The E40 contest has now concluded. Congratulations to Silverboxer for being the lucky winner with a score of 4700!

Extra special shoutout goes to Nyarumi Yukimitsu, who was the only player to achieve a 5000 during the contest. Huge congrats to her!

Super Monkey Ball is a game renowned for its extremely high difficulty, with levels such as Expert 7 (ExamC) being notorious roadblocks to players' progression through Expert mode. However, no floor in the game comes anywhere close to the difficulty of achieving a perfect clear on Expert 40, the final bonus floor. Achieving a perfect score of 5000 on E40 is leagues harder than it looks, and of all "holy grail" achievements in SMB1, this was the last to be completed. Multiple players had performed deathless / warpless completions of the entire Expert through Master difficulty, or compelted the 0.1 path on E09 before anyone scored 5000 on E40. Now, after over 20 years of SMB competition, only 10 players have ever demonstrated the skill and dedication required to complete Super Monkey Ball's nearimpossible challenge.

Players to have achieved 5000 on E40:
sdkess (2003), smilingjack13 (2003), GameCube04 (2003), packattack (2003), うねバブ (2014), scrap651 (2016), Gonquai (2017), eddy0777 (2021), Jezs (2021), TonySMB (2022), Jezs (2022).

Playlist of 5000s on E40:
   • E40 Scores  

Watch my 5000
   • Super Monkey Ball  Expert 40  5,000...  

Follow me on Twitch
  / jezs_  

This TINY Mistake Exposed a MASSIVE Cheater in Super Monkey Ball:
   • This TINY Mistake Exposed a MASSIVE C...  

The Super Monkey Ball Flash Games that Were Lost for Over a Decade:
   • The Super Monkey Ball Flash Games tha...  

Super Monkey Ball's Hidden Menu and Other Regional Oddities:
   • Super Monkey Ball's Hidden Menu and O...  

THANKS:
This video was heavily inspired by Karl Jobst's DOOM history videos. I strongly recommend you check them out if you aren't already familiar:    • Running A Tightrope: DOOM's Most Prec...  

Thanks to Maximum and schmittd for lending me their voices:
   / maximum  
  / schmittd11  

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Intro to E40
03:25 The First 5000
08:52 Following 5000s
11:41 Gonquai's Route
14:48 My Mission (Part 1)
20:56 Speed Bumps
23:13 My Mission (Part 2)
24:49 eddy0777
25:38 My Mission (Part 3)
27:08 My Mission (Part 4)
29:36 TonySMB
30:37 Conclusion & Contest
32:39 Credits

CLIPS USED:
Barhunga
   • Super Monkey Ball  Master Speedrun i...  
  / tenderlittlecocoafrankerzqxr0ijf2qtxb46fg  
  / puzzledcrepuscularskunkdancingbaby40rwbnc...  

Blendra
This clip was posted on Discord.

eddy0777
   • Super Monkey Ball  Expert 9 25190  
   • Super Monkey Ball  Expert 40 5000  

GameCube04
   • Expert 40  5000  GameCube04  

Gonquai
   • Super Monkey Ball Expert 40 5000  

packattack
   • Expert 40  5000  packattack  

scrap651
   • Super Monkey Ball  E40 5,000 (Perfec...  

sdkess
   • Super Monkey Ball  9999 Play Points ...  
   • Super Monkey Ball  Expert 9  Scott ...  
   • Super Monkey Ball  Expert 40  5000 ...  
   • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania (Swit...  

Silverboxer
   • Super Monkey Ball  E46 24750  

smilingjack13
   • BEST Super Monkey Ball  smilingjack1...  

TonySMB
   • e40 5000  

ToothpasteThy
This clip was posted on Discord.

うねバブ
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2459...

MUSIC:
Sam Butler
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1y05P...
  / sambutler76042138  

Ancient Aliens OST
https://stuartrynn.bandcamp.com/album...

Ape Escape OST
   • Ape Escape OST (PlayStation)  

Doom II: Hell on Earth OST
   • Doom II OST (SC55) Extended  

Super Monkey Ball OST
   • Super Monkey Ball OST  

OTHER LINKS:
klow.net Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/200301172...

Cyberscore Charts
https://cyberscore.me.uk/game/16

SMB WR Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...