Blindfolded Super Mario 64 speedrunner sets new world record in a disastrous attempt where he died 7 times and declared "this run sucks"

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Bubzia, the blindfolded speedrunning specialist, is grinding a new category in Super Mario 64. Earlier this week, he embarked on a run that immediately turned to a disaster, replete with deaths, missed tricks, and bad jumps. It turned out to be a new world record.

Early in October, Bubzia completed a 118-day grind for a new world record in the blindfolded 16-star category with a sub-20 minute world record that the community once thought was "completely impossible." His new goal is a fresh world record in the blindfolded 70-star category, and to practice for that he's first grinding attempts in the 31-star category. Pretty much all of the 31-star tricks carry into 70-star, so attempting world records on the shorter category makes for a perfect way to practice the new tricks and routing that'll be essential for the bigger goal.

This week, one 31-star attempt got off to an immediately terrible start with a missed clip in the first level that forced Bubzia to use a backup strat. "Usually I would reset here if we would go for world record," he said. "I don't want to waste time on resets when we can practice so many stars on the run." At about eight minutes into the run, he lost track of his position in the game under the blindfold. He managed to find a door to regain his bearings, but noted "that's a reset of the run" under normal circumstances.

When he went flying off the side of a cliff carrying a baby penguin in the Cool, Cool Mountain course, Bubzia could only shake his head and say, "I give up. Honestly, fuck this star so much. It is ridiculous at this point." He died again a few minutes later when he forgot to set the correct camera angle. Then he died again - and again. Eventually he suffered a full game over, requiring him to run all the way back from the starting area. He ultimately died four times on a single star in Lethal Lava Land before finally claiming the prize. "That was basically first try, if you think about it," he joked.

After once again forgetting