The CRAZIEST Tie in the History of Flash Game Speedrunning

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This is the Only Level's Tie has Been Broken! • Why The 'Flawless' 7-W...
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On the 9th of December, 2017, a speedrunner named ollymuirs completed a flash game called This is The Only Level with a time of 2:24.675. Over the next three years, this time was tied to the exact same frame by four separate runners, leaving a true 5-way tie for first place. In this video, we will take a look at why this tie exists and if it can ever be beaten. Has this game succumbed to the same fate of dragster, or is there more to the story?
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Maximum Personal Links:
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Discord Server: / discord
World Record Graphs Available at: / @speedrungraphs
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Thanks to ollymuirs and dha for helping me with research and the script:
ollymuirs: / ollymuirs
dha: / dededevideo
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Other Links:
Ollymuirs' first 2:24.675: • [FWR]This Is The Only ...
This is The Only Level on speedrun.com: www.speedrun.com/titol1
This is The Only Level Discord: / discord
Music List: pastebin.com/GUc6Gw9Z
smbdoggy83 (Vsauce Cover): / sethbrodzik
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#maximum #Speedrun #Documentary

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@GabrielCruz21 3 жыл бұрын

This is the only record

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

I usually pin a comment shilling my socials and stuff, but this is way too funny to not pin. Congrats.

@GabrielCruz21 3 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum I’m honored. Great video

@jpecc8314 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t get it

@aquila1154 3 жыл бұрын

@@jpecc8314 The game is called This is The Only Level

@genericusername4206 3 жыл бұрын

@CactusStrike 3 жыл бұрын

Fun video bro! but have you tried starting your elephant in second gear?

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

This guy named "Todd" claims to have done it before, but I can't figure it out myself.

@CactusStrike 3 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum I think you would've "had to be there" to know how to actually do it :/ sadly, we may never find out the secret xD

@masonwicks7348 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@meepmeep4311 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how they didn't think of that

@octaviuspepper2887 3 жыл бұрын

Just gotta use the human element

@th3on3c 3 жыл бұрын

It's kinda weird seeing my line on the chart just shoot up so dramatically O_o

@CascadiaAviation 3 жыл бұрын

Oh shit bro you're famous

@frederickntiamoah1562 3 жыл бұрын

I have beaten this game in 3 minutes and 35 seconds I kinda just found the game and tried to beat it quick for the memes Don't try to find my run on speedrun.com cause I haven't submit any time

@aslantzspeedruns6358 3 жыл бұрын

Aye I know this guy!

@Zarzamoritas 3 жыл бұрын

TheonPog

@andrewzhang8512 3 жыл бұрын

@@frederickntiamoah1562 nice, will you be posting better times on the website?

@carterbrown2441 3 жыл бұрын

This new red ball update looks crazy!

@cst1229 3 жыл бұрын

101 likes

@imakevideos5186 3 жыл бұрын

@@cst1229 ?

@miwiki6 3 жыл бұрын

yeah man, really changed the game's looks

@__8120 3 жыл бұрын

That stage 25 cycle is giving me flashbacks to the framerule system So first imagine a bus...

@danielray9080 2 жыл бұрын

But you can only get on the bus every 21 frames. So if darbian saves 12 frames in a level he will have to wait 9 frames to finish the level

@dubblebrick 2 жыл бұрын

its a 400-frame framerule

@ollymuirs 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video :) Hope to see you running the game yourself at some point.

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

It'll be a while from now, but I certainly do plan on speedrunning it in the future!

@alexanderwilkie6967 3 жыл бұрын

Where you fea

@ollymuirs 3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderwilkie6967 Glasgow.

@ProPPlayer 3 жыл бұрын

This is the only legend

@builderbbob 3 жыл бұрын

Hello there ;)

@Tr1Dylan 3 жыл бұрын

Whoever beats the record by 1 frame is going to be a hero.

@Rubienlily 2 жыл бұрын

shoutouts to dha for beating it by 5 frames

@PatrickDavis28 2 жыл бұрын

Update: as of October 30, 2021, the tie has been broken! A few frames were somehow saved in the last few levels, with the new world record being a 2:24.550

@jafetlamadrid2759 2 жыл бұрын

Link to new world record: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5Olnr1zncWWZKc.html

@CalamitasCalliope 3 жыл бұрын

In my mind, this is the point of speedrunning. Pushing a game as far as possible to be at its perfection. So few can reach this, but it's always so amazing when it does

@aggold6757 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you covering a variety of content.

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad that people are willing to watch content about flash games outside of red ball.

@omniwaffle3163 3 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum I love all these flash game videos! You have such an informative and interesting video style I'd watch anything you do

@Punykirby 3 жыл бұрын

I loved "This is the Only Level" It was this game that started my love for old flash games Its crazy to think something I played for fun and tried to perfect just for the hell of it, has been perfected 5 times by 5 different people It would be crazy if even a millisecond save is found somewhere

@btf_flotsam478 2 жыл бұрын

2 weeks ago, someone knocked off a whole tenth of a second using a new trick.

@SirTylerGolf 3 жыл бұрын

Clearly you haven't heard of the legendary 19.133 tie

@xdxboxjaja 3 жыл бұрын

TRUE

@QweRinatrtY 3 жыл бұрын

i havent heard of it, what is it?

@el_mr6439 3 жыл бұрын

???

@NoNameAtAll2 3 жыл бұрын

So... What's that about?

@adamecek64 3 жыл бұрын

😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

@Shanyae9 3 жыл бұрын

5:08 "... but perhaps a glitch..." In a glitchless category?

@yoaiou 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the problem is discovering a skip no matter the category. It would still be big news

@Shanyae9 3 жыл бұрын

@@yoaiou He was specific about the glitchless run. He wasn't talking about another category... And even if someone discover something, it'll be useless because you can't use it (because it's a glitch...) So... the tie will stay as it is.

@Jowensguy 3 жыл бұрын

"glitchless" is kind of a misnomer in this situation. There is a game breaking glitch that allows almost every level to be beaten immediately, that's the glitch which isn't allowed in any% glitchless. As stated in the video, there's a glitch which allows the player to hold down left arrow key and mash the right one instead of alternating left and right - this glitch is allowed in any% glitchless since it saves a split second in 1 level; it's not game breaking. I'm sure that if another minor glitch like that one is discovered, it would be allowed in the run.

@Shanyae9 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jowensguy When it's only one glitch that isn't allowed, the category should contain said glitch, like "any% no AJS", "any% no OOB" We are talking about Glitchless%, here. Edit: Even the video doesn't know what it's talking about...

@ohitsrusher842 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they mean glitchless as in nothing gamebreaking, the video starts of talking about a glitch where you can noclip through a pipe

@_chromo_9264 3 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing video! Glad more light is getting shone on this elephant game everyone seems to remember :)

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on being the third to get 2:24.675! titol is super cool and I will definitely be speedrunning it at some point in the future.

@_chromo_9264 3 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum Looking forward to seeing you on the leaderboards :D

@austinfehr1667 2 жыл бұрын

"Whats special about the door in stage 25?" "Alright. So. Imagine a bus..."

@EMOJlZ 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that people are taking flash games so competitively is pretty incredible. It’s so important to them for some reason.

@JustAPlayOnWords 3 жыл бұрын

You’re branching off to other nostalgic flash games and I love it

@technoeevee6969 3 жыл бұрын

This is like SMB Framerules turned up to 11. Forget bus, this Elephant is catching the goddamn train

@ARCHIVED9610 3 жыл бұрын

i named myself after one of the levels and i regret nothing, it fits my profile picture too because all Mr saturn do is march left to right basically

@SuperSmashDolls 3 жыл бұрын

"The game has no TAS tools" - No, but you could probably hack some into Ruffle.

@TheLobsterCopter5000 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as you mentioned Dragster, I became extremely nervous... Curse you T.H.E!!!

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! If you are wanting to see more world record graphs like the one shown in this video, they are available on this channel: kzfaq.info/love/zpH8F2RVn58iMkjfTGGokg I have a twitch channel over at: www.twitch.tv/itsmaximum And consider joining my discord as well for updates on my upcoming projects: discord.gg/VgdepznZQT

@12newangels 3 жыл бұрын

yes join the discord

@oz2957 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I’m getting ads on your vids

@vizonex4316 3 жыл бұрын

The Classic Mario game is getting so optimized they have to match the TAS in some levels.

@YoshiBowserFanatic 3 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game when I was little. The developer of this game also made other Flash games featuring that blue elephant, and that includes "There is Only One Level", which spawned 3-4 sequels, and a spinoff "*insert number here* Achievements". A favorite of mines was their short yet sweet game "Run Elephant Run" where the blue elephant jumps off superstardom in Hollywood just to be with his significant other back in Africa while awesome music blares in the background. Why does Flash have to close down?? -_-

@walugusgrudenburg3068 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about LOOT the Game!

@GrayMajik 3 жыл бұрын

I was not expecting you to make a video like this, but I was pleasantly surprised. Keep making more interesting videos!

@squadxzo 3 жыл бұрын

Why are the speed runs so quick. Because they are done in a flash.

@ratewcropolix 3 жыл бұрын

frick thou

@ratewcropolix 3 жыл бұрын

frick thou

@stoghetti2043 2 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

@SuperDZ555 2 жыл бұрын

Unfunny

@jadedlane6887 3 жыл бұрын

I’m such a fan of Jmtb02 games!! This is a great video. Really interesting and entertaining!

@jameseagle9288 3 жыл бұрын

5:03 this mans really just went and pulled a vsauce on us

@joshualeeandrews 3 жыл бұрын

All rise for the flash SummoningSalt, ItsMaximum. Your vids are just so enthralling keep it up! When I first saw the 1 hour long Red Ball WR progression show up in my suggestions I thought it was gonna just be a meme, but boy oh boy if it wasn’t some of the best YT content I’ve seen in a while. Keep it up!!

@ethand2750 3 жыл бұрын

broooooo i remember you from when i used to speedrun Run 2 in 2017...good video!!

@discoduckdummie555 3 жыл бұрын

Good job on getting on eazyspeezy :D I've been watching you for like 4 months now. keep it up man!

@chillyisasleep7791 3 жыл бұрын

Hey max, thanks for talking about this little flash game, I love this speedrun community and love it

@JerryRoger777 3 жыл бұрын

Love the speed run history videos. Keep up the good work!!!!!

@tomasznapieraa9861 3 жыл бұрын

This video is just as fun to watch as videos made by speedrunning youtubers with hundreds of thousands of subscriptions, really hope your chanell will grow

@hirocoldy6023 3 жыл бұрын

You know shit got serious when Ultra Necrozma's theme starts playing

@ARCHIVED9610 3 жыл бұрын

that music tho

@venorant-2322 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid. I liked the human element reference :)

@Xeractyll 11 ай бұрын

I didn't expect the Todd Rogers joke, but I'm not disappointed. Had me cracking up 😂

@Weroleytor 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting a video outside of the Red Ball universe but I'm not complaining, your videos are very good so I'm glad you are expanding your content :D

@smitty0 3 жыл бұрын

Here at 16k subs. Based on the quality of your videos I can see you hitting 100k very easily!

@Storster 3 жыл бұрын

YES.

@lassehope 3 жыл бұрын

6:56 lmaoooo dream in the corner

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job spotting the easter egg!

@lassehope 3 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum love it, keep up the good work bro! 😊

@beaksters 3 жыл бұрын

I love this game so much and I’m happy it’s entire series was saved and won’t be forgotten to flash

@randomplayer3826 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh I almost forget this game existed, it was one of my childhood online games and I missed it so much

@Jonloo1 3 жыл бұрын

holy fuck i didn't remember this game existed, what a memory

@kobzyy 3 жыл бұрын

that intro transition was amazing

@vitormaiscedo8527 3 жыл бұрын

Damn your videos are amazing, I hope one day you'll get the recognition you deserve

@averagegh0st555 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for verifying my run today! It means a lot to me.

@Finicheti 3 жыл бұрын

Good shit, really. This content is phenomenal

@moris_tm6670 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to say that I really like your channel.

@americantoastman7296 3 жыл бұрын

Fresh maximum content? Yes please!

@CaramelBinkie05 3 жыл бұрын

So who's getting that 4:48.000 in 17 Levels now? ;)

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

if you got that it would be hilarious

@user-cj4fu8qq9b 3 жыл бұрын

but starting the game on 2nd gear is a good idea im gonna try edit: got banned

@triklop_8708 2 жыл бұрын

I was about to call you out on not mentioning Todd Rogers legendary Dragster run.

@Makura6901 2 жыл бұрын

This single elephant has been there my whole childhood in so many games. Legendary character who shall live on in my memory forever.

@LuckyHamburger 3 жыл бұрын

I was going to make a video like this but I ended up dying on it. Thanks so much for doing this, it's better than I could have done! Edit: lmao I was a fucking squeaker back when I set that run

@ShakyWillow 3 жыл бұрын

Hello there, Lucky_Hamburger

@AlexEEZ 3 жыл бұрын

hahah you have a nice squeaker voice

@JohnFortner1 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos

@semisemicoloncolon 3 жыл бұрын

YESSS THIS IS AMAZING

@pepearown4968 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing a solid blue elephant like that confuses me.

@a_puntato29 3 жыл бұрын

I'M SO HAPPY IT HAPPENED ON THIS GAME

@JM-us3fr 3 жыл бұрын

Man this game brings me back. I feel like it was more than a decade ago that I played this.

@FalB27 3 жыл бұрын

DHA is legendary for the flash community and the italian speedrun community te se vole bene frate

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, dha is by far and away the best flash speedrunner

@derekconwaygd 3 жыл бұрын

damn wish i coulda got the tie before this video came out. still great content

@Happy156 3 жыл бұрын

How did you know? I was actually just researching this game and it's speedrunning strats because I wanted to see if I could beat it. Thanks for proving I can't!

@btf_flotsam478 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, there's no proof that the 2:24.550 time is perfect.

@lordlouckster2315 3 жыл бұрын

6:40 That's me! Perhaps I can say that, in a way, I changed this video!

@AlexEEZ 3 жыл бұрын

pog

@ZeroGDucks 3 жыл бұрын

Why this brings back a few memories :D

@archived1573 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched this video and would like to say that I love this new content. Would you ever do one on Celeste Classic?

@archive6094 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to give this a try sometime

@miwiki6 3 жыл бұрын

got into flash game speedrunning 5 hours ago, got 9th place in my currently most played flash game

@gemmypie 2 жыл бұрын

7:30 When I decided to randomly speedrun this game just cuz I thought it'd be funny one day, I did not expect to see myself on a video with 123k views. Good video, by the way! I started off doing attempts at this game just cuz I thought it'd be funny but it's actually surprisingly fun and interesting to do so!

@rexythet.rexfromjpreadabou186 3 жыл бұрын

Achievement unlocked 3 was my favorite flash game.

@ils8143 3 жыл бұрын

2:45 vid starts getting interesting here

@JonGamer16 3 жыл бұрын

imagine speedrun categories allowing a game speed multiplier to do a whole run at a constant faster/slower game speed to break up optimization and make it more interesting

@Somerandomguy2763 3 жыл бұрын

Player: Trys to get a new speedrun record That one Timer door: imma end this mans career

@pawer_themaw 2 жыл бұрын

this is crazy. AND the tie was broken!!!??? we never expected that

@FalseRadiation 3 жыл бұрын

It took me so long to read the level titles

@DemiCape 3 жыл бұрын

elephant be looking like a default pivot animation elephant.

@KodasGarden 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason I interpreted the thumbnail as "5-Way the Elephant" and I was wondering why the elephant had such a strange name

@chickpeepv2266 3 жыл бұрын

this is so cool

@Electric0eye 2 жыл бұрын

I got scared when halfway through the video Vsauce Michael Here broke through my screen and dragged me to action 52

@Machs2Point0 3 жыл бұрын

Clean Intro

@orvilleredenpiller338 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine a security gate. In order to get to the next level, the elephant must go through the gate. The guard can only open to gate every 400 frames. The elephant has to get within sight of the security guard (on the same stage) for it to open.

@Ifarmplasma 3 жыл бұрын

*I remember playing this on Cool Math Games O:*

@NorXor 3 жыл бұрын

dude do a video on the 1 IL in red ball cmon :)

@Maximum 3 жыл бұрын

im not trying to bore people to death here

@naed_coral 2 жыл бұрын

Fuck I loved all these elephant games, the developer was a legend but he got hired by a company and put these projects to one side - it was so cool chatting to him back then :) jmtb02 right?

@Maximum 2 жыл бұрын

That developer has actually seen this video and shared it on his twitter, which is super cool. Another developer that worked on the elephant games, Tasselfoot, is actually a part of the speedrunning community for them.

@RewindOGTeeHee 2 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to make a tad for this. Would love to see a sub 1:50 gate cycle.

@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad 3 жыл бұрын

I love this game.

@ayte3656 3 жыл бұрын

This man is like summoning salt 2.0

@mr1sign925 Жыл бұрын

5:09 I thought this was the pauseless/glitchless category

@hielum1337 3 жыл бұрын

nice vid

@lawrencebermudez 3 жыл бұрын

0:47 it seems like the timesaves become less significant at certain points over others. is there perhaps, a way for someone new to the game to visualize how these "10 second waiting cycles" work?

@NStripleseven 2 жыл бұрын

That’s gotta mean the movement is basically frameperfect with the current strategies

@Maximum 2 жыл бұрын

Aside from the jump into the gate in 20, not really, since you can buffer inputs between levels

@Xdqer.Yxw0 Жыл бұрын

BRUH WHEN I HEARD OLLY'S VOICE I DID A FUCKING DOUBLE TAKE- MY SCOTTISH ASS WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR ANOTHER SCOTSMAN?!

@CreepyBEEF 3 жыл бұрын

2:24 ""IT'S" absolute "MAXIMUM""

@noodles830 2 жыл бұрын

A part 2 would really age well…

@snicksandstones 3 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of time for just one level

@givrally7634 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck dude, I didn't think I'd hear about this game again. I've wasted tens of hours playing the series.

@silksongreactions 2 жыл бұрын

Update: 7 people are now tied for 1st with that same time. Also dragster is now tied by 20 people

@narwhalkid 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@KookeePenguins 3 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna learn to speed run this to hit first place and flex on my portal 2 speed running friend

@mayjkepharipy44 2 ай бұрын

flashmuseum lets you play all the old flash games

@lmlagg 3 жыл бұрын

The Necrosma theme 😩

@coolssh3979 3 жыл бұрын

Funny story, I never played the first This is the Only Level, but I _have_ played the 3rd one and really enjoyed it. Oh yeah there's also a 4th one that...honestly wasn't as memorable. You think you could cover Elephant Quest some time in the near future?