Animal Well speedrunners are already beating the game in under five minutes

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around. It quickly shot to the
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after it was released to
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last Thursday.

While most players complete the main story in
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, it hasn't taken long for speedrunners to figure out how to blaze through solo developer Billy Basso's eerie labyrinth. YouTubers are already posting runs of under five minutes and the any% record (i.e. the best recorded time without any restrictions) is being smashed over and over.


Within a couple of hours of Hubert0987 claiming the world record with
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, The DemonSlayer6669 appeared to snag bragging rights with one that was 18 seconds faster and perhaps
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. (Don't watch the video just yet if you haven't beaten the game and would like to avoid spoilers.)


Animal Well hasn't even been out for a week, so you can expect records to keep tumbling as runners optimize routes to the game's final plunger. It's cool to already see a speedrunning community form around a new game as skilled players duke it out, perhaps for the chance to show off their skills at the next big
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