ZFG Kotaku Article

Speedrunner Misses Beating His Own Ocarina of Time Record By Two Seconds

"No, no, no, no," said the speedrunner, as he realized his last-second mistake.

Speedrunner ZFG holds the world record for beating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time under the 100% speedrun condition, clocking in at four hours, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds. 100% of Ocarina of Time means tracking down and obtaining all health pieces, upgrades, etc.

The speedrunning reddit noticed his latest run was four hours, 25 minutes, and 26 seconds.

Ouch.

ZFG regularly streams Ocarina of Time on his Twitch channel, and was gunning for his world record attempt yesterday.


"I swear that wasn't on purpose," he said. "My setup there is bomb, jump-slash, turn around, set bomb. I didn't press B. I pressed B too fast and it didn't register."

He missed matching the old record by a single second and beating the record by two seconds. At the end of his run, a single mistake may have cost him from setting the record a tiny bit lower.

He took it in stride, though. As soon as the run was over, he just sighed.

"Well, that was a fun run."