Hey all! It's been a bit. I think we all need a break after that competition. Apologies if it got away from us a little bit.

Some changes have been made to the page:

• 100% and All Gems removed due to lack of runs. They will be added back as soon as anybody shows interest in running them. For reference:

100%: Collect all 300 gems and get all 33 gold medals in the time trials from a fresh save file. A run starts from the moment you select ‘Select File’ on an empty file slot on the file select screen, and ends when the “continue” button appears on the results screen at the end of the final level you played. (You must show the file select or world select screen after your run to confirm that you've earned 100%.)

All Gems: Collect all 300 gems in the game from a fresh save file. A run starts from the moment you select ‘Select File’ on an empty file slot on the file select screen, and ends when the “continue” button appears on the results screen at the end of 6-3.

• Down-patching is now allowed in runs, but currently discouraged until proof that warp or glitch implementation is viable, due to crashes and bugs on older versions. No harm in letting our few active runners experiment if they wish without punishing them for it. Here's the excerpt:

"Runs can be done on any version of the game, but old versions are considered volatile, in addition to potential crashes, any extreme enough glitch may result in older versions being separated from newer ones on the leaderboards, so run on these versions at your own risk."

• And lastly, All Main Stages has been changed to make it more interesting to run, and potentially watch. Any% is long, and not everybody wants to route gems, so this will go back it's intended purpose of being any% without the routing and cutscenes. (Sorry Gribbin, wanted to include those world 6 levels for you!).

Hopefully these changes will make this a more appealing category for beginners. (There were no previously submitted runs for this category) Post game stages are no longer part of the run, but boss islands ARE now a requirement.

"Grapple Dog Demo" has been changed to "Grapple Dog" in anticipation of the full game and following the removal of the demo. Have fun playing everybody!

Something very exciting is coming up very, very soon. SuperRareGames (@Toadsanime on twitter, PR behind the publisher of the game) and Trash_Bandatcoot (Original competition leaderboard guy) have been brought on board as emergency mods in anticipation of a surge of activity, but more mods may be needed yet if you're interested and knowledgeable about the game. It will be a temporary position, unless you want to stick around of course.

Categories will not be added until for a few weeks, for user friendliness because I can't imagine anybody will want to run those during the duration (you'll see I promise), but if you do message me and I'll make sure to get them added once the competition ends. (Any% and IL's are guaranteed, with 100% and full world runs as a solid "maybe" if there's enough demand)

The Grapple Dog Demo has now been removed from steam. You can see the reasoning for it in this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/JoGribbin/status/1485570215383605251

What does that mean for this page? Unless there happens to be in game leaderboards in the full game, I'd like to convert this to the full game page once it comes out. Old times (so just 1-3 times since nobody else ended up running the demo) will be ported, assuming 1-3 is exactly the same from a speedrunning perspective, otherwise it will have a defunct, historical record alongside the full game version of the level. Demo% and the other two levels will likely be thrown out entirely for simplicity's sake.

Also, for those who bothered to read this, I'll give you a tip-off that I received in an email a while back. (I hope this isn't confidential???) There seem to be plans for another speedrun contest to be held at time of full release. :)

Times from the 1-3 Speedrun Competition held during October 1st to October 7th have been imported. An incredible amount of effort was put in by all parties and you should all be very proud.

I could only find half of you on here. If you would like your username changed to match your speedrun.com account, or if you've been added mistakenly, or wish to be anonymous, please contact me!

Also, point of discussion, should we have a legacy leaderboard that reflects the 1-3 Comp in addition to an up to date one?