I'm asking about closing it because I had thought that was the cause, because that's the only way I know would guarantee that the game crashes. Because normally, the game should not crash every single time you use it.

I'm going to ask for a few more details. Which stages does this occur on? What console are you playing on? Where are you using CCG in these stages?

If you could provide a video that could be helpful in solving your problem. Even if it's just a crappy phone video, that should be fine.

Yes I am referring to the mandatory stop. When the game mandatorily stops you, what button do you use to close the checkpoint menu? It sounds trivial but it matters.

What button are you pressing to close the checkpoint menu window? I believe pressing Start always causes a crash but Y seems to work well enough for me.

By the way, sometimes it will still crash even when you do it correctly because the glitch isn't very stable.

Yes and everyone makes fun of those games that do that.

I mean for joke categories or partial-game categories it's whatever, but please no difficulty%.

Yes but don't call it "simple%." Because % names are dumb. "Any% Simple" is better.

Here are the individual level leaderboards: http://www.soniccenter.org/rankings/shadow_the_hedgehog/times Not all time have videos, but you can see which ones do here: http://www.soniccenter.org/videos/shadow_the_hedgehog

We always could make a discord, we don't exactly need to have a lot of members in order to make a group chat.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XlXEFnV8KxNmZoRq6lPZAHWyyqwef-jMWor1-Puvy6o/edit#gid=0

I just realized the leaderboards aren't entirely up to date lol. I have the record for Semi-Dark and Neutral as well as Pure Dark. Here are those videos since they aren't linked on the leaderboard:

If you have any questions, hit me up somewhere like Twitter or Twitch (both Azurillkirby).

CCG only works on Gamecube version.

Also, Stormxz1, if you do wish to start running No CCG, message me and I can help with getting you the routes and IL videos and stuff! Even though there aren't any No CCG runs on this leaderboard, there are a few No CCG runners and we have a separate leaderboard off of speedrun.com.

Yes, recording is required. Yes, 3DS Virtual Console is permitted.

To address a different point, the splits do not matter at all for verification. Splits are purely for you and/or your viewers to compare against yourself and do not matter at all compared to just the final time.