I just started a new save file in the Special Edition, and it took me longer to decide on my Imperial’s eyebrows than it did for 5exual_Tyrannosaurus to tie the knot with some rando NPC. Geeze.

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Incidentally, 5exual_Tyrannosaurus is also the world record holder for completing Skyrim’s story in a whopping 33:06, a trophy that was claimed just yesterday:

So, how are these feats of time and space even possible? According to speedrunner DrTChops, “There is a glitch where if you start a sprint, quicksave, then end the sprint and quickload at the same time you keep the speed of the sprint.” This would explain 5exual_Tyrannosaurus’s quick movement; you can see a small pause right at the beginning of both videos. That’s a quick save.

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There are a number of other glitches at work during these speedruns, and Fivexual himself walks you through some of the major ones, including dialogue skips and load warping, in the tutorial below: