“We Are Now 0.3 Seconds Off Of Absolute Perfection” Says Super Mario Speedrunner As He Sets New World Record – Time Extension
GuestLogin | Sign UpTime ExtensionGuestUserNiftski’s heart rate rose to 188 BPMSuper Mario Bros. speedrunner Niftski has set a new world record for the NES game, clocking in 4:54.565 in the ‘any %’ category.The 8-bit classic has been so comprehensively mined by speedrunners in recent years that gains are now made in individual frames rather than seconds.”Although the 8-4 could have been a few frames faster with my strats, I am still extremely happy with this time,” says the speedrunner, who has made it his personal mission to push the game to its limit. “This run is now 18 frames / 0.3 seconds off of absolute perfection! I will push this to 4:54.4xx and lower in the near future, but for now, I am very satisfied with this run!”Niftski tracked his heart rate during the attempt, and it spiked to 188 BPM at the conclusion of his record-breaking run.”For those concerned about my heart rate being high, my normal resting heart rate is ~70 BPM average,” he explains. “When I am doing runs and constantly getting some of them far, drinking caffeine, and streaming, it can occasionally linger over 100 BPM. Compared to my normal resting heart rate, this is a whole different thing, and doing speedruns isn’t a resting heart rate when nerves can skyrocket at any given time due to the pace. Hopefully this clears up any confusion, I am completely healthy and do not have any heart condition!”The speedrunner also explains that he uses emulation for his attempts, along with a keyboard – but stresses that emulation is “100% accurate”.As for his choice of interface, he says:Keyboard offers no advantage, and it is actually debatably worse for speedrunning this game. I use keyboard over controller for personal preference reasons, I have been playing games on keyboard since a little kid, and I have a very good feel for it compared to controller. For speedrun.com, emulator has been allowed since the beginning of time, and no rules were ever changed just to allow emulator. Another misconception is that some people think I am able to input L+R using a keyboard. It is possible to do so, but since it isn’t possible with a standard NES controller without it being broken or modified, inputting this is banned. I have to have an option in my emulator settings that makes L+R input nothing, so no invalid input was done during this run.”An unbelievable achievement”Niftski just set a ‘glitchless’ world record of 5:02:685″This goes right into the SM64 history books”[source youtube.com] PrevNext About Damien McFerranDamien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media’s sites from an editorial perspective. He’s also the editor of Time Extension, the network’s newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming’s past glories. Comments 8I have deep admiration for speed runners. Choosing to play the same game over and over and over until you master it and then keep doing it to make your performance even better isn’t for me. I’m not bad, but I’m not nearly as good as it takes to do it. Hats off!I’ve tried speedrunning Mario games many times and I can tell you it isn’t easy. Off topic…sort of but when I was in Hospital for high blood pressure caused by COVID my heart rate peaked at 210 BPM and they had to give me strong medication to get it back to normal, it was horrible so I can just imagine how this guy was feeling going after a world record.Insanely impressive achievement. It’s a fascinating speedrun if you look into how it works. Things are optimized down to the framerule and subpixel!HR to avoid cardiac arrest 220- your age .Thank me later.😃I cannot believe he used a keyboard. I can’t even play Mario regularly, or any other platformer for that matter, with anything other than a controller. I’ve really tried and it just doesn’t click and doesn’t feel right. That alone of impressive to me.That is, until new tech is discovered to shave off the theoretical perfect run even more.The fact that he is using a keyboard and emulator makes this not a record.It is only a record if played the original way as intendedIncredible run. 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