Any% World Record Progression
This guide lists every World Record run for the Any% category. While the leaderboard is split across runs on PC, Console and DS and each one of these versions have their own history, this timeline just considers the overall record regardless of platform it was ran on.
Ancient Era
5:24:31 by mattBLiTZ (DS) on 2011-01-18. Sadly there is no video evidence but it was talked about extensively on SpeedDemosArchive so there is almost no doubt that the run occurred.
5:10:47 by yoshipro (PC) on 2013-05-28. First run with video evidence so if you want to call this the starting point for the World Record then you can.
4:32:22 by MrSplaashMan (X360) on 2015-04-03.
4:29:46 by MrSplaashMan (X360) on 2015-06-10.
4:23:44 by MrSplaashMan (X360) on 2015-07-17.
(MrSplaashMan now goes under the username 'super8purp' and at the time of writing this their Any% PB is 3:46:02 on PC)
Contributions by A1Major
4:04:55 by A1Major (X360) on 2015-12-27
4:00:21 by A1Major (X360) on 2016-01-11.
3:55:04 by A1Major (X360) on 2016-01-25.
3:55:02 by A1Major (X360) on 2016-07-27.
3:49:56 by A1Major (X360) on 2016-08-01.
A1Major/Warmech WR Race (All runs from this point onward were performed on PC)
3:49:02 by WarMech on 2018-03-11
3:48:19 by A1Major on 2018-03-27
3:48:17 by WarMech on 2018-04-01
3:47:33 by A1Major on 2018-04-02
3:46:43 by A1Major on 2018-04-05
3:45:58 by WarMech on 2018-04-08
3:44:02 by WarMech on 2018-04-11
3:43:45 by A1Major on 2018-05-13
3:43:37 by WarMech on 2018-06-10
3:42:45 by WarMech on 2018-06-18
3:40:14 by WarMech on 2018-07-09
3:39:34 by WarMech on 2018-08-07
3:39:09 by A1Major on 2018-09-02
3:37:51 by WarMech on 2018-09-03
3:36:42 by WarMech on 2018-09-12
3:36:16 by WarMech on 2018-10-12
3:35:37 by WarMech on 2018-10-29
3:34:38 by WarMech on 2018-11-20
ymblcza's Domination
3:34:07 by ymblcza on 2018-12-8
3:33:47 by WarMech on 2018-12-12. Not a true WR as ymblcza supposedly had a 3:33:16, but the run was not verified at the time of WarMech's run and the video has since been lost.
3:31:17 by ymblcza on 2018-12-14
3:29:59 by ymblcza on 2018-12-18
3:28:51 by ymblcza on 2018-12-25
3:28:15 by ymblcza on 2018-12-29
3:26:26 by ymblcza on 2019-01-10. ymblcza had a time 3:27:09 before this, but they removed their run from the leaderboards and the video has since been lost.
3:25:36 by ymblcza on 2019-01-15.
3:25:08 by ymblcza on 2019-01-20.
3:23:57 by ymblcza on 2020-02-04.
3:22:46 by ymblcza on 2020-03-19.
3:20:25 by ymblcza on 2020-04-27.
3:19:37 by ymblcza on 2020-08-18.
3:19:34 by ymblcza on 2020-09-02
3:18:12 by ymblcza on 2020-09-17
3:17:41 by ymblcza on 2020-09-21
Modern Era
3:17:33 by Bulbasaur on 2024-01-09
3:16:36 by Bulbasaur on 2024-01-17
3:15:57 by Guestwith9 on 2024-04-10
3:15:48 by Blackened on 2024-08-16
3:15:40 by Guestwith9 on 2024-10-24
3:15:00 by Guestwith9 on 2025-01-12
3:14:56 by TheLoneBanana on 2025-01-24
3:14:49 by Guestwith9 on 2025-02-17
3:14:06 by Guestwith9 on 2025-05-16
Number of times WR was obtained
- ymblcza: 15 (+2 unverified WRs)
- WarMech: 14
- A1Major: 10
- Guestwith9: 5
- MrSplaashMan: 3
- Bulbasaur: 2
- Blackened: 1
- TheLoneBanana: 1
- yoshipro: 1
- mattBLiTZ: 1 unverified WR