World Record Progression: Mario Kart 64

Music credits:

[SummoningSalt]

Note- Famous MK64 player Matthias Rustemeyer actually got a 28:24 around the same time Abney got his 28:24, so for a period of time, they had a tied world record.

[pokepress]

One thing that might be useful (or at least visually interesting) would be to have a timeline at the end of the video that shows the record being lowered over the years.

[PuppetMasterIX]

You know you're a speedrunning god when you have the entire second half of a World Record Progression video to yourself.

[tim..indeed]

This could be renamed to "Adventures of Abney"

What a crazy runner.

[cyjank]

He was so calm when he lost first 25 close call
It is strange for speedrunners to be calm

[DroolingLizard]

The year is 2021, you're getting cozy ready to watch SummoningSalt talk about speedrunning for 45 minutes, with a big glass of chocolate milk and a pb&j sandwich by your side. There's no school tomorrow because you're a grown ass adult. Life is good.

[AceHawk]

This is my favorite new series on Youtube. Very well editorialized. Your balance of setting up all the relevant information and then letting the moments speak for themselves as apposed to talking over them, and after, explaining the significance is masterful and lends itself well to the genre. Look forward to continue to see these pop up in my sub box.

[SaltpeterTaffy]

All we need now is for someone to include the triple weathertemko in one of these runs.

[Sabith]

Please create a Patreon. This is content worth paying for. Not just some easy mode Lets Play content that so many channels do. These videos are top notch. Remind me of the GameTrailers retrospectives but for speedrunning.

[QualityContentX]

~It’s called a road, it’s called a Rainbow Road
It is a road that you go~

[Tizflint]

“Which is really difficult, but remember, this is abney we’re talking about”

[prtndr]

damn this series is good. the production and reaserch is incredible

[DarMander]

Dude you have television level production quality. Thank you for taking the time to do it right.

[JosephHk]

The latest record that was done by Abney is now a 24:19 run that’s impressive, but there’s a possibility for a 23 minute run with flawless RNG and execution.

Edit: now it’s a 23:52 world record with massive big improvements! I think this record will stay there for a while.

Edit (2021): 3 weeks ago, Abney achieved a 23:47 time. It’s getting closer to the possibility of getting a 22 minute run. However, it’ll require almost perfect execution and RNG. Time will tell when it’ll be a reality.

[coneyislandbaybee]

I hope this guy gets popular cuz these videos are gold

[iau]

Gotta love how "1337" is so not cool anymore that "dotman1337" is not "leet" but *"thirteen thirty seven"* now.

[DrBeef]

Back in my early college days, my cousin and I would play tournaments of this game at frats and rip people apart bc we knew all the short cuts...and you would not BELIEVE how angry people would get when you take advantage of all of them!! Mario Kart 64 was so broken lol. It never bothered me though. One of my favorite games of all-time

[BigBrotherMateyka]

I can't even fathom the amount of time, dedication, analysis, and absolute insanity somebody would have to undertake in order to even be competitive at one of these damn things, much less figure out entirely new and revolutionary methods to revamp speedthrough stratagems and still have the nerve to pull it off. Crazy.

[ruedafest]

Mario kart 64 is a magic game, most of these guys wasn`t even born when it came out and look at them, they are masters. It makes me so proud to watch them playing a game thatI loved 20 years ago! Mario Kart is the best of the series and for many gamers genereations to come!

[DetournementArc]

Does anyone host multiplayer races with these speedrunners? It'd be fascinating to see a whole group of runners try these skips in competition with one another