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https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/5/15558540/super-mario-64-speedrun-world-record-120-stars-cheese05

Super Mario 64's toughest speedrunning world record has been broken. Cheese05, a beloved member of the speedrunning community, managed to be the first in the world to collect all 120 stars in the game in under 100 minutes — a time that many previously thought was impossible.

Early this morning, May 5, Cheese played through the classic Nintendo 64 game live for a rapt Twitch audience. The world of Super Mario 64 speedrunning in particular is fiercely competitive, due to how much these playthroughs are based on memorization and extreme precision. This is especially true of the complete 120-star run, which may be the most difficult version of a Super Mario 64 speedrun to do. It requires that players collect every possible star in the game, and doing all of that in less than one hour, 40 minutes seemed unthinkable.

Congrats to cheese05! The record gets broken pretty often, but this is the first time it has gone under 1:40. I remember watching Siglemic's stream and him trying to get near 1:44, seems amazing that runners have found a way to cut another 4 minutes off since.

Update 1:

puncayshun has claimed the throne back by beating cheese's record by 8 seconds.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/149204492

puncayshun has consistently been chasing Cheese for the WR and finally got it by 8 seconds, making him the second speed runner to break 100 min.... until:

Update 2:

Well, Cheese05 just reclaimed the 120 star world record. He beat 120 star in 1:39:28, about 21 seconds faster then Puncayshun.

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Cheese reclaimed it only 24 hours later! Breaking his personal record by 29 seconds and puncayshun by 21 seconds!

 

[Sub_Level]

Speedrunning is an art. Respect.

 

[grandjedi6]

Speedrunning is a science.

 

[AR15mex]

Awesome... watching later

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Speedrunning is an art. Respect.

Speedrunning is a science.

lol

 

[Speevy]

I wonder what Shigeru Miyamoto thinks when he sees people speedrun this game.

The sequence of movements flows so freely that you have to wonder if this level of play was intended when they released the game in 1996.

 

[dmr87]

One of the games that got me interested in the scene. Mario 64 is so good to watch at a high level.

 

[Danis Saur]

Watch him and Puncayshun on Twitch, great runners and shows how amazing the movement in this game is.

Congratulations to Cheese05!

 

[Ithil]

What's the reasoning on the order of the stages? Like why do the first Bowser stage first, then Whomp's Fortress, etc.

 

[Anth0ny]

FINALLY SUB 1:40

 

[Altazor]

goddamn, finally! Respect.

 

[Cynosure]

that support from his grandma and lil sis
😢

 

[Anth0ny]

What's the reasoning on the order of the stages? Like why do the first Bowser stage first, then Whomp's Fortress, etc.

I think Bowser stage first because you have to do a difficult backwards long jump to get passed the door. If you fail the backwards long jump, you can just reset without losing any progress.

Skipping the door with backwards long jump saves 10 seconds I think.

 

[thestopsign]

What's the reasoning on the order of the stages? Like why do the first Bowser stage first, then Whomp's Fortress, etc.

Early on I think it has to do with amount of risk. They try to do the hardest worlds/worlds they could potentially mess up early on so they don't have to deal with them later in the runs. It saves time in the long run when you are training.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

This is awesome, congrats to him.

Getting me excited about sgdq.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Puncay is cry

 

[Milly Osworth]

Is Siglic or something going to let this happen?!

 

[jb1234]

Watching this is astonishing. The level of skill and memorization required is inconceivable to me.

 

[NewGame]

Why didn't he just crash to the debug menu and set his stars to 120? I've seen people do this in like 15 seconds. These speedrunners are such casuals

 

[blame space]

Fucking cool

 

[1upsuper]

Why didn't he just crash to the debug menu and set his stars to 120? I've seen people do this in like 15 seconds. These speedrunners are such casuals

Different categories. TAS/non-TAS, 0 stars, 1 star, 16 stars, 70, etc.

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

Is Siglic or something going to let this happen?!

Siglemic actually dropped the game years ago. New era, new speedrunners.

 

[Falchion]

That's insane, love how these speedrunners keep pushing each other.

 

[Takamura-San]

Is Siglic or something going to let this happen?!

He has let this happen for a good while now.

 

[_Nemo]

Holy shit.

 

[thestopsign]

I'm watching right now about half way through and it's crazy how many times he actually has small mess ups. There have been 10+ 3-5 second mistakes already and he still breaks the WR. Just goes to show how it is impossible to do perfect.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Holy shit, I was watching this and didn't even realize he was going for a new record. That's amazing.

 

[jb1234]

I'm watching right now about half way through and it's crazy how many times he actually has small mess ups. There have been 10+ 3-5 second mistakes already and he still breaks the WR. Just goes to show how it is impossible to do perfect.

Yup. There's still another minute that could be shaved off for future runners but man, it'll take absolute perfect luck and skill.

 

[BennyBlanco]

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/140233669

here's the link to the video

 

[G-Bus]

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/140233669

here's the link to the video

Thank you.

Think I'll watch this before bed.

 

[uocooper]

As someone who is currently playing Mario 64 for the first time since 1996, watching these speed runners is just unreal. I've been playing for about an hour or so a day for the past two weeks and just reached 70 stars. I can't imagine how much time these folks spend refining their skills. To say that I'm in awe doesn't even begin to describe how much respect I have for their abilities.

Nostalgia had certainly made me forget just how terrible the camera is in this game but even so, it's still one of the best games I've ever played in my life.

 

[FallingSputnik]

It's touching how emotional he got, especially when he went and told his family, they seemed so supportive, good for him.

 

[jediyoshi]

time for 1:38 Kappa

 

[Liliana Eileen]

Wow, congrats to him!

 

[tdwig]

Getting me excited for some SGDQ.

 

[Permanently A]

Yo his family is so cool its more impressive than his godlike run

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Aww, his mum and sis at the end!

 

[thestopsign]

Really touching ending to this. Just got to it this morning.

 

[Velcro Fly]

if you would have told me in 2013 watching someone like Siglemic run the game that a 1:39 was possible I would have laughed at you.

This is a true example of the old speedrunning adage that no record is unbeatable and no time is untouchable.

 

[thestopsign]

if you would have told me in 2013 watching someone like Siglemic run the game that a 1:39 was possible I would have laughed at you.

This is a true example of the old speedrunning adage that no record is unbeatable and no time is untouchable.

Supposedly the sum of his best individual levels is 1:37:40 too, so he has a lot of room to improve.

 

[MCN]

Pfft, pannenkoek2012 would do it without pressing "A".

 

[sixteen-bit]

Awesome performance, Cheese

 

[forknknife]

Felicidades!

 

[Gnilres]

Love how he tells his family at the end and they're all proud of him. Anyone know what they're saying?

 

[Zips]

I'm not into speedrunning, aside from occasionally seeing others do it and being impressed by the insane amount of dedication and practice it must take, so I was a bit surprised at how emotional he got when he did it. I guess it can make sense given that dedication bearing fruit.

Showing his family, and them being so supportive was sweet.

 

[Deft Beck]

I was watching this with friends early this morning. An astounding display of gaming prowess.

 

[BlueMagic]

Was there a specific breakthrough in the route/strats that brought it under 100? I haven't been following since Siglemic's last WR.

 

[Platy]

Saw the video and HOLY SHIT there are some "better than TAS videos I saw" level

 

[Marceles]

Puncayshun must be jealous as hell, he's been grinding for that record lately

 

[added_time]

I can't believe what I just watched. I love Mario 64 and thought I was pretty good at it but that is just..... wow