[3][4] In 2018, he graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Business with a degree in management information systems, and was an NCAA Division I cross country runner for the UConn Huskies during the 2014–2015 season.

PangaeaPanga started playing Super Mario World while blindfolded on June 16, 2015, and completed a full run of the game this way eight days later.

[2] He has stated that he got the idea from fellow player of Super Mario World DavisKongCountry, who played portions of the game blindfolded.

[9][10] In September 2015, shortly before Super Mario Maker was released, YouTube removed the majority of PangaeaPanga's tool-assisted speedrun videos from his channel after a Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim was made by Nintendo.

PangaeaPanga described his YouTube channel as "wrecked" on Twitter and stated that he finds it a "shame" that content creators "are restricted to … Super Mario Maker instead of the way we have always done.

"[11][12] Through ROM hacking, PangaeaPanga has made several difficult levels for Super Mario World, the most famous of which is "Item Abuse 3".

[24] On June 1, 2021, Canadian speedrunner Warspyking became the first player to consecutively beat all 47 levels created by PangaeaPanga in Super Mario Maker 1, setting the world record at 8 hours, 55 minutes, and 7 seconds.