Speedrunning

Background

With the addition of Edgework's story, people began speedrunning. The speedrun.com page was made by alexinyew, and the first verifiers were coldlolololir and EpicGamwe59. The first speedrun was done by EpicGamwe59 and it was a speed of 10:08.

Speedrunning Techniuqes

The first important technique was Barrel Boosting, discovered by alexinyew. Barrel boosting is shooting a barrel and continuously jumping to maintain the velocity. This was used for the train segment of Act 1.

Another major technique was jump boosting. When you press A to jump, if you push your hands at the floor it will increase the jump height. This was used for the small ladder in Act 1. No person really came up with this strategy

A strategy used for climbing is flinging yourself up instead of grabbing normally. Other players would use both hands before using thsi technique.

Finally, in a strategy made by EpicGamwe59, you could use a long gun or a broom similarly to how you would in jump bootsing, just pushing it vertically. This technique was termed "Pogo Sticking"