Recently, Cyberdemon531 (also known as Cyberdemon531a on Reddit) beat the world record in Mega Man X6 by over 40 seconds. This is a MASSIVE improvement over his last PB. Even when taking into consideration that this run was done on Easy Mode when the standard is on Normal, it is honestly astonishing how he PB'd by such a great amount in MMX6. I honestly believe that the run was spliced. For those unfamiliar with what a splice is, it is when a person takes the time to make a tool assisted run, then piece all the different parts of the run together to create one nearly seamless video. I am going to go through the evidence to explain why this run is most definitely illegitimate.

To begin, let's go through the history of Cyberdemon's playtime with X6. He is the type of guy who puts literally hundreds of hours of work into a time that he wants, so a person may not suspect him as a cheater, but let's think about how infuriated he gets when he is on a good run and ends up failing his execution in the end. Now think about getting many runs like this and choking every single one of them for a week straight. This must have been absolutely soul-crushing for Cyberdemon. I have seen quite a few runs where he simply could not muster the will to continue, and I believe this is one of them.

After this, let's take into consideration that Cyberdemon plays on emulator. This makes it INCREDIBLY easy to cheat and simply stream the run with some random button presses and commentary. I know because I have used emulator and have played the game in slow motion. If a person wanted to, they could simply do this then double the speed to have the game look like it is in normal time. However, Cyberdemon is not a complete dunce. If a person looks at his splits, you can see he has error. If a person was to have an absolutely perfect run, that would be easy to expose, but Cyber knows better than that considering how often he argues about "cheating" on emulator and consoles. My assumption is that he actually played normally throughout most of the game, but during specific, high-risk points, he used save-states to make sure he finally got a time he was satisfied with. Points that I am sure he cheated on include MSP's crusher sections, Rainy Turtloid for precise movement through most of it, Bilzzard Wolffang, and all of the Gate Stages.

After talking about his history and him running on emulator I want to talk about the highly suspicious time gaps between his previous runs and this one. He was running X6 fairly actively a couple weeks ago, then after repeatedly getting demolished, he returns to get the "god run" after approximately a two week hiatus. Two weeks is an amazing amount of time considering Cyberdemon's lifestyle. This tied in with Cyberdemon suddenly becoming "sick" and not being able to stream for about a week is even MORE evidence pointing towards him faking this run.

Now for the run itself. Other people in his Youtube comments and on his Reddit thread have given their inputs on why they believe this run does not look valid. Throughout the run, there are points where he talks about "emulator lag". If a person was running on console then the game suddenly freaks out for seemingly no reason, then that would immediately be criticized. Why do people look past a person just because they're playing on emulator? This is evidence right before our eyes that we normally don't think about because most people have problems with emulators. Cyberdemon gloats all day about how he gets no lag on emulator, so why is he suddenly getting lag in the greatest run of his life? At another point in the run, his stream cuts out before Nightmare Mother. I believe this is another major splicing point because he could not do it at a loading screen. Let's not forget about his godly Gate Stage 3. This is easily the most ABSURD luck in any Mega Man X6 run. I have watched and played hundreds of hours of MMX6 and have never seen someone get a cycle skip in Gate's 3rd Stage, which requires perfect execution, and get an amazing Gate fight. It is not a perfect Gate fight by any means (which I believe is part of his strategy to make it seem believable), but it is notable.