Official WR64 Rankings as of January 2022 (Ranking period Q4 of 2021, from October 1 to December 31)

Panelists: Shibbypod Doctorfeesh Andypanther MyOhMyPancakes

Top 10:

1. Shibbypod
2. Doctorfeesh
3. Game
4. MDK
5. MyOhMyPancakes
6. MetaIHead
7. AS_Money
8. Illudude
9. meauxdal
10. andypanther

Tier 1 HMs:

Dosufura NickWarner RyanWarnerCodes ZubyDoo77

Tier 2 HMs:

AdomHamez Arata Charlon Touhu

Update: Ban has been lifted with restrictions. See comments below for the details.

Important announcement from the Wave Race 64 Moderators to the Wave Race community:

Hello everyone, we hope that you and your families are all safe and healthy during this difficult time.

Unfortunately we come to announce today that we are removing the player Braden Hall from the leaderboards due to dishonest conduct directly effecting many players on the leaderboard.

It came to the groups attention that some of Braden's championship (RTA) runs were appearing faster than they should have. Upon closer inspection, many of the videos that were submitted to the leaderboard were spliced to remove time where the screen would be fully black, reducing the amount of time between levels. This has been confirmed by all of the current mods by zooming in to the sections using the audio spectograph. Looking at the spectograph shows clear cuts in the original videos. This is what is known as "splicing" in the speedrunning community, and considered cheating. In the past, players would use this method to produce the best segments possible, however in this form was used simply to remove time from an otherwise normal looking run.

The mods as a group spoke directly with Braden over the last couple of days. They admitted wrong doing right away, not trying to hide this any further. We appreciate their honesty and coming forward, however this is something the community cannot tolerate on any level. Not toward the lower level, and not toward the higher level of the competition, or anywhere in between.

The mods have voted and decided for an appropriate ban for this offence. The duration of Braden's ban shall be minimum 2 years from today (July 9, 2020), with a successful appeal to the moderators of the community, at that time (after July 9, 2022)

Meanwhile, all of Braden's runs (both Real Time Attack and Individual Level, and for ALL WAVE RACE GAMES) will be removed from the leaderboards. If they are to return, they will start from a clean slate, after the ban date and successful appeal have both occurred.

We apologize for any inconvenience this situation has caused, and will continue to be diligent to assure that everyone is playing with a level playing field.

Wave Race Olympics

July 1st-31st

Here are the end results! Thank you to all that participated!

Sunny Beach

1. • Shibbypod - 1'03"291
2. • mo_moe - 1'03"742
3. • Hayate - 1'03"784

Sunset Bay

1. • mo_moe - 1'05"622
2. • Game - 1'05"770
3. • Hayate - 1'05"773

Drake Lake

1. • lludude - 1'11"487
2. • mo_moe - 1'11"551
3. • Game - 1'12"175

Marine Fortress

1. • Hayate - 1'08"207
2. • mo_moe - 1'09"231
3. • KoiIroHoshi - 1'09"698

Port Blue

1. • Shibbypod - 1'17"948 (UWR)
2. • Hayate - 1'18"496
3. • mo_moe - 1'18"740

Twilight City

1. • Shibbypod - 1'24"358
2. • mo_moe - 1'24"711
3. • Illudude - 1'24"888

Glacier Coast

1. • Shibbypod - 1'15"227 (WR)
2. • mo_moe - 1'15"854
3. • Hayate - 1'16"424

Southern Island

1. • Shibbypod - 1'13"739 (UWR)
2. • Hayate - 1'14"587
3. • mo_moe - 1'14"712

Sunny Beach Reverse

1. • mo_moe - 1'06"566
2. • KoiIroHoshi - 1'06"863
3. • Game - 1'06"979

Sunset Bay Reverse

1. • mo_moe - 1'09"390
2. • Hayate - 1'09"519
3. • Game - 1'09"963

Drake Lake Reverse

1. • GhillieGuide - 1'12"203
2. • mo_moe - 1'12"298
3. • KoiIroHoshi - 1'12"313

Marine Fortress Reverse

1. • GhillieGuide - 1'11"831
2. • mo_moe - 1'13"578
3. • Bunta - 1'14"704

Port Blue Reverse

1. • Shibbypod - 1'15"946 (UWR)
2. • mo_moe - 1'16"889
3. • Hayate - 1'17"416

Twilight City Reverse

1. • Shibbypod - 1'34"937 (UWR)
2. • mo_moe - 1'35"727
3. • Hayate - 1'36"024

Glacier Coast Reverse

1. • Shibbypod - 1'20"719
2. • mo_moe - 1'22"309
3. • Hayate -1'22"481

Southern Island Reverse

1. • Game - 1'21"514
2. • KoiIroHoshi - 1'21"785
3. • mo_moe - 1'21"911

The new rules will be in effect immediately and will be implemented into the rules on speedrun.com. At the bottom of the post I will put some information to help you get started with a basic recording setup for acceptable top 5 submission. Also, since this is a new concept and previously only world record submissions required video proof, let me know if this needs any major amendments.

Top 5 times will require video evidence, from this point further. There is also a grandfather rule, times without recordings before today will permanently count and will not be removed due to lack of video proof. That being said, from January 23, 2017, top 5 times will require video evidence of reasonable quality, before being verified by a Moderator. Stream video is acceptable as long as it has no major loss of frames. This way, it will be easy to spot times that are not legitimate. Game sound is preferred, but a good quality video without sound can be accepted if it is deemed legitimate by the verifying moderator.

Disclosure: We will be lenient on this rule in Reverse and Single lap for the first month or two due to lack of submission volume, but no exceptions for 3 Lap (Any top 5 time in 3 Lap should be considered a major accomplishment at this point).

Moderator Rule: With the new video rule comes some added responsibility to our moderators. Last year, we added a rule to never verify ones own submission. This year, we also add a rule to never verify a top 5 submission without a video, or with a video that is questionable. The purpose of this is to keep the community honest, and to share our accomplishments with the rest of the community. It is important for players to be able to see how the best times were accomplished, in order to help themselves grow as players.

I really want to encourage all of our players to play and to record. Streaming, even. Streaming is getting easier as time goes on, and having a competitive community with many participating in streaming is good for the whole community. However, as we become more competitive, the ability to prove our accomplishments is going to be important. Also, the other players deserve to be able to see these times.

Information on getting a streaming setup(Written by GhillieGuide):

You will need at the very least a usb capture card that records composite video in order to submit times on this leaderboards. If you are concerned with video quality a cheap way to drastically increase your quality is to upgrade to an svideo recording(both recommended capture cards support svideo and offer comparable results in svideo). Here is a diagram for setting it up with splitters http://imgur.com/a/jVbra

The GV-USB2 is highly recommended as it is both cheaper and produces a better image than the Dazzle(especially in composite). Microphones can be a great way to discuss things with people in your chat if you stream; if you don't they are great way for people to enjoy your gameplay footage more in addition to providing audio evidence of your button mashing(if you want).

Hardware

Capture Cards: GV-USB2 and Dazzle 100 & 101 are recommended for their cost, value and availability

Microphones: Blue Snowball Blue Yeti Those are the most popular choices for their cost/performance ratio. There are lots of other audio options worth investigating but for straight cost, ease of use and performance these offer a good deal.

Software

The bare minimum needed in order to record video for submissions in terms of software is just a recording software. OBS is easy to use and offers local recording and livestreaming. If you want to display a timer in your layout live split is recommended for it's ease of use, customization, and ability to import splits from the resources tab credit:Stonecoldhard12. Research into and knowledge around editing and encoding video footage will make the process drastically easier and provide you with a better end result.

Broadcasting & Local Recording: Open Broadcaster Software https://obsproject.com/

Timing: Live Split http://livesplit.github.io/

These are the "Benchmark Times" considered big career milestones when they are first achieved, and the players who have achieved them. Any decimal counts, even a x'xx"999. These are great times to go for, and are a great measure of skill, and do not require you to grind for a world record.

The Benchmark is determined by the 3rd place time on the course. If third place is 1'03"000, the benchmark is 1'03. If third place is 1'10"999, the benchmark is 1'10. What matters is the whole second counter. Recently added was the reverse courses and 1 lap times. If the player has achieved a benchmark, their name is added to the list. If their time is better (on the second counter) than the benchmark, it is shown in parenthesis. Names are in order by who achieved the benchmark first. Date disputes are settled based on availability of proof.

3 Lap

Sunny Beach

Standard: 1'04

Benchmark: 1'03

27 players have achieved 1'03

Misuken

Illudude

Shibbypod

Lockwood

Analogism

QuickpersonsIND

Game

mo_moe

meauxdal

bobakanoosh55555

the_androgyne

MetalHead

AS_Money

AzaleaAkari

Zafil

Bert86

MDK1

eToast

MyOhMyPancakes

NickWarner

RyanWarner

telfus

Hayate

Splarin

BradenHall

BeeHug

Bunta

Sunset Bay

Standard: 1'06

Benchmark: 1'05

23 players have achieved 1'05

Illudude

Shibbypod

Lockwood

Analogism

mo_moe

KoiIroHoshi

Game

meauxdal

the_androgyne

QuickpersonsIND

AS_Money

AzaleaAkari

Bert86

MetalHead

MyOhMyPancakes

Bobakanoosh55555

MDK1

eToast

Hayate

telfus

Andypanther

NickWarner

BeeHug

Drake Lake

Standard: 1'12

Benchmark: 1'11

22 players have achieved 1'11

Illudude (1'10)

Shibbypod

Lockwood

Analogism

mo_moe

Game

meauxdal

admiralsmit

the_androgyne

QuickpersonsIND

AzaleaAkari

MetalHead

MyOhMyPancakes

MrPitchy

AS_Money

Bert86

MDK1

eToast

telfus

Hayate

BeeHug

andypanther

Marine Fortress

Standard: 1'08 (Hard Mode)

Benchmark: 1'07 (Hard mode)

4 players have achieved 1'07

Shibbypod

mo_moe

AzaleaAkari

Hayate

Port Blue

Standard: 1'18

Benchmark: 1'17

3 players have achieved 1'17

Shibbypod

AzaleaAkari

telfus

Twilight City

Standard: 1'25

Benchmark: 1'24

12 players have achieved 1'24

Shibbypod (1'23)

Illudude

mo_moe

meauxdal

Game

MetalHead

AzaleaAkari

MDK1

eToast

Hayate

telfus

MyOhMyPancakes

Glacier Coast

Standard: 1'16

Benchmark: 1'15

8 players have achieved 1'15

Shibbypod (1'14)

Analogism

mo_moe

Game

AzaleaAkari

MDK1

Hayate

telfus

Southern Island

Standard: 1'14

Benchmark: 1'13

4 players have achieved 1'13

Shibbypod

AzaleaAkari

MDK1

telfus

1 Lap

Sunny Beach

Standard: 20"999

Benchmark: 20"499

26 players have achieved 20"499

Misuken

Shibbypod

Illudude

Lockwood

Game

mo_moe

KoiIroHoshi

meauxdal

AS_Money

MetalHead

the_androgyne

bobakanoosh55555

Bert86

AzaleaAkari

MyOhMyPancakes

QuickPersonsIND

eToast

NickWarner

RyanWarner

MDK1

telfus

Bunta

Splarin

Andypanther

BradenHall

Sunset Bay

Standard: 20"499

Benchmark: 19"999

20 players have achieved 19"999

Illudude

Shibbypod

GhillieGuide

mo_moe

KoiIroHoshi

Game

meauxdal

AS_Money

the_androgyne

andypanther

MyOhMyPancakes

AzaleaAkari

Bert86

MetalHead

QuickPersonsIND

eToast

MDK1

telfus

Chameleon_og

BeeHug

Drake Lake

Standard: 23"499

Benchmark: 22"999

6 players have achieved 22"999

Illudude

Shibbypod

mo_moe

AzaleaAkari

Game

telfus

Marine Fortress

Standard: 22"499

Benchmark: 21"999

10 players have achieved 21"999

Shibbypod (21"4)

mo_moe

Game

MyOhMyPancakes

MetalHead

AzaleaAkari

andypanther

eToast

telfus

BeeHug

Port Blue

Standard: 25"499

Benchmark: 24"999

3 players have achieved 24"999

Shibbypod

AzaleaAkari

telfus

Twilight City

Standard: 27"999

Benchmark: 27"499

13 players have achieved 27"499

Shibbypod (26"9)

Illudude

mo_moe

meauxdal

Game

andypanther

MetalHead

QuickpersonsIND

AzaleaAkari

AS_Money

MyOhMyPancakes

telfus

BeeHug

Glacier Coast

Standard: 24"999

Benchmark: 24"499

10 players have achieved 24"499

Shibbypod (23"8)

Illudude

Analogism

mo_moe

Game

meauxdal

AzaleaAkari

MDK1

MetalHead

telfus

Southern Island

Standard: 23"999

Benchmark: 23"499

15 players have achieved 23"499

Shibbypod (22"9)

mo_moe

Game

meauxdal

the_androgyne

AzaleaAkari

MetalHead

MyOhMyPancakes

AS_Money

eToast

MDK1

telfus

Hayate

Chameleon_og

BeeHug

Reverse

Sunny Beach

Standard: 1'06

Benchmark: 1'05

6 players have achieved 1'05

Shibbypod

Game

AzaleaAkari

MyOhMyPancakes

MDK1

telfus

Sunset Bay

Standard: 1'09

Benchmark: 1'08

9 players have achieved 1'08

Shibbypod

mo_moe

Game

AzaleaAkari (1'07)

AS_Money

MDK1 (1'07)

MyOhMyPancakes

Metalhead

telfus

Drake Lake

Standard: 1'12

Benchmark: 1'11

13 players have achieved 1'11

Shibbypod

Game

the_androgyne

Illudude

AzaleaAkari

QuickpersonsIND

MrPitchy

AS_Money

MetalHead

MDK1

MyOhMyPancakes

andypanther

telfus

Marine Fortress

Standard: 1'10

Benchmark: 1'09

3 players have achieved 1'09

Shibbypod

Game

AzaleaAkari

Port Blue

Standard: 1'16

Benchmark: 1'15

4 players have achieved 1'15

Shibbypod

AzaleaAkari

Game

telfus

Twilight City

Standard: 1'35

Benchmark: 1'34

6 players have achieved 1'34

Shibbypod

Game

AzaleaAkari

MyOhMyPancakes

MDK1

telfus

Glacier Coast

Standard: 1'21

Benchmark: 1'20

5 players have achieved 1'20

Shibbypod

Game

AzaleaAkari

MDK

telfus

Southern Island

Standard: 1'20

Benchmark: 1'19

4 players have achieved 1'19

Shibbypod

AzaleaAkari

MDK1

telfus

Earn your initials by accomplishing the time shown on this board. Initials get wiped if a player achieves a UWR (Untied World Record) and beats the time listed. The first player to get the time is listed first and so on.

Since the last update in Feb, Analog tied 1'15 on Glacier Coast, I untied Port Blue with 1'17, and both Quickperson and Game logged a 1'03 on Sunny Beach. I also accomplished some new lap records.

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Player Index: AE - Shibbypod IP - Illudude HT - Hayate RL - Ryan Lockwood MB - Analogism MI - Misuken MA - QuickpersonsIND BL - Game

For this very moment, ique and vc are fully legal but this may change soon. A full debate is in process, check here from time to time for updates. Until further notice, feel free to post RTA or Time Trial times for all official releases of the game.

These rankings are my list of top 10 players based on all time known history. The placings are opinion but based on statistics. I am most likely to know of your achievements if you have submitted them (videos are also valuable).

Shibby's Ranking List April 2020

Top 10:

1. Shibbypod
2. Doctorfeesh
3. Game
4. mo_moe
5. BradenHall
6. MetalHead
7. AS_Money
8. MyOhMyPancakes
9. meauxdal
10. the_androgyne

Tier 1 Honorable Mentions:

• andypanther
• KoiIroHoshi
• QuickpersonsIND
• Stonecoldhard

Tier 2 Honorable Mentions:

• Bobakanoosh
• Bunta
• GhillieGuide
• MDK

Legends: J Whalls Mahrla Illudude

Inactives: AdmiralSmit Analogism Bert

VIDEO

https://discord.gg/0oioUG34NJuqjLhA

Please join us in the discord chat room by clicking the above link. As great as this website is, the discord discussion is much more in depth. You will usually find someone to talk to about the game, or anything else you feel like talking about. Come and join us!

Want to become better at Wave Race? This thread is a good place to begin. If you have questions about what settings to use on specific courses, there is another thread for that.

The B button. This is very important in the game, because staying in the water is important to keeping your speed. Tapping B can stablize your jetski so that you do not bob up and down as much, and can better maintain speed. Each B tap kind of pushes down on the jetski to keep it close to the waters surface. Tapping B while moving up out of the water will resist the upward motion and keep the jetski down, but when moving downward, tapping B may result in a hard splash into the water in certain wavy conditions, which could result in a loss of speed. Try to learn to use B in a way that will maintain speed the best you can. The B button is also very useful around turns and can help keep speed pretty well while taking corners.

Lines and turns. In order to keep speed, you can not keep making adjustments to your angles. Especially on straight aways, you want to go as straight as possible so that you can get max speed, and don't turn at all until you have to. This also means you should try to end your turn as soon as possible, at the correct angle so that again, you do not need to make adjustments. Always try to keep on the shortest path available.

Watch videos of top players. Not just my videos, but the other players as well. Learn the lines that we take, and get good with them. Keep in mind though, there may always be a slightly better way to do things, so always look out for things we don't already know, like different paths, even if just slightly different.

The Dive Shortcut. This is tricky, but once you learn it and get it down, it really isn't all that bad. The first part you need to learn is how to execute the dive animation. Practice it on a ramp first. When you are on the ramp, pull back on the stick and then push all the way forward when launching off the ramp, and the rider will crouch and dive the jetski into the water. You can also get the dive to work by using the waves in the game, and this can be used to take some shortcuts. The most useful ones are on Marine Fortress, Twilight City, and even Southern Island. This will take some practice, but it earns you 5 seconds on MF, 3 seconds on TC, and half a second on SI.

Remember, you are allowed 4 buoy misses before you fail. This means you can skip buoys if it makes it faster, which on a lot of levels, it is. That is why it is important to know what the fastest paths are, and I encourage people to try their own thing to see how it is, but at least be aware of the current strats and compare them.

Play Time Trial first. I know it is exciting to get through the whole game on your favorite difficulty, but what is really going to make you a beast at the game is playing individual levels, and getting each levels time the best that you can. Trust me, once you have great times on each course, you will be able to absolutely destroy any Championship Mode time you could get before you spent time in Time Trial.

This game takes a lot of time and a lot of patience. You can not expect to just pick up the game and get a 1'03 on Sunny Beach even in the first week of playing. It takes a lot of discipline which makes accomplishing goal times extremely rewarding!

If anyone has any questions, post them here and I will ocasionally update this post.

¤¤Updated February 26, 2020 to more accurately portray our community¤¤

After a lot of testing, and a lot of playing around with all the different characters and settings, here are my recommendations for new players trying to get better times. Once your goals are accomplished with these settings, feel free to tweak them however you like, but I HIGHLY recommend starting here.

Camera: Over top - From default, hit C-Up 2 times to get this camera angle. Currently all record times on NTSC were accomplished with this camera angle. Technically it is just preference, but the view provided with this camera is a big benefit to you.

The stages listed are in the following format:

Stage Recommended difficulty Record Times¤ whole seconds - Difficulty of record times¤ whole seconds Character Settings

Degrees of difficulty from easiest to hardest. 0 First Session - Easy enough for a "skilled beginner" to accomplish on day 1 1 Beginner - Good time for a beginner to strive for when trying to improve at the game 2 Easy - Getting these times when you are new means you are getting better at the game, but don't stop there. 3 Medium - These times take a reasonable understanding of the game and level to accomplish. 4 Hard - High tier time, usually difficult for good players. 5 Very Hard - Top tier time, only accomplished by a few players. 6 Extreme - Untied World Records, or times achieved only by one player, the most difficult of all to achieve.

Stages:

FORWARD

Sunny Beach Preferred Difficulty Setting: Normal 1'03 - Medium 1'04 - Easy 1'05 - Beginner 1'06 - First Session D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Sunset Bay Preferred Difficulty Setting: Normal 1'05 - Medium 1'06 - Easy 1'07 - Beginner 1'08 - First Session D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Drake Lake Preferred Difficulty Setting: Normal 1'10 - Extreme 1'11 - Medium 1'12 - Easy 1'13 - Beginner 1'14 - First Session D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Marine Fortress Preferred Difficulty Setting: Hard 1'07 - Very Hard 1'08 - Hard 1'09 - Medium 1'10 - Easy 1'11 - Beginner M. Jeter -----0------ --------0--- -----------0

Port Blue Preferred Difficulty Setting: Hard 1'17 - Very Hard 1'18 - Hard 1'19 - Medium 1'20 - Easy 1'21 - Beginner

M. Jeter -----0------ --------0--- -----------0

Twilight City Preferred Difficulty Setting: Hard 1'23 - Extreme 1'24 - Hard 1'25 - Medium 1'26 - Easy 1'27 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Glacier Coast Preferred Difficulty Setting: Expert 1'14 - Extreme 1'15 - Very Hard 1'16 - Hard 1'17 - Medium 1'18 - Easy 1'19 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Southern Island Preferred Difficulty Setting: Normal 1'13 - Extreme 1'14 - Hard 1'15 - Medium 1'16 - Easy 1'17 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

REVERSE

Sunny Beach Reverse 1'05 - Hard 1'06 - Medium 1'07 - Easy 1'08 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Sunset Bay Reverse 1'07 - Extreme 1'08 - Hard 1'09 - Medium 1'10 - Easy 1'11 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Drake Lake Reverse 1'11 - Hard 1'12 - Medium 1'13 - Easy 1'14 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Marine Fortress Reverse 1'09 - Very Hard 1'10 - Hard 1'11 - Medium 1'12 - Easy R. Hayami -----0------ --------0--- ------0-----

Port Blue Reverse 1'15 - Very Hard 1'16 - Hard 1'17 - Medium 1'18 - Easy M. Jeter -----0------ --------0--- -----------0

Twilight City Reverse 1'34 - Hard 1'35 - Medium 1'36 - Easy 1'37 - Beginner D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Glacier Coast Reverse 1'20 - Very Hard 1'21 - Hard 1'22 - Medium 1'23 - Easy D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Southern Island Reverse 1'19 - Extreme 1'20 - Hard 1'21 - Medium 1'22 - Easy D. Mariner 0----------- -----------0 -----------0

Here is where I am going to post about upcomming race events between players. Over the next couple of months I will be trying to get a race or two together every weekend. If you would like to participate, just post here! I will also post this in some other locations where I know some wave race players will see it.

As a trial, I will host the first session of races this Friday starting around 8pm EST. We can meet up in my stream and I'll have instructions from there!

Hey guys! It is hard to figure out what is going on in this small community some times, so when you accomplish something you are proud of in Wave Race, post it here! We can talk about Personal Bests here, or even new World Records whenever they happen!

Hello everyone! I have decided to allow Virtual Console submissions for Time Trial. I played a bit of my own VC to get some records.

Here is what I accomplished in my short VC stint!

Sunny Beach 3 Lap: 1'03"853 1 Lap: 20"512

Sunset Bay 3 Lap: 1'05"970 1 Lap: 20"055

Drake Lake 3 Lap: 1'11"895 1 Lap: 23"198

Marine Fortress 3 Lap: 1'10"538 1 Lap: 22"323

Port Blue 3 Lap: 1'19"752 1 Lap: 25"882

Twilight City 3 Lap: 1'25"831 1 Lap: 27"705

Glacier Coast 3 Lap: 1'16"825 1 Lap: 24"745

Southern Island 3 Lap: 1'15"727 1 Lap: 23"886

Hello Speedrun.com! This is likely going to be the new home of the Wave Race 64 community. I am trying to move the leaderboards to this site, and drop the proxy leaderboards soon.