Dodging that last lady shadow in Madarame's:

Okumura palace infiltration; passing the shadow in that tight spot in the computer chamber thing:

Nev's NG+ run:

And the splits... HH:MM:SS - Date | Section 00:00:00 - 04/09 | NG+ load 00:57:52 - 04/18 | 1st Mission 01:38:15 - 05/02 | 1st Changed 02:10:17 - 05/18 | 2nd Mission 03:02:40 - 06/05 | 2nd Changed 03:43:33 - 06/21 | 3rd Mission 04:28:23 - 07/09 | 3rd Changed 04:57:18 - 07/26 | 4th Mission 05:51:22 - 08/21 | 4th Changed 06:40:58 - 09/19 | 5th Mission 07:47:11 - 10/11 | 5th Changed 08:19:19 - 10/30 | 6th Mission 09:10:59 - 11/19 | 6th Changed (Police Save Point) 09:29:44 - 11/25 | 7th Mission 10:38:51 - 12/18 | 7th Changed 11:19:46 - 12/24 | Mementos Depths 11:47:49 - 12/24 | Qliphoth 12:08:25 - 12/24 | Shibuya Square Save Point 12:25:51 - 03/20 | Complete

Kaneshiro palace infiltration; save about 3-4 seconds by following a specific line going downstairs:

Kaneshiro palace infiltration; save 20 seconds by only disabling one set of cameras (two-guard room):

6/18; dodge the Izakaya people! Saves time from the salestalk. Clip from Liv's NG+ run:

My wild guess is a "100% from fresh-install New Game" run will take around 60 hours. You'll probably spend the most time trying to hear most of Futaba's lines. A well-coordinated team of 4 or 5 might be needed for this.

• FFWD button - save time by hitting it on the spot when it appears.
• Menu - predictive cursor movement saves time... lots of it when it stacks up.
• Fast Travel - same as Menu.

Here is a time cost table (got it from practice footage; rounded to the nearest second):

2:12 - time needed to enable slack time (Temperance rank 1) 0:30 - slack time (x5, so 2:30 total) 1:20 - time needed to enable 6% alert (Devil rank 1); standard is 15% alert 0:26 - time needed to buy 3x Iron Sand at Akihabara 0:16 - time needed to buy stuff from the old man at Yongenjaya 0:18 - time needed to buy stuff from the evening flower shop in Shinjuku 0:40 - for Hermit rank 2 (Mementos scan)

Thank you, Nev! Just joined Discord. Gonna do some back-reading first; plenty of info in there already.

Just thought of opening this thread to put all random ramblings about speedrunning Persona 5. This should keep the other threads neat and to-the-point.

Rants, raves, celebratory remarks, I-finally-beat-my-personal-best, I-found-a-nice-route, and any comment about speedrunning can go here.

The following time splits are from Liv's NG+ run at https://www.speedrun.com/p5/run/y6p55k1m :

HH:MM:SS - Date | Section 00:00:00 - 04/09 | NG+ load 00:59:30 - 04/18 | 1st Mission 01:42:11 - 05/02 | 1st Changed 02:15:27 - 05/18 | 2nd Mission 03:08:15 - 06/05 | 2nd Changed 03:49:33 - 06/21 | 3rd Mission 04:38:34 - 07/09 | 3rd Changed 05:07:42 - 07/26 | 4th Mission 06:04:50 - 08/21 | 4th Changed 06:56:33 - 09/19 | 5th Mission 08:04:02 - 10/11 | 5th Changed 08:37:00 - 10/30 | 6th Mission 09:32:13 - 11/19 | 6th Changed 09:51:40 - 11/25 | 7th Mission 11:04:21 - 12/18 | 7th Changed 11:46:31 - 12/24 | Mementos Depths 12:13:03 - 12/24 | Qliphoth 12:36:30 - 12/24 | Shibuya Sq. 12:54:10 - 03/20 | Complete...

** Times posted are estimates and are based on the first available save point for that section.

Video markers: 01:03:19 - NG+ Persona Lineup 01:04:40 - Kamoshida route 02:32:26 - Madarame route (after Yusuke joined) 03:56:30 - Kaneshiro route 05:10:39 - Sakura route (starting at Town) 07:09:10 - Okumura route 08:39:00 - Niijima route 09:53:00 - Shido route 11:47:47 - Mementos Depths

I'm placing this here to track and analyze times from previous runs. Entries coming soon.

Liv, you're right. Looks like the screen resolution does not affect performance.

Here is some test footage (recorded using Remote Play at 540p): 720p - 1080p - 2160p -

All times from loading a NG+ save to the escape cinematic was at 1:53.7x, with an error of about +/-0.07 or so between tests. Then again, the sample size is very small.

I checked a practice run (done at 720p), and the escape cinematic started at 1:53.7x (sample at ).

Looks like I need more practice. And thanks for all the help so far!

...and I checked Liv's NG+ run (congratulations, by the way!) and time from start to escape cinematic was 1:55.xx; however, Liv started the timer on confirming loading of the save game (versus me who started time at "Load completed"), so it's somewhat the same time.

I'll try recording the difference (if any) between 720p and 1080p, at least for the opening sequence only (first 5 minutes). I'll post my findings here later. Now, I'm thinking if using Remote Play for recording affects performance. I should measure that as well.

Some observations over the past few weeks:

1. When firing MC's pistol, there is a specific pulse for X. Too fast, and it won't register.
2. When a single opponent is down to 1 hit point, the fastest way to finish is by firing a gun.
3. Running at 720p video resolution seems to be faster than 1080p or higher resolution (from Start of NG+ to April 18, or the 1st Mission Start, using the same technique, PS4 Pro with Boost Mode On, 720p SSD time was 59m 40s, while 1080p SSD time was 1h 0m 43s; old time with 1080p 5400rpm HDD was 1h 2m 46s).

Are there other system tweaks that can improve run time?

Checklist for Saturday:

• Printed pace notes (most important!!!)
• Sleep
• Water
• Light snacks (crackers)
• 14-hour window

Did I miss anything?

NG+ practice time is now down to 13:36:44.80.

From my earlier trials, Mementos scan is faster by approx. 1 minute compared to running down through all floors. The time might be offset if the confidant relationship with Futaba is not developed (can save around 1m 30s). Note that time also includes unwanted encounters. If the descent can be done clean, then a manual descent might be faster (but more stressful).

I got my NG+ run down to 14h 9m. I may have to skip the romance option to get the time to a high-13h, plus make a cleaner run around the palaces. The problem I had was Futaba rarely did a Mementos floor scan. I got less than five only. Is there a way to improve the chances of getting a floor scan?

Is it faster to get Takemi and Iwai to rank 1 instead of skipping Morgana's nagging messages? (Although I think Morgana will nag about something else...)

I'm still in my practice runs (NG+), and I'm stuck at high-14h. I need to find more time savers (aside from running neater palace runs).

Pressing triangle during dialog seemed to improve my time by 2%.