Ismexion
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updated 2 years ago
Before I begin my ritualistic monologue, I must thank both Kris and Keima for giving the seed and the concept to make this WR possible, respectively. In 1.21, if you are riding an entity while entering a nether portal, you skip the portal animation of 4 seconds, meaning that, for the first time in history, you can enter the nether in under 4 seconds! The idea which floated around for a long time was to craft/enter a boat, but Kris both found and posted a video of this seed, where you enter a horse. While this comes at the cost of mob RNG, it makes for a much faster time! Now, what can I say for a 2 second run? This run took maybe thirty minutes, and a lot of that was simply experimenting to find out the ideal spawn location/horse punching strategy. I'm still not entirely sure how long the delay is between lighting the portal while riding an entity and actually entering the portal: in this run, you can see that the portal is lit at about 2.2ish IGT, but I don't enter until 2.85 (hopefully it's not hardware dependent!). I'm sure unsortiertes or someone with equally insane mechanics will get this time under 2 seconds, but I'm happy with this time (for now).
I should probably start with my hesitation: I don't know if this is world record. For context, three years ago, ToManyApples achieved a 2:05.650 in May of 2021, which has stood as the ESS (external set seed, wherein you are permitted to leave the game and use glitches) as world record since. This run was timed via LegacyIGT (the playOneMinute statistic), which, after taking out the initial waiting period, would result in 2:05.800. Nowadays, runs are timed via a mod called speedrunIGT. In the video, this timer was set to LegacyIGT for curiosity's sake, but at the end, I change it back to the modern speedrunIGT settings, showing a final time of 2:02.400, which would be world record by a few seconds. Well, which one do we believe? Another wrench is thrown into this as speedrunIGT fails to count the additional 0.05 (tick) second penalty that reloading into the world gives.
As a summary:
playOneMinute/LegacyIGT Time: 2:05.800
SpeedrunIGT: 2:02.400
SpeedrunIGT with S+Q Ticks Readded: 2:04.350 (39 S+Qs at 0.05 seconds each)
Now that's settled, onto the run itself. This run is very neat: though the seed has been played for well over 4 years, this route is incredibly new. Upon tinkering with the seed, I found a nearby portal spot that would take you to an altar chest with pearls in it, which would allow you to complete the dragon fight much quicker at the expense of losing a few seconds in the stronghold. Though this seed is best optimised on peaceful thanks to the work of SpeedNintendo, another benefit of this is that you don't need any food, since you don't need to run in the end to each tower. ToManyApples' route is much faster, though, as it uses one charge, a glitch which, with beds, does what you'd expect. This glitch, however, is incredibly hardware dependent, and so this run has remained untouched as WR for years to come, and I'm glad to have beaten(?) it without one charge! As for this run though... it's a subpar enter at best. The actual menuing is pretty fast, and I think in some respects such as the portal building it's not too bad, but the pearling is truly unfortunate (hitting a zombie) and it's just a little rough around the edges. For reference, I do have a 57.8 (legacyIGT) enter, which shows how much the enter can be improved. As for the end itself, I am quite satisfied. The charges were fairly clean, and I think most of my crystals did it justice. If I didn't accidentally fall onto the dragon egg, I think there would be no debate about the time of this run. Regardless, I think it's played mostly pretty well.
This is my first glitched world record (?) in over TWO years, and I'm very happy to be back in the glitched sphere. A lot of developments have happened, and I hope to gather a few more world records soon. To repeat my adage: I'm still not done. GG.
What a long description! Thanks for reading if you did.
*A few housekeeping items first. This is not an official category on the Minecraft: Java Edition leaderboards, but rather just the fastest SSG time accomplished for version 1.20, a record formerly held by Keima with a time of 4:18. Also, the boat relogging is a little bit contentious, hence the asterisk, but it should be fine, awaiting further mod approval.
Onto the run. This category is pretty neat, and the ice boating is fun. You would be surprised on how hard it is to control, though. Recent performance mods, and also the 1.20.5+ world loading boost, has made this category a lot more enjoyable than many others. This run was fairly clean for me, especially the crafting in the beginning. A 1:41 boat re-entry is great pace for me, and the only major source of error was the messy iceboat segment at 2:52 in the video. It culminated in a great end enter and great perch! Though this is probably the fastest I will ever get on this specific seed, I am confident that a sub-4:10 is possible with better execution and/or a better perch. This category is certainly niche; I would go so far to argue that the routing is a bit...idiosyncratic at times. I would not be surprised, though, if this record falls very quickly, such is the nature of speedrunning!
More to come soon, as always! The real question is: is tildejustin reading this description?
Not a bad run! I honestly don't have all too much to say on this; I achieved the run in about ten minutes. Everything was pretty clean, but I know that Inferno, the discoverer and router of this seed, is finding some high RNG routes to bring this down another few tenths. As such, I don't consider myself holding this record for all too long, but it's nice to have regardless.
This was painful. I don't think there's any better word to describe it. This was my 15th attempt, give or take, but my 2nd that actually made it anywhere (on my 1st, I forgot to do 1.16). I am very pleased that I didn't die a single time between 1.9-1.12, and the only run I accidentally died on was 1.16 (which I died twice). This breaks the WR by about 2.5 hours, which I'm pretty pleased with, but there's definitely at least another 45 minutes to shave off since everything after the 1.14 run gets sloppy. Here's a quick review of each run:
1.9 - This is just a walking simulator. Played safely but nicely.
1.10-1.12 - These are all identical, and funny enough, my ending time was very similar. A few mistakes (such as needing a 3rd perch), but otherwise, I think this was played pretty reasonably (if being a little too safe).
1.13 - This route is actually really neat, and it can be a lot faster than what it was if I got a 4-5 emerald trade instead of a 6 emerald one. It was slow, and everything about the run was pretty subpar.
1.14 - This was a pretty standard run, but the blazes really slowed me down.
1.15 - I was 1/3ded twice! This was really upsetting and required me to chop down the entire forest...
1.16 - This was a bad run. The seed is not slow, but I played it SO slowly... I think the fatigue was getting to me by this point, and, moreover, this is a pretty hard seed, considering you have no food.
1.17 - This was pretty bad: mainly, I forgot to loot the top chests since I had only 8 obsidian, so I had to waste about 5 minutes going back to the bastion. Beyond that, it was just slow.
Ideally, you'd get the 1/2 chance of getting 4-5 pearls and then not getting 1/3ded in either 1.14 or 1.15, but that's a 22% chance, which makes this extremely painful. Are you up for the challenge?
Despite how much I profess my enjoyment of this category, it has been thirteen months since I've PBed in it! Though this isn't a legendary Arch or RNG seed run, it's a run I'm happy with nonetheless. This is such an incredibly quick PB: I created the instances about an hour before I got this run, and I did not think I would get a PB this quickly! This run came at a time when I had little enjoyment of the categories I usually run, and in combination with the length of time it had been since I had played this category, I decided to give it a go. As for the run itself, it's not bad: the second blacksmith is absolutely ludicrous, and it's the most obsidian I've ever gotten in a blacksmith (with iron and a pickaxe as well)! Considering it was my first overworld and nether in several months, I'm pretty happy with how I played, though I definitely made a few mistakes that could have cut down my enter by at least 5 or so seconds. The perch was not the fastest, but the one cycle was pretty clean! While this could have absolutely been sub-2:30, I'm happy with where it is now. The next steps, though, are either arch or RNG seed...I wonder where we'll go from here!
Also this probably isn't my best song choice, but I wanted gameplay audio so this is where we're at!
After so many years of playing this category, this may very well be the last world record I ever hold. In the four categories of 20w14∞ (RSG, SSG, RSG no structures, SSG no structures), I have held a sum total of 25 WRs, some being more optimised than others. I have held all four records twice, and this will be my 3rd, and possibly final, time. At some point, my RSG WR will be beat (good luck to Sirpalmtree and CZX!) and safe to say that I will not pour 200k+ resets to beat that, so I think this is a fitting moment to stop. This has been an incredible journey for me and I hope this inspires future runners to do the same! As for the run itself, it's actually pretty clean except for the slow portal. The slow perch + portal + far squid make it evident that this seed still has at least 5 seconds to squeeze out of it before we must move on to more RNG dependent seeds. I may return one day, but I might just leave it at here for now.
Runs and Runners -
Lowkey - youtube.com/watch?v=huQ9O1MYgSs&ab_channel=lowkey
MagneticMaybe - youtube.com/watch?v=DQVLuvxcOvQ&ab_channel=MagneticMaybe
HanabiYaki - youtube.com/watch?v=4FRnyoueSvc&ab_channel=EnkaYaki
EmpireKills702 - youtube.com/watch?v=O2MafJQfS0s&ab_channel=EmpireKills702
unsortiertes - youtube.com/watch?v=_1xfuZnfzzQ&ab_channel=unsortiertes
Aknysz - youtube.com/watch?v=o9wzXIw0c2A&ab_channel=Aknysz
Music -
Why Do I? Instrumental
Rarin - Level Up (this was on EmpireKills702's audio so it bled into the video)
I have been pretty distant from glitched, as it's a pretty time intensive and difficult category. The burgeoning internal category, however, has piqued my interest, and while I have been workshopping what a new leaderboard might look like for quite some time now, I have never really tried it much myself, until now! I was just playing very casual runs, and I beat the IRS record by 3.5mins! Needless to say, this run is played mediocre at best. My dupes are sloppy, my poor decision making is evident, and I had to download ninbot mid run. Despite that, this was a really good seed with great RNG, and I still think I played pretty well.
Glitched has always been maligned due to its crashing and repeated save and quits which can make the watching/playing experience poor. This proves, though, that glitched can still be faster than glitchless without any crashing! This is an exciting new prospect that I hopes bring new people to the category.
There is no official leaderboard for the category yet, but I hope that will change. Though non-glitched runs are sure to come, in terms of glitched, I am not done. GG.
Wow, another upload! Jokes aside, this run is not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it. The perch and RNG is nowhere near as spectacular (especially not in comparison with my RSG WR!) but it's a good WR nonetheless. A new WR after over a year of my 2:10 is nice to see; 20w14inf is officially into 2023! A sub-2, though probably not on this seed, is in the future, but who will achieve it? Only time will tell.
It's been a long time since I've uploaded to this channel, but I could not be happier with my returning video. Though this is a relatively niche category, the luck and execution in this runner are some of the best I have ever done. A perfect blacksmith, a library, near perfect proximity, and an insane perch that rivals my 20w14∞ SSG WR makes this truly my crowning accomplishment for this category. Ever since Branson's 4:19, the community has theorised whether a sub-4 is possible. After my 4:14, CZX attained an incredible 4:03 which has stood for nearly 4 months. I stopped playing the category roughly a month after due to boredom, but due to the advent of another April Fool's update, I came back to the category with renewed vigor. I wanted to get 4/4 WRs in this category (SSG, SSG NS, RSG NS, RSG), but I did not think it was worth the grind to beat the coveted 4:03. After reclaiming RSG NS/SSG NS relatively quickly, I set my sights on playing RSG for fun. I reset with less intensity as I was focused on playing for fun, until of course this run.
As for the run, I have little to say: of course nothing is perfect, but this is pretty close. Though flint and squid proximity could have theoretically been a few seconds faster, everything else in the run was perfect. My execution was also very good (at least for me). The nerves were pretty strong, but I pulled off the best and luckiest run I have ever done. I hope this inspires more people to play the category. I hope this stands for a while, but you never know.
More to come soon. GG.
Before I say anything, it is quite evident that this run is very unoptimised; however, a thirty second WR cut is something I am still happy of nonetheless. The end fight in this category is extremely difficult, and extremely tedious as well. The hostile mob RNG in the stronghold results in some very large timelosses and food/health issues. There is great potential for many more minute barriers after this, and I would not be surprised if this lasts for less than a day. Even if it does though, I'm very happy to say I finally achieved an Any% Glitchless World Record. Also, if it wasn't evident from the thumbnail: this split shouldn't exist.
More to come soon.
Almost five hundred days: that is how long the 20w14∞ RSG WR of 4:19 by bransontsn has been held. In such time, the snapshot has been moved to its own leaderboard, many new strategies have been developed, and many new mods have added support for the version. Despite that, until now, the world record has stood. I am very happy to, even if only briefly, simultaneously hold both infinity snapshot world records. As for the run, it is by no means perfect; the gameplay is choppy, and the seed wasn't even remarkable. A sub-4 is certainly possible, and maybe even a sub-3:30 if someone puts in the time, but we will have to wait to see how far this category can be pushed.
GG.
Two PBs in relatively short timeframes. The four bed was nice, but everything else about the run was sub-optimal. Placing the wood in the 2nd portal was a huge timeloss, and this run could easily have been top 2. Overall, my movement was mediocre at best, but luckily the perch made up for it. I would hope this PB doesn't stand for long either, but only time will tell.
It has been almost a year since I have attained by former PB of 3:00. From bucketless, to treeless, to a new seed, to many other developments along the way, it has been an incredible journey attempting to break this minute barrier. Although I am very pleased with this, this run still has a mediocre enter and a very slow perch. I will attempt to achieve the sub-2:30, and maybe even WR, but only time will tell to see if everything goes correctly.
Thank you. The run was flawed, but it was worth it.
It has been a long time, especially for any glitched run. In this time, I have done many things, one of which being debating over quitting Minecraft speedrunning, however this has luckily not come to fruition. Ever since Sirpalmtree has obtained 5/8 glitched world records, I have wanted to return to glitched; the innovation and competition brought into this category has been a particularly positive change. Unlike the other world records, however, this one was quite difficult to obtain, including many sub-10 chokes and moments of overall frustration. Despite this, I am happy to not only have achieved a sub-10, but world record. As for the run itself, it was an incredible seed with incredible luck, and there are certainly many misplays, but I believe I played it fairly well. I will be sure to continue, but I am unsure as to what is next. And although it is with less confidence than before, I would like to reassert the notion that I am still not done. GG.
Definitely an improvable run, the overworld was particularly sloppy. However, a 1:08 enter is still leagues ahead of my previous enter, however the perch unfortunately sub-par. Although I rarely played 1.17 SSG after my 2:11, as I had other categories I wanted to focus on, I am enthused on ending the longest SSG PB drought I have had. However, the glaring flaws in this run only demonstrate that a sub-2:05, and maybe even further, could possibly be within reach.
Mountain Seed: 8269587948157252548 (1.16.x)
Netherless Seed: 7700502827262374562 (1.16.x)
Funkyface Seed: 9009759197830545823 (1.16.2-1.16.5)
Tobiasz Seed: 2972230112942642114 (1.16.3-1.16.5)
Dolphin Sister Seed: -978983300365063633 (1.16.0-1.16.1)
LEMMiNO - Cipher
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LEMMiNO - Infinity
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LEMMiNO - Parallax
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LEMMiNO - Terra
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LEMMiNO - Voyage
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LEMMiNO - Moon
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After the leaderboards split, I thought it might be worth it to try this category again. The previous world record was over nine months prior, and was long overdue to be beaten. Many seeds with world record potential had been found, but all of them required significantly more RNG than was feasible. I found this seed thanks to the help of hyouka and Sirpalmtree, and decided that it had the most reasonable odds of attaining a new world record. I spent a total of 850 attempts over the course of mostly 24 hours, and it was certainly quite exhausting. I choked world record three times, each for increasingly more ridiculous reasons, however eventually, I pulled off this run, and not only am I pleased with the execution, the luck was absolutely incredible. This is definitely possible to beat, and I expect it to be, but I think it will be a while. GG.
This was certainly not the perfect run for this version, in fact, it might not even be the perfect version. However, I am still beyond pleased with this run, as it cements random seed glitched as faster than random seed glitchless in all versions. This run is wrought with many execution errors, and it should only serve to show that a time under 8, 7, or maybe even 6 minutes is possible. The new interest that has been sparked in this category was my main motivation to attain such a time, and I hope this is only the beginning, as I am still not done with this category. GG.
It has been a while since my last run, but I'm proud to present a new world record. Beyond doing educated backwards, I am very happy with how it was played. Given the sub-par blacksmith chest, a sub-6 blind is pretty great. The sub-10 barrier awaits, and with it, all RS categories will be sub-10.
Good run, but not incredible. I think I executed this run fairly well. The nether was incredible, arguably the best ever, the overworld was not. This is also the first run of mine to introduce calculated travel, which I think I executed okay (a 200 blind is about ten times further than I hoped for, but the angle change was very small). I am still chasing the elusive sub-RSG WR, which I hope to achieve as some point in the near future. I am happy to have reaffirmed my world record though, as the previous one was over seven months old!
What a fluke! I played this seed for about twenty minutes, and this is what I got! This is pretty evident by my execution--it can be so much better. I'm glad to have gotten this though.
This also continues the trend of my PBs in 1.16+ SSG being exactly 9 seconds apart! (2:47, 2:38, 2:29, 2:20, 2:11) This is completely unintentional, but definitely a fun coincidence.
This run is so bittersweet. It's an amazing PB, however it was so close to three milestones: top 2, sub-3, and WR. I was running bucketless to get more runs to the end, however unfortunately it cost me these milestones. The perch was amazing, and so were the chests. I am sad that I wasn't able to get a sub-3, however I'm undeterred. In the words of fe, "god rng,
wasted a lot of time but at least I didn't choke".
This run was executed fairly well (much better than any of my previous runs), but is still far from perfect. The duping went pretty well, but everything beyond that was mediocre at best. Still happy to get the first sub-1:10. The final minute barrier looms ahead.
Although this strategy is faster, to be honest, I'm not much of a fan. Tick duping has a tendency to be wildly incosistent, as well as the explosion height you get. This run can be much faster, especially considering the poor minecart placement at the end. Regardless, I'm happy to have gotten a sub-1:25.
First: sorry for the muted audio and poor quality--that was my mistake. Thanks to the new cannon design, sub-2 was relatively quick. Still has a lot of room for improvement, but I think this run was executed fairly well.
It's not the perfect seed, and absolutely not the perfect execution, but I'm happy with the route and seed I developed here. It can definitely be much faster, possibly sub-2(?), but I think this is a good starting place. To the stars we go.
It has been a long time since I've gotten a world record in glitched. However, I have upheld my promise--I'm not done with glitched. I had WR for about an hour before this (13:25), but Sirpalmtree took it back with a 12:56. And lo and behold, on my first attempt of my second session, I got it again. This run is also noteworthy for me, as this was the category in which I initially strived for WR. I ended up getting WR in 1.14 (this was before the split), but for the longest time, I ran 1.12/1.13. So, in a way, it is an achievement in which I have sought after for nearly a year. As for the run, the overworld was amazing, the ghast was really troublesome, and the blind/stronghold was mediocre. Sub-10 is possible for sure, and maybe I'll try for that one day. Quite a long description, but I thought it was apt. 3/12 WRs!
Seed: 51323159635216045
This took about two hours, give or take. Regardless, it was a fairly enjoyable experience, and I'm glad it culminated within this run. Definitely not perfect execution (broke my sprint, mined the top log), but at least item drop RNG went in my favour this time. GG!
Great tree layout (although it definitely could be better), and honestly pretty good execution. I could have gone for a further oak tree, but it wasn't worth the risk in my opinion.
This wasn't my best of end enters (especially with the portal and bastion chest), however the perch more than made up for it. I am very pleased I was able to pull of the one cycle as well.
This can certainly be improved upon, but it's the first WR with the new end enter route! A little slow on the portal, but I'm pretty happy with the execution otherwise.
Song: Cartoon - C U Again feat. Mikk Mäe (Cartoon vs Futuristik VIP) [NCS Release]
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I've been 'secretly' grinding this category for a few days, as I've wanted to take the world record back since the 3:31. I'm happy to say I have done so, and with the first sub-2:30! The perch made up for the mediocre execution. This category was much more fun when I looked at it through a new lens. Also, the in game time was tied with the previous world record, which was funny.
Finally. I have wanted this for so long, and I've poured in so many attempts, and choked so many perches. I can't believe I pulled off a 4 bed no f3 after so many failed attempts. GG.
Seed: 1399877263054762663
This tested my patience, but it's a very unique category.
Seed: -4530634556500121041
I apologize for the lag in the run--this was my first time running 1.16 glitched (1.15 has a better composter recipe). As for the run, it definitely wasn't optimal, but it's a pretty good start in my opinion. A sub-2 seems possible, but we'll have to see.
Wow. This time is honestly so shocking to me. This time is only feasible thanks to the new strategies developed by Duncan--huge thanks to him and everyone else. As for the run itself, it wasn't perfect by any means, but it was still quite good. There are improvements throughout the run (both in RNG and execution), but the amazing nether RNG and pretty good stronghold RNG really helped this run. This is the fastest time Minecraft has been beaten on a random seed regardless of a version, which is a huge milestone for me personally. Despite this, I am still not done with the category. GG.
First sub-13/sub-12:30. Not a great run honestly, the nether spawn, and lack of ghast really hurt the time (could have been a high 10 w/ better stuff). Still no ghast, which was annoying, but it's still world record regardless. Whether or not this gets beaten, I'm not done with this category ever.
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In regards to the run, I was very surprised this was world record. I choked first fireball, and I also reset very late. However, the movement in parts of the run were very clean (such as filling in the portal), and the blaze was very close. Sub-1:40 is possible--I don't really know if I'm going to be the one to do it though.
Seed: 7853996275157769172
Seed: 7853996275157769172
Note: this footage has edited to be more enjoyable to watch (I removed ghast resetting/alt f4's/loading screens). If you want to see the raw footage for whatever reason, please check the uncut version of this.
Again! This run didn't feel faster, especially with me getting stuck on the end portal frame & the blaze being so far away, but the fast portal and VERY clean dupes made this WR! Very happy with this run, though faster sure is possible.
This is the uncut footage for my 1:51 Set Seed Glitched WR. This is quite boring though, so watch the cut version of this if you want a more watchable experience. This video is mainly for the mods to verify.
Again! This run didn't feel faster, especially with me getting stuck on the end portal frame & the blaze being so far away, but the fast portal and VERY clean dupes made this WR! Very happy with this run, though faster sure is possible.
This video is just a cut down version of my 1:53 set seed glitched world record. It's still longer than 1:53 because some of the run is just lag and loading, but this video has the title screens/Alt+F4s/save and quits edited out for viewing pleasure. Enjoy! Tutorial for SS (and RS) coming soon.
This is a quite strange category, but despite all of the negative attention this category gets, I really enjoy it. This is my 9th completed run, and I'm happy I got WR! First WR in this category in about a year. I now have both the random and set seed world records (for glitched 1.9+). Although I have WR, I would love to continue playing this category.
Seed: 6941991889479453291 (Version 1.14.4)
Update: I deleted the world file by accident while cleaning out my world file. I'm very frustrated this happened. I still have the world file for my 13:26, though. I have raw footage for this run, though, and I will be happy to supply it if necessary.
Seed: -8388271225495369657