[3] As of November 2024, he holds the records for a variety of MTPO categories, including single-segment (playing through the entire game in one sitting), where his 14:46 time is over 13 seconds faster than the No.

[5] The fight is highly optimized and requires a significant amount of random number luck (referred to in speedrunning as "RNG"), plus excellent execution, to lower any further.

[4] Unlike many speedrunners, Salt guards his identity and streams his world record attempts on Twitch without showing his face.

[13] By March 2022, Salt had over 30 speedrun histories documented and 1.25 million subscribers; less than two years later, his documentary count had doubled.

[17] According to Salt, the research is the longest step of producing a video: "I have to contact various community members, form a small Discord server, ask questions, watch tutorials, [and] play the game itself.

"[14] In September 2022, his video about the history of Mega Man 2 speedruns was repeatedly age-restricted, first for "excessive swearing," and following a successful appeal, breaking a "sex and nudity policy" despite having no sexual or nude content.

[14] Adam Downer of Know Your Meme said: "Any video game fan and YouTube enjoyer has likely stumbled across Summoning Salt, arguably the internet's premier speedrunning historian who has carved a significant niche on the platform with his lengthy, detailed and surprisingly gripping documentaries about the history of various video games' world record speedruns.