Why 4:54 is the perfect speedrun - Super Mario Bros. World Record Speedrun Explained

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:48 - 1-1, Flagpole Glitch, Framerules
06:18 - 1-2, Pipe clip
09:40 - 4-1
10:13 - 4-2, Wrong warp
12:19 - 8-1, Fast acceleration
15:13 - 8-2, Bullet Bill Glitch
20:09 - 8-3
21:34 - 8-4
26:30 - Possible improvements
33:43 - Conclusion

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[Kosmicd]

As someone who sees just a little glimpse behind the scenes of Bismuth's creation process, the passion and stringent commitment to detail is incredible. He goes to great lengths to research the mechanics and create visuals, and the result is often beyond the level of understanding of even top level runners of the game. He dives into code and documentation and comes out with an explanation for something we had only speculated about in the past. These are my favorite videos on youtube.

[belcurve]

Speedrunners' dedication to their craft is mindblowing to me. At 14:35 "Niftski realized he only slowed down by 1 subpixel instead of 2 and fixed it frame-perfectly on the next pillar" Really? He could tell that he was one SIXTEENTH of a pixel off and adjusted for it in a few tenths of a second? That's actually insane. That level of mastery is crazy.

[thisisfyne]

First of all, let's address the obvious: Niftski is NOT eating pizza and drinking coke while achieving his world record.

[Legio__X]

How humans can figure this shit out is almost as impressive as the speed run. Im sure some people outside the speed run community may taking a glancing look at this is and think it’s dumb, but as someone who’s outside the speed run community let me say, this is probably the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen someone do in a video game. Insane achievement, I’m sure after thousands of hours of grinding. Congrats to the player.

[GeneralBolas]

Thank you for being the first YouTuber to ever explain *why* framerules exist. That global timer stuff was the first time I'd ever understood what the point of them was.

[ThePageofRage]

As of 9/7/2023, Niftski has now tied the TAS all the way up to 8-4!
He pulled off the 4-2 frame rule save and got the WR first try!

[michaelwestmoreland]

Dude. That ending, showing each previous world record at the same place in his game...that was EMOTIONAL as hell. Well done, well edited.

[MAYOFORCE]

This deserves praise if nothing else than the fact that this is a Super Mario Bros speedrunning breakdown video that doesn't mention a bus in it's 30+ minute runtime

[Mswordx]

The fake feud with SummoningSalt gives me life

[jjplum]

"To achieve this time, Nifski stood on the shoulders of the giants that came before him."

And the records shown after that line were enough for me to get really emotional. So many people have worked incredibly hard to achieve perfection and to see the previous world records that contributed to the community has almost literally led up to this point. It's the most inspirational thing I can ever hope to see and find.

[jacobreed]

In case anyone's curious, he did it again and now holds the world record with 4.54.631

[RandomXbox]

I swear the community understands this game even more than Nintendo does

[미니빅-mc]

31:18
Its impossible to understate just how incredibly precise and difficult-
Y E S! Y E S! OH MY GOD I D I D I T !

[GTAce]

Alternate Title: "The Closest Super Mario Bros. Will Ever Be to Perfect"

[joethebrospeedruns]

31:11 “while on paper it could be humanly possible, it’s doubtful anyone would be able to pull it off” and now, 2 years later, it’s been done in the world record run. only 8-4 remains

[NRGSpeedrunning]

The detail, wow. Your explanation makes things extremely easy to understand, thank you!

[Bismuth]

At 15:46, I'm honestly amazed that no one pointed out that I said the level ending sequence has three parts, and then I listed four. Well, I'm pointing it out then.

[chargingcreepers]

*Mario literally walking through a wall*

Bismuth: How did Mario not die when touching the piranha plant?

[kedrprao]

7:04 I still remember when I found that pipe clip thing. When I first went through that pipe, I felt top of the world. It was like....I found some hidden treasure. One sunday afternoon I called all of my friends and showed them. We spent hours doing that and for a brief period, I was the coolest dude in my circle Lol Good old days!

[tree_]

"There Will Be Consequences" loved that