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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday, we found a new and consistent way to save ~5s in Whomps for blindfolded SM64 speedruns!

Both the tower and boss star are improved, which means HUGE new WR grind for 16 Star and Beat Dark World incoming! 😁

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 3d

I did submit some stuff so maybe 🙏

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 6d

Ggs!!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 7d

Haha thank you for the suggestion! 😁😁

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Airship Overdrive // Ryan @airship-overdrive.bsky.social · 7d

I can now say I've officially contributed to routing for "Super Mario 64 120-Star Blindfolded" runs ⭐

Go watch Bubzia's latest video on this! It's a really interesting route for such a compact area

#Mario64 @bubzia.bsky.social #speedrun

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 16d

New Blindfolded SM64 - LLL Stage RTA World Record!

By far the biggest improvement to 120 Star since 2022. LLL 100 was one of the hardest stars in the game, now its a 5 minute star and really consistent. Only 4 stages left till runs!!!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 18d

Recently I found a document with all the beatcounts and strategies from my blindfolded SM64 - 120 Star speedrun from 2022. It has 67 ! pages full of strats 🤣 If I would compile all of my blindfolded strats nowadays, I could write an encyclopedia LMAO

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Blindfolded 120 Star Project by Bubzia

WC reds: 15 PB into 13 PB, 6 R tap (not minimal) , early 10 UL for new strat with ESS adapter, 5L, 5R, 7 L, 6 neutral, 10GP WC OMEGA: 3U, 6DL, 3DR, 1-2PB, 1-2D,1-2PB,4PB (coin sound)5UL into…

docs.google.com

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · 27d

Super Mario 64 - 70 Stars in 50 A Presses, HUGE PB!!! The new route I came up with saved a ton of time, plus the execution of it all was also great! Super happy with that time and I think I will move on for now! GG!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 18

Super Mario 64 - 70 Star A Button Challenge in under 3 hours! The new route and practice is paying off, next run will hopefully be a sub 2:30! Its a super super cool run that I plan to submit to some marathons including AGDQ this year! More improvements soon!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 17

Back from the Speedrun Summit 2025! The event and New York were an amazing experience as always, very happy that I could be there! Really motivated and excited to be back to streams, with the final stages of blindfolded 120 star and some AGDQ submissions! See you around! <3

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 13

LETS GOOO

beeve 🅱️ @itsbeeve.bsky.social · Sep 12

just learned the entirety of 16 star blindfolded and successfully did everything in the run fully blind! runs maybe sunday but not sure! always wanted to try this

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 12

Lmao

Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 11

On my way to New York for the Speedrun Summit! Suepr excited to see some old friends, meet new ones and showcase some sick blindfolded gameplay 😎

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GSA 🎮 Speedrun Events @speedrun.bsky.social · Sep 9

Speedrun Summit 2025 schedule for this weekend!!

🧵👇

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 9

I beat Super Mario 64 with 70 Stars with only 44 A Presses!!! This was an incredibly difficult run that I have practiced for the last month, but wow the A Button Challenge is so much fun! Also happy that I got sub 5.5 hours!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today I attempt one of the most difficult runs I have ever tried.
The goal: Do a 70 Star ABC run with around 40xA presses! This requires tons of unique glitches and interesting movement that you would otherwise never see. Estimate is around 6-7 hours, so feel free to hang out!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 7

One more info about our new project here:

YOU DO NOT NEED BLINDFOLDED gaming experience for this!

We would be happy to have anyone on for the day if you have played a bit of SM64! :) So feel free to sign up if you wanna hang out on stream and help us out a bit! ❤️

Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’ve been working for months on a project with @iampona called "Blindfolded Arena" , an innovative, blindfolded SM64 game show!

We’re searching for people to test and play it live on my stream this Wednesday. Link for the sign-up and setup below!

More announcements on the day!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Blindfold Arena - Testing Signup

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’ve been working for months on a project with @iampona called "Blindfolded Arena" , an innovative, blindfolded SM64 game show!

We’re searching for people to test and play it live on my stream this Wednesday. Link for the sign-up and setup below!

More announcements on the day!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 4

youtu.be/fWaBhBUHUnA

BLINDFOLDED 16 Star No LBLJ in 20:50 by Bubzia [World Record]

YouTube video by Bubzia - Blindfolded Speedruns

youtu.be

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 4

I got a NEW SM64 - Blindfolded 16 Star No LBLJ World Record!!! Not a huge improvement but with the current level of optimization, we take those any day!

20:54 -> 20:50

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 3

I GOT Rainbow Ride 100 Coins in 3xA presses LETS GOOOO!!! The attempt took 2.5 hours and I am SO glad its over. The hardest A Button challenge star I have done by far, and I doubt anything will top it.

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Sep 2

Lets goo! Some sick games on there! I need to learn SMB one day for the subsets 😁

Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Aug 28

Sounds hype, congrats!!

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Bubzia @bubzia.bsky.social · Aug 26

What a PERFECT Blindfolded 16 Star Speedrun Looks Like

youtu.be/BPFynmaz-Ag

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