Elden Ring speedrun records: fastest, Any%, methods and more.

Elden Ring speedrunning has already begun at a rapid pace as the community is constantly looking for new ways to beat the game quickly. Here's a current look at the latest Elden Ring speedrun records.

While Elden Ring is an eminently expansive and lengthy game, that hasn't stopped the speedrunner community from doing what they do best. The Elden Ring speedruns are here and the community is looking for ways to beat the already existing records.

For those who are fascinated by speedrunning, Elden Ring offers a new challenge and those who are trying to break records are likely to learn some tricks that we can all benefit from. Elden Ring may be at its best when the player takes their time and plays deliberately, but that doesn't make speedrun attempts any less impressive.

From the very first speedruns to current records, here's everything you need to know.

Elden Ring speedrun records

You can see all the latest Elden Ring speedrun records below:

record	Player	date
2 hours 35 minutes	Niko Bellic	09/03/2022
59 minutes 38 seconds	lilaggie	10/03/2022
12 minutes and 13 seconds	distortion2	09/04/2022
8 minutes 56 seconds	distortion2	11/04/2022
6 minutes 59 seconds	distortion2	13/04/2022

First Elden Ring speedrun record

The first successful Elden Ring speedrun was met with great fanfare when on March 9, 2022 Niko Bellicu managed to complete the game in just 2 hours 35 minutes, and without a single death. Just playing Elden Ring without dying is amazing in itself, not to mention pushing the pace.

While Niko's achievement is certainly impressive, several other speedrunners have decided to beat his record. Within a few hours, someone did.

Second speedrun record At Elden's ring

Youtuber the next day lil aggy was the first to break Niko Bellic's record, with their speed 59 minutes and 38 seconds. This run also showed no death and blew up the community. You can see his absolutely incredible run below.

However, LilAgg's reign didn't last long as fellow speedrunner Elden Ring was about to post his own record as well.

Elden Ring speedrun records

Before LilAggy could bask in the glory of their victory, speedrunner distortion2 managed to break his record by over ten minutes by completing Elden Ring in incredible 49 minutes and 29 seconds.

At the time of writing, Distortion2 remains the current Elden Ring speedrun record holder, having surpassed its first entry over a dozen times since then.

Distortion2 breaks its own records

Distortion2 continues to beat its own Elden Ring speed running records, with its current best position at stunning 6 minutes and 59 seconds.

To date, the YouTuber has broken his own world record 14 times, but it finally seems to be slowing down.

“This category has been quite popular,” he said. on twitter since the last record was set. "There is still some room for improvement, but I'm done with that for now."

You can watch his most recent and impressive speedrun below:

Why Souls games are perfect for speedrunners

Speedrunners love Souls games because of the sheer number of paths and options. FromSoftware fills its games with shortcuts and secrets that are just perfect for speedrunning. Those who know the map and structure of these games will know that there are ways to bypass certain areas and access endgame content early on.

That's why speedrunners target Souls games and compete to finish them as quickly as possible. Even the original Demon's Souls on PS3 was a speedrunning playground. Dark Souls was also a speedrunning favourite, with a world record set for a completed time of 21 minutes and 17 seconds.

Bloodborne's record is just two seconds short, sitting at 21 minutes and 15 seconds. Elden Ring is a much bigger game than anything FromSoftware has released before, but we suspect the speedrunners have a lot more to show us before they pass.