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The best clips from the wonderful Awesome Games Done Quick 2016

It's too late to be late again.

The latest Awesome Games Done Quick - the wonderful video game speedrunning charity event - finished over the weekend, raising a whopping $1.2m.

As always, AGDQ showcased incredible gaming skill with a raft of eye-catching runs. Here are our favourites clips from the January 2016 event.

Here's Stepmania, a DDR simulator. The speed starts off incredibly fast, and then things get even faster.

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This Super Mario Maker team relay race is brilliant fun (race starts at 27.41):

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Look at the finishing times for both players on this Super Mario Kart marathon (race begins at 10.20).

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Here's good old TASbot playing... Brain Age. And Here's how it works.

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One of the few world records set at the event was for Velocity 2X. Here's the run:

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And finally, here's Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - blindfolded.

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