Editing Speedrunning (section)

=== Cheat detection ===
In order to prevent most of these methods, some games require a video of the hands on the controller or keyboard ("handcam"), in addition to the screen recording, so that game-specific moderators in charge of authenticating a submission can ensure that the inputs are really done in the specified combination and by a human.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Stuart |date=2021-07-02 |title=Why Are Gamers So Much Better Than Scientists at Catching Fraud? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/gamers-are-better-scientists-catching-fraud/619324/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> Other methods include [[Audio forensics|forensic audio analysis]], which is a common method for detecting telltale signs of video splicing; this is why runs without high-quality audio streams are often rejected on speedrun boards.<ref>{{Citation |title=10 Speedrunners Who Were Caught Cheating | date=December 13, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvFSQFZfK8 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Steven T. |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=2024-07-08 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Stuart |date=2021-07-02 |title=Why Are Gamers So Much Better Than Scientists at Catching Fraud? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/gamers-are-better-scientists-catching-fraud/619324/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rules - SDA Knowledge Base |url=https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/Rules |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=kb.speeddemosarchive.com}}</ref>

Additional detection methods are the use of mathematics (as in the aforementioned Dream case) or human moderation of suspicious inputs (in games which record them such as ''Doom'' and ''TrackMania''). Cheat detection software created for ''TrackMania'' was used to analyze over 400,000 replays and isolate a handful of cheaters, leading to hundreds of world records being determined to have been cheated using slowdown tools. This included those of Burim "riolu" Fejza, who was signed to the [[Esports|eSports]] team Nordavind (now known as 00 Nation) before being dropped following the scandal.<ref name=":4">{{Citation |title=These DOOM Cheaters Were Caught Red Handed | date=November 25, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv0ZRTlIXR0 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-07}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation |title=The Biggest Cheating Scandal in Trackmania History | date=May 23, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDUdGvgmKIw |language=en |access-date=2023-02-07}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Citation |title=Multiple Speedrunners Caught Cheating In Trackmania! | date=May 31, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww7x5elophk |language=en |access-date=2023-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |date=2021-05-25 |title=Trackmania Cheating Scandal Is Utterly Fascinating |url=https://kotaku.com/trackmania-cheating-scandal-is-utterly-fascinating-1846960428 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Kotaku |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author1=Natalie Clayton |date=2021-05-25 |title=Cheating allegations catch up with some of Trackmania's fastest drivers |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/cheating-allegations-catch-up-with-some-of-trackmanias-fastest-drivers/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref>