Biinny
| Biinny | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Lee Whelan May 21, 1990 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | |
| Spouse(s) | Nicole Whelan (m. 2017) |
| Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Games | |
| Teams played for | Myztro Gaming |
| Followers | 68+ thousand (October 1, 2021) |
| Total views | 4.9+ million (October 1, 2021) |
| Follower and view counts updated as of October 1, 2021. | |
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Lee Whelan (born May 21st, 1990), better known as Biinny online, is a British speedrunner, professional gamer, and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his Super Mario 64 speedrun records, as well as live appearances at Games Done Quick, DreamHack and Stunfest.
Career
Biinny began his speedrunning career in 2012.[1] Getting started, he was inspired by Siglemic, who was live streaming to huge audiences on Twitch at the time. So he set his sights on the 70-star record for Super Mario 64 which was held by Siglemic and was 49:09 (49 minutes and 9 seconds) at that time.[2][3]
Speedrunning and Esports
In 2015, Whelan participated in his first live event, DreamHack Winter.[4] The event took place in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by European Speedrunner Assembly, where he was pitted against another UK speedrunner, Fuzzyness. He went on to win with a time of 52:07 for the 70-star event.[5][6]
Earlier in 2016, he managed to beat this record with a time of 48:57. Through the end of 2016, Biinny was among the top 10 speedrunners who had been able to break records below the 49-minute mark per Speedrun.com's historical database.[7][8]
A few years later in 2018, Biinny achieved his all-time best 70-star time rank for Super Mario 64 and placed 3rd in the world with a time of 48:04.[9]
The following year in March 2019, Lee attended Calithon, another charity speedrunning event for SM64.[10] He finished with a time of 49:13 for the 70-star challenge.[11][12]
Then, in 2019, Biinny once again achieved another barrier-breaking time going below the 48-minute mark with a time of 47:43. Although the sub-48-minute barrier was first broken by Cheese in 2016[13][14], this placed Biinny among the top 5 to hold this achievement at this time.[15]
As of 2021, Biinny was signed as a player for the professional esports organization Myztro Gaming.[16] Up through this period of time he is credited as a top 8 Super Mario 64 speedrunner for having completed all 70 stars in a time of 47:27.[17] Dom Sacco who writes for Esports News UK notes him as the number one UK 70-star speedrunner for Super Mario 64.[18]
References
- ↑ "Race Result - SpeedRunsLive". speedrunslive.com. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2021-07-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Sacco, Dom (2021-09-08). "Interview with Biinny, the UK's fastest Mario 64 speedrunner". esports-news.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The glory and heart of the speedrun". nypost.com. 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2021-07-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "#DHW15 - DreamHack Winter 2015 Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ↑ Biinny (2015-11-28). #DHW15 - Super Mario 64 [70 Star] Speedrun race btwn Fuzzyness & Biinny. European Speedrunner Assembly.
- ↑ Winn, Dylan (2021-09-29). "Lee "Biinny" Whelan: United Kingdom's Fastest Man". myztro.net. Retrieved 2021-10-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "70 Star in 48m 57s by Biinny - Super Mario 64 - speedrun.com". 2016-05-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Super Mario 64 70-Star Speedruns by Date Leaderboard - Speedrun.com". 2016-05-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Super Mario 64 - 70 Star in 48m 04s by Biinny". speedrun.com. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2021-07-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Calithon 2019 Schedule". horaro.org. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2021-07-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Biinny (2019-03-18). Super Mario 64 (70 Star) by Biinny in 49:13 - Calithon 2019. Calithon. Event occurs at 0:51. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ↑ "Tiltify Calithon 2019 - Direct Relief". tiltify.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "70 Star in 47m 56s by Cheese - Super Mario 64 - speedrun.com". 2016-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New 70 star WR 47:56!! (N64) - Twitch". 2016-10-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "70 Star in 47m 43s by Biinny - Super Mario 64 - speedrun.com". 2019-04-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Winn, Dylan (2021-09-29). "Lee "Biinny" Whelan: United Kingdom's Fastest Man". myztro.net. Retrieved 2021-10-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Super Mario 64 - 70 Star in 47m 27s by Biinny - Speedrun.com". 2021-09-06. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Sacco, Dom (2021-09-08). "Interview with Biinny, the UK's fastest Mario 64 speedrunner". esports-news.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-18. Unknown parameter
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External links
- Biinny's Twitch channel
- Biinny's Discord community
- Biinny's Twitter
- Biinny's YouTube channel
- Biinny's speedrun.com profile
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