Uploaded August 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A useless glitch that allows you to pick up Mikau before he reaches the shore. The trick is to push him just close enough so that he doesn't start walking but Link can still stand in the water next to him in human form. Then just find the right angle that allows you to grab him. A relatively uncontrollable slide occurs (it may be possible to ISS from this) and when it is finished you can move as normal. You can even talk to him and throw him, which results in his y-position simply resetting and forcing him under the ground. I even show the seagulls that normally follow him clipping through the ground at the end of the video.
This should work on all versions.
EDIT: This seems to have been done before using the Goron Mask by TwilightSDA, causing a freeze. This video is the first, to my knowledge, that shows the trick done as human Link and shows some of the possible effects.
A useless glitch that allows you to pick up Mikau before he reaches the shore. The trick is to push him just close enough so that he doesn't start walking but Link can still stand in the water next to him in human form. Then just find the right angle that allows you to grab him. A relatively uncontrollable slide occurs (it may be possible to ISS from this) and when it is finished you can move as normal. You can even talk to him and throw him, which results in his y-position simply resetting and forcing him under the ground. I even show the seagulls that normally follow him clipping through the ground at the end of the video.
This should work on all versions.
EDIT: This seems to have been done before using the Goron Mask by TwilightSDA, causing a freeze. This video is the first, to my knowledge, that shows the trick done as human Link and shows some of the possible effects.


![[OBSOLETE] The Talos Principle Speedrun in 11:52
EDIT: New run (11:13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVuTFlUMQiw
Remember to thumbs up the video if you liked the run, and subscribe both here and on my Twitch channel (http://twitch.tv/azorae) If you want to see a more complete run, check out my All Sigils run at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqbNm10AREg
Weve managed to cut the connector out of the route, and any% is over a minute faster for it! This run completes The Talos Principle in under 12 minutes using a ton of tricks, skips, and glitches. If you believe that speedrunning using glitches is cheating, please post an angry comment on this video. My speedrunning friends and I get a kick out of stupid comments.
Huge thanks to sjcTheos (http://Twitch.tv/sjcTheos) for his research into how paint spawns and can be predicted and Birdoxer (http://Twitch.tv/Birdoxer) for the majority of the route. Thanks as well to Extodasher (http://Twitch.tv/Extodasher) for beating my long-standing record and giving me a reason to get back into any%. Now Im on to improving all sigils and the DLC runs!
Save glitch is OoB [OBSOLETE] The Talos Principle Speedrun in 11:52](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qb6HtziMK_Y/mqdefault.jpg)
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7/7 UPDATE: NEW RECORD RUN HERE: https://youtu.be/rONDon81STA
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![[Obsolete] Neon White - Whites Hell Rush in 34:47 (New Run In Description)
7/13 UPDATE: NEW RECORD RUN HERE: https://youtu.be/WDfS1EFo E
Full game hell rush speedrun world record as of 7/7. Not happy with this run, wasted a katana miracle on a VERY sloppy mirror. could have used it on congregation to save 17 seconds. 34:30 next time
Recorded live on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/azorae. Follow there to catch live streams of speedruns and other stuff! [Obsolete] Neon White - Whites Hell Rush in 34:47 (New Run In Description)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rONDon81STA/mqdefault.jpg)
![[SDVX II] ナイト・オブ・ナイツ // Night of Nights [INF] (K-Shoot Mania)
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I think this is the hardest song that Ive passed so far. [SDVX II] ナイト・オブ・ナイツ // Night of Nights [INF] (K-Shoot Mania)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rwtnTGDnlYI/mqdefault.jpg)

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