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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

Any% NMG - PC in 01h 42m 36s by KeidaKennedy - 9th place

Submitted: 24/04/2026
Platform: PC
KeidaKennedy wrote:First completed run! I got the Stone & Fire jump by total fluke so will be hard to beat that split lol


Echoing Caves: 100% IL - PC in 02m 24s 540ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 29/04/2026
Platform: PC
CoCo wrote:hi


Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 46s 878ms by Dr_Otto9 - 3rd place

Submitted: 30/04/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Funny, isn't it?


Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 39s 600ms by Torsinn - 2nd place

Submitted: 01/05/2026
Platform: PC
Torsinn wrote:Definitely funny.


All Masks - PC in 01h 06m 21s by Dr_Otto9 - 3rd place

Submitted: 30/04/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Was itching to do a redemption run with the new strat so there you go :D


Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 39s 469ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 02/05/2026
Platform: PC
CoCo wrote:Very funny


No Lum Check - Early Echoing Caves in 49m 58s by oggyloscara - 5th place

Submitted: 01/05/2026
Platform: PC
oggyloscara wrote:im sorry for the cringe run


Dead% in 07m 19s by KeidaKennedy - 5th place

Submitted: 02/05/2026
Platform: PC
KeidaKennedy wrote:Shout outs to the Ray gang for the epic coach. No Lum Check Dead% World Record btw. Hi Torsinn.



*mod note: hi*


100% - Emulator in 02h 39m 14s by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 29/04/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: JPN / NTSC
EricZen wrote:Decent run besides Fairy Glade and Echoing Caves aka Precipice 2 aka Top of The World 2.
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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Why is everyone running Sanct. of Stone & Fire? It's not SpeedRay anymore. 😜

And what is "100% - Emulator"?
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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hoodlumsworld wrote: Wed May 06, 2026 7:21 pmAnd what is "100% - Emulator"?
100% = finish the game with all 1000 Lums and all 80 familiar spirits.

Emulator = played on PS2 emulation software (e.g. PCSX2) instead of a real PS2 console.
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

Sanct. of Water & Ice: 100% IL - PC in 02m 28s 784ms by Kobaltski - 1st place

Submitted: 04/05/2026
Platform: PC
Kobaltski wrote:Feel like this can be improved by several seconds but I just wanted to snipe this IL


Any% - PC in 01h 03m 52s by Kobaltski - 6th place

Submitted: 04/05/2026
Platform: PC
Kobaltski wrote:Good improvement, more to come


Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 53s 9ms by Sandwitchs - 4th place

Submitted: 04/05/2026
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL
Sandwitchs wrote:Was practicing the new skip and got this run :D



*mod note: retimed to 53.01s after removing the teensie cutscene*


Whale Bay: Any% IL - PC in 02m 49s 338ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 05/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Robin 🙏


Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 38s 725ms by Dr_Otto9 - 2nd place

Submitted: 05/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Help I'm about to die of laughter


Canopy: Any% IL - PC in 02m 14s 431ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 06/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Nice GLM finding by Coco!


Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 37s 890ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PC
CoCo wrote:It keeps getting funnier


No Lum Check - Precipice Warp in 51m 13s by KeidaKennedy - 6th place

Submitted: 02/05/2026
Platform: PC
KeidaKennedy wrote:Actually a fun category, will probably run this back again.
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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hoodlumsworld wrote: Wed May 06, 2026 7:21 pm Why is everyone running Sanct. of Stone & Fire? It's not SpeedRay anymore. 😜
SpeedRay was an NMG run, though!
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

All Masks - PC in 01h 23m 00s by KeidaKennedy - 8th place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PC
KeidaKennedy wrote:Great run for my current route! Still lots of time to save and strats to learn.


Prison Ship: Any% IL - PC in 03m 08s 280ms by GuiguiBlocCraft - 4th place

Submitted: 09/05/2026
Platform: PC
GuiguiBlocCraft wrote:Testing prison ship IL... not bad :p


All Masks - N64/DS in 02h 43m 16s by Torsinn - 2nd place

Submitted: 09/05/2026
Platform: Nintendo DS
Region: EUR / PAL
Torsinn wrote:Submitting this in All Masks because EEC is (probably?) possible in theory... Anyway, DS version is done, now it's time to burn the cartridge and never talk about it ever again :)


Echoing Caves: 100% IL - PC in 02m 23s 389ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 15/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:A barrel away from avenge


No Lum Check - Precipice Warp in 51m 08s by KeidaKennedy - 6th place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PC
KeidaKennedy wrote:Winner of the worst PB of all time award


Glitchless - Console in 02h 10m 18s by Future34 - 2nd place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: EUR / PAL

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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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GG Torsinn on the DS run. 😊
Hunchman801 wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 8:57 am SpeedRay was an NMG run, though!
This is true! Any% almost skips the level...
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

Echoing Caves: 100% IL - PC in 02m 21s 753ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 19/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:This time we're happy. Kinda.


Any% NMG - PC in 01h 38m 12s by KeidaKennedy - 7th place

Submitted: 19/05/2026
Platform: PC
KeidaKennedy wrote:Tomb and final boss were so hilariously bad. We'll get em next time!


Echoing Caves: Any% IL - PC in 01m 16s 965ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 22/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Rock


All Masks - PC in 01h 05m 27s by Dr_Otto9 - 2nd place

Submitted: 23/05/2026
Platform: PC
Dr_Otto9 wrote:Can leave the long All Masks grind for now!


100% - Emulator in 02h 33m 38s by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 18/05/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: JPN / NTSC
EricZen wrote:I don't know why I cant do warship skip anymore. Also bad Stone and Fire and Tomb. It's still nice to see a run were both Marshes and Menhir Hills worked just as intended. Sub [2:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROCOY36Hhc&t=150s) seems more and more possible.
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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Eric, any reason you're playing in Japanese? I know in some games the text scrolls faster but I don't know about Rayman 2. 😬
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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New runs have just been validated on speedrun.com!

Echoing Caves: Any% IL - PC in 01m 15s 521ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 27/05/2026
Platform: PC
CoCo wrote:Rock


All Masks - PC in 01h 32m 26s by clankape - 11th place

Submitted: 31/05/2026
Platform: PC
clankape wrote:*mod note: added RTA time*
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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hoodlumsworld wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 11:03 pm Eric, any reason you're playing in Japanese? I know in some games the text scrolls faster but I don't know about Rayman 2. 😬
I know some players chose Japanese in Resident Evil for that, but I digress. :P
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Re: Rayman 2 speedrunning

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hoodlumsworld wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 11:03 pm Eric, any reason you're playing in Japanese? I know in some games the text scrolls faster but I don't know about Rayman 2. 😬
Well the short anwser is you have less text to go through in cutscenes or when encountering Murphy in woods for example. So you spend less time on them then in other languages. I think in Woods alone you save like 8s or something. And of course throughout the entire hundo run it is even more. So quite a nice timesave. We just don't care about language on PC because there we can skip cutscenes and can just spam through any dialog box (in revo you can only speed them up). On N64 for example italien is the best language option you have.
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