S peedrunning has pretty much become integral to gaming culture, and so has raising money for charitable causes. Combine these two things and things go wild, because the participants are not only competing against each other for the sake of doing it, they’re competing to raise as much money as possible for a noble cause.

Just look at the 2019 edition of Awesome Games Done Quick which, as of the end of the event on Saturday, ended up raising a record-breaking $2.4 million. Last year, Awesome Games Done Quick raised $2.2 million, another record-breaking sum for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

The enormous sum was raised with the help of more than 46,000 persons and organizations. The largest single gift totaled $10,000 dollars, with 180 persons donating $1,000 or more. The numbers become even more staggering when put in context – Awesome Done Quick, together with its companion event Summer Games Done Quick, have raised more than $19 million for various charitable causes, which include Doctors Without Borders, as well as the Organization for Autism Research and Care.