Diablo speedrunners searched 2.2 billion random dungeon seeds to debunk a two-decade old speedrun record
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Summary
A team of Diablo speedrunners spent six months searching the 1996 RPG’s 2.2 billion random dungeon seeds to find the layout used in a speedrun they suspected to be illegitimate, according to a report from Ars Technica.
Maciej “Groobo” Maselewski completed a three-minute, 12-second sorcerer run in 2009 that appeared to be hugely fortunate, with a randomly generated streak of entrance and exit stairways next to each other that allowed for a rapid descent through the dungeon.
The speedrunner also apparently lucked out on the ninth floor, nabbing the Naj’s Puzzler item needed for later teleporting exploits.
The team of speedrunners spent six months searching through the seeds, and also found that the 2009 video had been spliced together from 16 different runs.
Their investigation helped debunk a widely praised speedrun.
