So what's the deal with speedrunning? 100% kills/secrets as fast as possible? or just find the exit as fast as possible? Do people post their records somewhere? Are there Quake speedrunners who stream?

Is F14m3z on func? 

F14m3z (the author of this map) streams as he runs Quake on Easy skill:
https://www.twitch.tv/f14m3z

Here is the web page where most of current speedrunning is happening:
http://www.speedrun.com/Quake

In recent years the easy run of full game was getting most of the attention but single Quake levels are being speedrun also:
http://www.speedrun.com/Quake/individual_levels

Check SDA for all the demos and records:
http://quake.speeddemosarchive.com/quake/


And there is also Quake Done Quick :)
http://quake.speeddemosarchive.com/quake/qdq/ 

Thanks. I had only really heard of qdq before. I never had any exposure to levels specifically made to speedrun. I might have to make one! I like how the records on speedrun.com are down to the millisecond. 

Tried this though I'm not a speedrunner. Quickest I could do on skill 0 was 40-something seconds. I have no clue how this can be done in 9 secs as F14m3z claims in the readme. 

here is a 14s demo, he tried to get through without killing anything thus no grenade boost from zombie etc

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/138357112 

Tried to jump to silver key without raising the bridge first, all that got me was a fried azz. Similarly, I don't know how he can slope-jump to the ledge above. I can manage to (sometimes) reach the demon face on the wall but not higher.

grenade boost from zombie
Huh, whazzat? Never heard of that before. 

Something like this men:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpiNDxssUL0&feature=youtu.be&t=11m51s

something like this :P 

Wow, this is impressive! Outrunning one's own grenade is beyond me... 

Nice to see some interest in the map. Here are my runs for those who are curious about how the times were achieved.

Any%
https://youtu.be/3XAoWjTJu14

100%
https://youtu.be/ePmWed4Ikf0 

Super slick run there :)