The MAIN Hitman 3 leaderboard (https://www.speedrun.com/hitman_3/) can be considered open for submissions again, and we will start verifying runs off of the queue.

The category extensions / elusive targets / escalation boards are still being updated for the new patch until further notice.

NOTE: All runs that are only affected by boost-related patch changes (that are otherwise compatible with current patch) are being stored in a category "NLP (Temporary)". The plan is to merge all of these runs back into the Standard (Current Patch Possible) category later, as IOI has promised that boosts are returning to how they were before: https://ioi.dk/hidden/h3-patchnotes?panel=hitman%2Fpatch-notes%2Fjanuary-patch-notes

More Details on the Patch (New Findings)

We recently discovered that the red tie kiwi, apple, soap, apricot, flower pot can still be boosted with.

The red tie kiwi is the most notable, as it's an unlockable item you can bring into the level.

So, we have decided to keep some but not all of the runs using boosts from before the patch.

The kiwi produces less particles than muffin / violin did, so more precision is needed in where you are standing when you throw it, where you throw, your timing, etc.

Overall, the kiwi's reliability for boosts is roughly the same for stairs with lower railing, but stairs with high railing or certain chairs or tables etc are unreliable or impossible with kiwi.

Kiwi + breacher also does not seem possible at this time.

Any runs that used two muffins are also not considered possible anymore, as there's only one kiwi.

Also, any runs that maxed out the inventory and then used breakable object on the level to boost (e.g. some Sapienza SASO runs would bring in sniper, pistol, duck, and grab a brick) are no longer possible due to lack of inventory space.

List of runs / categories affected (main missions, non exhaustive) List of runs Backup link (rentry is finnicky recently)