“The most clutch gamer alive.” It was supposed to be a joke but somehow this happened- the first 4:55 in Super Mario Bros. and probably the last second-barrier that will ever be broken in this game. The 9 in the top corner of the timer was to keep track of how many attempts I’d done once I started going for the pipe clip in 1-2, so this was my 9th run since I started attempting that trick and my first run that got it successfully.
I can’t believe this happened, but I’m very proud of this accomplishment 🙂
New world record as of 9/24/2018
This run was played on a real NES with an original NES controller. If anything looks unusual to you in this speedrun, here are some resources that can answer questions you may have:
Here is a list of specific frequently asked questions with answers and resources:
Q: How did you skip the flag coming down in 1-1, 4-1, and 8-3?
A: A very precise jump at the bottom of the flagpole makes the flag not come down. Someone by the name of Sockfolder figured out a somewhat consistent way for humans to do this.
Q: Why did you not die when you touched the piranha plants?
A: This is an old game and a lot of the enemy hitboxes aren’t in line with the enemy sprites. Look at this picture to see what i mean http://i.imgur.com/DpY0WaS.png
Q: How did you get inside the wall in 4-2? Why did the pipe take you to the warp zone? Aren’t you supposed to climb the vine?
A: Very precise inputs make it possible to get inside the wall. This lets us change how close mario is to the right edge of the screen and tricks the game into sending you to the wrong place. I do a similar thing in the 3rd room of 8-4.
Q: What did you do at the flagpole in 8-2?
A: This is similar to the glitch I did in the other levels to skip the flagpole, but even better. Look at this picture for details: http://i.imgur.com/DpY0WaS.png
Q: How did you jump off the pipe in 8-4?
A: By jumping at a very precise spot on the pipe Mario will actually stand inside of the pipe for 1/60th of a second, and if you press the jump button during this period of time you will jump. More info on this image: http://i.imgur.com/DpY0WaS.png
Q: How did you not die to bowser’s hammers?
A: Sometimes you simply jump through a gap in the hammers, and sometimes you actually go right through a hammer. This is because the game can’t always handle having all those hammers on screen at once, so some of them don’t have hitboxes.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask in the comments or send me a private message.
Gosh what a cocky speedrunner.
Seriously though, such an amazing feat. We all knew it was possible, but I don’t think anybody thought it would happen 9 runs after tying somewes’s world record.
If you told me in 2012 a time like this would be achieved, I’d have banned you from my life.
Huge grats
Congrats man.
Is this even beatable? I feel like it’s approaching TAS Levels at this point LOL
Good shit
You’re insane
-m2k
Peach: Help Mario, I’ve been captured!
Mario: K, be there in 5.
Dont scream, dont scream, dont break any cameras.
I wish there was an upload with chat. I wanna see the freak out.
This is absolutely incredible!
You played my whole childhood in just 4:55.96 minutes.
*Respect*
where is summoningsalt?? haha
yeah thats pretty good but i got a 4:35.56 back in my day
-Todd Rogers
congrats dude this was amazing to watch!
Bowsette: My parents aren’t home.
Mario: 4:55.96
Princess Peach: Mario Come over
Mario: Nah, im kinda busy
Princess Peach: My parents aren’t home
Mario: Say no more
Mom: You only play 5 minutes.
You: K.
*Browser:* pech is kidnap
*Maro:* be in 5 minut
– _Every Comment_
I mean, Kosmic has probably been at the top of the speedrunning scene for smb1 longer than anyone. Back during the years-long reign of andrewg, kosmic was one of his main competitors for the first 4:57. Once andrew faded out of smb1 for a while, kosmic was then racing darbian. Even after darb burnt out, kosmic was still there, this time against wes, and finally got his time to shine.
Mum: You’ve been playing for too long you’ve got five minutes left
Kosmic: Aight