Rayman M/Arena/Rush speedrunning

[CaptainMeme]

This is the main topic to discuss the speedrunning of Rayman M, Rayman Arena and Rayman Rush. Share the latest news, runs and techniques here, all while competing with the fastest runners!

Links to leaderboards:

• Rayman M / Rayman Arena
• Rayman Rush

[Elite Piranha]

Has anyone tried to speedrun Rayman Rush by playing in the Internet Archive page?
https://archive.org/details/psx_raymanrs

[Hunchman801]

I had no idea it was even possible to play games on the Internet Archive. I don't think it's been used for speedrunning, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter if you're playing on a web or desktop emulator. Do you plan on submitting a few runs?

[SpeedBot]

New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

1000 Waterfalls: Race - Xbox/GC in 10s 829ms by ra1nbowaxe - 1st place

Submitted: 13/02/2021
Platform: GameCube
Region: USA / NTSC



Forest Jump: Race - Xbox/GC in 26s 594ms by ra1nbowaxe - 1st place

Submitted: 13/02/2021
Platform: GameCube
Region: USA / NTSC



All Races (PC) in 35m 48s 389ms by Volteer - 4th place

Submitted: 28/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



All Lum Springs (PS2/PC) in 11m 16s by rothax - 2nd place

Submitted: 28/01/2021
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: USA / NTSC



All Races (PC) in 28m 51s by Guigeek - 3rd place

Submitted: 27/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL

First run, i messed up the splits too

Link to video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/890164056

Treasure Ship: Race - PS2/PC in 02m 25s 209ms by Volteer - 3rd place

Submitted: 26/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



Pipe Maze: Race - PS2/PC in 02m 25s 290ms by Volteer - 4th place

Submitted: 26/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



Zenith Harbour: Race - PS2/PC in 02m 25s 843ms by Volteer - 3rd place

Submitted: 26/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



Dawn Sand: Race - PS2/PC in 02m 37s 545ms by Volteer - 4th place

Submitted: 25/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



First Ruins: Race - PS2/PC in 01m 49s 941ms by Volteer - 4th place

Submitted: 24/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



Dark Sewer: Race - PS2/PC in 02m 32s 245ms by Volteer - 3rd place

Submitted: 24/01/2021
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



Nebulous Tower: Lap Record - PS2/PC in 00s 740ms by DylanTheRunnyBoi - 1st place

Submitted: 23/01/2021
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: EUR / PAL

Uhhhhh..

Forest Jump: Race - Xbox/GC in 26s 777ms by niPin - 2nd place

Submitted: 23/01/2021
Platform: GameCube



1000 Waterfalls: Race - Xbox/GC in 10s 846ms by niPin - 2nd place

Submitted: 22/01/2021
Platform: GameCube



First Ruins: Race - Xbox/GC in 01m 18s 662ms by niPin - 1st place

Submitted: 22/01/2021
Platform: GameCube



All Races (GC/Xbox) - Obstacle Racing in 26m 08s 49ms by KillingDead6 - 7th place

Submitted: 10/01/2021
Platform: GameCube

My third attempt at this game of speed and hell

Link to video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/868132857

[Hunchman801]

I had no idea M/Arena was so broken, it's interesting with regard to the game mechanics but quite boring to watch after a bit.

[SpeedBot]

New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

Lava Factory: Time Trial in 49s 270ms by ProCNR - 1st place

Submitted: 24/12/2020
Platform: PlayStation

Additional details:

• Character: Globox

Electric Tunnel: Time Trial in 39s 420ms by ProCNR - 1st place

Submitted: 23/12/2020
Platform: PlayStation

Additional details:

• Character: Globox

Dawn Sand: Time Trial in 01m 02s 840ms by ProCNR - 1st place

Submitted: 24/12/2020
Platform: PlayStation

Additional details:

• Character: Globox

Water Canyon: Time Trial in 33s 780ms by ProCNR - 1st place

Submitted: 23/12/2020
Platform: PlayStation

I failed 2 speed boost but for everything else the run is actually quite good.

Additional details:

• Character: Globox

First Ruins: Time Trial in 43s 270ms by ProCNR - 1st place

Submitted: 23/12/2020
Platform: PlayStation

There are some mistakes, can still be optimized, but it's a very decent run

Additional details:

• Character: Globox

Canopy: Time Trial in 48s 299ms by ProCNR - 1st place

Submitted: 23/12/2020
Platform: PlayStation

Additional details:

• Character: Globox

[Hunchman801]

Good to see some activity for Rayman Rush too (even if those were submitted two months ago ), it looks like all of the last runs were from five years ago. Now if only Elite could get the Internet Archive version of Rayman Rush to work!

[PluMGMK]

Has anyone tried to speedrun Rayman Rush by playing in the Internet Archive page?
https://archive.org/details/psx_raymanrs

Just gave it a try. Apart from the fact that it ran really slowly on my machine for some reason (probably due to trying in an old Firefox), and that the controls are entirely unsuitable (the same button used for jump makes the browser menu bar pop up!), I had no idea how primitive it would look!