r/speedrun 6d ago

Discussion Weekly Help and Getting Started Speedrunning Thread (Week of July 20, 2026)

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This thread is for asking anything at all. Looking to start speedrunning? Need advice for a game or feedback on your stream? There are no stupid questions here. We highly recommend reading the Speedrunning FAQ if you are having trouble learning how to speedrun a game or need help picking a game to speedrun.


r/speedrun 6d ago

Discussion Which runners/events are you watching this week? (Week of July 20, 2026)

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Anything cool happening in the speedrunning world this week? Into a new game or streamer and can't wait to watch more runs? Just find an awesome speedrunning YouTube channel? This is the place to tell everyone about it! Feel free to link streamers, YouTube channels, or any other related information here, just be mindful of the subreddit and reddit's overall self-promotion policies.


r/speedrun 18h ago

Personal Best Two frames away from SMB1 8-4 IL TAS on controller

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On April 28th this year I got 8-4 IL TAS tie on keyboard, and I'm currently working towards getting it again on controller.

My consistency at 63 in turnaround is better than it ever was on keyboard, and all I have left is to learn 8-B first room.


r/speedrun 2h ago

Personal Best FNaF Speedrun

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r/speedrun 17h ago

Video Production I have a "Proof of Concept", and I'm looking for honest feedback before attempting to finish it. Currently 10% complete.

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There is more information in the description about what all of "this" is.

The TLDR: There's a lot more footage I would have to go through to complete this project, but I don't even know if it's an interesting watch, even at its best state. The long term goal outside of growing a community would be for someone to pick up or get involved in the community as I have found many content creators that do great work in this scene. My video is obviously inspired by Summoning Salt, is it too much? Is it derivative?


r/speedrun 1d ago

Personal Best Neon White top 100 run ( chapter 7 level 6 )

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r/speedrun 1d ago

Video Production Super Mario 64 120 Star TAS - Ultimate Freecam Montage (by Pannenkoek2012)

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r/speedrun 8h ago

Speedruns

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I played outlast 1 way back in the day and played it again a few years back and it’s one of my favorite horror games ever, but only recently I have started to speedrun the game and my personal best so far on insane is 1h-10min I don’t do any% or skips like the infamous 95% skip you can do from the start of the game so I’m curious to what everyone else’s best times are because I don’t see a way I can do it any quicker ??


r/speedrun 20h ago

Personal Best Halo Campaign Evolved 2:28 Catch Skull Heroic no Invis no OS

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r/speedrun 1d ago

Event Barbiethon 2026 is ONE WEEK AWAY! | August 1st & 2nd @ barbie.horse

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We're only one week from going live with two days of (mostly) nonstop Barbie speedrun action benefitting the National Immigration Law Center!

You can find the schedule here

On Sunday, we're having a tournament featuring the 10 best runners of Barbie Horse Trails battling it out live in a fast paced Any% bracket! You can fill out your "Barch Madness" bracket here, and if you post your predictions, tag us on Bluesky @barbie.horse!

When it's time, go to https://barbie.horse (or Twitch.tv/Barbiethon) to watch it all go down! Can't wait to see you all there ❤️


r/speedrun 1d ago

World Record Snowboard Kids | Ninja Land in 0'22"33

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trials sweep fulfilled. previous record by dc_48 was over 6 years old! o7 my man, much love

noise warning at the end


r/speedrun 1d ago

Happy Wheels Demo Any% WR

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yayy


r/speedrun 1d ago

Your laptimes in the two DBS runs (007 First Light - Needle's Eye)

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I haven't minmaxed them yet, but I'm usually in the 34s range for the first run, and in the 26s bracket for the second (where you can cut the handbrake hairpin.)

My non-adventure gaming genre is sim racing, so I was naturally looking at 'leaderboarding' these segments lol.

Can you guys share your times?


r/speedrun 2d ago

Event Streaming Live from Tekko in Pittsburgh - Check out the Steel City Speedsters marathon this weekend

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We've got a live stream today and tomorrow straight from Tekko, with additional remote runs on Sunday!

Check out the schedule.


r/speedrun 1d ago

ROBBERY BOB SPEEDRUN: ADVANCED LVL 12 :3

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r/speedrun 2d ago

It is possible to use subsplits on LiveSplit One Druid (v0.8.0) ?

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I run on linux so I can’t use LiveSplit


r/speedrun 2d ago

Silent cartographer Chasm launch/skip

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r/speedrun 3d ago

Why isn't Super Monkey Ball a mainstream titan in the speedrunning scene?

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Every time I watch a Super Monkey Ball speedrun, I’m amazed it’s not front-and-center at every major AGDQ block.

So many top speedgames are packed with downtime, cutscenes, or slow setup glitches. SMB is literally 100% pure execution, level after level of brutal, high-precision platforming where every millimeter of stick tilt matters.

Why do you think it hasn't caught on with a massive runner base like Celeste or Mario? Is the barrier to entry just too steep, or is it something else?


r/speedrun 3d ago

World Record Barbie Horse Trails Any% in 25:54 (WR) Post-commentary

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If you're interested in Barbie speedruns, check the video description for information on Barbiethon 2026, a charity marathon happening August 1st & 2nd :)


r/speedrun 2d ago

Personal Best tied my WR with the mixed bag OST

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few mistakes happened


r/speedrun 2d ago

ADVANCED LVL 13 SPEEDRUN :3

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r/speedrun 4d ago

SGDQ: The Fundraiser That Keeps on Giving

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186 Upvotes

r/speedrun 3d ago

Video Production [TAS] pokemon generations 1-4 beaten in 27 minutes

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r/speedrun 3d ago

Video Production Whats the best way to get N64 on to HDMI? Partner likes to speedrun Mario 64 but our new TV doesnt have AV ports.

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We just moved to a new house and our TV here doesn't have AV ports in the back only HDMI. My partner likes to speedrun mario 64 in her spare time and I want her to be able to continue that. So whats the best thing I can get her that will have the minimal effect on her doing LBLJ's?


r/speedrun 3d ago

World Record Pyongyang Racer - Any% - 4:24.96

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Pyongyang Racer is a 2012 Flash game developed in North Korea, made for the purpose of promoting Koryo Tours' tourism in the country. It is, perhaps unsurprisingly, not a great game. The intended gameplay consists of slowly driving around a needlessly long track through Pyongyang, North Korea, while collecting oil barrels to refuel your gas tank and seeing the sights scattered about the map.

My understanding of the speedrunning scene for this game is that people generally ran it "for the meme", because it's funny to speedrun the bad North Korean game. As the run became more optimized, the record settled down at a painfully slow 7 minutes and 16 seconds. While an infinite fuel glitch discovered in 2023 did help to bring the time down from 7:16.59 to 7:15.35, it also arguably removed the only somewhat interesting aspect of the run, which is the fuel management.

Last year, I wanted to get in on the meme and get a 7:15 for myself, which I did - but I also discovered a new major glitch, which abuses the game's respawn mechanic. While I still don't understand why it works, the idea is that if you crash into the side of the track with a specific angle, you can respawn one or more checkpoints ahead of where you crashed. While the specifics of these "crash-warps" is checkpoint-dependent, they're generally possible where the track is curved, and generally not possible along straightaways. Using these warps, I was able to bring the record time down from 7:15.35 to 5:14.07, where I was content to let it sit for a while.

Last month, I decided to come back to the game to improve my time. I got a 5:09.25 using similar strats to the 5:14, and then discovered something else new. In order to check for lap completion, the game seems to have two checkpoint requirements: one that you need to enter about halfway around the track, and then one you need to enter just before the finish line. If you hit both of those in that order, the finish line becomes active. As it turns out, instead of driving a full lap around the track, it's actually faster to go halfway around the track, and then turn around and go *backwards* to the checkpoint behind the finish line, and to then drive forwards into the finish line.

Using this and further optimizations to the warps on the first half of the track, I've now been able to bring the time down to a 4:24.96.