Editing 3246: Speedrun

{{comic
| number    = 3246
| date      = May 15, 2026
| title     = Speedrun
| image     = speedrun_2x.png
| imagesize = 288x343px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = Usain Bolt holds the world record in the 100 meter speedrun.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|This page was created by a SPEEDRUNNING BOT. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
This comic shows Cueball sitting at a desk complaining that his {{w|Speedrunning|speedrun}} got deleted off of [https://www.speedrun.com/ Speedrun.com], which is a popular leaderboard aggregator for speedruns.

A {{w|tool-assisted speedrun}} (or TAS for short) is a speedrun that uses software tools to make certain hard or even humanly impossible inputs easily. ''{{w|Lateralus}}'' and ''{{w|Ænima}}'' are albums by the band {{w|Tool (band)|Tool}}. This comic makes use of a pun, where rather than using third party tools to assist him in beating a video game as quickly as possible, Cueball is getting "assistance" from the rock band Tool in the form of background music to help him concentrate. In real life, a speedrun would be unlikely to be removed based on the music one is listening to while completing it, though it may be considered similar to using a {{w|metronome}}, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/s/ODqJcAWcKg controversial topic].

The title text is a pun on the word "speedrun". {{w|Usain Bolt}}'s 100-meter dash record is a world-record "speedrun" in the sense that it is literally a speedy run and also an attempt by someone to complete a task as fast as possible (it is common on the internet for people to jokingly refer to a task they are completing very quickly  as a speedrun). The notion of such a record being classified as a legitimate speedrun isn't farfetched as Speedrun.com has some leaderboards for [https://www.speedrun.com/series/IRL In Real Life] records.

==Transcript==
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:[Cueball is sitting at a desk with a laptop. Megan is standing behind him.]
:Cueball: Aw man, Speedrun.com removed my world record just because I listened to Lateralus and Ænima to get in the flow.
:Megan: Oh, a copyright thing?
:Cueball: No, they don't allow Tool-assisted speedruns.

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