Act of playing a video game as quickly as possible
"Speedrun" redirects here. For other uses, see Speedrun (disambiguation).
Speedrunning is the act of playing a video game, or section of a video game, with the goal of completing it as fast as possible. Speedrunning often involves following planned routes, which may incorporate sequence breaking and can exploit glitches that allow sections to be skipped or completed more quickly than intended. Tool-assisted speedrunning (TAS) is a subcategory of speedrunning that uses emulation software or additional tools to create a precisely controlled sequence of inputs.
Many online communities develop around speedrunning specific games; community leaderboard rankings for individual games form the primary competitive metric for speedrunning. Racing between two or more speedrunners is also a popular form of competition. Videos and livestreams of speedruns are shared via the internet on media sites such as YouTube and Twitch. Speedruns are sometimes showcased at marathon events, which are gaming conventions that feature multiple people performing speedruns in a variety of games.
Speedrunning is the act of playing a video game, or section of a video game, with the goal of completing it as fast as possible. Speedrunning often involves...
and YouTuber known for his video documentaries about the history of speedrunning records. As of April 2024, his channel has over 1.85 million subscribers...
exposing cheating and fraud in the gaming community. He also covers other speedrunning and challenge-related feats, such as world record histories. As of February...
to set up what Speedrunning is at the start, giving viewers a working foundation of knowledge before diving deep enough into Speedrunning to explain how...
TriHard, one of Twitch's most popular emotes. Mychal Jefferson began speedrunning Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island in 2004, after being introduced to...
hand injury, which was exacerbated by speedrunning sessions. Her stream format shifted its focus from speedrunning to less repetitive, social games like...
an excessive downhill gradient). The term is also used in video game speedrunning for the fastest achieved time in the game and category. Malaysia is one...
Retrieved 17 August 2021. Blake, Vikki (25 July 2021). "People are now speedrunning that Google Doodle game". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 4...
game to be more about speedrunning. Esposito said that speedrun videos influenced these ideas, as "super-high level [speedrunning] becomes a little bit...
Quick events and TwitchCon, and has hosted his own in-person and virtual speedrunning events. David Hunt, known online as GrandPooBear, grew up in Michigan...
Wikiwars, Wikipedia Ball, Litner Ball, Wikipedia Racing, and Wikipedia Speedrunning. External websites have been created to facilitate the game. The Seattle...
people play video games, such as in esports, Let's Play-style gaming, or speedrunning. Live coverage of sporting events is a common application. Chat rooms...
which may be exploited by the player; this is often the foundation of speedrunning a video game. These bugs, along with cheat codes, Easter eggs, and other...
attracted a cult following, spawning many fangames and mods, a large speedrunning presence, and enduring rumors surrounding game features. Super Mario...
started playing Super Mario Bros. around six years of age. Niftski began speedrunning in 2019. He set his first world record in the any% category for Super...
which All Tomorrows has been shared through is a wiki site dedicated to speedrunning. The first licensed physical edition of All Tomorrows was published by...
this day, Mario Kart 64 has a long and rich speedrunning history, often being the subject of speedrunning documentarian Summoning Salt through both methods...