It's a new year, which means it's time for all us casual speedrun enjoyers to collectively gasp, "Oh, right, AGDQ starts this weekend!" Yes, folks, Awesome Games Done Quick has once again snuck up on us all, and the 2026 schedule includes some certified bangers ranging from some of the past year's best GOTY contenders to an absolutely wild-sounding Super Mario 64 relay.
AGDQ 2026 officially begins at 8:30am PT / 11:30am ET / 4:30pm on Sunday, January 4 with a 30-minute kickoff show, followed by a Super Mario Sunshine any% run where player inkstar will complete the classic GameCube platformer in an estimated 1 hour and 16 minutes. As always, the event runs for a full week, concluding on Saturday, January 10 when runner adef will do a Pokemon Emerald run labeled "pick-my-main" – presumably dooming him to use an audience-voted Pokemon for the whole run.
