Editing Speedrunning (section)

==== Splicing ====
Splicing is by far the most popular cheating method in speedrunning.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Allegra |date=2017-05-22 |title=Cheating in speedrunning is easier than you'd think |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/22/15675028/speedrunning-cheats |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Ars |date=2019-12-22 |title=How the scourge of cheating is changing speedrunning |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/how-the-scourge-of-cheating-is-changing-speedrunning/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> Here, a speedrun is not recorded continuously, as is usually the case, but instead composed of various video snippets recorded at different times, sometimes with gameplay stolen from TAS composers or legitimate players.<ref name=":2" />

At [[Games Done Quick|SGDQ]] 2019, speedrunner "ConnorAce" used a spliced run to illegitimately claim the world record on ''[[Clustertruck]]'' for the "NoAbility%" category, depriving the legitimate record holder from being invited to the event. The run was treated with suspicion due to it not being submitted officially to ''Speedrun.com'', with the video being unlisted on YouTube prior to ConnorAce's acceptance into SGDQ. In October 2019, ConnorAce's run was exposed by the YouTube documentarian Apollo Legend.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summer Games Done Quick Returns to Live Events After 2 Years |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/summer-games-done-quick-returns-to-live-events-after-2-years |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=PCMAG |language=en}}</ref>

In a typical case, splicing allows difficult segments to be repeated to perfection and edited together afterwards into one seemingly continuous effort, which can sometimes dramatically reduce the amount of time needed to grind out a comparable score.<ref name=":3" /> However, a spliced run is not considered cheating if it is announced to be a multi-segment run upon submission; for example, this community-made [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGWeydSDtIY multi-segment compilation] for ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''