Rayman 1 speedrunning

[Hunchman801]

It's interesting to watch the in-level routing for Designer runs: as players are forced to collect all Tings, it's a lot less linear than for the original game, where all you need is break a handful of cages that don't require major deviations from the main path.

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Crystal Palace: Beat the Level in 02m 29s 962ms by kronkie10 - 1st place

Submitted: 15/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

Nice way to warm up for some races.

Additional details:

• Model: Duckstation x7

[Hunchman801]

Man, those rings! It's almost hypnotizing when all the swinging and hopping goes as intended.

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Pink Plant Woods 2: Beat the Level in 01m 07s 582ms by Araneae - 1st place

Submitted: 20/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: USA / NTSC

Can still save some time on the first hang, and the vine grab before the plum.

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• Model: SCPH-9000X

[hoodlumsworld]

Man, those rings! It's almost hypnotizing when all the swinging and hopping goes as intended.

Which it almost never does!

[Hunchman801]

So I was watching Thex's stream this afternoon and he just got a new record for PS1 with a 1:16:59.

[hoodlumsworld]

He beat kronkie's record by 9 seconds then? Amazing!

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Any% PS1 - USA in 01h 23m 38s by noé - 13th place

Submitted: 21/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

small pb is kewl

Additional details:

• Model: Duckstation x7

Link to video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/995930374

Any% PS1 - USA in 01h 23m 07s by Raymandicoot - 11th place

Submitted: 22/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

Back to back PB! On the same day the first ever 1:16 was achieved by Thextera! A great day for Rayman Speedruns!

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• Model: Duckstation x7

Any% PS1 - USA in 01h 16m 59s by Thextera - 1st place

Submitted: 22/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: USA / NTSC

Actually stoked about this run. Very unexpected.

This run was the first 1:16​ run ever done. The timer at the ends says 1:17​ but it's because I split late.
The last time I broke a minute barrier first was 1:19​. (Glackum got 1:18​ and Kronkie 1:17​).

Shoutouts to all my viewers out there. I would not have been here without you. Streaming for people is so much better than offline runs.

The ending was amazing being able to do 3 hits in a row followed by 4 hits in a row. All of these are frame perfect. Definitely the highlight of this run.

As always, here's the twitch highlight /w chat: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/996952795

Additional details:

• Model: SCPH-9000X

Link to video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/996952795

[Hunchman801]

And there it is! Losing those ten seconds in Space Mama’s Crater was a bit unfortunate but it wasn’t enough to ruin the run!

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Any% PC in 01h 23m 21s by KOR_131 - 2nd place

Submitted: 23/04/2021
Platform: PC

[hoodlumsworld]

Well done! Still a long way to Mr_R, but KOR_131 is a serious competitor.

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Any% PS1 - USA in 01h 38m 35s by jorisyo - 27th place

Submitted: 29/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

Biggest time saves are Bongo, Gong Heights, Crystal Palace and Skops, finally got that sub 1 : 40, but it is not over yet !

Additional details:

• Model: Duckstation x7

Link to video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1005284531

Any% PS1 - USA in 01h 22m 52s by noé - 11th place

Submitted: 27/04/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

nerves destroyed a 1:21 oh well

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• Model: Duckstation x7

[hoodlumsworld]

Too bad that noé lost over a minute to the Skops chase, but otherwise GG to both him and jorisyo.

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Max% in 01h 59m 13s by Thextera - 1st place

Submitted: 02/05/2021
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: USA / NTSC

[hoodlumsworld]

But... what is Max% to begin with?

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Twilight Gulch: Beat the Level in 01m 26s 933ms by kronkie10 - 1st place

Submitted: 03/05/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

Double Golem

Additional details:

• Model: Duckstation x7

[Hunchman801]

But... what is Max% to begin with?

You basically have to beat the game after collecting all 102 cages, 11 Magicians, 2119 Tings, 65 lives, 112 powers, 82 speed fists and the optional super helicopter in Eraser Plains. Yeah, sounds like a grind.

And man, crazy Twilight Gulch from kronkie here! Getting the rings right really made a difference here.

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Max% in 01h 57m 42s by Thextera - 1st place

Submitted: 04/05/2021
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: USA / NTSC



Max% in 03h 29m 45s by Raymandicoot - 4th place

Submitted: 03/05/2021
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC

Me: I will take 10 hours to do this! Thex: You can do it in 3! Also Me: Welp... Thex was right!

Jokes aside, this was an interesting 1st time experience but theres certainly a lot to take in with this category! I also believe I may have missed the odd thing here and there but I definately put in the effort to search everywhere for stuff and definately got most of it.

[Mod Edit] 6 mistakes as pointed out on discord

[hoodlumsworld]

You basically have to beat the game after collecting all 102 cages, 11 Magicians, 2119 Tings, 65 lives, 112 powers, 82 speed fists and the optional super helicopter in Eraser Plains. Yeah, sounds like a grind.

Wait now... who counted those?

It's getting popular anyway, the last two runs are also Max%.

[PluMGMK]

2119 Tings eh? Reminds me of years ago when I kept asking for lists in TTQ (thereby drying up its activity) and you were saying that at that rate I'd end up asking for the position of every Ting in the game. I guess these guys could actually answer a question like that!