Video game speedrunners spend a lot of their time doing crazy things, like playing the whole of Fallout 4 in a little over an hour, although the game touts at least 100 hours of gameplay.
However, nothing is quite as insane as watching this gamer, Staian, who managed to speedrun his way through the open-source rhythm game Stepmania.
Staian's fingers moved almost at impossible speeds during yesterday's Awesome Games Done Quick 2016, demonstrating not just dexterity, but also an ability to think faster than pretty much any other human alive.
"So this is very, very stamina-intense," said a commentator during the event. "On really hard songs ... you actually become mentally tired as well. It's not just your hands. You actually get tired."
At one point, Staian's fingers are playing notes at an incredible 30 notes per second. That's reminiscent of Star Trek: The Next Generation's Data, who often performed such feats when maneuvering his way around the Enterprise's consoles.
Staian's performance was so impressive that soon afterward, Stepmania's website went down because everyone wanted to check out the game.
Stepmania is a rhythm game that began life as a Dance Dance Revolution simulator, although it eventually evolved into its own entity. It's open-source software, which allows other games to use its engine. It made such an impact when it released that it made its way to the Museum of the Moving Engine in 2005 as part of a video game exhibition.
Stepmania allows players to use their fingers, controllers or dance pads, as well as allows players to create their own custom moves with songs of their choosing. Of course, now, we'd like to see this kind of speedrunning craziness on a dance pad, because that would really rock the Internet's socks off. Players can download the game for free on its official website, which is back up and running after yesterday's activity.
Awesome Games Done Quick, which encourages viewers to make donations to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, runs through Saturday.
Meanwhile, you can also check out more of Staian's impressive fingerwork and mental acuity on his YouTube channel.
