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The weeklong speedrunning marathon Superior Video games Finished Fast 2025 wrapped up within the wee hours of Sunday morning, and organizers say it managed to drag in a complete of $2,556,305 for Forestall Most cancers Basis.

As might be anticipated, the occasion in Pittsburgh introduced an excellent mixture of talent and silliness: there was a Loopy Taxi speedrun that includes a dwell band; FunkopotamusWes performed the piano throughout his run of New Tremendous Mario Bros. Wii, utilizing his head and ft to regulate the sport through movement controls; and Dr. Doot did an Elden Ring bosses speedrun utilizing an electrical saxophone. Sure, the saxophone did make little doot doot sounds your complete time.

The marathon ran repeatedly from January 5-12, so there are lots of, many extra nice moments in addition to these to compensate for for those who missed it. Every part could be discovered on the Games Done Quick YouTube channel.

AGDQ is considered one of a number of charity-focused occasions held by Video games Finished Fast yearly, and the following one, Back to Black is arising in February. Highlighting Black hosts and speedrunners, that occasion (Feb 6-9) will increase cash for the racial justice nonprofit, Race Ahead. Over time, Video games Finished Fast has raised greater than $54 million for varied charities together with Forestall Most cancers Basis and Docs With out Borders. AGDQ raised about $2.5 million during its marathon final 12 months, too.