Kirby Air Riders speedrun at SGDQ 2026

gamingJul 5, 202637718

Kirby Air Riders is up for a speedrun showcase at Summer Games Done Quick 2026, the SGDQ block raising funds for Doctors Without Borders, and the moment has centered around a recent All Tracks (No Dupes) world record by speedrunner bluekandy. People are celebrating that record with a flood of celebratory art honoring bluekandy and joking about how terrifying and chaotic an Air Riders speedrun can look. The run has also sparked nostalgia-driven hype, some attendees bought the game on a whim and rediscovered how much fun it is, and spawned SGDQ-specific Kirby shirts and merch tied to the event. Practicing runners and volunteers are counting down to the stage appearance while artists and streamers mark the moment with shout-outs and stage-first contributions.

Games Done Quick

@gamesdonequick.com

GIVE IT UP TO @bluekandy.bsky.social FOR BEATING THE KIRBY AIR RIDERS ALL TRACKS (NO DUPES) WORLD RECORD 👏👏👏

2171h ago

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Oku ΘΔ6

FIRST RECORD BREAK OF SGDQ26 #HereTogether 💛

Enkiko bunny 🐇🪻🔞3

World record live by SIX SECONDS~

ShinyMisty2

Watching this made me want to look into speedrunning Air Riders and the original Air Ride. Air Ride was my childhood, and I CRIED when Air Riders was revealed, so it'd only make sense It'd be the game I'd dip my toes into. Thank-you, and congratulations @bluekandy.bsky.social

infinite brians

@infinitebrians.neocities.org

okay finally actually time for #SGDQ2026 Art Thread! Please enjoy a rick in celebration of @bluekandy.bsky.social getting an air riders world record!

a pixel art drawing of rick the hamster from kirby on the wheelie bike

541h ago

Nintendeal

@nintendeal.com

Amazon and Walmart are fighting for your dollar and they keep price matching each other on this so you can still get Kirby Air Riders for almost 30% off / $49.94 game is on card Amazon: amzn.to/44dmbcB Walmart: bit.ly/3Rju5yf #ad full price is $70

54Yesterday

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fay 😖 @ dqiii hd-2d19

copped this earlier. was debating it but then roan promised he would play with me and i like ragebaiting him in multiplayer games

MattHat9

Go get this game if you don’t have it, it’s so damn peak.

Aaron - Thorgi's Arcade

@thorgisarcade.bsky.social

Me watching the Crypt of the Necrodancer run while my entire timeline loses their mind over the World Cup game #SGDQ2026

45Just now

Wizbird Games

@wizbirdgames.com

🩺 Attending #SGDQ2026? Stop by the Vendor Alley and try out #CuttingEdgeROM and other indie games! :D

Map of Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation at the #SGDQ Vendor Alley

236h ago

MochaJones10 @ SGDQ

@mochajones10.blacksky.app

My run of Thirsty Suitors by @outerloopgames.bsky.social is coming up at approximately 2:20 AM, so soon, at #SGDQ2026! Also, if you have the Volunteer/Runner badge, this is the game! #BlackSkyGamers

384h ago

Games Done Quick3

We are so excited to see it!! Good luck and have so much fun!

Uncle Happydude2

What position did you get for volunteering? O_O

KZ_FREW

@benjaminfrew.bsky.social

I'm not even at #SGDQ2026 (sadly), but I was given the first words. What an honor! GL and HF everyone!! I miss you all terribly.

335h ago

Fangamer

@fangamer.com

Designs new and old are live for #SGDQ2026! Pick up your favorites and we'll donate the proceeds during the event. www.fangamer.com/collections/...

An image showing the design of Happy Harvest, a t-shirt created for SGDQ 2026. It's an earth-toned screen print on dark green, showing Velocity in a tiled farming game surrounded by animals and plants.

294h ago

Giovanni Colantonio

@marioprime.bsky.social

Absolutely terrified to find out what a Kirby Air Riders speedrun looks like.

307h ago

Phil Salvador

@philsalv.bsky.social

GDQ runners like when a trick is "basically." They LOVE when a trick is "essentially" #SGDQ2026

272h ago

Klu

@dededaio.bsky.social

i sometimes see people say that sakurai would handle kirby storytelling better than modern games but if kirby air riders is any indication. no he wouldn't. this is worse than his 90s efforts somehow

1610h ago

Princess Eve10

the reveal about nova in an interview might be worse than any post-release lore reveal kumazaki has ever done at least when kumazaki revealed something in post you could see the hints and it made the story make more sense retroactively

X-nimator2

yea no sorry, i'd take kumazaki's way to build up a story over and over again.

Dare 🔥2

I used to have a hamster named Klu!! 🥰 She would stand up everytime I arrived.

Black in a Flash! @ SGDQ

@blackinaflash.bsky.social

As #SGDQ2026 continues and we wait for our next BAF runner on the stage, we’re tabling and puzzling! LOOK MA I’M ON A PUZZLE!!!

155h ago

Streamers Without Borders

@msfusastreaming.bsky.social

Join @kungfufruitcup.bsky.social live on stage with Jean Junior ~ 7:30pm Central! Jean is a pediatrician with @doctorswithoutborders.org, has cared for patients with pathologies such as malnutrition, malaria, measles, tuberculosis, HIV and dehydration. Your support of #SGDQ2026 makes an impact. ❤️

124h ago

CovertMuffin @ SGDQ

@covertmuffin.bsky.social

I guess technically day 1 of #SGDQ2026; will be at the venue in about 15 minutes and then practicing couch commentary for 3 runs tomorrow and taking part in Blood on the Clocktower at 11pm Say hi if you see me!!!

134h ago

VGAfanatic

@vgafanatic.bsky.social

Similar to how Donkey Kong Bananza was a strong enough game enough to warrant a larger scale Game of the Year Print, there is a great likelihood that the Ocarina of Time remake will do the same for me, with Kirby Air Riders and Star Fox being the close second for these respective years.

710h ago

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