Niftski breaks Super Mario Bros. world record in Mario costume as perfect run comes within 2 frames
Super Mario Bros. speedrunner Niftski set a new any% world record on Halloween while dressed as Mario, completing the NES classic in 4:54.299 and moving within two frames of a theoretically perfect run. The performance lowered Niftski’s previous record of 4:54.332, set in August 2026, by 33 milliseconds. It also pushed the game’s human leaderboard












