HALL OF FAMEBest Speedrun Discovery1996
Backwards Long Jump (BLJ)
Unknown Game
52,341VOTES
Inducted: March 22, 2020
DISCOVERED BY
SM64 Community
About This Glitch
By repeatedly long jumping backwards on stairs, Mario can build up infinite speed and clip through walls, doors, and entire sections of the game.
Impact on Gaming
Revolutionized Super Mario 64 speedrunning and enabled sub-10-minute completions of a game designed to take hours.
Legacy
- Defined speedrunning as we know it
- Still used in world record runs today
- Inspired glitch hunting in countless 3D platformers
- Subject of multiple YouTube video essays with millions of views