Speedrun

A Speed Run is a playthrough of a game with the intention of completing it in the shortest amount of time possible. Unlike the Three Heart Challenge, optional upgrades are acceptable but are generally ignored if the amount of time they save is less than the time it takes to obtain them. Most speedrunners attempt to break record times by using a variety of glitches to save time. Additionally, many speed runners prefer to play with the NTSC version of the game over the PAL version as it usually runs faster (60Hz versus 50Hz). Japanese versions are also frequently used for Zelda games due to having less text to wait through. A video of the gameplay is usually required to verify that a record was truly broken. Most record breaking takes place on streaming services in recent years.

Speed Runs prove to be difficult challenges for the players involved with no reward other than the Community-related bragging rights.

Aside from Four Swords Adventures, all runs listed are single-segment/real-time attack, meaning the run was completed in one take from start to finish.

Current RTA/SS Speed Run Records for the Zelda Series

Game	Time	Performer	Date	Notes
Template:LOZ	31:39	Darkwing Duck	March 25, 2013	Any% (Quest 1) - No Up+A warps or deaths
	31:37	Rodrigo Lopes	June 12, 2006	Any% (Quest 1) - Used Up+A warps
	37:11	Darkwing Duck	July 23, 2012	Any% (Quest 2) - No Up+A warps
Template:AOL	1:01:54	John "Pro_JN" Nurminen	March 27, 2013	Any% - No Up+A warps or deaths
	57:43	Kristian 'Arctic_Eagle' Emanuelsen	January 11, 2011	Any% - Used Up+A warps and deaths
	1:10:46	John "Pro_JN" Nurminen	March 23, 2013	100% - No Up+A warps or deaths
Template:ALTTP	1:26:33	Kryssstal	October 8, 2011	Any% - No savewarps, deaths, or out of bounds
	1:45:40	Kryssstal	August 9, 2012	100% - No savewarps, deaths, or out of bounds
Link's Awakening	1:15:00	ExoSDA	February 23, 2012	Any% - Used savewarps
Template:OOT	21:18	Pydoyks	December 5, 2012	Any%, used a glitch to skip to Ganon's Tower
	2:11:05	Pydoyks	November 20, 2012	Medallions/Stones/Trials
	4:46:00	Mauri Mustonen	November 15, 2006	Minor glitches exploited
	4:57:36	Sva	March 14, 2013	100%
Majora's Mask	1:40:01	EnNopp112	February 11, 2013	Any%
	2:35:43	GoronGuy	April 11, 2013	All masks
	5:27:21	EnNopp112	April 10, 2013	100%
Template:OOA	2:43:59	rainbowism	October 25, 2012	Any%
Template:OOS	1:52:49	Paladrima	July 26, 2012	Any%
The Wind Waker	4:36:55	Cosmo	April 4, 2013	Any% Japanese - With Tingle Tuner
	8:15:21	Demon9	April 6, 2013	100%
Four Swords Adventures	2:31:20 (Total)	Each level was done separately by different people. The fastest times of each can be seen here
The Minish Cap	2:08:15	Mbrules	December 29, 2012	Any% - Used deaths and Ocarina glitch
Twilight Princess	3:22:57	Pheenoh	November 20, 2012	Any% - Used savewarps
	8:02:40	Pheenoh	July 4, 2012	100% - Used savewarps
Phantom Hourglass	3:30:04	Greenalink	April 16, 2013	Any%
Skyward Sword	5:34:08	Tlozsr	February 3, 2013	Any%

See Also

• 100% Completion
• Three Heart Challenge
• Challenges

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