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Trihex
Born
Mychal Ramon Jefferson

(1989-02-17) February 17, 1989 (age 35)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Livestreamer, Speedrunner

Mychal Ramon Jefferson, better known under the screen name Trihex, is an American professional gamer and speedrunner. Active at the biannual Games Done Quick events, Trihex is best known for his runs of Jet Set Radio and Yoshi's Island. He is a very popular livestreamer, with over 250,000 followers on Twitch.[1] He is also known to be the face of the Twitch emote, TriHard.

Gaming career

Trihex was active in competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! in 2002 before developing an interest in speedrunning in 2004.

He has been speedrunning Yoshi's Island since 2004.[2] During Trihex's speedrun of the game at Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, he took off his shirt as a result of donations incentive. At some point during this run, the fire alarm went off for unknown reasons, causing him to evacuate the building.[3] He did a run of Yoshi's Island again at Summer Games Done Quick 2015. Trihex offered a narration throughout the run, explaining his techniques and describing why the game is worthy of speedrunning attention. This was also the first time that the difficult "5-4 skip" was achieved at Games Done Quick.[4][5]

He had also been speedrunning other games including: Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back,[6] Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped,[7] and Jet Set Radio.[8]

Trihex was one of the eight speedrunners drafted to compete in the Nintendo World Championships in 2015.[9][10] Surviving the elimination matches, he, together with Narcissa Wright, Mad Mage and John Numbers, ended up in the semi-finals, where he lost in a match of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U while playing as Toon Link.[11]

Jared Rea, community manager of Twitch.tv, has stated that he really enjoys watching Trihex and is "amazed by his technicality."[12] Trihex believes that "a good speedrunner is also a good commentator." Though this outlook may result in worse runs, Trihex notes that it leaves a greater impression on the audience.[2]

On November 23, 2016, The American eSports professional video game team Tempo Storm welcomed Trihex as their newest member[13] and is currently a member as of 2018.

References

  1. ^ "trihex - Twitch". Twitch.
  2. ^ a b Boer, Alex (2015-05-27). "Speedrunning for the People – Trihex's Marathon". Nintendo Enthusiast. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ George, Daniel (2014-01-17). "Top 10 Speedruns From Awesome Games Done Quick 2014". Gamesided. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Hall, Charlie (2015-07-27). "SGDQ's first run shows off the skill, community that makes it all possible". Polygon. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Mejia, Ozzie (2015-07-27). "Summer Games Done Quick 2015: Day 1 Highlights and Day 2 Runs to Watch". Shacknews. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS) - 100% 1:39:59". Speed Demos Archive. 2006-07-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS) - 100% 2:41:28". Speed Demos Archive. 2007-01-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Jet Set Radio HD • • • any% speedrun in 0:54:38". Trihex. 2012-10-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Hillier, Brenna (2015-06-10). "Watch the 2015 Nintendo World Championships this weekend". VG247. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Fulton, Will (2015-06-10). "Eight of the world's best speedrunners have been drafted for the Nintendo World Championship 2015". Digital Trends. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Lada, Jenni (2015-06-14). "E3 2015: Here's that Nintendo World Championships 2015 everyone is talking about". TechnologyTell. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Haley, Sebastian (2013-02-05). "Can live speedruns compete with e-sports? (interview)". VentureBeat. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Tempo Storm welcomes speedrunner and personality Trihex to the team!". 2016-11-23.


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