Speedrun

See also: Speed Run/Glossary

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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.

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

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Game	Time	Performer	Date	Notes
Template:LOZ	31:25	Darkwing Duck	August 24, 2013	Any% (Quest 1)
	37:11	Darkwing Duck	July 23, 2012	Any% (Quest 2)
Template:AOL	19:15	Simpoldood	October 19, 2013	Any%
	59:32	John 'Pro_JN' Nurminen	December 4, 2013	Any% - No warps or deaths
	1:17:15	John 'Pro_JN' Nurminen	October 21, 2013	100% - All Keys, 1CC
Template:ALTTP	01:41	Fierymario	May 6, 2013	Any%
	1:24:31	Kryssstal	August 12, 2013	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	03:55	SD2	April 15, 2012	Any%
	27:56	semiticgod/ramraj	October 9, 2013	All Instruments
	1:13:53	Giuocob	May 19, 2013	Any% - Warpless
Template:LADX	05:14	Giuocob	May 6, 2013	Any%
	1:12:30	LeonPow	November 30, 2013	Any% - Warpless
	1:42:57	Giuocob	September 9, 2013	100%
Template:OOT	19:05	Pydoyks	December 3, 2013	Any%
	2:08:03	Pydoyks	August 27, 2013	All Spiritual Stones and Medallions obtained All Ganon's Tower trials completed
	4:47:03	ZFG	August 19, 2013	100%
Template:OOT3D	35:18	Flameringer0629	November 4, 2013	Any% NG+
	39:50	Flameringer0629	October 17, 2013	Any%
	5:00:31	benstephens56	December 9, 2013	100%
Majora's Mask	1:34:29	EnNopp112	November 10, 2013	Any%
	2:52:59	VPP	December 14, 2013	All masks
	5:18:08	EnNopp112	August 17, 2013	100%
Template:OOA	2:39:54	Paladrima	June 9, 2013	Any%
Template:OOS	1:51:43	Paladrima	April 27, 2013	Any%
Four Swords	21:38	Tompa and Flanders	September 5, 2013	Any%
The Wind Waker	4:25:54	Demon9	December 5, 2013	Any%
	7:49:35	Demon9	August 12, 2013	100%
The Wind Waker HD	4:26:08	Gymnast86	December 1, 2013	Any%
Four Swords Adventures	2:51:49	Zmaster91	November 16, 2013	Any%
The Minish Cap	2:02:59	Mbrules	December 21, 2013	Any%
	5:22:26	Mbrules	August 13, 2013	100%
Twilight Princess	3:14:59	Rodner	December 28, 2013	Any%
	7:29:17	Demon9	October 20, 2013	100%
Phantom Hourglass	3:28:40	Greenalink	April 24, 2013	Any%
Spirit Tracks	4:50:38	Pok3monrocks	November 15, 2013	Any%
Skyward Sword	5:24:25	Tenderhearted	October 9, 2013	Any%
	8:46:55	Indykenobi	September 1, 2013	100%
A Link Between Worlds	2:13:56	ZanderGoth	December 26, 2013	Any%

Other Games

Game	Time	Performer	Date	Notes
Zelda's Adventure	1:21:16	MC Gamer	September 1, 2013	Any%

See Also

• 100% Completion
• Three Heart Challenge
• Challenges
• ZeldaSpeedRuns
• Speed Demos Archive

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