record reads, Battletoads speedruns On numerous occasions, The Mexican Runner has stated that his favourite NES game is Battletoads, a game that he considers enjoyable for its varied and famously difficult gameplay. He has also elaborated that he started playing it at age nine and finished the game as a child, but he could not find anyone at the time to share his accomplishments with. A desire to share is what made him start streaming his runs. TMR holds the world record in several speedrunning categories in Battletoads, some with fellow speedrunner and rival jay_cee, including Hitless (never taking hit from the enemies or obstacles): 30m 56s Warpless (no level-skipping warps allowed): 23m 42s Any% Co-op (cooperative two-player mode, with jay_cee, warps allowed): 16m 15s Warpless Co-op (cooperative two-player mode, with jay_cee, no warps allowed): 30m 27s In addition, TMR is also the former record holder in a couple more categories, such as Any% no wrong warps (no level-skipping not intended by the game designers, but early level termination is allowed). TMR has also performed Battletoads speedruns in front of a live audience at the speedrunning events Games Done Quick and the European Speedrunner Assembly. Blindfolded Turbo Tunnel An unofficial speedrunning category he participates in is blindfolded Turbo Tunnel. Many casual Battletoads players consider the Turbo Tunnel to be the hardest level in the game, but experienced speedrunners are able to memorise the level and rely on audio cues to play it. In this manner, TMR has performed several blindfolded Turbo Tunnel runs live, including a deathless run (no lives lost) at ESA 2018 that garnered a standing ovation from the crowd and was often mentioned during the following days. The two-player run is of particular note because neither player can be certain by audio cues alone of who made a mistake and lost a life, and both have to start over from the last checkpoint if either loses. TMR also remarked that in the blindfolded category the exact height that the player character is on-screen is difficult to know, as it depends on the amount of time the up and down arrows on the gamepad are pressed. Cuphead speedruns The Mexican Runner does not usually run more modern games, but following his audience's suggestions, he started running the notoriously difficult run'n'gun indie video game Cuphead shortly after its release, quickly rising in the ranks and dominating it. The suggestion