Blindfolded Mario 64 Speedrunner Almost Breaks WR But His Facecam Said Nah

Published on February 21, 2025

Oh my God. No, because this actually hurts. You ever feel secondhand pain so bad you gotta just sit there and process? Yeah. That’s what happened here.

Speedrunner Bubzia—aka, a literal gaming wizard—was on the run of his life. The blindfolded 70-star Super Mario 64 world record was within reach. Everything was lining up. History was about to be made.

And then?

Facecam gone.

Poof. Vanished. Disconnected from reality.

The Rule That Ruined It All

Now, if you don’t know, for a blindfolded run to count, you gotta prove you’re actually blindfolded. Which means? Facecam mandatory. No cam, no proof. No proof, no record.

Bubzia had already 72 freakin’ days of attempts under his belt. This was it. The one. And at 23 minutes and 59 seconds, the facecam dipped. Chat knew. Bubzia? Didn’t.

For over an hour, my guy kept pushing, thinking he was on a WR pace, unaware that it was already invalid. Just casually speedrunning straight into the most tragic L of all time.

Chat? Unhinged.

At this point, everyone watching knew the run was cooked. But did they warn him? Nah. Because that would be against the rules (also, let’s be real, they were fully in popcorn mode).

Someone in chat even said:

“This could be the funniest WR.”

Absolutely diabolical.

And in a way? Maybe it was a blessing. Because when the final time came in—1:26:09, about a minute behind his own record—Bubzia took off the blindfold, saw the facecam failure, and immediately:

“If this would have been world record, I would have cried.”

“Dude, I would have quit SM64, man.”

Speedrunning is Pain.

Bubzia dodged a heartbreak speedrun, but this whole situation was actual nightmare fuel. And if there’s one lesson here?

Double-check your facecam.