It seems that when you love, you don't count. In the case of Elden Ring , it's quite the opposite: the more we like, the more precisely we time the time it took us to complete the game. Breaking his own speedrun records as he goes along, it is seeker who currently wins the prize with a score of 5:58 minutes .
How did the player save almost 1 minute on his final time? Is it possible to go further ? Let's look at this.
The Any% Unrestricted speedrun history
For those uninitiated in the world of speedrunning, the " Any% Unrestricted " category is the most permissive , therefore generally the most spectacular but also the one that gives the best final results. Simply put, players are allowed to exploit all of the game's native systems and flaws to advance faster, and all that matters is getting to the end-of-game screen , no matter how fast. of completion.
In short, everything is allowed apart from cheating, including skipping quests, even those in the main story. The players therefore have a field day in this category which offers us quality entertainment. When you see the level of players capable of exploiting the slightest interaction to advance faster, you understand that this is a real discipline .
Until recently, the Distortion2 player was the master on Elden Ring. First player to go under 30 minutes , he then perfected his run to beat the game in less than 7 minutes. He had however been caught by the French player Seeker who held the new record at 6:46 minutes!
Our tricolor speedrunner then decided to go even lower by aiming for 6:30 , he explains to us in his last video , but while trying to reach this level, he managed an incredible part which will have enabled him to cross a new stage which he did not expect: less than 6 minutes. His final validated score: 358 seconds, or 5:58 minutes . A huge congratulations to him!
What's the next step ?
What's important to understand is that while there are obviously technical limits to the game's speedrun, those haven't been reached yet. Humans are currently the limiting factor , and when Seeker explains his speedrun technique to us, we understand why. He uses the same trick as almost all of the Elden Ring community, namely " Zipping ". In the comments of his latest video, he explains what it's all about:
In order to improve your score, you therefore need a perfect knowledge of the game and its timings , as well as almost super-human reflexes to be able to fully exploit them. We can also clearly see in the video that he doesn't always manage to trigger his zip perfectly, so we can conclude that, technically, the perfect run has still not happened!
Courage seeker, and good luck to all speedrunners, we can't wait to see your next exploits!
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