Rayman 3 speedrunning

This guide is to serve as a central hub for all of the relevant knowledge needed to get started with and improve at Rayman 3 speedrunning.

Glitches

Main article: List of glitches in Rayman 3

Rayman 3 speedrunning makes extensive use of the glitches present in the game, notably the superjump (SJ), the midair superjump (MSJ), the extended superjump (ESJ), the camera buffered superjump (CBSJ), the extended camera buffered superjump (ECBSJ), the camera buffered midair superjump (CBMSJ), the rolling superjump (RSJ), the glidewalk (GW), the midair glidewalk (MGW), the buffered midair glidewalk (BMGW), the moonglide (MG), the moonbounce (MB) and the playable camera mode (PCM). A lot of these are platform-specific, or behave differently across platforms.

Tutorials

These tutorials are done on the GameCube version of the game. Note that some of the glitches and strats showcased, such as the camera buffered glitches, don't work on any other version. The NTSC version of it is also recommended for it being faster and for some glitches working better.

• PinkAndOnangeAndGold's any% tutorial: somewhat outdated, but great to get started

• CriticalCyd's individual glitch explanations: very useful to get more knowledge of how to perform these tricks

• Pixel's tutorials: somewhat outdated, but great to get started
  • HHQ 1
  • CL 1 laser skip
  • TLS 1
  • TLS 2
  • FC 4 Moonbounce
  • Summit wooden door skip