Best Contra Runs of All Time -

New Contra NES any% WR for Angrylanks by ~1 frame (as of July 2017). DK28's 9:53.8 was achieved nearly 2 years prior, back when he had virtually zero competition, which made it a seemingly untouchable record until Angrylanks came along with a mission to challenge it. Lanks run was way off pace at the start (as seen in the video), but thanks to the leap of faith in Energy Zone and some clutch saves, he came back to take the record. He split slightly late and since his run was so far off at the beginning, he was very stunned at his time. DK, on the other hand, knew he'd just broken his own WR and gotten the world's first 9:53, hence his perfect reaction. These are the only two 9:53 runs ever at this time.