Youtube user Distortion2 knows his Dark Souls II. While you and I struggled embarrassingly through our 30+ hour runs, he was honing his own speed-run down to exact perfection.
His 20 minute 14 second time would appear to be a world record so far, although I’m sure someone will pop up to challenge that in due course.
Distortion2 isn’t entirely playing fair, of course. He’s using as many time-saving glitches as he can, including a slightly bizarre bug which makes binoculars into some kind of speed-boosting ultra-steroid.
Congratulations Distortion2! Now go and have a lie down, there’s a good chap.