List of Super Mario speedrunning records

The platform games of the Super Mario series of video games are very common speedrunning candidates. This is a list of speedrunning records of Super Mario video games. As Mario games released since 2000, such as Super Mario Sunshine and New Super Mario Bros., are less popular in the speedrunning community than older games in the series, only games released before 2000 are listed.

Super Mario Bros.

By use of various glitches and shortcuts, Super Mario Bros. (1985) can be beaten in around five minutes. The records below are achieved without tool-assistance, meaning the movement of Mario is entirely carried out via a gamepad.

Date Name Time Sources
13 April 2016 Darbian 4:57.260 [1][2]
14 January 2016 Darbian 4:57:427 [3]
19 October 2015 Darbian 4:57.627 [4][5][6]
25 June 2014 Blubber 4:57.693 [6][7][8]
25 March 2014 Andrewg 4:59.09 [8][9]

Darbian noted that his 2015 record still wasn't perfect, as he could still save some time in level 4-2, though he stated that besides this, "there is no other time save that a human has ever done (even in practice) prior to 8-4." Darbian also made a few small mistakes in 8-4, the final level of the game.[6] He went on to beat his record first by 0.2 seconds and then by another 0.167 seconds in 2016. After that, he announced that he would not try to improve his time further, as he had "reached my potential in this category." The current world record may be the fastest time humanly possible, though a slightly faster time has been achieved using tool assistance.[1]

Super Mario Bros. was beaten with the lowest possible score for the first time on February 20, 2014. Player NotEntirelySure had to play through the game without defeating any enemies or collecting any items, as to not go over the minimal score of 500 when beating the game.[10][11]

Super Mario Bros. 2

The current speedrun record of Super Mario Bros. 2 is in hands of ILuvMario, who beat the game in 8 minutes and 30 seconds on September 25, 2015.[12]

Super Mario Bros. 3

On April 30, 2014, Lord Tom and Tompa beat Super Mario Bros. 3 in under three minutes by using a particularly advantageous memory corruption glitch. After completing this run, Lord Tom petitioned to make runs using this glitch a separate category of speedruns, so that previous records will remain important.[13] The current record of Super Mario Bros. 3 without using any warps whatsoever is held by MitchFlowerPower, who beat the game in 51 minutes and 28 seconds at Awesome Games Done Quick 2015.[14][15]

Super Mario World

The current any%[Note 1] record of Super Mario World (1991) is in hands of speedrunner linkdeadx2, who beat the game in 9 minutes and 51 seconds in September 2014. Runners-up are xpaco5 and dram55, with a time of 09:51.12 and 09:51.69 respectively.[16] The current 100%[Note 2] speedrun record of Super Mario World, for which the player has to reach all of the game's 96 level exists, is in hands of speedrunner GreenDeathFlavor, who completed the game in 1 hour, 23 minutes and 28 seconds in July 2015.[17] In June 2015, speedrunner PangaeaPanga beat Super Mario World in 23 minutes and 14 seconds while blindfolded.[18][19]

It is possible to make the credits of Super Mario World roll by injecting arbitrary code into the game's memory in the first level of the game. Speedrunner SethBling accomplished this in January 2015 in 5 minutes and 59 seconds.[20][21] A tool-assisted speedrun of Super Mario World was displayed at Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, where using the same tactic, the game was beaten in 2 minutes and 25 seconds.[22][23]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

The 1995 sequel to Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, is a particularly popular game at Awesome Games Done Quick.[24] Its current 100% speedrunning record is held by Trihex, with a 2 hours and 32 minute run.[25][26][27][28]

Super Mario 64

To progress in Super Mario 64 (1996), the player has to collect stars from the game's various levels. Once a player has collected enough stars, they can continue to the next part of the game. However, by using glitches, it is possible to sequence break and beat the game without collecting enough stars. Furthermore, the game includes more stars than needed to beat the game, allowing for 100% runs with a clear objective.

In early 2015, a world record of collecting all 120 stars in Super Mario 64 was "accidentally" set on 1 hour, 42 minutes and 15 seconds. Speedrunner Nero, set this record during a casual competition with former record-holder Puncayshun. As it was a relaxed match, Nero paused his game twice during his run, therefore extending his total time.[29][30] The record was later improved again to 1 hour, 40 minutes and 51 seconds by Cheese05,[31] followed by Puncayshun who improved it down to 1 hour 40 minutes and 44 seconds. The most notable thing that has changed in this run compared to Nero's and Cheese05's run is that Puncayshun collected the first star in the first Bowser fight, which changed the route of the run.[32] Puncayshun still holds the record of regularly beating Super Mario 64 without using any major glitches, set on 48 minutes and 35 seconds.[33]

The current world record of beating Super Mario 64 using glitches to skip large portions of the game - without collecting any stars in the process - sits on 6 minutes and 44 seconds. This record was set by akira06072525 in August 2015. The run was a three-second improvement over the former record set by Xiah.[34][35]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Any%" refers to beating a game without having to play through any optional content.
  2. ↑ "100%" refers to completing all optional content of a game.

References

  1. 1 2 Hernandez, Patricia (2016-04-16). "Super Mario Bros. World Record Beaten With Near-Perfect Run". Kotaku.
  2. ↑ Siegal, Jacob (2016-04-14). "The latest Super Mario Bros. world record run shouldn’t have been possible". Boy Genius Report.
  3. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2016-01-16). "Why It's Taking Years To Shave Seconds Off The World Record For Super Mario Bros.". Kotaku.
  4. ↑ Vogel, Mitch (2015-10-20). "Video: Speedrunner Sets New World Record for Super Mario Bros.". Nintendo Life.
  5. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2015-10-19). "A New World Record For Beating Super Mario Bros. As Fast As Possible". Kotaku.
  6. 1 2 3 Matulef, Jeffrey (2015-10-19). "New Super Mario Bros. speedrun world record has been set". Eurogamer.
  7. ↑ Cook, Dave (2014-06-27). "Watch this new Super Mario Bros. speed run record and be amazed". VG24/7.
  8. 1 2 Murphy, David (2014-06-27). "Gamer Sets New Super Mario Bros. World Record Speedrun". PC Gamer.
  9. ↑ Norton, Jessica (2014-06-01). "Gamer Sets New Super Mario Bros Speedrun Record". Paste Magazine.
  10. ↑ Person, Chris (2014-02-20). "Guy Beats Super Mario Bros. With The Lowest Score Possible". Kotaku.
  11. ↑ Seitz, Dan (2014-02-20). "Watch The Lowest Scoring ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Speedrun Ever". Uproxx.
  12. ↑ "Any% in 8m 30s". Speedrun.com. 2015-09-25.
  13. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2014-04-30). "Super Mario Bros. 3, Beaten In Under Three Minutes". Kotaku.
  14. ↑ Mejia, Ozzie (2015-01-12). "Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 - The week's best speed runs". Shacknews.
  15. ↑ "Any% Warpless in 51m 28s". Speedrun.com. 2015-05-21.
  16. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2014-09-24). "Super Mario World, Beaten In Record Time". Kotaku Australia.
  17. ↑ "96 Exit in 1h 23m 28s". Speedrun.com. 2015-07-29.
  18. ↑ Koch, Cameron (2015-06-23). "Speedrunner Finishing 'Super Mario World' In 23 Minutes While Blindfolded Is Completely Insane". Tech Times.
  19. ↑ Beres, Damon (2015-06-24). "Amazing Human Beats 'Super Mario World' In Just 23 Minutes... Blindfolded". The Huffington Post.
  20. ↑ Rundle, Michael (2015-01-22). "'Super Mario World' Speedrun Record Smashed Using Bizarre Glitch". The Huffington Post.
  21. ↑ Murphy, David (2015-01-22). "Speedrunner 'Beats' Super Mario World in Under 5 Minutes". PC Magazine.
  22. ↑ Anthony, Sebastian (2014-01-14). "Super Mario World speedrun hack takes up up down down left right left right B A to the next level". ExtremeTech.
  23. ↑ Orland, Kyle (2014-01-14). "How an emulator-fueled robot reprogrammed Super Mario World on the fly". Ars Technica.
  24. ↑ Whelan, David (2015-01-14). "Why Speed-Running Is the Greatest Thing About Gaming". Vice.
  25. ↑ "100% in 2h 31m 36s". Speedrun.com. 2015-09-20.
  26. ↑ Boer, Alex (2015-05-27). "Speedrunning for the People – Trihex’s Marathon". Nintendo Enthusiast.
  27. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2015-07-27). "SGDQ's first run shows off the skill, community that makes it all possible". Polygon.
  28. ↑ Haley, Sebastian (2013-02-05). "Can live speedruns compete with e-sports? (interview)". VentureBeat.
  29. ↑ Humphries, Matthew (2015-02-27). "Super Mario 64 speedrun world record accidentally broken". Geek.
  30. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2015-02-27). "Race Leads To New World Record For Collecting 120 Super Mario 64 Stars". Kotaku.
  31. ↑ "120 Star in 1h 40m 51s". Speedrun.com. 2015-09-01.
  32. ↑ "120 Star in 1h 40m 44s". Speedrun.com. 2015-12-19.
  33. ↑ "70 Star in 48m 35s". Speedrun.com. 2015-04-23.
  34. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2015-03-05). "A New World Record For Beating Super Mario 64 With No Stars". Kotaku Australia.
  35. ↑ "0 Star in 6m 44s". Speedruns.com. 2015-08-07.

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