One of the most special events that has taken place in recent days has been the Awesome Games Done Quick marathon, in which speedrunners from all over the world participate to demonstrate how they are able to beat all kinds of video games in record time. Furthermore, all this is done to raise funds for a charityas is in this case for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
This annual event has always been a spectacle that I have loved to see because of how players are able to beat certain titles with tricks or tricks. showing off his enormous skill at the controls. In fact, he was largely responsible for the fact that since its first edition, in 2010, I wanted to dedicate myself to speedruns and have spent many years practicing them, although that is now a thing of the past.
However, after this fantastic event, I don't deny that the bug has bitten me again. What's more, through the chat of the broadcast I read comments from many people who also wanted to be encouraged to practice them, because if there is one thing that is indisputable, it is that this type of marathons are an excellent way to make more people decide to try their luck in the world of speedruns.
Even so, regardless of whether everyone wants to try it on their own, it is also worth sitting in front of the screen and simply enjoying some of the most amazing speedruns that the greatest experts are able to provide us. At AGDQ 2025 there were a good handful of them, but all of these that you have below there is no doubt that you should not miss them at all.
Two players and a single controller in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The list starts with a highlight, because The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the games with the most speedruns since the Nintendo Switch masterpiece was published in 2017, but none as surprising as this one. More than anything because here they have come together two speedrunners, but using a single controllerso that the rapport between the two is enormous to carry out countless tricks while each one is busy pressing their respective buttons. And on top of that, on many occasions they don't even need to say what they are going to do.
At maximum speed to complete F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX It is one of the most essential titles in the GameCube catalog and one of the last in the saga. To win in each of its circuits you must have steel reflexes, which is precisely what this speedrunner boasts of, because he goes all out on each track. at the highest possible speed. This also implies that you cannot skip any accelerator on these futuristic roads and it practically does not stop using its own turbo.
Play and play a piano at the same time in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Some people's talent seems simply supernatural. One of those cases is that of Wes, this New Super Mario Bros. Wii speedrunner who uses his head and feet to move Mario through each of the phases. And what about the hands? Well, reserve them for play all the melodies in the game with a pianoso he is capable of performing both tasks perfectly, and he has confessed that this is not the main instrument he is dedicated to playing.
Without jumping even once in Super Mario 64
In this case we do not have someone at the controls, because it is a TAS, that is, a speedrun created with tools that takes the gameplay to extreme perfection. That does not mean that it is something worth seeing, because here we have a demonstration of how it is possible to beat Super Mario 64 without pressing the “A” button at any timewhich means that the jump can never be used.
The funniest speedrun in Who Shot Johnny Rock?
Maybe the speedrun of Who Shot Johnny Rock? It is not the one that leaves you with your mouth open of all those on the list, but it is one with which you will leave laughing because of the comments of the speedrunner and his companions. It is an action game in which each and every one of its scenes has been filmed with real actors and in which you have to have reflexes to shoot the enemies that appear on the screen, but the deaths of some will make you cry with laughter.
Through all the dungeons in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
We return to one of Nintendo's star sagas, but deservedly so, because in this other speedrun we have an exhibition of how complete each and every dungeon of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in less than three hours. From the first seconds he already shows off a multitude of tricks for this and, as a curious note, it is worth highlighting that he plays in the Spanish version for reduce the time a little more.
A record time for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Not even a year has passed since Final Fantasy VII Rebirth went on sale and there are already speedrunners completing a game of dozens and dozens of hours in which a normal person would not have time to see almost anything it has to offer. the exceptional RPG from Square Enix. Furthermore, it might be good for you to take a look at it in case you want to discover how to move faster in a certain area.
An exhibition to applaud non-stop in Tetris: The Grand Master
Four speedrunners face each other in Tetris: The Grand Master to leave us crazy for what they are capable of doing at the controls in this exhibition in which they all face each other to check who is the best in various game modes. All this while the pieces fall at such a high speed that a normal person would fill the screen in a flash, but this quartet seems to come from another world because of how they play.
Defeating final bosses with a saxophone in Elden Ring
Facing the final bosses of Elden Ring is already a great challenge because of how difficult it is to defeat the vast majority of them. However, for this speedrunner it must be a piece of cake, because to make it even more difficult he has decided use a saxophone as a control knobalthough he is also capable of annihilating some of the most powerful bosses without any effort.
A rock band live at Crazy Taxi
In video games with a soundtrack where you can get cracked all over for copyright, what can you do? Well, having the ingenious idea of this speedrunner that was brought to the rock band Limiter Cut so that they could play the different Crazy Taxi songs while he dedicated himself to passing the title without stopping burning the asphalt.
The craziest and most random speedrun in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Another speedrun that could not be missed is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, because in this case the speedrunner behind the tremendous feat does not play the normal version. Instead use a modified one in which randomness is the protagonistso that objects, keys and other tools are not in their usual places. In turn, Link becomes Dampe and the Master Sword is his shovel to make it even crazier.
The most exciting race of the event in Super Metroid
We have a similar case to the previous one in this latest Super Metroid speedrun, but here the situation is even more complicated, because not only have Samus' missiles, bombs and improvements changed their location, but so have the rooms. . As a result we have a map that has nothing to do with the original Super Nintendo gamebecause once you change rooms you don't know which one you are going to leave for. Even so, the best thing is that this is a race in which four speedrunners face each other and the final stretch is the most exciting thing you will see in a long time.
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