

WORLD RECORD SUPER HEXAGON UPDATE
He promises that he won’t ever update the game at all - not to make it easier, not even to add new content. If he’s upset with the leaderboards, he could just tweak the game. The video footage that he records of his gameplay videos often elicits incredulous reactions from other players.īut Cavanagh isn’t just a player, he’s the game master. Other than Cavanagh himself, he’s the only player to take a spot in the top five on every difficulty. gaming magazine Edge, is one of only two people in the world to best Cavanagh on the Super Hexagon leaderboards. He’s even gotten every achievement in Spelunky, which for most players is borderline impossible.Īnd he’s dumped at least 40 hours into Super Hexagon. Finishing every single track in the hair-pullingly hard Trials: Evolution without a single fault took Killingsworth over 100 hours, but he plowed through. Most players never dream of conquering every challenge that the insanely difficult indie platform game Super Meat Boy has to offer, but Killingsworth has done it. “I want to spend my gaming hours breaking crazy-eyed, bucking stallions.” “Most games these days feel like cow-tipping - the only requirement to succeed is to possess at least one working arm,” he says. “I have near-crippling levels of perfectionism,” Killingsworth says, and a penchant for exquisite challenges. “I should sort that out later tonight,” Cavanagh says - with a chuckle, but I know that he’s dead serious. (My top score, by way of comparison, is 11.45 seconds.)
