The “Super Mario 64” community is in disbelief after a new record was set.
Bubzia, a “Super Mario 64” speedrunner, did the game’s 16-star challenge in under 20 minutes — while being blindfolded and unable to see the screen.
It took Bubzia 118 days to complete the Nintendo game in under 20 minutes, after previously setting the world record at 22 minutes and 23 seconds.
With a blindfold on his face, Bubzia speedran the game in 19 minutes and 43 seconds in his YouTube video published October 2.
“After 10 Months of restless grinding, 118 days / streams of practice, runs, and more, the most ambitious goal in blindfolded SM64 has finally been broken,” Bubzia wrote in the description of his video.
He continued, “I am so incredibly happy that I pushed through all the hardships that this challenge has thrown into my face. It has been a really fun blast, there have been so many new viewers to blindfolded speedruns in general, and many sticked to me grinding this challenge daily for the last year.”
“I honestly don’t have much to say about the run,” Bubzia went on, “it can still be improved and maybe I will return one day. But as cliché as it might sound, the much more important part than me breaking this milestone and the world record is the absolutely amazing and kind community that I have. Thank you all so incredibly much!”
Bubzia then promised to break the 70-star record next.
Other members of the “Super Mario 64” community commented on Bubzia’s video to congratulate him on the major accomplishment.
“This will be going down as one of the most important moments in Mario 64 speedrunning, if not speedrunning as a whole,” one person wrote.
“Wow, congrats Bubzia! Your dedication and determination is truly awe inspiring. 118 days man, you deserve all the respect,” another comment read.
Someone else said, “The most optimised blindfolded run ever by far! So many improvements and piecing together strats and ideas: you made the impossible possible!!”
“Unreal my friend! You’ve ascended into immortality!” a different player commented.
“Unbelievable feat! I was watching the start of this run live but had to go. Legend!” added a fifth person.
Bubzia previously gave the “Super Mario 64” community an update on his blindfolded speedracing journey 100 days after he started in January.
“You get maybe one run per day – out of a 3-hour stream – where you get past the first stage. It was insanely frustrating to run this. I cannot overstate how mentally taxing this was,” he said in a video from September.
“Super Mario 64” was released in 1996, becoming the first “Super Mario” game to feature 3D gameplay.
It is the best-selling Nintendo 64 game of all time.
