Awesome Games Done Quick 2019: what to watch on the last day

The final 12 hours of Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 features six events, but speedrun favorites The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Mario Odyssey are among them. The AGDQ schedulers have planned a crowd-pleasing finale that wraps up at midnight. You can watch all of it live, right here.

Below are all the remaining events (all times ET) with record holders noted (according to speedrun.com). The full schedule is here.

1:23 p.m. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Xelna). Low%, One-hit KO. Xelna is first in four main categories of A Link to the Past, which has the fourth-most players among games on Speedrun.com. They’re also No. 1 in three category extensions, including this one. The world record time is 1:33:57.

3:28 p.m. Dark Souls 3 (spacey1). All bosses on PC. spacey1 is fifth. The world record time for this category is 1:16:19, set by Nemz38 on Dec. 15.

6:38 p.m. Quickie World (GlitchCat 7, RBMACHOK). 100%. This is a ROMhack of Super Mario World on SNES. The runners are Nos. 1 and 2 respectively, and RBMACHOK is a former No. 1.

7:06 p.m. Super Gracie World (Wahnthac). 100%. This is also a Super Mario World ROMhack and Wahnthac is also No. 1, since September.

8:01 p.m. Super Mario Odyssey (Bayleef). Darker Side. This is the first full-event appearance at a Games Done Quick for Super Mario Odyssey. (SMO was a bonus event at Summer Games Done Quick 2018.) On Speedrun.com, it has the second-most players, third-most active players and total runs. This is a straight run through the game’s Darker Side to collect the multimoon at the end, and the world record, held by Bayleef, is 3:15:56. So settle in.

11:45 p.m. Super Metroid (ShinyZeni). Reverse Boss Order on SNES. Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 closes out with Super Metroid and ShinyZeni, who is No. 1 in this category (58:37 real time, 40:00 in-game time).

As always, Awesome Games Done Quick is a round-the-clock affair, so you may have missed something overnight. For that, we recommend checking out the continually updated VOD thread at r/speedrun and the official Games Done Quick channel at YouTube.

Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 benefits the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Last year, this event raised a record $2.2 million for its philanthropy. To give, visit this donations page.