Speedrun tricks, ranked by how hard they are to pull off

A tier list by abafa · filed under Gaming · published 26 September 2026

My opinion: the tricks speedrunners use, ranked by how hard they are to pull off. Explained in my video "How Speedrunners Beat Games in Minutes" on YouTube (Abafaboy). Rank it yourself!

S tier

  1. Frame-perfect inputs
  2. Arbitrary code execution (by hand)

A tier

  1. RNG manipulation
  2. Wall clips and glitches

B tier

  1. Sequence breaking

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