SMS Any% Speedruns

My SMS Any% PB is 1:18:26 from 2023/04/01, ranked world 104th and UK 5th at the time I got it (it remains UK 5th as of 2024/07/07).

All runs are on Wii with PAL disc via Swiss Loader set to 480p and 640px horizontal:

All splits except start and end are timed using AutoSplit, or retimed from video when necessary. The timing convention is New File for all runs and PBs except runs #404–#408 (from 2023/04/01, including the 1:18:26 PB), which are Peach File.

PB/Attempt History

I’ve done runs mostly in three annual winter seasons, with two intervening summer race events.

Twitch playlist (all PBs)
Any% YouTube archive (all attempts)
Original video archive (current PB only)
Speedrun.com profile (PBs up to Mar 2022)

Chronology

Season 1 PBs (Nov 2020 – Dec 2020) (none → 1:31:18)
Date PB Comment
2020/11/01 1:57:38 an embarrassing day one
2020/11/08 1:49:42 my new year’s resolution is to stop all the pollution talk too motherfuckin much
2020/11/16 1:41:20 an anxious weekend and a run with no confidence. settled into the ending at least
2020/11/23 1:40:27 –
2020/11/23 1:34:38 the cruffatin liveth
2020/12/29 1:31:17 grandma stare

Great British Race-Off (9 May 2021)
A one-off race bringing together UK SMS players. The organiser later came out as Dutch. I did 6 sporadic Any% attempts in May/June (no PB).

Season 2 PBs (Dec 2021 – Mar 2022) (1:31:18 → 1:22:05)
Date PB Comment
2021/12/14 1:28:53 inroads 📈
2021/12/20 1:27:09 contemplating consistency 🤔
2021/12/24 1:26:12 points for #TeamSandbag
2022/01/02 1:24:42 alright end to first month back on any%
2022/02/05 1:24:39 –
2022/02/22 1:24:18 i’m dying of thirst
2022/02/25 1:24:00 better timeloss quantiles on the whole, but 3 secret deaths and 4 extra cycles
2022/02/25 1:22:57 dedicated to joeG, linky and sarcrai
2022/03/04 1:22:39 topped the league ^ o ^
2022/03/19 1:22:05 bare mcs thought they could swim with the sharks UNTIL THEY ENTERED THE SEA

Season 2 coincided with the 2021 Winter League, which I won.

20th Anniversary Race (9 July 2022)
A one-off race breaking the record for the biggest ever, with 60 participants and 58 finishers.

Season 3 PBs (Dec 2022 – Mar 2023) (1:22:05 → 1:18:26)
Date PB Comment
2022/12/14 1:21:33 trippy focus (trippy noki 1 goop error); was ahead of 1:18 target after world 4/6
2022/12/20 1:20:59 played well by losing all investment in what i was doing
2023/01/05 1:20:46 if a speedrun falls in the woods…
2023/01/06 1:20:34 5:00 pb-sob gap tradition
2023/01/17 1:20:12 of these things i’ve tried to recite, they are close but not quite
2023/02/10 1:19:48 half light ii (no celebration)
2023/02/22 1:19:35 about as clutch as an automatic car (45s lost on r2+r3)
2023/03/20 1:19:34 walking the walk on the 1s-pb-at-a-time mentality. insane 23s error in the second petey fight, flawless 25.95 honey skip, 30s lost in corona to 5 dropped spins – including a fast corona attempt i found myself doing despite having tried to choose slow corona – and a clutch 32.30 bowser. pb by 1.00s… scratch allat, s’a big fkn L
2023/04/01 1:18:26 you’ve passed

Season 3 ended on 1st April with a live time attack event hosted by GSA, where I came 14/23 with my final pb of 1:18:26 (retimed from :27).

SMS Any% LTA (April 2023) Results
Rank Player Result
1 JJsrl 1:13:37
2 SB_runs 1:14:40
3 PumpsOverGains 1:14:52
4 orange117 1:15:31
5 slime_sms 1:15:38
6 DespinSR 1:15:55
7 torcnein 1:15:56
8 LadDex_ 1:16:50
9 ActuallyPeaches 1:16:52
10 Fech8763 1:17:03
11 jukatox 1:17:50
12 akane174 1:18:07
13 AudioKillers 1:18:18
14 shoutplenty 1:18:27
15 planktonsecretformula 1:18:38
16 RasmusSW 1:18:39
17 TheCeddyWithin 1:18:56
18 Clanner_ 1:19:08
19 Siemke 1:19:57
20 AesirUK 1:22:00
21 Derpspace 1:22:14
22 lilGreenYoshi_ 1:25:09
23 Hexaroot 1:30:53

Best Segments

My SoB (sum of best segments) is 1:14:37, as of 2023/04/02.

therun.gg (splits analysis)
personal splits analysis

SoB History

Date Season Attempts PB SoB
2021/01/01 1 (end) 19 1:31:17  1:22:39
2022/01/03 2 (mid) 70 1:24:42 1:18:18
2022/03/19 2 (end) 148 1:22:05 1:17:05
2023/02/10 3 (mid) 316 1:19:48 1:15:09
2023/04/01 3 (end) 410 1:18:26 1:14:37

Best Segments
As of 2023/04/02 (end of season 3); sum of best: 1:14:37.

Best Segments
Level Time Strats
a 3:24.39 right-side (fludd), basic (plant)
b2 7:01.63 basic (plant), basic (sm), ledgegrab (windmill), backflip (petey)
b3 1:13.76 hoverslide (arch), sj (pole), tj (secret)
b4 2:04.74 ledge-cancel + aspect spray (travel skip), grass-slide, coin 7 ms, coin 8 sj no-wk, rope jump
b5 2:47.90 rope+y, sprint+ss, y-cam sprays, best pattern + 2 tornados [2:19:01 il]
g8 1:59.14 bench slide (gelato unlock), tree throw, roof throw, downward tap [32.26 il]
g7 50.11 standard
q1 1:28.49 awning + no-fech no-grab + spin+y (pianta entry), normal best pattern (1/3 2nd), basic 1st+2nd, bait 3rd
q2 1:25.30 standard
q3 59.43 standard (drift right approach, ledgegrab box) [~32.20 il]
q4 1:16.74 mushroom, middle pattern (basic, wall mount), too-late clean
q5 1:31.66 bridge hs, hs-insta-rollout, mushroom sjd, static yoshi skip, early cycle (await 3rd turn, forward 4th)
q6 1:49.61 failed tilt bridge waterslide, grass 4th, hover-buffer 5th, no-backflip 7th, y-turn 9th [2:10:55 igt]
q7 48.68 tj
p1 2:17.91 exact honey skip (5 hops) [~25.95 il], early 4th grab (post 3rd) mecha (failed hoverslide + shine-grab)
p2 1:16.96 sfd mole skip (entry), standard (secret)
p3 1:24.88 tas strat (no prow, grate-grab 5th, coin-clip 7th, left-side sprint, single-jump shine-grab) (bonk on entry) [~38.88 il]
p3 [old] 1:32.96 [OLD STRAT] go around (boat jump, full ramp brachiation) [~48.42 il]
p4 1:29.30 despin setup (gone wrong)
p6 2:04.63 3yg, banana (hover-rollout), 2 gp, fruit storage, 1stu (hold-up), no sidestep dismount, otr (b-buffer sjd), dynamic sjd shine-grab [1:26.23 full, 55.86 entry, 29.48 secret]
p7 1:01.39 left-side
b6 1:53.24 savewarp, diveless log dj, one-slide, beside hedge, single-jump cave, metacor approach, step+y, fast 2nd dismount, left-side top
b7 48.46 instakill (dive)
s1 2:39.45 left-side yoshi sm, hutless manta
s2 1:31.16 boo bounce, both sand sjds, ms [35.72 secret il]
s3 58.79 back-side no-gwk pole, fast turn
s4 1:34.03 hole-in-one, fast 1st cube, b-buffer sjd 2nd cube, unbuffered sjd 3rd cube
s5 2:53.27 fast gp activation, no extra cycles
s6 1:23.53 my route [2:27:50 il]
s7 58.63 big jump setup
n1 1:27.93 rollout+sjd noki entry, 1st cycle [~55.83 il]: fast wallkicks, ramp sjd, hover-dj wheel (ledgegrab), rollout+sj ending, my bombs
n2 57.43 non-instant rollout approach, fast wks, single-jump climb, jd-d spring grab, dive spring clip [~29.50 il]
n3 1:22.43 2nd+3rd+6th up-left hover turns, right-side 8th [~33.57 il inside, ~43.77 il estimate (2f lost on text)]
n4 2:09.50 bounce djd entry, 6-tooth (semi-early 1st bait, late 2nd bait)
n5 1:37.93 spray-buffered sjd, y-storage jd
n6 1:25.78 rope entry (pivot bfd), green cycle (static 3rd rod mount + momentum single-jump shine grab)
n7 43.58 instakill (hoverslide) [livesplit retime: 43.55]
r1 1:48.64 savewarp, standard approach, walking 1st + jd 2nd nose grabs
r2 1:30.49 standard (kerb sj wall mount) [19.76 entry il, 18.85 inside igt]
r3 48.95 jd+d start, sjd cancel, front-slope beyblade, hover shine-grab [16.54 il]
r4 1:23.76 sj (entry), spinless yellow cycle (tjd, cog sfd, rollout onto big rod) [~33.73 secret il]
r5 1:31.58 sewer approach, running 1st + jd 2nd nose grabs, hsir shine-grab [58.95 il]
r6 1:23.71 no swim, no y-turn, dive blooper mount, clockwise route (wide into 6th) [1:31.14 igt, 51.37 il]
r7 49.11 dive-rollout setup
c 2:39.36 roof sjd (corona entry), slow corona (+ blue coin), slide-off to middle, speedboat, jump+sidestep storage, bowser (dives except 3rd + 4th) [33.94 bowser il]

Documentation

Timing Model (2021)
Modelling an any% run from ILs and interstices, yielding the custom splits I used in runs (for a 1:18:50 target time with a further 2:20 of swing timesaves).

Split Names
Context for my Any% split names.

UK Leaderboards

UK Leaderboard

Times below 1:22:00; updated 2024/07/07.

Rank Country Player Time
1 nir bancakes 1:15:14.58
2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 L. 1:15:14.94
3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sarcrai 1:17:07
4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kaminari/ryborg 1:17:28
5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 shoutplenty 1:18:26
6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aesirrr 1:18:37
7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 linky628 1:19:38
8 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rossyroo 1:20:54
9 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peribat 1:21:12

* Rossyroo has a 1:19:01 PB with unverifiable video. I watched this live and saw the stream cut out for a few levels around Noki 1.
* Peribat’s PB was originally timed by Livesplit to 1:21:34, but was retimed with video despite the video running at the wrong frame-rate. I’ve always suspected the original time is correct.

UK Record Progression

Since October 2014, updated 2024/07/07.

Time Player Date
1:27:35 linky628 2014/09/16
1:26:39 JoeG1993 2014/12/30
1:25:17 JoeG1993 2015/03/06
1:24:10 JoeG1993 2015/04/10
1:23:41 linky628 2015/11/23
1:23:29 Sarcrai 2016/04/06
1:23:26 Sarcrai 2016/04/08
1:23:18 Sarcrai 2016/04/14
1:21:24 Sarcrai 2016/05/27
1:20:52 Sarcrai 2016/07/04
1:19:56 Sarcrai 2016/08/14
1:18:54 Sarcrai 2016/09/06
1:17:54 Sarcrai ?
1:17:07 Sarcrai 2017/06/19
1:16:27 L. 2018/02/14
1:16:16 L. 2020/04/10
1:16:13 L. 2020/05/06
1:15:56 L. 2020/05/07
1:15:54 bancakes 2021/08/26
1:15:43 bancakes 2021/09/02
1:15:26 bancakes 2021/09/08
1:15:14.94 L. 2021/11/25
1:15:14.58 bancakes 2024/06/23