TGH remains on top of one of the most static top 100s ever. The big movers are all outside the top 10, with the most notable being guywith. His record Grand Theft Auto: Vice City catapults him from #433 to world #47. Sladkésny's new Refunct run also moves him to a new high of #58.
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TGH extends his lead at the top after posting a new time in Link's Awakening. It's another relatively static top 10 behind him, with Dage4 the only big mover - up 10 spots to a new best rank of world #7. He becomes the 3rd Canadian inside the top 10. Below the top tier, InsertLogic reaches a new best rank of #55. He jumps up from #78 after setting the 3rd best time in Kindom Hearts 3, where he was previously ranked 7th.
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TGH remains on top for a 3rd week week. Orchlon sets a new world record for Resident Evil 2 and moves back up to #2 from #3, while HitsujiOmochi advances from #8 to #4. Most of the rest of the top 10 remains relatively static, with Torje reentering at his high of #9 and Tyron18 reaching a new career best of #8. Beyond the top 10 the big mover is Voetiem. They move from #47 to #19 after claiming the world record in Dishonored.
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The top 3 positions remain unchanged this week, with TGH holding strong for a second week. Mario champion Lui reaches a new best rank of #4, and DKC record holder V0oid also pushes to a new best rank of #7. The big mover though, is Tyron18. After setting a new record for Super Mario Odyssey this week, they vault to #9 in the rankings, entering the top 10 for the first time. Italy now joins the US and Canada as having 2 players in the top 10.
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After spending 4 weeks at #2 in the world, and 12 weeks at #3, TGH finally ascends to the top spot. In doing so he becomes the 4th player to reach the world #1 position. Incredibly, this means that all 4 previous world #1s now occupy the top 4 spots on the rankings after 7rayD regained the Resident Evil (2019) world record, vaulting him back into the top ten at #4. In the lower half of the top tier, there is a general shuffling of positions, with Torje slipping back to 12th to make way for V0oid, who returns to his career best of #8.
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HitsujiOmochi shakes up the top ten this week, making his entry to the chart at #4 after setting a new world record in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Orchlon holds at #1, retaking the all-time record with 10 weeks on top. Super Mario Odyssey superstar Mitch reaches a new high of #8 in the world, whilst Ocarina of Time record holder Torje cracks the top tier for the first time.
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This was a very active week near the top of the rankings. Orchlon regains the #1 spot for the 9th time after setting a new world record in Resident Evil 3. tavenwebb2002 continues his ascent, reaching a new best rank of #5. Mitch reaches the world's top 10 for the first time, while CantEven improves his best rank from #10 to #9. Dage4's new time in Sonic & Knuckles was enough to boost him to world #8, also a new best.
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cheese remains at the top of the rankings in one of the most static rankings lists thus far. In doing so he becomes the longest-running world #1, with 9 weeks on top. The lead is reduced dramatically however, as TGH regains the Celeste world record, catapulting back to his best ranking of world #2. The only other notable movement in the top 10 this week is tavenwebb2002, who reaches a new best ranking of #6, beating his previous peak by one position.
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I have now added the ability to easily add special cases to my code, and have added one for SMO, which will be reflected in Monday's update. If you do find any other instances then just let me know.
[quote=ShikenNuggets]The shifts in ranking might just due to changing interest in games, in which case this feels more like "who's the best at the popular games this week"[/quote]
That's actually what I was aiming for, but I understand it's not for everyone. It is still possible to gain higher ranks by being good at multiple less popular games though. EndySWE was top ten in the ranks by having top 20 placings in multiple less-popular games.
Thanks for the feedback. I know the appeal is limited since every game has its own community and I think most people would prefer to be a "big fish in a small pond" so to speak. I just thought it might help to grow the sport overall if there were some unified system to recognise and quantify top runners. It makes it easier for an individual (or even the media) who is unfamiliar with speedrunning to easily find out who the more successful (and, to some extent, popular) runners are and watch their runs.
Hi, thanks for checking out the site. I really appreciate the feedback.
I am well aware of the issue with SMO. It is because the leaderboards for that game have been set up in a nonstandard way. Basically, the game is using a custom variable to split leaderboards based on player count instead of the one defined in the API. Since I am only looking for single player games, it is choosing the wrong category because of this. Unfortunately I can't write a special case for every game and it currently works for 99% of games on the site. So basically bad data in -> bad data out.
The choice for primary category is the highest priority single player category for each game (as defined by the mods for that game). Categories appear in priority order on the site, so it's generally the one you would expect. Only one category is used because it would take too long to collect data for everything and doing multiple categories for games would mean reducing the number of games surveyed.
The reason no points are awarded this week for Arkham Asylum is because (again, for time reasons) only the top 400 most popular games on the site (according to active player count) are included in the rankings. Arkham Asylum is currently outside the top 400, while Arkham City is inside.
Hi guys. I've been following speedrunning for several years now (though I don't actually run myself) and am particularly interested in glitches in games.
Since I love speedrunning and statistics I made a rankings website that aggregates results across the speedrun.com site. It's been online for a few months now so I thought I'd post about it here as my introduction. Basically, points are awarded for the primary single-player category per game based on a combination of the popularity and the competitiveness of the game. The link is below if anyone's interested.
SpeedRank news - August 5, 2019
The last few weeks have seen the top 3 spots in the rankings shuffle around a few times, but an otherwise static top 10. This week, everything changes with Marlin and tavenwebb2002 jumping into the top 10 after setting world records in Celeste and Super Mario Bros. respectively. cheese regains the top spot to rule the rankings for the 6th time, while BrawlerJesse and Lui reach new best ranks.