Speedrun
what it means
A discipline with strict categories and verification. "Any%" allows any means; "100%" requires full completion; glitchless categories ban exploits.
Completing a game as fast as possible, usually using exploits and optimised routes.
the origin story
Emerged from early PC gaming demo recordings in the 1990s, particularly Doom and Quake communities.
It grew into a substantial competitive scene with leaderboards, verification standards and large charity marathons. "Speedrunning" is now used figuratively for doing anything unusually fast — "speedrunning a relationship" is a common joke.
in the wild
World record is under twelve minutes.
For a forty-hour game. Speedrunning is unreal.
They moved in after three weeks.
Speedrunning the relationship.
how to use it
- Describing the gaming discipline
- Joking about doing anything very fast
- Gaming conversations
- Professionally without explanation
- Where the categories matter and you're being vague
- Dismissively about a genuinely skilled community
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