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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Great! Hopefully you’ll see me here soon, just need a capture card. :P
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

PS1 - 100% in 01h 27m 23s by LoLmedoc - 23rd place

Submitted: 12/06/2025
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC
LoLmedoc wrote:I hate the speedstorage
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PS1 - 100% in 01h 20m 44s by Hey_Jase - 12th place

Submitted: 12/07/2025
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC
Hey_Jase wrote:Extremely happy with this run! Beating my previous PB by a significant amount of time again. Had a few golds in there, and a pretty clean run throughout, apart from almost dying on gong heights, a pretty poor space mama fight, 6th try 50/50 cage and a couple other mistakes here and there. My long term goal of sub [1:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rISCQ2k0ZtQ&t=80s) isn't looking too far away now! Especially if i'm able to get allegro clip and an early 50/50 cage
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Every time I hear what 100% is, I conveniently end up forgetting. :lol:
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Why? It's just a regular run, right?
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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There’s both Any% and 100%, and I recall there being some sort of difference.
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Any% allows a newly found game-breaking menuing glitch. 100% used to be called Any% before that, so yeah, it's essentially a regular run.
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Thanks for the info Hunch! That definitely makes sense. :)
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A new run has just been validated on speedrun.com!

PS1 - 100% in 01h 20m 35s by Hey_Jase - 12th place

Submitted: 18/08/2025
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC
Hey_Jase wrote:Quite shocked that this run pb'd with so much time lost in mr sax and also crystal palace. Somehow managed to get a gold allegro without getting the clip, and managed a strat i had never seen done in my life. Overall happy with the pb, sub 1:20 is within reach
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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12th is still good considering how much competition there is nowadays, Jase!
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A new run has just been validated on speedrun.com!

PS1 - 100% in 02h 25m 13s by SREveryPS1Game - 48th place

Submitted: 25/09/2025
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: USA / NTSC
SREveryPS1Game wrote:lots of silly deaths but over all its okay! some good moments in it
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Greengoop wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 8:42 am 12th is still good considering how much competition there is nowadays, Jase!
It's also not so far from the WR. 😊
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A new run has just been validated on speedrun.com!

PS1 - 100% in 01h 15m 21s by kronkie10 - 1st place

Submitted: 27/10/2025
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC
kronkie10 wrote:1:14 next?
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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GG kronkie on the new WR! 🤩
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Interesting video by Thextera about superjumps in Rayman 1 and the remaining time saves:

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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Wow, I didn't realize there were even movement bugs on the ground :oops2: I knew about the "passing up through sloped surfaces" one though, since Chacanger turned it into a game mechanic in their maps…
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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A new run has just been validated on speedrun.com!

PS1 - 100% in 01h 20m 26s by Hey_Jase - 12th place

Submitted: 03/01/2026
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC
Hey_Jase wrote:Did not expect this run to go on and PB after such an awful start in the forest, but was a fairly good run throughout, some mistakes here and there but overall not too bad, my long term goal of sub [1:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jupc418JhpI&t=80s) is getting closer!
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PS1 - 100% in 01h 20m 00s by Hey_Jase - 11th place

Submitted: 05/01/2026
Platform: PlayStation
Region: USA / NTSC
Hey_Jase wrote:This run was by far the best i've ever played, and SO CLOSE to my goal of sub [1:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5INw_fdOK0&t=80s). This beat my previous pb by 25 seconds and that's without allegro clip. Extremely good run throughout, just a couple mistakes in the run including the unfortunate death in eat at joe's, but i am very very pleased with this run. SUB [1:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5INw_fdOK0&t=80s) SOON!
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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TFW Allegro Clip is now an instant restart when failed... 😨
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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A new run has just been validated on speedrun.com!

Atari Jaguar - Sax% in 28m 42s by PinguinStyles - 1st place

Submitted: 18/02/2026
Platform: Atari Jaguar
Region: EUR / PAL
PinguinStyles wrote:I set up the NohBoard to know that I'm actually playing, because I played it on BizHawk, and the reason I played it on that emulator is because my BigPemu passed away, I mean, it can still be played, but for some reason in OBS the emulator doesn't show up even when I set it to display the entire monitor.
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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Even if it's only Sax%, it still means PinguinStyles had to play Allegro Presto with no sliding tiles. 😬

I wouldn't even try. 🤣
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Re: Rayman 1 speedrunning

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A new run has just been validated on speedrun.com!

Atari Jaguar - Sax% in 25m 49s by PinguinStyles - 1st place

Submitted: 26/02/2026
Platform: Atari Jaguar
Region: EUR / PAL
PinguinStyles wrote:Mod Edit: Last hit on xx:49
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