17 Facts About Karl Jobst

Karl Jobst was born on 7 February 1986 and is an Australian YouTuber and speedrunner, whose work has primarily focused on exposing cheating and fraud in the gaming community, as well as his speedruns of GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark.

Karl Jobst covers other speedrunning and challenge-related feats, including world record histories.

Karl Jobst briefly studied IT and psychology at university and spent time working at a chicken factory, a mobile phone shop, and a call centre.

Karl Jobst began speedrunning in 1999 when competing for fast times in GoldenEye 007 with a friend before moving on to Perfect Dark.

Karl Jobst is ranked fifth by number of Goldeneye 007 world records by the game's speedrunning authority.

In late 2021, Karl Jobst started a speedrunning podcast called The Legends Podcast.

In September 2021, Legends co-host Tomatoanus announced the cancellation of future episodes and the taking down of previous episodes after Karl Jobst was accused of racism.

Karl Jobst alleged that Wata CEO Deniz Kahn and Heritage Auctions co-founder Jim Halperin manipulated the market through press releases and television appearances on Pawn Stars while limiting the availability of information by purchasing and shutting down retro gaming site NintendoAge.

Wata Games denied the claims immediately after Karl Jobst published the video.

In September 2022, Karl Jobst made another video rebutting claims of lies.

American gamer Billy Mitchell was accused by Karl Jobst of cheating to obtain his records in the arcade games Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, allegations that had already been made for years.

Ultimately, Karl Jobst was sued once, having already spent about $180,000 on legal fees, and he had estimated a further $100,000 in legal costs to defend himself.

Karl Jobst set up a legal defence fund on GoFundMe to mitigate the financial damage to his family due to the lawsuit.

In January 2023, Karl Jobst made a video that showcased evidence in the form of an old photograph that clearly demonstrated that Mitchell did not play his claimed world record runs on original hardware despite claiming so for many years, including a photograph that showed that the arcade cabinet Mitchell played on had an 8-direction joystick, which would have made the game much easier to play.

On 1 April 2025, Karl Jobst was found liable for defaming Mitchell, in particular for the imputation that Mitchell had contributed to Smith's suicide, and was ordered to pay A$350,000, with the judge saying that Karl Jobst had "caused substantial additional damage to Mitchell's reputation and caused him distress".

Karl Jobst has covered other cheating scandals in the gaming community, including an incident of cheating by the most popular Minecraft speedrunner at the time, Dream.

In November 2023, Karl Jobst uploaded a video alongside YouTuber Mutahar "SomeOrdinaryGamers" Anas investigating the Open Hand Foundation, a charity which YouTuber Jirard "The Completionist" Khalil actively led alongside his family.