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A list of your new times. We need to know your scores, of course!
Whether or not you used PRB (see rules section for explanation) or shortcuts to achieve these times. If you do not include these labels we will assume that you used PRB to achieve your times, but we would prefer you to use labels at all times anyways. Just make it clear to us which of your times are PRB and which are not.

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Hi, I want to join your very cool awesome site! 

All of these PRs are NON-PRB.

Name: John Doe
Country: USA (New York)
Age: 15

F8C: 1'30"991 (30'9x 30'09 30'0x)
RLC2: 33:119 1"50"100
RKB2: 12.010

I still have not played every track yet! I will improve.

Hey guys, I got PRs.

F8C: 2'00"116 (40'001 40'114 40'001) 
		  ^--- Using 3 decimals makes splits 'look' like PRs.
Airship Fortress 2.30.990
LC 33'665 <- There are two 'LC'!
RMMF 2:44"01 <- Please use 3 decimal places
LC GCN 1' 34 "123 <- Please don't use fancy spaces inside a score 

My laps on RMMF were bad, I stuffed up my last lap =( I used Dry Bones.

 <- Don't forget your name!
 <- Did you use PRB?

PRB (Prolonged Rocket Boost) is a glitch. If you get the biggest rocket start at the beginning of a race and continually mini-turbo without losing top speed for even an instant, the game lets you travel over all terrain at top speed. The effect of PRB is lost as soon as you lose top-speed (for example, you mess up the timing of you mini-turbos). In some tracks, you can do this for the whole race and cut many corners by driving off-road at high speed.

A shortcut is any trick used to advance yourself in the race by using Lakitu (the guy on the cloud), jumping over barriers, or cutting a big part of the track in an unintended way.

The site is divided into 2 seperate sections. One section allows the use of PRB and shortcuts. The other does not allow either.

In order to create the most comfortable playing rules, the PRB glitch is allowed at the beginning of some races: if the best 'natural' racing line requires the player to perform miniturbos quickly enough that it will cause PRB, then it is allowed in that section of the race. We say that it must be 'natural' racing, because doing PRB on purpose usually means that you will be taking a route that you would not normally take if you didn't know about the PRB glitch. Although PRB can get faster times, it's annoying to do and can make time trials less fun. This is why we provide two sets of charts: one for people who want to PRB or use shortcuts, and one for people who want 'pure' mini-turbo racing through the course without any shortcuts or glitches.

If you don't label your times in your submission, it is most fair to NonPRB players that we assume your times were raced using PRB and shortcuts. It's in your best interest to label your scores properly because if your score was really NonPRB, it should get a better rank in the NonPRB chart than in the PRB chart... but we will put it in the PRB chart if we don't know how your score was raced.

If you didn't know about the PRB glitch before reading this, your scores are probably NonPRB.

Specific PRB rules
We try to make these rules fair, so the point where it becomes abusive enough to be prb-racing is far enough into the race where it can't be done by accident. Below is a list of races where prb driving is possible, and the latest point in that race where you're allowed to use prb-racing. If you think a race belongs here that isn't listed yet, please let us know. Also let us know if you think any of these rules are unclear.

F8C: Prb-racing is not allowed, except for clipping through a small amount of grass just after the first MT of the race.
CCB: Zippers may not be used to prb through the water.
LM: Prb-racing may be used to clip the grass on the sides of the road before entering the house.
DH: Prb-racing may not be used to cut through the sand to the right of the trees and to the left of the pyramid.
DS: The zipper near the end of the race may be used to cut through the dirt on the last corner.
MC: Prb-racing may not be used to cut through the grass to the right of the first goomba. Prb may be used to cut through the sand on the first turn, and after passing the goomba to the left, grass clips on that straight are allowed. If prb is still in effect when you reach the normal shroomspot, you may not release an MT until the prb has worn off, or you may shroom here (shrooming is suggested).
PG: Prb-racing may not be used to cut through the flowers at the normal shroomspot.
WS: Zippers may not be used to prb through any mud.
MC1: Prb-racing may not be used to cut through the sand inside the pipes on the second turn. Prb may only be used before those pipes on the sand to the left of the straight after the first turn.
PC: Prb-racing is not allowed, except for cutting through the grass inside the first turn.
LC GCN: Prb-racing is not allowed (jumping off the zippers rather than sliding off is suggested).
DP1: Prb-racing may not be used to cut through the grass at the normal shroomspot. If prb is still in effect, you may not release an MT until the prb has worn off, or you may shroom here (shrooming is suggested). Prb may only be used to cut through the grass before the bridge.
FS: Prb-racing may be used up to and including the big jump over the snow.
KB2: Prb-racing may not be used, except for cutting through the grass before reaching the first area with water.
LC GBA: Prb-racing may only be used to cut through the grass up to and including the first 180 degree right turn. Prb may not be used to cut through the grass on the following left turn.
CI2: Prb-racing may not be used, except for cutting through the mud straight ahead from the start as you go through the gap in the wall.
SG: Prb-racing may only be used up to and including the clouds next to the first rainbow colored ramp jump. After jumping over the gap, you may not release an MT until the prb has worn off.
YC: Prb-racing may be used up to and including the shortcut over the water.