More videos on YouTube The brief livestream uploaded to YouTube by Kosmicd12, who goes by Kosmic on Steam, shows the gamer darting through all the hidden routes and skipping full levels as he races to the finish. His real name is David Livingston, a 23-year-old from Utah.

This item makes Mario temporarily invincible to most hazards and capable of defeating enemies on contact. The game consists of eight worlds with four sub-levels called “stages” in each world.”

“The fastest known time to beat the game is 4:54.032 by HappyLee, which stands unbeaten since its submission on January 6th, 2011.” That 2011 speedrun HitzCritz mentions above is a Tool-Assisted Speedrun, or TAS.

speedrunner Niftski
More videos on YouTube Earlier this week, speedrunner Niftski became the first player to ever beat Super Mario Bros. in under four minutes and 55 seconds (4:54.948, to be precise).

Vurse
Speed Run 4 is a speedrunning game created by Vurse on October 20, 2014.

The Minus World is a glitched level found in the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros., which is found after World 1-2. In order to encounter it, players must maneuver Mario through the bricks separating the normal exit from the Warp Zone area.

One player achieved what was considered impossible for years by beating the NES classic in less than 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Twitch streamer Niftski accomplished a seemingly perfect run of Super Mario Bros. Wednesday by clocking in at 4:54 and 948ms in the “Any%” category, beating the previous world record by 282ms.

An expert gamer known as Darbian has set a new world record for beating the original Super Mario Bros. in the shortest time possible, completing the 8-bit adventure in just 4 minutes, 57 seconds, 627 milliseconds.