede]

When you hear that music, you know you are in for the best quality

[@mkgeostar]

​@@Zledelmao yeah. it makes me feel a sense of warmth inside

[@beanboiz3381]

​@@mkgeostar lmao yeah. I love it when it's coming inside me

[@generallyunimportant]

does anyone ever think of making a reference to a webcomic when someone says "it keeps happening"? no? just me? okay

[@jesterking27]

I was kinda hoping Kirua came back after years of being in his fortress of solitude and had one more epic run to reclaim the top spot, but Mitch definitely earned it.

[@ros9764]

@@kingsrevenge9234 no

[@jackbaxter-williams8059]

The story has not yet been written to the end

[@generallyunimportant]

@@jackbaxter-williams8059 definitely an abc moment

[@o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o]

Ten years from now there'll be a 59-minute run that nobody will ever ever beat and it will have been set by Matt Turk

[@Spicii9896]

The amount of times I've watched this, oh my god, it's so nice and so watchable. It doesn't matter how many times I hear the same things, it's all presented so perfectly that this has become the thing that puts me to sleep many nights.

[@gdblue25alt.89]

I really was excited to see you back again for about 7 months! And I finally stumbled back again to your channel! Please continue making these speedrun records, especially Mario games or nes, gb, old consoles etc. games! Salt is the best!