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Too fast for Minecraft?
Gamers raise suspicions over speed run times - are they right?
The impressive speed records of a well-known gamer called Dream for the video game Minecraft have come under scrutiny. Many say that Dream has completed speed runs in such a fast time that it doesn’t seem possible. Are these suspicions correct? We speak to stand-up mathematician Matt Parker who has looked at the probabilities on the elements of chance in the game to see if these records seem plausible.
(Minecraft image on screen.Photo: Frederic J.Brown/Getty Images)
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