
Today, I will share my perspective of the story: my thoughts on the original video (which is still up today), the reaction videos (including the epic parody that former SMB WR holder Kosmic released on April Fools’ Day in 2020), and hopefully we can all laugh together here, in volume 1 of the Speedrun Hall of Fame’s new article series: Speedrun Follies. Many people, even outside of the speedrunning community, have already discussed this video to death, but I remember seeing this unfold in front of my eyes back in 2020, when the video was finally discovered by the Super Mario Bros. (You will need to register / login for access)Ĭomments below may relate to previous holders of this record.I am far from the first person to ever discuss “speedrun cheating” or “cheaters caught splicing” or even the subject of my story today. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. Records change on a daily basis and are not immediately published online. record (in which the game is played by a piece of software that delivers a pre-programmed set of "perfect" inputs) is 4:54:265, which means Niftski is just 0.533 seconds away from the best run possible. The tool-assisted (TAS) Super Mario Bros.

speedrunning closer to a time that cannot be improved upon. Niftski's blistering effort inches Super Mario Bros.

In the playthrough, Niftski uses warp zones to skip ahead to later worlds, and has Mario land at the bottom of the flag at the end of each stage to ensure the world famous Italian plumber doesn't waste time sliding down the pole.

Niftski broke his own previous world record of 4 minutes 54.881 seconds by a mere 83 milliseconds, using a keyboard to play an emulated version of the classic NES side-scroller. was achieved by American speedrunner "Niftski" in 4 minutes 54.798 seconds on 7 August 2022. The fastest completion of Super Mario Bros.
