I Somehow Got a World Record Speedrun

ATTENTION NEW VIEWERS OF THIS VIDEO: as of May 6th, 2021; me record was beaten :( i knew it was only a matter of time but i'm gonna try to get it back!

Ah yes, Kurtis Conner and his childhood best friend Connor Kurtis.

SmallAnt is 1000% the type of dude to talk to Kurtis and then secretly go and break his record without telling him

Normal Speedrunners: The #01 Time is stuck in my head until I beat it
Kurtis: I forgor 💀

I am a woman and I feel it is time we come clean as to the worst golf game known to woman. It's golf. Just real golf. Seriously, who plays actual golf?

Kurtis- “everybody love gamon”
Me for some reason-in head- “everybody loves gay men”

Kurtis Conner? More like Epic Gamer 😈

God, the plot of this video really rocks my world, dude. Underdog protagonist who’s new to speedrunning and may be a bit rusty at first, but he has the heart, motivation and passion to improve. He has a history involving speedrunning, where he was overshadowed by the big leagues, humiliated by others via his own favourite game, as he was pulled into the harsh reality of speedrunning. But after being inspired by a master, he builds back his stolen confidence. He grinds, he pushes himself beyond his own limits. It’s giving me upbeat 80s montages, Footloose style. He’s doing chin ups, he’s doing finger ups (bc video games). But despite all his drive, he reaches the 3/4 mark, the lowest point in the story. He thinks he has failed. He thinks that all his work is for nothing. He’s tired, and defeated. His loved ones are telling him that he’s working himself too hard. But he’s not done yet. He remembers why he started in the first place. It’s not about winning, but the journey. With that in mind, he plays his very last run. The steaks are high. This is it. He’s playing like he’s never played before. But it’s all up to the last swing. It’s giving me Chicken Little in the baseball portion of the movie. Kurtis whispers “today is a new day”. In slow motion, he pushes the button right on time. And with that, he’s done it, he’s won. The virtual crowd goes wild (whenever they get around to watching the video) as they chant Kurtis’s name from their couches. His name is on the leaderboard. He won, not because of his will to win. He won because he changed his mindset. He stopped doing it for the leaderboards or the glory, but for himself, for his loved ones. Winning wasn’t the goal, it was improvement. And only then, did Kurtis truly win.
There is character development, the 3/4 mark of supposed failure where all hope seems lost, there is a message about being driven by the journey rather than the glory, there is the triumphant ending, dude someone has to make a full length movie about this.

If somebody told me that they could get through the water temple in 31 minutes no glitches in high school I’d be impressed

How has nobody commented about the chain smoker joke that was hilarious

Honestly, more impressive than the Speedrun was the pacing and editing of this video about a game that is by all accounts boring yet was made to feel enthralling here.

Kurtis is the most chill-angry person I have ever seen this man does not get rage

Proud of you bud. Someone will beat your time, but you set out to do something, and you did it. Purely inspirational.

If this man can devote his sanity to a n64 golf game, I should do my homework. 😭

His smile when he gets the first Mario glitch to work is so sweet

Okay, my favorite part of the vid was that kurtis’ relationship with his dad was kinda the same as mine: Visits Every other weekend and gets an extremely cool console that he only uses when there and always uses when there. It’s not anything special but it’s just nice you know that he had the same experience. I just wanted to share that with you guys!

kurtis: "I've never been this angry"
kurtis: *yelling in lowercase*

I love how Conner talked for 10 minutes about how much he loves games

I know what the title said and I know you were foreshadowing the win that whole time, but I was still holding my breath dude. Maybe it was the music and the flashback clips but we were all cheering for you. Amazing video my guy.

That was seriously a fast backwards long jump, even top players don't get it that fast in their personal bests sometimes lol

Here are the ranks of anyone wants to see :)
1st place: brocis420
2nd place: FxTourmaline41
3rd place: kurtisconnor
4th place: HotTakesBySoph
5th place: chickenboss36
6th place: KurtisConnoristrash
I love how this guy called “KurtisConnoristrash” is the lowest placed lol

This video is secretly just Kurtis giving us a tutorial on how to be a good father via anecdotal evidence.

men i was just smiling at the screen like an idiot when he was talking about the last run i just laughed when he did it, HE DID IT after all the effort he put on this, I felt so proud, it was really inspirational watching the whole journey, sharing the emotions with him in every progress, fail, and finally win, thank you so much kurtis this really gives me hope on life, just in the last chance you gave to yourself you did it, when you absolutely didn't give a fuck anymore so I am going to do since now, I'm going to spend the time I have to reach my goal, even if I feel like it isn't worth it anymore, I love your videos and how dedicated you are, so thanks, have a nice day ❤

Nah thats the thing about speedrunning is there is a category for everything and its kindof a meme for who has a record for the shittiest game they can think of. I really want to get on the leaderboard for Ratatouille for ps2. There's a fart button in the game. I think I love speedrunning so much because every speedrunning experience is someone squaring their circle.

I think that it's incredibly sad that he went through all of this just to get his record broken by 3 people

i hardly ever like videos, but you definitely deserve this one lol. amazing dedication dude this was so awesome to watch! congratulations!!

Kurtis getting the world record on the last day, and thinking he didn't get the world record is like something STRAIGHT out of a movie.

I didn’t think i could love Kurtis even more. I was wrong.

I've come back to this video after a year and honestly its so fucking good? this was truly art. my favorite video of yours

_"I gotta chase this high..."_
always ends well

BRUH BROCIS CAME BACK WITH A 10:15 AND IS STILL AT THE TOP, WHAT A LEGEND

Seeing Kurtis express his frustration by saying “cmon man” is so funny to me

21:21 the fact that kurtis was doing this for months, practicing for hours at a time, and this was the best metaphor he could think of…
i’m so proud 🥲

I am truly impressed that that is “the angriest you’ve ever been”.
I’ve gotten angrier when I played Candy Crush (which is one of the reasons I stay far away from almost every game).

You know, I've been wondering why I vibed more with Kurtis specifically over people like Danny and Drew and now it all makes sense: Sega Genesis and Divorce

Imagine how he's gunna react when he finds out he's in 6th now

I know I'm super late to this one, but holy shit this was such a great video. I was smiling like a dumbass throughout the entire thing.
I really admire your dedication to achieving true excellence... at Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics.
This has actually inspired me to seek out a gaming world record for myself.

I love that this was him angry 😂 my ex dented his table and even hit it so hard it collapsed, he also broke a few keys. Literally never saw him angry apart from when he was playing games but he was a professional gamer so there was a lot riding on it.

My blood was pumpin this whole video? So sick man. Proud of you! The reaction was the best part!! Make more content like this if possible hahaha. That’s so cool..

I love that “not winning something but having an emotional victory” is school-of-rock-ing it and not rocky-ing it

I'm OBSESSED with the way that as of Jan 8, 2022, the original person with the world record is back in first, even with several others playing as well (and Kurtis is still in 4th!)

Do I watch a Kurtis video first or a Danny video it’s the ultimate Sophie’s Choice

the water temple was always my favourite temple, the stuff about it that people found so annoying was exactly what made it click so well in my brain, its always my favourite part of replaying the game. also morpha was my favourite boss, i loved that fight

I love that as of 5 months ago the guy who originally held the record before this vid has regained the world record. Absolutely majestic.

I was just watching this in the background while playing games when I realized that I have never seen anyone who doesn't like SmallAnt. Truly a great guy lol

Kurtis, you're now 4th in the leaderboard, blow off that cartridge and get back on top brother

number one victory royale, yeah kurtis we boutta get down (get down)

I like how much we learned about you in this video Kurtis!

I have watched this video at least 10 times and the “Everybody loves gamin” joke makes me laugh out loud every time.

30:02 this was the most stressful and nerve-racking video of all time the way I held my breath--

Imagine in a few years someone randomly playing the swing calculation audio around Kurtis and triggering this part of his life

kurtis: “ladies what’s the worst golf game?”
it’s just, actual golf, i felt like that was obvious

As someone who recently got into speedrunning, i understand your pain

amazingly entertaining and engaging story. thank you for this! and I just wanna say nothing will ever beat punching in your name on your first ever Zelda save file on ocarina of time. oh the memories with this game.

Update everyone. Brocis came back with a vengeance and is now sitting in 1st place with a 10:15 time. Kurtis is still on the podium in 3rd though.

I'm ten months behind in catching this video. I nearly wept for you when I opened up the current world record. Brocis420 crushed it.

Okay but unironically, this man pulled off an impressive speedrun. Like the game doesn't even matter, people speed run so many obscure games, but the fact he was literally doing runs to shave off mere seconds, and discovering techniques to do so, is insanely dedicated and this isn't some copout half-assed record, the mad man ACTUALLY did it

I feel like after this he could be really good at the arcade games where you have to stop it at the right moment

Wow! Kudos to Kurtis! This is incredibly engaging -- considering the subject matter, lol!

It took Kurtis about 8 minutes until he mentioned summoning salt, honestly a little later than I expected in a video about speed running.

Kurtis please know that we really appreciate the effort you put into this video! This is actually one of the coolest videos you've done, and it's awesome to see you as proud of yourself as we all are!

"I've never been so angry in my entire life."
Kurtis' anger: "Ah dang it."

I’m genuinely upset that someone beat his speed run 😞

Your no longer the best cuz your records been beat twice :( but you'll always be the best in my heart kurtis :)

Watched almost every vid of yours in the last couple weeks and this is my favorite. Laughed and felt your pain. Congratulations on the record and top tier content

Your childhood gaming experience is the exact same as mine, I have an older sister and the timeline is dead on

Every single day Kurtis comes closer and closer to becoming a 70s dad. The mullet, the mustache, and now golf.

Man I got a huge wave of nostalgia when you mentioned those websites and flash games. I've actually visited Newgrounds somewhat recently

one of my favourite things is seeing people get into speedrunning for the first time, im late but a banger video, enjoyed!

this is one of the best videos of yours ive ever watched. i was laughing out loud throughout the entire video

i'm actually so proud of him

Alternative title: Kurtis having a mental breakdown over antique golfing for 30 minutes

I did not expect to see SmallAnt in this video! The collab we’ve always needed

not gonna lie. this is one of my favourite Kurtis Conner videos (closely followed by the 'blood related' one and the pokemon cards one)

4 people have since taken this record away from our boy and the mods even congratulated him for taking Kurtis down wtf.

I kinda love how absolutely crushing this was lol. Gaming is... A whole different breed of human endurance 🤣🤣

The idea of your girlfriend hearing you rage at a 90s N64 golf game for hours a day is just hysterical to me.

For anyone curious Kurtis is currently in 4th place. 3rd being FunkyABBA at 11:27, 2nd is FxTourmaline41 at 10:39, and first being *insert long dramatic pause here* brocis420 at 10:15

This was one of the most odds defying and inspiring thing I’ve ever seen. I gotta beat ds3 now

seeing kurtis and smallant talking was so nice:).. like two favorite content creators. boom

I love this video so much, I've watched it multiple times and because of you I found smallant1, which has given me so much content to make it through the stressful times especially yours so thank you for the effort you put into your videos. I wouldn't haven't have been able to cope with my life otherwise.

Kurtis: I have never been this angry in my life.
Him being Angry: :| :(

Kurtis is the only person in the world that I would enjoy having a play by play of a golf video game from.

N64 made so many of us millennials into gamers. So damn fun. I’ve seen a vid on YT of someone completing Spyro 2 in 7 minutes. COME ON!

I was amazing at Sonic the Hedgehog as a kid but that's literally the only video game I've ever gotten into!!
It was on the thickest TV you've ever seen in your life!! Haha!!
I'm 35 now and sonic has changed a lot since then and not for the better!! 🤣🤣🙈
Congrats Kurtisss!! 💪💖

This is one of my favourite videos lol
Weldone Kurtis

Y’all better not try to beat this record after all he went through

Why is no one talking about how absurd it is that he finally beat the record by ONE SECOND on his LAST ATTEMPT ever. And even funnier that he didn't even realise straight away

As a 17 year old, I had the same thing with botw, and then I found glitches and speedrunning

This video makes me so happy. My favourite video game, my favourite commentary channel and my favourite speedrunner. The crossover I never knew I needed. Plus that little Linkus cameo, too 😊

As a girl who also grew up loving OOT with all her heart I can say that flexing on beating the OG Water Temple in 31 minutes would certainly impress me.

The passive aggression toward his dad really killed me

"When you do the same thing for hours a day for days on end, and you don't achieve the thing you're trying to achieve?"
Kurtis you just explained life.

When he spent all that time beating that one guy and now that one guy is first place again 😂

last year during lockdown I got into legend of zelda: breath of the wild speedrunning and it was so rewarding and so frustrating at the same time. I got an unofficial 216th place in great plateau%. It was so cool to learn all the glitches and exploits and push the game and myself past what I thought was the limit.

Kurtis has fallen to third now. It looks like he's started a race to get to the 10 minute mark.

I've watched this like two times already and just noticed that I have a very similar cowboy table to the one he set the golf game on top of lmao

Ocarina of time isn’t my favorite game, but it definitely has one of my favorite soundtracks of anything ever. I’d say it’s right behind the banjo kazooie soundtrack and slightly above Mario galaxy

Your such a good PLclipr, you deserve all my organs.

I have the same reaction as you, I don't become angry I just feel myself become more and more sad with stuff like this lol