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A speed run is an intentional attempt to complete a game in the fastest time possible.

There are two types of speed runs:

  • Regular speedrun - A speed run that neglects using tools to assist the player.
  • Tool-assisted superplay/speedrun (TAS) - A speed run which uses tools, often through the use of emulators, to assist the player in completing the game in the fastest "game time" possible. Some tools used include reducing speed and save states.

Current Speed Run Records[]

Below is a list of the current speed run records available for view online:

Mega Man classic series[]

Game Time Run Type Performer Date Notes
Mega Man 0:22:47 [1] Regular ExoSDA April 30, 2012 Glitchless
0:12:23 [2] TAS Shinryuu & FinalFighter December 1, 2010 Japanese V.
Mega Man 2 0:27:18 [3] Regular Cyghfer October 28, 2013 Japanese V.
0:27:49 [4] Regular Seth Glass April 26, 2010 Normal mode, zip glitches
0:28:57 [4] Regular Seth Glass June 11, 2010 Difficult mode, zip glitches
0:23:48 [5] TAS aglasscage, et al. October 18, 2010 Difficult mode (Japanese V.)
Mega Man 3 0:37:06 [6] Regular Sattik 'Tiki' Ghosh November 29, 2008
0:32:29 [6] Regular Mike 'MegaDestructor9' Dickson September 21, 2009 Anniversary Collection
0:30:44 [7] TAS Aglar July 28, 2008 Japanese V.
Mega Man 4 0:38:51 [8] Regular Checkers May 8, 2013
0:34:00 [9] TAS GlitchMan January 19, 2010
Mega Man 5 0:36:27 Regular ohonta January 8, 2015 During AGDQ 2015
0:31:41 [10] TAS GlitchMan June 20, 2010
Mega Man 6 0:36:45 [11] Regular Sattik 'Tiki' Ghosh November 22, 2008
0:30:46 [12] TAS Shinryuu January 11, 2009
Mega Man 7 0:42:55 Regular iongravirei January 8, 2015 During AGDQ 2015
0:37:22 [13] TAS Sparky June 20, 2010
Mega Man 8 1:04:57 [14] Regular Patrik 'Cremator' Salonen July 23, 2007 European V.
0:47:06 [15] TAS FractalFusion April 4, 2010
Mega Man 9 0:21:37 [16] Regular Steven 'Master ZED' Ellis December 8, 2008
0:30:20 [17] TAS AngerFist & diggidoyo September 20, 2015
Mega Man 10 0:23:03 [18] Regular Russell 'duckfist' Wright June 11, 2011
0:33:42 [19] TAS diggidoyo May 28, 2011
Rockman & Forte 0:48:19 [20] Regular PJ January 7, 2013 Japanese V., Rockman, zip glitches
0:28:08 [21] TAS Sparky February 23, 2011 Japanese V., Forte
0:27:21 [22] TAS Sparky February 19, 2011 Japanese V., Rockman
0:38:07 [23] TAS Sparky, Parrot14green, Woabclf November 23, 2011 Japanese V., Rockman, 100 CDs
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge 0:21:02 [24] Regular Philippe 'Suzaku' Henry October 10, 2005
0:17:11 [25] TAS Bag of Magic Food May 9, 2005 Japanese V.
Mega Man II 0:20:07 [26] Regular Patrik 'Cremator' Salonen October 30, 2008
0:17:41 [27] TAS dezbeast May 2, 2007
Mega Man III 0:23:02 [28] TAS Bag of Magic Food November 26, 2006 Japanese V.
Mega Man V 0:47:15 [29] Regular Marcus 'Preddy' Göhlert March 21, 2009
Mega Man Powered Up 0:22:20 [30] Regular Chris 'Satoryu' Kirk May 25, 2006 Player: Mega Man
0:24:07 [30] Regular Chris 'Satoryu' Kirk May 31, 2006 Player: Proto Man
0:26:07 [30] Regular Michael 'MAS8705' Solseth January 1, 2010 Player: Fire Man
Mega Man: The Power Battle 0:05:08 [31] Regular Alex 'AquaTiger' Nichols February 8, 2006
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters 0:10:36 [32] Regular Various Various

Mega Man Legends series[]

Game Time Run Type Performer Date Notes
Mega Man Legends 0:42:52 [33] Regular Tom H. 'sshplur' Nguyen May 5, 2007 Easy mode
0:57:02 [33] Regular Tom H. 'sshplur' Nguyen June 19, 2007 Normal mode

Mega Man X series[]

Game Time Run Type Performer Date Notes
Mega Man X 0:31:28 [34] Regular Tiki February 7, 2014 Any%
0:35:59 [35] Regular Caleb Hart December 18, 2013 100%
0:29:57 [36] TAS FractalFusion December 2, 2006
Mega Man X2 0:33:44 [37] SFC Ken October 7, 2012
0:31:42 [38] TAS FractalFusion & Gravewrm July 19, 2010
0:33:51 [39] TAS FractalFusion May 7, 2010 Best ending, no upgrades
Mega Man X3 0:40:32 [40] Regular Zachary "Zewing" Ewing February 23, 2013
0:52:26 [41] Regular Zachary "Zewing" Ewing January 19, 2005 Best ending, 100%
0:38:07 [42] TAS agwawaf November 2, 2011
0:43:11 [43] TAS agwawaf November 22, 2011 Best ending, 100%
Mega Man X4 0:43:18 [44] Regular Qttsix January 13, 2014 Playing as X, 100%
0:39:44 [45] Regular Qttsix January 17, 2014 Playing as Zero, 100%
0:39:45 [46] TAS sparky July 14, 2011 Playing as X, 100%
0:36:30 [47] TAS Bernka May 9, 2012 Playing as Zero
Mega Man X5 0:10:12 [48] Regular Patrik 'Cremator' Salonen December 29, 2006
0:34:12 [49] Regular Patrik 'Cremator' Salonen December 22, 2006 100%
0:16:51 [50] TAS Mothrayas June 15, 2010 Playing as Zero
Mega Man X6 0:23:14[51] Segmented Chris 'Satoryu' Kirk March 16, 2010 In game time All Stages
0:45:44 [52] Regular Cyberdemon531 January 21, 2014 All Stages
0:25:34 [53] TAS Rolanmen1 & FractalFusion December 11, 2010 Any%
0:56:47 [54] TAS Rolanmen1 October 20, 2011 100%
Mega Man X7 0:56:59 [55] Regular Patrik 'Cremator' Salonen July 27, 2008 European V., low %
Mega Man X8 1:16:00 [56] Regular Patrik 'Cremator' Salonen October 1, 2006
1:29:00 [57] Regular Chris 'Satoryu' Kirk January 6, 2009 100%
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X 0:37:01 [58] Regular Chris 'Satoryu' Kirk July 24, 2009 100%, X Mode
Mega Man X: Command Mission 4:26:00 [59] Regular Alex 'AquaTiger' Nichols April 25, 2008

Mega Man Battle Network series[]

Game Time Run Type Performer Date Notes
Mega Man Battle Network 0:55:40 [60] TAS Bag of Magic Food July 5, 2010
1:45:56 [61] Any% PrismaticBlack September 19, 2014
Mega Man Battle Network 2 1:37:32 [62] TAS mtvf1
2:14:43 [63] Any% Keizaron February 5, 2015 RNG Manipulation
2:09:01 [64] Any% JP Keizaron February 18, 2015 RNG Manipulation + Prism Glitch
2:40:19 [65] Any% No Manip Keizaron February 7, 2015 Single Segment
Mega Man Battle Network 3 3:13:06 [66] Any% Mountebank November 22, 2014 Blue
3:05:43 [67] Any% Mountebank February 18, 2015 White
Mega Man Battle Network 4 3:04:45 [68] Any% Method1cal December 27, 2013 Red Sun
3:16:00 Any% SunsetBlade Blue Moon
Mega Man Battle Network 5 5:20:08 [69] Any% Doicm July 2, 2014 Team ProtoMan
5:55:02 [70] Any% SunsetBlade June 17, 2013 Team Colonel
Mega Man Battle Network 6 2:23:55 [71] Any% TheLastAaoa June 8, 2014 Gregar
2:43:49 [72] Any% Doicm September 18, 2014 Falzar
Rockman EXE WS 13:40 [73] Any% Tterraj42 July 13, 2014 Why

Mega Man Zero series[]

Game Time Run Type Performer Date Notes
Mega Man Zero 0:10:31 [74] Regular Youri 'Elpis TK31' Landweer September 11, 2009 Hard, mission skips
0:34:03 [74] Regular Mike Uyama February 19, 2005 S-rank
0:16:52 [75] TAS computerbird & hellagels July 19, 2011 Mission skips
Mega Man Zero 2 0:31:51 [76] Regular Mike Uyama May 1, 2005
0:50:54 [77] TAS computerbird August 3, 2010 Japanese V.
Mega Man Zero 3 0:27:38 [78] Regular Zachary Morgan October 15, 2010
0:56:44 [79] TAS hellagels March 3, 2011
Mega Man Zero 4 0:37:07 [80] TAS klmz May 13, 2009

Mega Man ZX series[]

Game Time Run Type Performer Date Notes
Mega Man ZX 1:09:14 [81] TAS Mothrayas & Rolanmen1 January 13, 2011
Mega Man ZX Advent 1:19:26 [82] TAS Mothrayas December 5, 2010
1:16:59 [83] Regular Zer0_77 October 31, 2014

Megathon[]

A Megathon ("Mega Man marathon") is a nickname to a type of speed run or casual run of the Mega Man games where the player completes every game in a series back-to-back. These runs are usually recorded for fans to view on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, or other sites that have video streaming abilities. (Examples)

Megathons are usually very long, even with the fastest speedruns of the original 10 Mega Man games listed above. Added up, the fastest time an average player could have is 5:45:09, so it would take a day or two to finish. Due to this, Megathons are usually started during the weekend to avoid interference from weekly tasks like school and work.

References[]

  1. YouTube, Mega Man
  2. TASVideos, Mega Man
  3. Youtube, RockMan 2
  4. 4.0 4.1 Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 2
  5. TASVideos, Mega Man 2
  6. 6.0 6.1 Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 3
  7. TASVideos, Mega Man 3
  8. Mega Man 4
  9. TASVideos, Mega Man 4
  10. TASVideos, Mega Man 5
  11. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 6
  12. TASVideos, Mega Man 6
  13. TASVideos, Mega Man 7
  14. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 8
  15. TASVideos, Mega Man 8
  16. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 9
  17. Wii Mega Man 9 by AngerFist & diggidoyo in 30:20.98 [TAS]
  18. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 10
  19. TASVideos, Mega Man 10
  20. Awesome Games Done Quick 2013, Rockman & Forte
  21. TASVideos, Rockman & Forte
  22. TASVideos, Rockman & Forte
  23. TASVideos, Rockman & Forte
  24. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
  25. TASVideos, Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
  26. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man II
  27. TASVideos, Mega Man II
  28. TASVideos, Mega Man III
  29. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man V
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man Powered Up
  31. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man: The Power Battle
  32. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
  33. 33.0 33.1 Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man Legends
  34. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man X
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  37. Nico Video, Mega Man X2
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  54. TASVideos, Mega Man X6
  55. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man X7
  56. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man X8
  57. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man X8
  58. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
  59. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man X: Command Mission
  60. TASVideos, Mega Man Battle Network
  61. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network
  62. Youtube, Mega Man Battle Network 2
  63. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 2
  64. Twitch TV Video, Battle Network Rockman EXE 2
  65. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 2
  66. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue
  67. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 3 White
  68. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun
  69. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team ProtoMan
  70. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Colonel
  71. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 6 Gregar
  72. Twitch TV Video, Mega Man Battle Network 6 Falzar
  73. YouTube Rockman EXE WS
  74. 74.0 74.1 Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man Zero
  75. TASVideos, Mega Man Zero
  76. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man Zero 2
  77. TASVideos, Mega Man Zero 2
  78. Speed Demos Archive, Mega Man Zero 3
  79. TASVideos, Mega Man Zero 3
  80. TASVideos, Mega Man Zero 4
  81. TASVideos, Mega Man ZX
  82. TASVideos, Mega Man ZX Advent
  83. Zer0_77's Twitter


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