Here is a list of updates that I think would be suitable for the skywars speedrun categories and their rules. I've done this before, which updated a few of the categories, and I wanted to finish off the rest of them. Just as before, the moderators may feel free to tweak and edit these at their discretion.

There are some imperfections in the rules I wrote in terms of wording, but I don't expect that to matter.

I think the "kills" category should be removed because it appears to be "get 5 kills as fast as possible" and there is already a "5 kills" category. The times on the "kills" leaderboard should be moved to the "5 kills" leaderboard.

I think the "wins" category should be removed because it doesn't appear to do with time or speed. If you want to check skywars leaderboards, visit https://plancke.io/hypixel/leaderboards/ .

Valid evidence that you are not in a party, or that all party members are on your team, can be done by doing "/p list". Moderators may add a rule regarding this.

Whenever I say "solo" or "teams", I am not referring to the Laboratory modes.

Mega win: Be the last player or team alive. This applies for your teammate as well. For example, if you die but your teammate wins, that game is still a valid run. The game must start with 100 players. You must not be in a party.

Mega win (party): Be the last player or team alive. This applies for your teammate as well. For example, if you die but your teammate wins, that game is still a valid run. The game must start with 100 players. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team.

5 kills (solo): Kill 5 players in a single solo game. You must not be in a party. The game must start with 12 players.

5 kills (teams): Kill 5 players in a single teams game. Your teammate's kills don't count towards this number. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team.

5 kills (mega): Kill 5 players in a single mega game. Your teammates' kills don't count towards this number. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team.

1 kill: Kill an opponent. This may be done in any gamemode. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team.

Be killed: Be killed by an opponent. This may be done in any gamemode. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team.

10 kills: Kill 10 opponents in a single game. This may be done in any mode except Ranked. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team.

Open 20 chests: Open 20 different chests. You may craft chests. This may be done in any gamemode. You must not be in a party.

Open a Stranger's Chest: Open a chest other than the ones that are on your starting island. This can only be done in Solo or Ranked mode. You must not be in a party.

Obtain all swords: Obtain a Wooden Sword, a Stone Sword, a Gold Sword, an Iron Sword, and a Diamond sword. You may craft swords. You may do this in any gamemode. You must not be in a party.

Obtain Fire Iron Sword: Obtain an Iron Sword with Fire Aspect I from a chest at middle. You may not craft swords, nor enchant swords. This must be done in Solo Normal or Teams Normal mode. You must not be in a party.

Die: Die. This can be done in any gamemode. You must not be in a party.

Solo win Kitless: Win a solo game with the default kit initially selected. You may instead use a different kit and immediately toss all the items that come with it into the void when the game begins. You must not be in a party. The game must start with 12 players.

Teams win Kitless: Win a teams game with the default kit initially selected. You may instead use a different kit and immediately toss all the items that come with it into the void when the game begins. If you are in a party, all party members must be on your team and follow the above rules that regard kits. If you die but your teammate wins, that is only considered a valid run if your teammate is in your party. The game must start with 24 players.

Laboratory solo win: Win a game in any of the solo Laboratory modes. You must not be in a party. The game must start with 12 players.

Laboratory teams win: Be the last player or team alive in any of the teams Laboratory modes. This applies for your teammate as well. For example, if you die but your teammate wins, that game is still a valid run. The game must start with 24 players. You must not be in a party.

Also, I can help moderate these leaderboards as a moderator. I feel like I could contribute a lot to this community (for lack of a better word.)

I made a Google Docs document, accessible to anyone who has the link. It contains rules for various categories that I wrote myself. I noticed that most of the rules in place currently are quite short and don't define much. I believe the ones I have written would replace them well.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JxuF9qQ6B-f9eY35EmwcJZzDOetWfxcKYLEXOPavpUw/edit?usp=drivesdk

If any mods approve of these new rules, feel free to update the current ones with these.

Add a skyclash lobby parkour speedrun category! skyclash is currently in beta, so only people with ranks can access the lobby (via /lobby skyclash) but it will be released for the public very soon.

The goal of this is to win as quickly as possible. I wrote a massive list of rules for each category, as well as rules that apply to all categories. These rules can be found at http://j.mp/28Uf7Hw I included rules that regard being in a party because I didn't want the speedrunner to join a solo game in a party with 11 friends that all jump into the void on purpose when the game starts. It has to be a legitimate game.

I found an exploit where if I ride a pet, it doesnt fail the parkour challenge. This pet allows you to jump over 3 block high walls, travel faster, and travel through walls that are made out of glass. (I use the snowman pet) The reason I think this complies with the official speedrun rules is that the rules say "No donor-privileges (gadgets) are allowed." The way I see this is that when the rules say "donor privileges", they are referring to gadgets. If they were referring to all donor privileges and not just gadgets, the rule-writer would have instead written "No donor privileges or gadgets are allowed." If this is true, then pets are technically allowed in the run. They aren't gadgets, and they don't trigger the "Parkour Challenge failed!" message in-game. My final question is: Are pets allowed in the run? Thanks, -HDwalrus123

P.S. Please make use of the /tpa command disallowed, because it breaks literally every route in the game.