Crimson Desert speedrun champ rolls credits over 50 hours faster than average, modestly calls it a "good run," but thinks the massive open-world game can be beaten even faster

Crimson Desert.

Never doubt the ability of speedrunners to make a big game seem small. Crimson Desert might be a huge, fantastical playground, but the record for hitting credits is already down to sub-12 hours, and there are a couple of players already competing for top place in the rankings.

As of now, the world record on Speedrun.com is 11 hours, 26 minutes, and 14 seconds. That's the pace set by harpo669, a Crimson Desert fan based in Quebec, Canada. He clocked this run only a couple of days ago at time of writing, on May 4, rolling credits over 50 hours faster than the average story-focused player on HowLongToBeat, and trimming almost a full hour off the time of his nearest speedrun rival.