4m 19s World Record

The beginning of a new era

Ladies and gentleman. I grant you this celebration for I have indeed triumphed in but a small battle in this war, however this is not the time to rest.

It is time to pursue the sub four minute run.

It will not be easy.. no....some say it's impossible, but to that I say nay. Some believe the goal of 3'59" (or less) is an insurmountable titan, towering above us all. But I stand before you today, resolute and unwavering, to declare that I SAY NAY! We are now on the precipice of a new horizon in speedrunning history- the sub-four-minute mark in NFL Blitz 2000.

And so, let the battle horn of my challenge sound, let it reverberate across the plains of doubt. For I shall not rest...very much... until I or someone shatters the chains of impossibility, until the impossible itself trembles at our approach, until we break the secrets of our quest for the quickest quarters.

Indeed, it will be hard. The game has four one minute quarters and while it's true that the ingame clock's seconds run faster than realtimes clocks...there are transitionsand I don't know if there are tricks for skipping them and there's the play selection screen, all eating up valuable time. I've founding that button mashing sometimes helps skip touchdown animations and post-play camera movement, but it's not reliable. Sometimes it skips nearly immediatly, other times it doesn't. This leads me to believe that there is some kind of realiable skip, but I don't know the combo. If there is a combo, it might just be enough that, when paired with a perfect run, one might be able to achieve a sub 4 minute run. This is the goal: find that combo and continue refining the consistency. I believe...no...i know it is possible to get a sub 4 minute run. Let the games begin.

?, —LUMBERAMERICA