speedrun

• speed run

From speed +‎ run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

speedrun (plural speedruns)

1. (video games) A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.

   In the speedrun of Super Mario Bros. 3, Anonymous Jones finishes the whole game in just 11 minutes.

speedrun (third-person singular simple present speedruns, present participle speedrunning, simple past speedran or speedrunned, past participle speedrun)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To perform or create a speedrun.

   In my most recent attempt to speedrun this game, I almost managed to beat the world record.

2. (by extension) To do anything quickly

   John decided to speedrun his trip to the grocery store.

• speedrunner

• time attack
• sequence breaking
• superplay

• runs deep, upenders