Gymnast86

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Gymnast86
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSpeedrunner, streamer
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2013–present
GenreGaming
GamesThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Followers56,600
(April 18, 2021)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
GenreGaming
Subscribers42,800[1]
Total views10.696 million[1]
Updated: November 3, 2020

Carl Wernicke, known online as Gymnast86 (stylized as gymnast86), is an American speedrunner and streamer notable for his speedrunning world records and discovery of exploits in various 3D Zelda games.

Career[]

In 2013, Wernicke was one of only 12 people who were able to complete The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker below 5 hours.[2]

In March 2018, Wernicke regained the world record in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD under any completion percent with a time of 1:03:30. He practiced from 10 to 25 hours per week and developed a chronic hand injury from the consistent stress on his hands.[3]

Wernicke completed a speedrun of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 58:01, the first run of the game under 1 hour, one week after the game released. In his speedrun, the route had the player go straight to Hyrule Castle, the end of the game, and beat the final boss with the weapons at the location.[4]

Discovery of Exploits[]

After LinkOscuro performed "barrier skip", a sought after glitch that would allow the player to clip to a separate section of Hyrule that leads to the end of the game, Wernicke replicated the glitch and found a consistent method for performing the exploit.[5] He used the glitch in a speedrun of 3:05:57 set on April 11, 2017.[6]

Wernicke found a consistent method for reaching the top of Ganon's tower. Previously, the "zombie hover" glitch at the end of the speedrun required a luck dependent fairy (which revives the player). Wernicke found an exploit that used a morth enemy to spawn a heart, removing the luck for the glitch.

While attempting to access a locked off area in Skyloft (the starting area of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword), Wernicke discovered a powerful exploit known as "Reverse BitMagic" in a game that previously lacked large glitches. The glitch allows the player to modify some memory flags in different areas of the game.[7] The exploit has renewed interest in speedrunning Skyward Sword.

Personal life[]

Wernicke lives in California[citation needed]. He graduated college with a degree in computer science[citation needed]. He streams and uploads to YouTube as a job, and has stated that he is working on various projects to help him find a career later[citation needed].

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Gymnast86". YouTube.
  2. ^ "For the World's Fastest Gamers, Failure Is Just One Bad Jump Away". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  3. ^ Souza, Michael. "Speedrunning comes to the Bay Area". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  4. ^ "Speedrunner Completes Zelda: Breath of the Wild In Less Than One Hour, A New World Record". Compete. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  5. ^ "For Many Speedrunners, It's Not About The World Records". Kotaku Australia. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  6. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (2017-04-12). "Speedrunners discover way to skip over half of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  7. ^ "Zelda: Skyward Sword Speedrunning Has Been Stale For A While, But A New Trick Might Change That". Kotaku. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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