There are many objectives that are faster to do glitchless, because of how simple they are. These include: enter nether, obtain diamond, mine diamond, obtain emerald, mine emerald, obtain a cake, all swords, and obtain a golden apple. Many of these have a faster glitchless time than glitched time, which makes no sense and bothers me. So from now on, for those specific objectives, all runs must be submitted to the non-glitchless categories.

Why did we decide to do this? Well, I already explained why I don't like having these objectives split into glitched and glitchless, and making these runs glitchless only would mean that if you wanted to do glitches, it wouldn't be allowed. So this is the most logical thing to do.

It's also important to note that speedrun.com does not support having different categories for different individual levels, so we'll have to enforce this ourselves.

Thanks for reading. - Cuber

These are the Minecraft rules. If you don't follow these rules, your time will not be added.

VANILLA RUNS

1. No texture/resource packs.¤
2. No Mods. ¤
3. Difficulty cannot be changed once the timing starts.
4. All runs are single player unless the category is "Co-op".
5. You can use any release version of Minecraft (no snapshots, anything beta or earlier, or pre-releases).
6. You can use any version of Java. (It is known to affect seed generation in some cases).
7. Bonus Chests and cheats are not allowed.
8. You may not read or write to the world or options files outside of Minecraft in any way.
9. No time will be accepted without video proof. No exceptions. The video must not have any missing footage from creating the world to finishing the run.
10. You may not use any minecraft mod or software external to minecraft that can generate a map of the seed or obtain information about the world in any way other than exploration in the created world (you cannot copy the world and explore it in another save).
11. For 'Random Seed' runs, the world must be a blank seed or a random seed generated by a Speedrunslive channel. Video must show world creation from 'create new world' in the 'select world' screen in all cases.
12. Runs must be played in survival or hardcore mode.
13. World type must be default.
14. In-Game timing can be done either manually or using the version of MinecraftTimer that matches the Minecraft version used. Download links provided in the "Resources" section of this website.
15. You may wait for about 1 second of IGT after loading the world before starting your timer. During this time you may not move, but you may pause so that the world may load. You also can not look around or change hotbar slots (f5 is allowed). For IGT you can load the world, then S&Q and reset your timer before you start.¤¤
16. No Herobrine.

¤If the resource pack or mod does not grant any advantage to the player and/or doesn't change the game considerably, it may be accepted if the moderator verifying the run finds it acceptable, but because it's a subjective matter, it is greatly encouraged to not use any. ¤¤It is to the moderator's discretion how strongly to enforce this rule. 2-3 seconds to f5 may be OK depending on the run, but if a mod says you waited too long and you did wait more than the 1 second allowed then they can reject your run.

CUSTOM MAP RUNS

(Note: All vanilla rules automatically apply to custom maps unless stated otherwise by the rules below. Custom maps do not use IGT or seed generation, so rules involving those do not apply.)

1. All map rules must be followed. Generally speaking, map rules trump all.
2. No altering gameplay affecting options (difficulty, open to lan, etc.) after loading the map, unless instructed to do so by the map rules.
3. No mods are allowed except optifine (assuming zoom is not utilized) and mods specifically required by the map.
4. Use the correct Minecraft version for the map version you have.

The Minecraft speedrunning community has decided to make some changes to the objective leaderboards (shown as the level leaderboards on this website).

First, we have added multiple categories for each objective! There is now set seed, random seed, set seed glitchless, and random seed glitchless for each category! I know that in some objectives, the glitched categories shouldn't be there, however I can't make each objective have it's own categories. The second addition is 3 new objectives! We have added kill wither, kill elder guardian, and all bosses! These, of course, also have the same 4 categories.

Happy speedrunning!

-Cuber

A long time ago, before all the popularity toward minecraft speedrunning, I had an idea for a mini-marathon showcasing a lot of minecraft speedruns, ranging from regular vanilla runs to custom maps. We had a plan for it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yAPHJJV2CM0wAvv7EVjIRyRGr7uAxcsV08oDTn3xScw/edit#gid=1767520411

Should we pursue this idea? Please let me know.

If you have any questions about Minecraft speedrunning, please ask them below!

As you probably know, there are no minecraft ROM hacks. This is simply the section for custom maps. At the time of writing this, we haven't transfered runs over to that section. The current leaderboards can be located at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-WYqtHxU997o5Dy8KwCQYJL3fFMRGI6Dk9MvxL82UpE/edit