Unfortunately you cannot beat the runningman. He'll never lose, and I
have some new proof of this. I was able to get a time of 00:00 (yes, ZERO). The way I did
this is by playing Zelda on UltraHLE, and then using a program called Cheat 'O Matic.
Cheat 'O Matic lets you find variables with in programs and then lets you change them, and
you can even lock a value into a variable, so it won't change. (download it here!) So, I
started a race against the running man, and used Cheat 'O Matic to set and lock the time
of the race to zero. Here are a couple of screenshots of the end of the race...
As you can see here, I STILL LOST!!!
Now, you might be wondering, if my time was nothing, what was his time???
This picture should tell you...
Yes, that's right, he got a time of 00:0/
So, this means he's impossible to beat. At least you can't win with a fast time, you can't
get much faster than 00:00.
The running man and FAQ are from Brandon's Zelda site. If anyone has a problem with this then tough, because I have given the guy credit for the work.