Super Mario Bros. Any% Speedrun in 4: *FWR*

Update 9/6/23: This run is now obsolete and is no longer a PB! Watch my new WR here: Four fast accels in 8-4 was just enough to secure the 4:! This run is extremely jank for a few reasons: My mic was making random static noises, it fully stopped working after trying to fix it even after fully plugging it back in after 4-1, I FFO saved 8-3 FPG, I had to go for 2nd room fast accel to make up for the timeloss from the imperfect 1st room fast accel, the 8-4 was the fastest ever done in a PB/WR by 5 frames yet it still finished with 315 IGT instead of 316 IGT, and I thought the time was 4: until the run was properly retimed. Even though I get a lot of my SMB1 achievements pretty fast, a time like this seemed like it would take a whole lot longer than just two sessions, and for me to get it this fast proves that I am capable of a time so much better. This is just the beginning of how incredibly optimized speedruns of this game will be, especially very soon once lightning 4-2 gets implemented into runs. This will POTENTIALLY BE THE LAST WR without lightning 4-2, and with that being said, let the lightning 4-2 grind in runs commence... As a side note, for those concerned about my heartrate being high, my normal resting heartrate is ~70 BPM average. When I am doing runs and constantly getting some of them far, drinking caffeine, and streaming, it can occasionally linger over 100 BPM. Compared to my normal resting heartrate, this is a whole different thing, and doing speedruns isn’t a resting heartrate when nerves can skyrocket at any given time due to the pace. Hopefully this clears up any confusion, I am completely healthy and do not have any heart condition! Another frequently asked question is about keyboard / emulator. Emulation for this game is 100% accurate, which means that anything that can be done on an NES is possible on emulator. Keyboard offers no advantage, and it is actually debatably worse for speedrunning this game. I use keyboard over controller for personal preference reasons, I have been playing games on keyboard since a little kid, and I have a very good feel for it compared to controller. For , emulator has been allowed since the beginning of time, and no rules were ever changed just to allow emulator. Another misconception is that some people think I am able to input L R using a keyboard. It is possible to do so, but since it isn’t possible with a standard NES controller without it being broken or modified, inputting this is banned. I have to have an option in my emulator settings that makes L R input nothing, so no invalid input was done during this run. Hopefully this clears up any confusion, emulator / keyboard is a completely valid and legitimate way of speedrunning this game, and this is a verified run at Desktop Only Video: Twitch VOD: Full Session: Watch me live: Join my discord: #Speedrun #WorldRecord #Mario