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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have made a 59-minute YouTube video covering the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky speedrun, as well as an overview of the role of RNG in speedruns and PMD EoS is actually a good speedrun. I think this is my best video yet :) Premiering in a few minutes - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVz...

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How Do You Speedrun a Game that Changes Every Time?

YouTube video by SBDWolf

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Took a small break from the Mina the Hollower full-game category of sorts, and ran Unrestricted for a bit, which uses an OoB trick to beat the final boss very early on! This fight is very hard as it's attempted with nearly no upgrades at all. I got a pretty good time for the skill/knowledge I have!

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've been running Mina the Hollower lately and been hard at work routing and practicing along with everyone else. Today I managed to complete my first deathless run! This run is very very hard and complicated, I'm certain this game has a long way to go still.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I've been running VVVVVV lately and got 3rd place just today! This is easily one of my favorite games I've ever run.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I ran Cheetahmen for April Fools... and then got 3 seconds away from the WR, so I decided to run it for one more day to beat it XD so, I am now the proud WR holder in Cheetahmen.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New YouTube video, all about Cuphead's Forest Follies and what makes it such a reset-heavy first stage :) - youtu.be/WNfz9hzYVjc

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Why Most Cuphead Speedruns Die on the First Level

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

First day back of runs on the vanilla Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, with all its glorious unskippable cutscenes. Was very up and down, but it's good enough for 2nd place on the boards! WR Soon™

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky derust is going fairly well, as today I just got a new Personal Best by 5 minutes and new World Record by 4 minutes on the Cutsceneless mod in In-Game Time. I think I might start doing vanilla runs soon :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I made a new YouTube video, all on Cuphead's unassuming but suprisingly difficult and complex Results Screen for the Speedrun :) - youtu.be/S_uOX1GzTvE

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The Cuphead Results Screen is More Difficult Than It Looks

YouTube video by SBDWolf

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Oh, looks like Summoning Salt's video judging by the credits and timestamp in the bottom right of that screen. Thanks for letting me know, well-spotted!

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This was the most difficult PB I've ever chased in this game, and definitely a contender for one of the hardest across all games I've speedrun. 26:XX in Cuphead Any% 1.1+ done. Planning on running Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky for a bit, then potentially tackling Cuphead 300% :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

New YouTube video, this is a Behind-The-Scenes look at the Cuphead TAS I completed a few months ago, going over what finally made it possible 8 years after the original release, what the process of making it looked like, and things of this sort :) - youtu.be/vHTI_8RkRSQ

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How the First Cuphead TAS was Made

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I made a new YouTube video, all about Cuphead's final boss which is the most difficult and complex fight in the Speedrun :) - youtu.be/eCbE0N00gcU

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The Boss that Decides Most Cuphead Speedruns

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New Cuphead WR! Really solid run outside of Captain Brineybeard, who provided the worst possible RNG pattern (+8 seconds over gold). 26:XX™ soon. Hopefully.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I forgot to post my last PB of 27:03, but today I got really close to 26:XX! I got the Devil Freeze on pace, but messed up the opening to the final phase. Still ended up getting a half-second PB :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

New Cuphead Any% 1.1+ WR! This was a very solid run outside of a few major time losses (Werner, Phantom, Devil). I am planning on continuing until 26:xx!

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I have made a YouTube video covering the Lobber weapon, some of its weird and even buggy mechanics, and why it's such a great weapon for Speedrunners. Looking to post more videos covering Cuphead Speedrunning in the future :) - youtu.be/8jGKP0O2pAQ

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Why Lobber is Such a BROKEN Weapon

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Cuphead WR! After a history of getting denied the record due to bad Devils, this time around I got the best Devil pattern (1.8% chance), which allowed this to happen on a more average run. I'm still feeling very motivated to run this, so I will keep going. Thanks everybody for the support.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I got 0.17s away from a new Cuphead WR! It was a fairly solid run throughout and I'm happy to get this PB. If the WR doesn't get improved in the meantime (which is a big if), the next PB will probably be the one to do it :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Cuphead Any% 1.1+ PB! The record is now 27:12 by Quincely, but I did beat what the record was when I started this grind again a few months ago. This was a very good run throughout, but I got a difficult Spider pattern on The Devil and couldn't close out a good fight with it. Still very motivated!

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Cuphead Any% 1.1+ PB, again! This time, to get it was a mediocre pace into the The Devil that ended up getting one of the best RNG patterns. Happy with my consistency lately!

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Another small Cuphead Any% 1.1+ PB! This one was once again ahead of the current WR entering The Devil, but got bad RNG once again. Still, I am feeling very good about the rate at which I've been getting good runs going and I feel like what I do have control over has been going pretty well lately :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

New Cuphead Any% 1.1+ PB! This was 6 seconds ahead of the current WR of 27:16 entering the final boss, but really bad Spider RNG lost a ton of time. Still, I've had a ton of good attempts lately and getting this PB on top of that feels really motivating.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Summoning Salt just released a 1h+ documentary on Cuphead's Any% 1.1+ World Record Progression. Yours truly features in this, and it makes me very happy to see these stories being told from a game and community that are very near and dear to me. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUW6...

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The History of Cuphead World Records

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

After about 200 hours of work over the course of a little over a month, the First Ever Cuphead TAS is finished! I think it turned out great and the project taught me a lot of optimizations that I'm already trying to bring over to my Real Time runs :) - youtu.be/YYuafcehOSE

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First-Ever Cuphead TAS in 23:39 (Any% 1.1+) (Flashing Lights warning)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

PB'd in Cuphead Any% 1.1+ again! I am now the second person to ever get a 27:2x. I am working on a full-game TAS that I am probably going to spend some time trying to finish now, but I am hoping to continue bringing my time down after that :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Got a new PB in Cuphead Any% 1.1 for the first time since last november! I've been feeling very motivated to run this game again now so hopefully there's more PBs to come :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Oh hey, that wasn't long after I got one of these myself lol

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Was a great time! Till next time :)

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I'm sorry to hear Ri :( I hope things get better for you. If I can help in any way I'd be happy to.

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SBDWolf @sbdwolf.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I have made a video covering RNG Manipulations in Speedruns: little bit of general RNG theory, then showcasing a few concrete examples of how some games are able to be manipped. I spent quite a lot of time working on this one, hope you enjoy! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtNy...

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How Speedrunners Control Luck (RNG)

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Alex @alexyweb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

UPDATE: @creep.io and @sbdwolf.bsky.social found a way to execute arbitrary code in SMB2J without the need for a cart swap. youtu.be/w8WNu_VWJ10?...

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Proof of Concept - SMB2j crash fun

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