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The opening level of Doom 2 is very short. Without any practice, most players can easily finish it in less than a minute. But back in 1998, one skilled speedrunner completed the small level in five seconds. And finally, after nearly three decades<\/a> of people suggesting it was impossible to beat, someone was able to\u2026<\/p>\n

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Source – kotaku.com<\/p>\n

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The opening level of Doom 2 is very short. Without any practice, most players can easily finish it in less than a minute. But back in 1998, one skilled speedrunner completed the small level in five seconds. And finally, after nearly three decades of people suggesting it was impossible to beat, someone was able to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47559,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[338,3503,412],"class_list":["post-47558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","tag-doom","tag-level","tag-opening"],"yoast_head":"\nDoom 2's Oldest Speedrun Record Finally Beaten After 26 Years | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Doom 2's Oldest Speedrun Record Finally Beaten After 26 Years for free, here on XtremeServers. Discover more great articles on our site. 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