How to Optimize your TNMN Speedrun as Much as Possible!

### *The only problem when speedrunning TNMN is that because of all the cutscenes, the unskippable dialogues and the time when waiting for other Neighbors to come, each list of Neighbors (4N, 5N, 6N, 7N, 8N and 9N) have their minimum achievable times. That means that every single milliseconds count to gain few places on the leaderboard. To save some ms, you gotta optimize as much as possible, whenever possible:*

1/ You have to know every Neighbors with, atleast, their **names** and their **appearance** by heart.

2/ Skip everything you can as fast as possible, like; phone calls and when the D.D.D. guy talks to you. To skip directly, place your mouse on *the right of the checklist* and *at the bottom of the door's buttons*.
![](/static/blob/5e1496qe.png)

3/ When the game starts, you should try to *remember* the **whole list** and **keep track of the Neighbors you let in**. Now, imagine that you have **[Izaack Gauss](https://thats-not-my-neighbor.fandom.com/wiki/Izaack_Gauss)** on your list, and then, he seems to pass in front of you, now that you know every Neighbors you can tell if he is the real one pretty fast judging by his appearance (*there's not a 100% chance *that he is the one you know), if your list contain from 4 to 6 or 7 Neighbors (depending on you), then, You should let him pass *if he looks just like the photo below*.

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If it contains from 7 or 8 to 9 (depending on you) Neighbors you should check his appearance and *if it's OK*, **check his papers really fast**. When you let Neighbors pass just from their appearance, so, without checking anything else you should try to get them to pass without even stopping a second in front of you to save time.
**Try to look at my WRs to see how I do it.**

4/ If you see **[Mclooy Rudboys](https://thats-not-my-neighbor.fandom.com/wiki/Mclooy_Rudboys?so=search)** without his hat, consider him immediately as a **Doppelganger** as he **cannot** be seen *without a hat*.

5/ *Don't ever use the checklist when speedrunning* even with a 8N or 9N list as it will just waste your time since you can't skip dialogues.

6/ When on a 4N, 5N and 6N list run, *don't* bother *checking peoples papers* if they are on the list as they have much more chance to be safe in these runs than in bigger lists runs.
**If they happen to be doppelgangers once don't drop this tip just because it didn't work once!**

7/ **Train** yourself **to use the phone** as it is unironically one of the **hardest mechanic** in the game. *If you fail once with the phone it can cost you several seconds.*

8/ When someone is not on the list but has the right appearance, then you should check his papers, for this, train yourself to look at them as fast as possible.

**Correct ID:**

![](/static/blob/7n643p2z.png)

**Wrong ID:** [No Expiration date], remember that there has to be an expiration date and a D.D.D. Tampon for the ID to be correct. Also remember that the game is in 1955, any person which expiration date says a year under 1955 has to be considered a Doppelganger. Same if there is no tampon.

![](/static/blob/rnq12wxe.png)

**Correct Entry Request:**

![](/static/blob/7z368mgz.png)

**Wrong Entry Request:** [Wrong job], remember that every entry requests has to contain a D.D.D. Tampon only. If there is no tampon the person is a Doppelganger.

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The guide may happen to be updated soon!!!!

Some Tips for Improving Your Runs

1: Make sure to wiggle your mouse around the skip button at the beginning of the run. For some reason the first text box's skipped button is bugged so you have to wiggle your mouse around it before it allows you to skip the intro dialogue.

2: Be **VERY** careful with the noses, often the doppelganger's change can simply be that they have the wrong nose, and some of them can be VERY tricky to notice. 

For example. Here is Margaret Bubbles with her actual nose compared to Margeret Bubbles with a fake nose. Obviously this is a more obvious example, but often times the nose can throw people off.

![](/static/blob/7n643k2z.png)

3: **NEVER** use the checklist on anything below 8N. It is a major time waste, even on 8N don't use it unless you need the ID or Entry Request as a last ditch effort to save a run.

4: Dont overthink it. If you think someone is a doppelganger, they probably are. Most physical changes are somewhat obvious, there aren't many physical changes that are barely visible. 

5: In any category under 7N, **NEVER** check the ID and Entry Request. In these categories there is a decently low chance of there being a perfect doppelganger whose only discrepancy is that their ID or Entry Request is incorrect

6: In 4N and 5N. If you see someone who looks correct but isn't on the Entry List. There is a decent chance they are a doppelganger.





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Now, the timer starts when spawning into the office instead of when the cutscene starts.

Name	Author
How to Optimize your TNMN Speedrun as Much as Possible!	quackexcmark 5 months ago
Some Tips for Improving Your Runs	Sonicc 5 months ago