Speedrunning records for Elden Ring are shrinking at a baffling rate, as someone has now beaten the game in under nine minutes.
On Sunday, speedrunning legend Distortion2 zoomed through Elden Ring in just 8 minutes and 58 seconds, shattering his previous records. Primarily by skipping past most of the action RPG’s campaign thanks to an exploit called the “zip glitch” (thanks, IGN). It’s pretty common for speedrunners to utilize tricks like this, and it’s fair in most world record categories as these exploits are exceedingly tough to pull off.
