Pokemon speedrunner who beat a seemingly unbeatable world record gets banned from the leaderboards amid allegations of cheating for cash

gamesradar.com:

A year ago, one Pokemon Red speedrunner set a world record so good that big chunks of the community thought it would never be broken. Last month, a runner named Jadiwi seemingly did the impossible by claiming a new world record, but the keepers of Pokemon speedrunning have now declared Jadiwi's world record too good to be true, alleging that the miracle run was the result of cheating.

The original (and still recognized) Pokemon Red world record was set by a runner called Pokeguy on January 25, and the 1:44:03 time was quickly recognized as "the greatest WR ever set in Pokemon speedrunning." While there are technically points where the run could've been improved, the run is so dependent on luck that the odds of getting good results while playing at a world record place are astronomically low. So low, in fact, that Pokeguy retired from the category a few months after setting his record.

Jadiwi had entered the world of Pokemon speedrunning shortly before PokeGuy set his legendary record, and started setting world records across various games in the series in relatively short order. The biggest of those records was, of course, in Pokemon Red, where Jadiwi achieved a 1:43:52. Members of the community had been suspicious of how fast Jadiwi had risen to world record contention already, and this new world record prompted a quiet investigation from the moderation crew for Pokemon speedrunning.

The moderation team has since posted an extensive document outlining their investigations into Jadiwi's records, detailing why they believe they have "sufficient evidence to accuse Jadiwi of cheating and to remove Jadiwi effective immediately from all PSR [Pokemon Speedrun] leaderboards, leaderboard moderation duties, and ban him from