Can Pro Speedrunners Spot A Cheated Minecraft Speedrun? 

Couri: They're all fake Fein: They're all real Illumina: I have zero clue Ah, the three types of people

Illumina: "Who makes a shield that early" Me: *sweats nervously*

This was really fun to have my run included! I got that like last summer so it was super funny rewatching and wondering why the heck I was doing what I did. I think it’s hilarious that the shield precraft made it so suspicious but it definitely was strange lol.

11:57 dude was talking about being suspicious while the runner was eating suspicious stew lmao

It's so interesting how they clue in on different things depending on their strengths. Really goes to show how important it is to have a team of multiple people looking at an alleged cheater.

I like how Curi, and Fein analyze the runs while Illumina just go's *SUS*

The only reason I knew one of the runs was not the fake run is because I remember watching that same person do that funky one cycle in a tournament forever ago

"What is up with people hating anchors" - Couriway who explodes them on the wrong side

Surprised no one fished out the odd run out immediately by looking at the specs knowing Nerdi's graphics card

I got it right, not grabbing the eye was what gave it away for me. Like risking the whole run for that seems a bit odd. Otherwise I would've guessed number two. Dunno if Couri or Fein even noticed that, weird because Illumina did and got it wrong.

thoughts halfway through: Run 1 seemed a little off. Mainly dolphin frontloading (on a set seed you could reset for that) and the wood use. The runner somehow mined the exact amount of logs to have enough for 5 beds and to get on too of the bastion. It's odd that run 2 uses e-ray and fabric api. There was only a very very short time in which both were used by speedrunners (fanric api being forbidden around feb, e-ray being discovered around jan). I feel like it would be too obvious to be the fake, but it is definitely rare. Probably around Reign 14:07 wr. So far I think run 1 is more likely to be fake than run 2. edit: run 3 seems very legit so far. From the moment he doubted which spawner to go to, he won my heart lmao. Let's see the results. My final guess is run 1. edit 2: :NOOO:

Everyone: "Who pre-crafts a shield?" Me: "...me." Everyone: "Fake."

I think an interesting experiment would've been to show them the runs without telling them one was fake, and then see if they noticed on their own.

Everyone: why is he crafting so many slabs what Illumina: yeah this guy knows what he’s doing Everyone: okay-ish coords, whatever Illumina: this is awful is this even the ring

"They get the 4 bed, Benex would not finish this." That made me laugh

i love this concept so much. hope there’s more parts to this, honestly, it’s so unique

Nerdi deserves WAYY more subscribers than he has right now. His editing and content is amazing. Underrated RU-vidr right here

This is a momentous day where Nerdi, the WR holder in minecraft speedrunning (unofficial), has uploaded a youtube video. If I could, I would kiss him.

as a shield user, if I have an iron spare I'm pre-crafting a shield before entering nether :'D :'(

I got it right. Run number 2 just looked like a new player. In the other hand, run number 3 was so strange at some parts, the slabs doesn't make sense, the way he ran and also the quality was better than the others. I looked at the skin and totally called a namemc one, namemc normally has anime skins more than other places. Also, the timer skin just screamed to me "youtube" run xD

It's so interesting the difference between runners having crazy good knowledge of structures and how things generate in Minecraft vs. knowing them TOO well and being a set seed

11:58 illumina talking about suspicious the guy: eating a suspicious stew

I am a fan of all the runners you had in the video and I know of you by proxy, so I watched the video. Damn, dude. Very good. Please make more. I did the whole subscribe and hit the bell thing so that I wouldn't miss the next one. Thank you, sir! One note. The reveal felt off to me because it had to happen three times. I understand the logistics of why it happened like that, but it would've been very cool to hear the runners reacting to each other's thoughts and having a big joint reveal at the end. I think this is such a cool concept. And you executed it so well. I really hope you make more. Thanks for the video!

"And that's the 4 bed, Benex would not finish it" That was rude haha

should have given them their own runs would have been fun to see

watched this in a call w my friend and we both agreed with illumina and couri. guess fein is just built different. would LOVE to see more like this :)

Nice! At the very start I figured the dolphins must be you (NerdiBERT!) but the gameplay was too smooth. Really well edited. It's time-consuming to edit something like this so smoothly.

11:59 the way he said "Like they didnt really make it suspicious" then he eats a suspicious stew lol

SUCH a good video. great idea, really fun execution -- such a good insight into the minds of both speedrunners and the mods that verify runs.

Need a series of this asap. 10/10 editing too

I've never done a speed run before but have been playing for a long long time and it was awesome to find out that the run I predicted off of my general experience over the years was run 3! Great video👍

wow that illumina guy is so cool! i sure hope he hasn't done anything terrible

Definitey felt involved in figuring out the fake run awesome job chief 🐻👏 it was entertaining🎭

11:57, Lumina: he didn't really make it seem suspicious. Speedrunner: eats suspicious stew😂🤣

I was shocked when I saw the intro that's some crazy quality editing right there!

I got it simply because I love off of the best being under the highest suspicion. The third was the cleanest, the smoothest out of all of them, the one that made the most sense. Of course you're not gonna want your cheated run to look sloppy. anxiety and paranoia does that to cheaters; they look back through their video, find something that looks sus and say "nope, that looks wierd, they're gonna call me out on that" and go back through it again so that way it doesn't look bad. The best ones are ALWAYS the most suspicious

I guessed run number three, so I am now officially a better speedrunner than Couri and Illumina

The first video I watched from you and know almost nothing about speedrunning. somehow I was able to guess right, but thats only because the viewers got an important clue in the beginning that the other 3 guys didn't have. Without this clue I would have rolled a dice instead. Great job to the third guy on finding out the correct one!

this is uber coolio not gonna lie my fizzy fam

Illumina is the best. Illumina: *builds a house inside of a manhunt*

Nerdi faked the run on my seed let's gooo

Illumina: it's not that suspicious. Player: proceeds to eat suspicious stew...

I got it right. How I found out 1. The other two seeds were bad while this one was good which was kinda a red flag to me and then 2. The slabs would not be enough to be a good time save.

I knew it was the third one like 10 seconds in, just from the skin, timer, and animation, things like the speed bridging reaffirmed my suspicion. But I also knew that Nerdi was the one doing the fake run which they didn't which makes a big difference because i wasn't looking at which run seemed cheated just which one seemed like Nerdi trying to fake a run

Couri-“I would never make it that close in a pb” Yeah sure u would never…

Couri: This run is suspicious Nerdi: Maybe it is maybe it isn't Couri: So it's fake

babe wake up new nerdi video

I was 50 : 50 between the 2nd and 3rd run, but what gave it away to me was at 19:25 when Nerdi told Illumina that it 'was the stronghold.' That was super sus, as well as the fact that the 3rd run was played at the skill level that I would associate with Nerdi. GG.

woke up to nerdi upload, truly the best start for the weekend :0 All the runs seemed so real bruh I couldn't even guess what was the odd one out

Why do i feel like illumnia is going to be a old man who will live in a cabin and reluctantly train a young speed runner

I knew it was three, because of them falling in the nether. Also the general smoothness of it really hinted

“Who pre-crafts a shield?” Every casual Minecraft player

Bro do content now FeelsStrongMan

Everyone: the person that played that 3rd seed is really bad. Nerdi : I played that seed.

nerdi with the youtube AND the twitch comeback?

13:33 it looks like illumina is a piece of bread

I'd bet that little pogchamp thing in the bottom right of the third run is hiding improper subtitles on an otherwise smooth splice cut or else it's just there as a distraction piece

what you can tell that number 3 was cheated was because of the enderpearls, no sane speedrunner would have less than 12, because than it would ruin there whole run.

This man really uploaded block game video after 1 year

I think this really shows that not everything is as it might initially seem. I thought #1 was the most suspicious, and what do you know, I guessed wrong!

12:00 Hooded Guy: I see nothing suspicious Player: *drinks suspicious stew

How do you have only 4k subs. You deserve much more, great editing!

I say next time they should do “can Minecraft speed runner cheaters figure out the real run?”

Couri sounds so nice and sweet here with the "I hope they PB!"

1:56 Nice Pac-Man World 2 music, Haunted Boardwalk. My brain instantly keyed up on it.... yes I beat that game....

9y olds: wheres dream

12:00 says they didint make it suspicious and the speeedrunner eats suspecious stew lol

they also hold the record for the fastest ability to induce a feeling of cringe with their profile pics

I will watch this video 3x to pay respect to him for watching allthose videos 3x

super cool bideo bro,wached the hole thing and dropped you a subscriber. keep up great workk=

Illumina: it's not really that suspicious Speedrunner: drinks suspicious stew

This is such a good video concept. I really hope you make more of these

The "Odd run out" got me on my knees I don't know why

it was the e-boy skin that gave it away to me

this video really hurts to watch at this point in time

shouldve had dream on here, he could DEFINITELY spot cheating in a speedrun

props to the editor :O, amazing vid

Don’t hate me for this but I was waiting for dream

These guys are the 3 greats in my eyes

These are the worst pfps I ever seen my god

Me: Have wathced only first speedrun Me also: Its the first speedrun, that's fake!

why they all have so bad profile pics bro

Feinberg: *mod mode activated* Couriway: *judging your gameplay* Illumina: Everything is a red flag

Would have been way funnier if you invited Dream xD

Skipping the string and then diverting from stronghold to an island full of sheep was the giveaway for me.

It would be better if each of them had to guess if it's a fake speedrun or not at the end of each replay. The moment when they realise that they were wrong would be fun. They shouldn't have option to pick unsure.

you need to make more of these with new ppl each time, this series would pop off

0:50 I'm pretty sure there was at least one little Timmy that said "DREAM?!?!!?"

Fun fact swords do more damage than axes. The only thing of PVP is making shields less effective

The thing that really said 3 was fake was the fact that he didn’t pick up the 12th eye after dropping it, if it was real, you’d make sure to conserve your eyes

Unlocked a childhood memory with the music holy shoit

What's most concerning is all of them don't know that 'they' is plural.

The pre-craft shield into a insta nether fortress was wayyyy too sus, but hey, maybe he always craft a shield and this time it was worth... but when the runner left the eye behind in the third run i was like "wait, what? Why? Do they KNOW they wont need that eye?"

I bet the people with the real runs would hurt so much watching this and them being like, MAN HE CHEATING

Couri: "flowbeeesque" he really did them like that did he 😭

I did a double take when Feinberg just offhandedly remarked that at 14:36

I really like this concept however them knowing that the fake is a set seed made it super obvious! I think having the dramatic irony side of just spotting a cheated run out of 3 different runs

When you're not a speedrunner so you're just confused on why they're saying certain things are bad or sus.

"It looks like a bad runner stumbled upon a really good seed." Ouch, Nerdi.

yeee I got it right I thought it was 3 because in the F3 menu it was showing "infiniburn_end, infiniburn_nether, infiniburn_overworld" I guess that's there normally ig