Speedrunners Set New Records by Exploiting Glitches and Fast Thinking
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Speedrunning involves recording and optimizing playthroughs of video games. Approaches vary from playing normally to using major glitches.
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Superhot VR speedrun uses mostly throwing instead of shooting, beating the game in under 7 minutes.
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Portal speedrun utilizes out of bounds exploits to complete the game in under 6 minutes vs 3 hours normally.
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Super Mario 64 has highly competitive speedrunning community, with new time-saving techniques still being found.
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Minesweeper speedrun relies on fast pattern recognition to identify a quick win board.