Speed Run

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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.

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
The Legend of Zelda	31:39 [1]	Darkwing Duck	March 25, 2013	Any% (Quest 1) - No Up+A warps or deaths
	37:11 [2]	Darkwing Duck	July 23, 2012	Any% (Quest 2) - No Up+A warps
The Adventure of Link	20:42 [3]	John 'Pro_JN' Nurminen	May 18, 2013	Any% - Glitched
	1:01:21 [3]	John 'Pro_JN' Nurminen	May 14, 2013	Any% - No Up+A warps or deaths
	57:43 [4]	Kristian 'Arctic_Eagle' Emanuelsen	January 11, 2011	Any% - Used Up+A warps and deaths
	1:10:46 [3]	John 'Pro_JN' Nurminen	March 23, 2013	100% - No Up+A warps or deaths
A Link to the Past	01:41 [5]	Fierymario	May 6, 2013	Any%
	1:26:33 [6]	Kryssstal	October 8, 2011	Any% - No savewarps, deaths, or out of bounds
	1:45:40 [7]	Kryssstal	August 9, 2012	100% - No savewarps, deaths, or out of bounds
Link's Awakening	03:55 [8]	SD2	April 15, 2012	Any% - Glitched
	1:15:00 [9]	ExoSDA	February 23, 2012	Any% - Warpless
Ocarina of Time	21:18 [10]	Pydoyks	December 5, 2012	Any%
	2:11:05 [11]	Pydoyks	November 20, 2012	Medallions/Stones/Trials
	4:52:03 [12]	Sva	April 13, 2013	100%
Majora's Mask	1:37:38 [13]	Ennopp112	May 18, 2013	Any%
	2:35:30 [14]	GoronGuy	May 8, 2013	All masks
	5:27:21 [15]	EnNopp112	April 10, 2013	100%
Oracle of Ages	2:41:42 [16]	Paladrima	May 16, 2013	Any%
Oracle of Seasons	1:51:43 [17]	Paladrima	April 27, 2013	Any%
The Wind Waker	4:36:36 [18]	Cosmo	May 3, 2013	Any% Japanese - With Tingle Tuner
	8:15:21 [19]	Demon9	April 6, 2013	100%
Four Swords Adventures	2:31:20 [20] (Incomplete, total)	Each level was done separately by different people. The fastest times of each can be seen here
The Minish Cap	2:08:15 [21]	Mbrules	December 29, 2012	Any%
Twilight Princess	3:22:57 [22]	Pheenoh	November 20, 2012	Any%
	8:02:40 [23]	Pheenoh	July 4, 2012	100%
Phantom Hourglass	3:28:43 [24]	Greenalink	April 24, 2013	Any%
Skyward Sword	5:34:08 [25]	Tlozsr	February 3, 2013	Any%
	8:53:13 [26]	Indykenobi	May 6, 2013	100%

See Also

• 100% Completion
• Three Heart Challenge
• Challenges

References

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