The History of Hollow Knight World Records

BlueSR February 24, 2025
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Hollow Knight Speedrunner, Streamer and Youtuber! I post minidocumentaries, challenge runs and speedrun content related to HK.

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Today marks Hollow Knight's 8th birthday, a fitting time to go on a journey through the game's lifetime, and explore the development of the game's most popular speedrun; Any% No Major Glitches. Through the dedication and passion of dozens of speedrunners, the category developed tremendously from its infancy, turning into an extremely optimised speedrun with countless fascinating skips and strategies. So, let's go back, 8 entire years. This is the World Record History of Hollow Knight Speedruns... This project has been in the making for almost two months. I hope you all enjoy it. BONUS VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BZ4K-sc_Rs Commentary track of the first ever performed run of Hollow Knight by Spleen! also join my Discord! https://discord.com/invite/eAbmKXw4nP also i stream on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/bluesr bsky https://bsky.app/profile/bluesr.bsky.social CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:02:00 - Early History 0:09:10 - Two Major Finds 0:17:38 - The (Almost) Barebones Route 0:28:55 - The Run Gets Much Harder 0:37:14 - Two Updates, Three Discoveries, Two Runners 0:55:00 - A New Generation 0:59:38 - The God Gamer 1:10:05 - Pest 1:20:51 - Catching Up to Pest 1:29:33 - The Race to 31 1:42:42 - A King Skates In 1:57:00 - A new route? (Epilogue) 2:00:51 - Epilogue of the Epilogue CREDITS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ov4jTnPgi3VLDnqMVdr2oDx3hXRK6MnWikZ5ggosMZI/edit?tab=t.0 Music Used in this video: The Hollow Knight OST - @ComposerLarkin The TOHU OST - @ComposerLarkin Hollow Knight Piano Collections @ComposerLarkin The Celeste Soundtrack - @LenaRaine Undertale OST - Toby Fox A Short Hike OST @mguitars Portal 2 OST Balatro OST - LouisF Cult of the Lamb OST - @RiverBoyBeats Risk of Rain 2 OST - @AstronautDown Home - We're Finally Landing Thumbnail by Bluequills (@bluequills ) Additional editing help from @AverageImposter and @PyeFive Chart sprites created by @Fly-Sky-High Massive shoutout to Eridan for their work in compiling the community's history. Check out their spreadsheet if you're interested! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tGiKda_nTw_r5s7ZnPXJeQYOYxyDASEDp6gE2sGgMus/edit?gid=1263869062#gid=1263869062

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