YouTuber IlluminaHD attempted a new world record in the speedrun scene of Minecraft. It seemed like everything was lost – but in the end, it worked out.
What kind of run was that? IlluminaHD topped the record list with a time of 26 minutes and 3 seconds, which you can check out at “speedrun.com“. The conditions were as follows:
The rules state that you cannot play on the “Peaceful” difficulty. It is forbidden to save and exit the game – except when a bug requires it.
Previously, the world record under these conditions was 26:44 minutes. With his time, Illumina beat this mark by a full 41 seconds – even though it didn’t look like the record would be possible during the stream. You can watch the run here:
The most cursed world record in the world?
Here’s how the run went: Normally, perfect conditions are needed to break speedrun records. This holds true not just in Minecraft. However, many things went wrong during Illumina’s run. Among other things, he nearly died in a fight against an iron golem – causing the live chat to become quite stressed, as Illumina was hopping around with only one heart.
A few minutes later, Illumina actually met his demise. After 7:40 minutes, he fell to his death in the Nether – which left the live chat in shock. When Illumina actually died again in the Nether after 8:25 minutes, everyone thought: Well, that’s it. “Now the run is unironically dead,” thought the YouTuber – and that relatively early in the stream. The deaths cost him about two minutes.
But Illumina made a comeback and saved time with a few strong maneuvers and a lot of luck. For example, he found unusually many diamonds and was also fortunate with the ender pearls. In the end, he barely managed to challenge the Ender Dragon – and complete the game.
In the chat, viewers couldn’t believe it – and even Illumina sounded rather incredulous: “I’m dumb,” he repeated over and over: “This run doesn’t deserve the record. What have I done?”
Even the previous record holder “Dream” chimed in during the stream and congratulated Illumina – even though he couldn’t fathom it himself: “How could you get the record after dying twice in the Nether?”
The viewers were certainly thrilled in the comments:
- “This is literally the most cursed world record in the world,” says user Electroblade.
- “That was the opposite of ‘this is the run’, and yet in the end it was ‘the run’,” cheered user Austinitsua.
- In the end, Illumina himself described the run as “a huge meme” – and aims to achieve a time below 25 minutes.
