Animal Well speedrunners are already beating the game in under five minutes

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    </div>">a 4:44 run on Thursday</a>, The DemonSlayer6669 appeared to snag bragging rights with one that was 18 seconds faster and perhaps <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="<div>
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    </div>">the first recorded sub-4:30 time</a>. (Don't watch the video just yet if you haven't beaten the game and would like to avoid spoilers.)</p>

Animal Well hasn't even been out for a week, so you can expect records to keep tumbling as runners optimize routes to the game's final plunger. It's cool to already see a speedrunning community form around a new game as skilled players duke it out, perhaps for the chance to show off their skills at the next big Games Done Quick event.

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