No, he didn't crack it but just hashed it and checked for equality. So just what you would have expected. He did it in a way that appears more complicated to p

No, he didn't crack it but just hashed it and checked for equality. So just what you would have expected. He did it in a way that appears more complicated to people using Hashcat not as often as he probably does. Hashcat used the real password as a single-entry password dictionary. So in order to "crack" the hash, it grabbed the first and single entry from its dictionary, hashed it, ... match! Don't worry, this has been confusing to me and several people in the comments section on his website as well.