The Tetris World Record Just Got Shattered

YOO This is an awesome video man! It got me hyped up I won't lie, you're a legend

Gamescout desperately trying to get this video out before the next wild and crazy record breaking thing happens 😂

The fact that Andy did all this WHILE GIVING COMMENTARY is insane. the focus required to play that efficiently on 29 speed while talking at the same time is crazy

It's actually fucking adorable, I think, to have the two brothers being as high in the Tetris community as they both are. Like that is the competitive brotherly bonding of the century right there

Andy going from in the shadow of his younger brother for YEARS to world record holder and top 3 player EVER is truly amazing. Getting the score world record couldn't have happened to anyone more deserving.

12:46 Spotting that T placement is one thing with Scout pausing to pose the question and without the pressure of gravity, but I have to imagine it's a tougher call at that height and at speed. Great demonstration of how well-developed PixelAndy's game sense was to respond to the circumstances!

These new discoveries and records are giving gamescout enough content for months... Not that im complaining!

Excellent editing and storytelling, the highlights of small details during the run are immensely satisfying.

The fact that he managed this feat right after basically saying “luck doesn’t have any part in this” is the cherry on top.

Good to know who the main character is lol That was such an anime moment. Him coaching himself and overcoming his self doubts MID GAME is so. Perfect lmao

"second to other people is like bro... But second to him is like BRO!"

I don't play Tetris at all, but I've been following these videos for... Geez, half a decade now! The narrative surrounding the classic game and it's community is incredible, and your presentation of it makes it all the more easy to understand and enjoyable to watch! Congrats to PixelAndy!

One underrated thing about Andy is how you can make the case that he's a top 5 player in EVERY SINGLE playstyle - DAS, tap and Roll. The man is just built different! I'm rooting for him to get this year's CTWC title!

I love tetris, I was once #100 on a worldwide leaderboard for a different version of tetris over a decade ago and the level of skill involved in the game now is absolutey absurd in comparison to what I was doing back then. I could not have competed in this version or in other more modern versions of tetris, with players like this truly amazing. Props to PixelAndy and the all the others.

13:17 I never played a lot of Tetris Effect: Connected but that one level got me to cry when playing it and even just that little snippet fills me with so much emotion because of how well its used here

I think this finally gets NES Tetris back to what makes Tetris a puzzle game. The kill screen is, no doubt, one of the crowning achievements of Tetris, but it's more in the marathon tradition, with no real goal beyond survival. If you go all the way back to the days of Jonas's domination, what set him apart (and what made fellow DAS player GreenTea so competitive in the hypertapping era) was incredible stacking skill. NES Tetris is inherently on the "athletic" end of the Tetris spectrum, but once you've become consistent on that front, what makes the difference is how efficiently and cleanly you can stack some blocks. Since NES Tetris is once again a finite game in practice (at least at the world record level) scoring efficiency matters again, which implies only clearing Tetrises and cleanup with singles.

13:10 not gonna lie, I choked up here for real. The combination of the leading up, the tetris effect theme chorus and the world record. I dont know why, it made me feel so damn emotional. I'm super happy for PixelAndy

Man you are such an asset to this community. Another fantastic video Scout!

Amazing vid as usual David. And the overlays/infographics and ways you put the data and explanations up is alwaus improving so much. When you came to talking about the 3 phases of the game, I was sitting here going, ok, yes yes , we know this but its for newbies to the scene, waiting for 1-19 and transition, then lvl 29 etc ... and had to readjust when it was clear phase one is just now including to lvl 29 - which really sinks in how far this game moved in a mere decade and a bit since Ecstasy Doco, that it's just taken as standard play now !

THE RACE IS OVER!!! (Alex - 16.2 million - 10 rollovers!!)