Super Metroid – FAQ/Speed Guide (2001)

> Use a super jump to cross over the water area with the missle pack atop a pillar in the water when you are going to the Wrecked Ship area.

Funny that they were aware of the mechanic that can be used to skip grapple beam entirely (a huge time save), but didn't incorporate it into the "speed run" walkthrough.

The earliest known recorded run is from 2003, by which time the mockball had been discovered, but not the zebetite skip, so there's far more ammo collection than you'd see even in a beginner's run today.

https://wiki.supermetroid.run/Record_Progression#Ancient_His...

This twitter thread first brought to my attention how amazing this is:

https://x.com/mattgemmell/status/1441497498573545478

I don’t want to spoil it in case people want to try to see it themselves, so I’ll just have to hope no one feels it was click bait. The twitter thread explains a few posts down what is interesting about this.