Bubzia

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Bubzia
Born
Germany
Occupations Speedrunner, video game livestreamer
Known forSpeedrunning Super Mario 64 while blindfolded
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Games Super Mario 64 , The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Followers29.2K
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Years active2017–present
Subscribers29.2K
Views10 million
Last updated: December 12, 2025

Bubzia is a German speedrunner and video game livestreamer known for completing blindfolded speedruns of several video games, most notably the 1996 platform game Super Mario 64 , for which he has set multiple world records.

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Career

According to Bubzia, he began speedrunning video games while blindfolded in 2017. [1]

In August 2020, Bubzia was interviewed by Shacknews prior to participating in that year's Games Done Quick charity marathon, attempting the "Break the Targets" game mode from the 1999 crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. while blindfolded. [2]

As part of Games Done Quick 2021, Bubzia completed the entirety of the 1996 platform game Super Mario 64 while blindfolded, relying on musical cues and sound effects for timing. Bubzia used a GameCube controller for most of the run, though switched to a Wii Remote near the end of the game. [3]

In December 2021, Bubzia broke his own world record for completing Super Mario 64 with 70 Power Stars while blindfolded, finishing in 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 28 seconds. [4] Just a few days later, Bubzia beat the game with only one Power Star while blindfolded, finishing in 24 minutes and 16 seconds. [5]

On May 8, 2022, Bubzia became the first person to collect all 120 Power Stars in Super Mario 64 and beat the game while blindfolded, using only audio cues and muscle memory to do so. He had practiced the run every day for more than a year and unsuccessfully attempted it twice earlier in 2022. Bubzia finished the run in 11 hours, 22 minutes, and 43 seconds, having estimated that it would take around 15 hours to complete. [6] [7]

In October 2022, Bubzia broke the world record for blindfolded speedrunning the 1998 action-adventure game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with a time of 12 minutes and 57 seconds, utilizing a glitch that replaces the player character Link's ocarina with an ignited stick. [8]

In October 2024, Bubzia set the world record for Super Mario 64's blindfolded 16-Star category, finishing in 19 minutes and 43 seconds. Bubzia had practiced for 118 days to complete the challenge in less than 20 minutes, having previously set the world record of 22 minutes and 23 seconds. [9] [10] The following month, Bubzia attempted to complete the same challenge with a dance pad, using a standard game controller only to move the camera and pause the game. He called off the challenge after beating the first battle against Bowser, which took more than 3 hours and 33 minutes. [11]

On February 10, 2021, Bubzia's webcam abruptly turned off during an attempt to beat his own Super Mario 64 70-Star world record, making his run invalid. Due to being blindfolded, Bubzia did not realize that his webcam had broken until he finished the run, which ended up taking almost a full minute longer than his record time. [12] [13] That same month, Bubzia broke three blindfolded Super Mario 64 speedrun world records within four days, beating the 1-Star, 31-Star, and 70-Star categories. [14]

On March 19, 2025, Bubzia completed Super Mario 64's blindfolded 70-Star challenge with a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes, and 41 seconds, breaking his previous world record for the category by more than three and a half minutes. [15] [16] [17]

In July 2025, Bubzia achieved the fastest blindfolded Super Mario 64 run of all time, setting a 1-Star world record of 10 minutes and 32 seconds. [18]

Reception

Reporting on his blindfolded Super Mario 64 120-Star run, Hideaki Fujiwara of Automaton wrote that Bubzia "is considered a stalwart veteran in the field of blindfolded speedruns", praising "the precise adjustment of his location to the ability to stay composed and recover from his mistakes". [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bubzia". Speedrun.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Mejia, Ozzie (12 August 2020). "Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Interview: Bubzia and Super Smash Bros. 64 blindfolded". Shacknews . Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  3. ↑ J. Fergus (12 January 2021). "This gamer can crush Super Mario 64 with his eyes closed. No, really". Inverse . Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Coulson, Josh (6 December 2021). "Super Mario 64 Beaten In Under Two Hours Blindfolded". TheGamer. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Bevan, Rhiannon (11 December 2021). "Speedrunner Beats Super Mario 64 In 24 Minutes While Blindfolded". TheGamer. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 Fujiwara, Hideaki (10 May 2022). "A 120 star speedrun of Super Mario 64 completed while blindfolded". Automaton. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Fairfax, Zackerie (8 May 2022). "Super Mario 64 streamer becomes first to collect all 120 stars blindfolded". Dexerto . Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Bevan, Rhiannon (29 October 2022). "Ocarina Of Time Dank% Blindfolded Speedrun World Record Beaten". TheGamer. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Bailey, Dustin (4 October 2024). "After a 118-day grind, a blindfolded sub-20 minute Super Mario 64 speedrun is here and the community's in disbelief: "This seemed completely impossible a few years ago"". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Todisco, Eric (6 October 2024). "Blindfolded Super Mario 64 player sets an 'impossible' record: 'Unbelievable feat'". New York Post . Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Bailey, Dustin (22 November 2024). "Legendary Super Mario 64 speedrunner tries to beat the game blindfolded on a dance pad and fails, but not as badly as you or I would". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 6 January 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  12. ↑ Bailey, Dustin (16 February 2021). "Blindfolded Super Mario 64 speedrunner gets near world record pace, doesn't realize the run's been invalidated by a broken webcam until it's already over". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Van Allen, Eric (17 February 2025). "Blindfolded Mario 64 Speedrunner Seconds Away From Heartbreak With Invalid Record-Pace Attempt". IGN . Archived from the original on 23 March 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  14. ↑ Bailey, Dustin (21 February 2025). "A week after suffering webcam tragedy, blindfolded Super Mario 64 speedrunner casually breaks 3 world records in 4 days: "Another day in the office, another world record"". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 3 April 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  15. ↑ Bailey, Dustin (19 March 2025). "Blindfolded Super Mario 64 speedrunner declares "70 Star is DEAD" after he "absolutely obliterated" his old record". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  16. ↑ Shipley, Tyler (22 March 2025). "Super Mario 64 Speedrunner Sets New Record While Blindfolded". Game Rant. Archived from the original on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  17. ↑ Reynolds, Ollie (21 March 2025). "Random: "I'm Done" - Blindfolded Speedrunner Smashes Super Mario 64 Record". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on 20 September 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  18. ↑ Bailey, Dustin (15 July 2025). ""After months and months of chokes," speedrun legend achieves fastest blindfolded Super Mario 64 run of all time, but only after RNG ended a near-perfect run that would've killed the category "forever"". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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