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Super Mario Bros. Blindfolded Speedrun Record Broken

The world record for a blindfolded Super Mario speedrun hasn't just been broken, it has been absolutely smashed.

Speedrunning is a big part of the video game world, especially when it comes to certain games. One of the most popular games to speedrun is the original Super Mario Bros. So many speedrunners have set and broken various records on the game that some in the speedrunning business believe they are fast approaching a point where its record will no longer be able to be broken.

The same cannot be said for the blindfolded speedrun record on the same game. Yes, there are some people that know Super Mario Bros. so well that not only can they complete the game blindfolded, they can do it pretty darn quickly too. Well, actually just two people. There are only two recorded blindfolded speedruns of Super Mario Bros.

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In fact, up until today, there was only one. The benchmark was set at 14:31 more than five years ago. It's unclear whether hordes of dedicated Mario fans have been desperately trying to break it since then, but at least one clearly has. Crescendo has now become the second person to register a blindfolded Super Mario Bros. speedrun, smashing the old record in the process.

Crescendo finished the game blindfolded in just 11:55, beating the old record by well over two minutes. You can watch the whole thing above and it may well be one of the more fascinating speedruns you ever see. It's certainly very different. Rather than timing every last move to perfection, it's all about listening to noise cues for Crescendo to make sure they're in the right place at the right time.

Crescendo isn't the only speedrunner to have made news in the Mario world this month. Another speedrunner managed to beat Super Mario 64 in just seven minutes and ten seconds, beating Bowser and collecting just one star along the way. We think that person deserves the $1.56 million sealed copy of Super Mario 64 as a trophy, but somehow we can't see that happening.

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