Speedrun

Related terms:	Glitch hunting, Tool-Assisted Run (TAS)
See also:	Video Games, Let's Play
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Speedrunning is a video-game activity involving trying to complete a video game in the smallest amount of time. The community is split between those who do this "glitchless," without using any "glitches" (sometimes considered "cheats") or known exploits, and those who use any knowledge they have to complete the game.

While the community can be intensely competitive, the main goal is to decrease the final game time. Players encourage each other to "beat my time" and tell each other new exploits that might be used to complete the game faster.

Fandom

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Notable Speedrun Organizations

• Games Done Quick -- charity speedrunning event

Notable Speedrunners

• Dream -- Minecraft speedrunner

Meta

• Evolution of Speedrunning, video by Karl Jobst, 2020
• 45sec SMW Credits Warp Explained, ^{Archived version}, video by SethBling, 2018
• discussion on tumblr by prokopetz et al, ^{Archived version}, April 2022

Communities and Resources

• Wikipedia:Speedrun
• Speed Demos Archive
• speedrun.com
• r/speedrun subreddit
• wikis for speedrunning specific games listed by r/speedrun, ^{Archived version}