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[[Image:Alexpenev.jpg|thumb|Alex Penev]]

[[Image:Alexpenev.jpg|thumb|Alex Penev]]

'''Alex Penev''' is a [[Mario Kart 64]] and [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] player, staff member, all-round gamer, and a popular personality of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]] (he narrowly won the 2004 Karter Contest over [[Finn Berger]], and came 2nd to [[Sami Cetin]] in 2006).

'''Alex Penev''' is a [[Mario Kart 64]] and [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] player, staff member, all-round gamer, and a popular personality of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]] (he won the inaugural 2004 Karter Contest over [[Finn Berger]], came runner-up to [[Sami Cetin]] in 2006, and won the Champions' Playoff against Sami and [[Michael Fried]] in 2008).

Alex is a former Mario Kart 64 world champion for both non-shortcut and shortcut.  He pioneered some strategies (notably Kalimari Desert) and many shortcuts, and has had several long-standing WRs. Most were shortcut WRs, and they have all fallen as the years went by. His most famous WR was for CM non-shortcut flap, which despite being done with an inferior strat (lap 1 instead of lap 2), stood for more than 5 years. Some of his other long-standing records, such as LRSC 3lap and CMSC 3lap, were eventually beaten with the use of new shortcut routes.

Alex is a former Mario Kart 64 world champion for both non-shortcut and shortcut.  He pioneered some strategies (notably Kalimari Desert) and many shortcuts, and has had several long-standing WRs. Most were shortcut WRs, and they have all fallen as the years went by. His most famous WR was for CM non-shortcut flap, which despite being done with an inferior strat (lap 1 instead of lap 2), stood for more than 5 years. Some of his other long-standing records, such as LRSC 3lap and CMSC 3lap, were eventually beaten with the use of new shortcut routes.