Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records and Players' Site

Sami

R.I.P Michael Jackson

Sami @ Sunday, June 28th 03:40PM   [link]

New Members

Joe Sebeny, USA (NTSC 214th, USA 98th, Warrior E)
Karl Becker, Germany (PAL 160th, Germany 22nd, Knight D)


New World Records

No New World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#10 Manuel Babjar of Germany sent in a small NBT PR for Bowser Castle 2 fastlap and shaved off some more average finish.

#94 Samuel Gomez returned to activity on PAL version SMK with a pair of records on Ghost Valley 2 fastlap and the other he regularly works on; Bowser Castle 3 course time which is cutting under the 1'40" barrier.

#212 Nicolas Chomette cut some good overall stats after a move to Bowser Castle 2, improving course and fastest lap there, managing to pass Clayton on the way.



NTSC Activity:

#13 Guillaume Leviach made an excellent climb with strong Donut Plains 1 PRs and also good cuts on Koopa Beach 1, placing him at #3 in France on NTSC after passing Julien Holmiere.

#28 Raul Henrique of Brazil continues to fight hard on his new speciality course Koopa Beach 1 making a record of Brazil in the process which is a #2 time there! A great fastlap followed alongside.

#33 David Smith did some more NBT work on Mario Circuit 3 which is shaping up nicely and a bit more progress on Vanilla Lake 2 with more potential there still.

#45 Nicholas Harvey drove a new time on Koopa Beach 1 best lap.

#223 Jose Karica, the Panama Champion worked on several more tracks this week to make further cuts. A nice average finish improvement resulted which helped him pass several rivals from USA and Japan.
Sami

She owned Battle Course 2, and...

Sami @ Sunday, June 21st 05:49PM   [link]

New Members

No new Members this week...


New World Records

No new World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#2 Karel van Duijvenboden while doing some late GV1 NBT demos pulled out a quick new PR there.

#9 Guillaume Leviach made a small cut for CI1 lap this week, following his PR from the previous week.

#10 Manuel Babjar continued to work on course time and fastlap, with a close 5-lap record and very nice fastlap at #3 on PAL!

#81 Freek van der Steen gained another 3 ranks this week with a pair of very nice cuts from his previously weaker VL1, placing him within the Top 10 Time Trial Players in Netherlands. His VL1 will go sub 1'00" for sure soon!

#90 Job Plessius went very aggressively to close the gap to his rival this week, driving many new records including a surprise Non-NBT Sub 1'02" MC1. His Dutch Rank is now #12.

#212 Nicolas Chomette of France made a pair of new records for Donut Plains 1 and defends his overall rank.

#217 Vincent Tolhuis made a return with a strong list of new PRs, some tracks he has worked on more, and others he has some great potential. Under the teachings of Team NL's Karel, what will be his potential? We look forward to see more of Vincent's PRs...

#296 Paul Kemp of Australia who recently joined Time Trials has set a few new times for Mario Circuit 1 this week and is approaching Hoa Nguyen on the PAL Rankings.


NTSC Activity:

#4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil made a pair of very fast Koopa Beach 1 NBT PRs during a rivalry battle, and also subbed a 9 second lap with a Brazilian record there by 0.01.

#14 Guillaume Leviach decided to kick start some CI1 on NTSC after his PAL adventure and has already busted out a nice lap.

#15 Tyler Worley of USA improved a few of his weaker boards; DP3 which is getting sharper but more potential to cut further. Keep up the great karting there and the higher ranks will be yours.

#28 Raul Henrique of Brazil is making steady progress on KB1 as he comes near to the efforts of Oliver this week, and also pulls out a nice pair of Bowser Castle 1 PRs.

#33 David Smith, the Tennessee State Champion is battling well on GV1 and CI1 where he produced new fastlap PRs that have placed him ahead of Akita by a little margin.

#45 Nicholas Harvey has passed Louis-Philippe, a legendary karter who held former World Records many years ago. Nicholas's latest work was on Choco Island 2 which is coming along nicely. Further improvements with and without NBT on weaker tracks will help him to reach his rivals above.

#238 Jose Karica made a quick return to SMK after playing some other games and has set a few new PRs for Mario Circuit 1, passing Crawford along the way.
Sami

A Number One Bathroom makeover :)

Sami @ Sunday, June 14th 03:43PM   [link]

New Members

Paul Kemp, Australia (PAL 297th, Australia 23rd, Pawn D)


New World Records

No new World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#9 Guillaume Leviach worked hard on Choco Island 1 5-lap this week, breaking the 56 seconds barrier with a great time, keeping ahead of his rivals there!

#10 Manuel Babjar of Germany also continued to push hard on Choco Island 1, succeeding in a further course record and a nice fastlap close to Guillaume's.

#84 Freek van der Steen went crazy on the Donut Plains and Bowser Castle Courses this week, opening up more Non-NBT potential, including a nice opener lap for Bowser Castle 2. His effort his climbed him well past the top 90.

#99 Job Plessius didn't go down without a fight, so he drove a set of strong cuts also, throwing in some Mario Circuits and Vanilla Lake 1 to chop some more points off. Indeed a great effort and also reaching his target of the Top 100 in PAL SMK Time Trials! I see you and Freek are aware of the Dutch meet coming up, you both would enjoy the World Championship this August, speak to Karel for details as he is organising Team NL.

#201 Shane Quinlan, the Champion of Ireland, is moving even closer to the Top 200 of PAL with a Koopa Beach 1 lap PR this week. He can gain some more ranks with a few more records.

#212 Nicolas Chomette of France improves on Donut Plains 2, passing three karters on the ranking.

#274 Arnaud Guepey who recently joined the Time Trials from France set his first new PRs for Mario Circuit 1; he has a lot of potential and can improve many more tracks.



NTSC Activity:

#2 Karel van Duijvenboden made a return to NTSC Time Trials this week in an effort to improve his Mario Circuit 1 fastlap, a small cut shaving of it has appeared so far.

#3 Guilherme Arantes, the Time Trial Champion of Brazil sent an old PR for Koopa Beach 2 fastlap and this improved his average finish a little.

#4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil also made a small PR before his Team Brazil meeting with Guilherme, Alencar and Carlos; Koopa Beach 1 lap which is looking sharp.

#28 Raul Henrique of Brazil was aiming for 28th place and reached his target; his PRs this week included some very strong efforts for Koopa Beach 1 and PRs for GV1 and CI1 that also helped his average finish.

#158 Tommy Steimel continues to dismantle his previous records as his skill level increases. He has several new records mostly on Flower Cup and his average finish had a large change from previous week, very well done keep up the great karting!

#240 Elizabeth Steimel improved one of her times; for Vanilla Lake 1 fastlap with D.K.Jr. With more PRs soon she will climb towards the Top 200 with speed.
Sami

The 5th Graphics Card

Sami @ Sunday, June 7th 04:48PM   [link]

New Members

Arnaud Guepey, France (PAL 274th, France 68th, Apprentice E)
Justin Riley, Canada (NTSC 203rd, Canada 43rd, Warrior C)
Elizabeth Steimel, USA (NTSC 240th, USA 113th, Contender C)
Jose Martinez, Chile (NTSC 250th, Chile 2nd, Contender E)


New World Records

Oliver Segarra Gonzalez succeeded in a Ghost Valley 1 5-lap World Record on NTSC with 0'59"37.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy pushed out two PRs; for DP3 5-lap and KB2 lap, and is cutting his way towards German Time Trial Champion, Sebastian Stellmacher. Perhaps this could encourage him to return for some more PR action..

#9 Guillaume Leviach has worked hard on the CI1 battle recently, with a few strong PRs there and a similarly good cut with his rivals on average finish to keep on top of things.

#10 Manuel Babjar of Germany came close to Guillaume's efforts on CI1 this week with a pair of strong NBT times, and has also set a few water trick PRs for KB1.

#96 Freek van der Steen has extended his lead from his recent rival a little by some strong record cuts on key tracks and also climbed through the Top 100 on PAL. On route he has also passed GV1 specialist Ron Roodhorst and also Aron Langerak who has recently signed up for the World Championship.

#106 Job Plessius set quite a few nice PRs this week and is making good progress on the average finish rankings as he closes in towards the Top 100. He has passed the recently active Champion of Finland and some rival karters in France this week.

#143 Arno van den Barselaar drove 6 new PRs with main work on the DPs, and MC1 heading towards the 1'03"00 barrier.

#201 Shane Quinlan, the Champion of Ireland sets new times on Vanilla Lake 1 and Mario Circuit 4 for Star Cup. He is also very close to the Top 200 with plenty of potential across many tracks.

#215 Nicolas Chomette of France made 4 new PRs, working on CI1 and GV2 to help pass some rivals, including an active Dutch karter.

#216 Emily van den Barselaar made 6 new PRs, improving a few tracks that Arno did also and picking up good techniques with Bowser as the times are getting sharper. Nicolas Chomette is just ahead so we are likely to see the competition continue there.



NTSC Activity:

#3 Guilherme Arantes, the Time Trial Champion of Brazil drove a pair of NBT improvements for Koopa Beach 1, including a pleasing sub 9 seconds fastlap.

#4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil trained hard on Ghost Valley 1 and succeeded in a 5-lap World Record and a pair of Koopa Beach 1 PRs following in Guilherme's path very well. He is continuing to gain ground on Arantes.

#15 Tyler Worley set 3 new PRs for GV1, BC2 and GV3. Ghost Valley 1 has gone very well with a sub minute time not far off Oliver strong maneuver; and BC2 still has potential but is moving along nicely along with GV3 lap.

#29 Raul Henrique of Brazil made a lot of new PRs in the last two weeks and advanced to within the Top 30 of NTSC.

#106 Dean Barnhart is battling his way through a row of USA rivals with his 8 latest PRs that included some NBT in a few places.

#144 Chuck Foster set 2 new PRs for Donut Plains 3 on his return to SMK and defends his rank.

#174 Tommy Steimel has improved a lot since the last week with new PRs across most of the tracks. He is climbing well since passing under the Top 200 and is well on the road to the higher rankings as he continues to set new times.
Sami

Postponed to next week

Sami @ Sunday, May 31st 10:57AM   [link]

Karters,

Due to hardware problems with my PC at home (we suspect it is the graphics card again); i am unable to access it until it is repaired. However an engineer will visit during the week to hopefully identify and fix the problem. I am currently using PC at my Brother's to write this quickly.

As i had a lot of saved stuff for the update on my PC which i can't access at this time, the update will be postponed until next Sunday (6th June). By then i will probably have it sorted, so i can process a larger update then.

In the meantime, please continue to send your PRs as normal, and i will collect those later in the week. I will keep you updated on the forum if i have any updates.


My apologies for any inconvenience.


- The Godfather of SMK -
Sami

A breath of Fresh Air

Sami @ Sunday, May 24th 05:17PM   [link]

New Members

Laurent Dion, France (PAL 231st, France 64th, Contender A)
Abedelrahman Faisal, Jordan (PAL 286th, Jordan 1st, Novice E)


New World Records

No new World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#7 Sebastian Stellmacher, the Time Trial Champion of Germany made a strong stance on NBT this week with 4 excellent cuts within Choco Island 1 and Donut Plains 1. This has brought him ahead of rival Angelo, and Julien is not far ahead.

#8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy improved his Donut Plains 3 lap a little this week.

#9 Guillaume Leviach defends his rank this week with a CI1 lap improvement that didn't quite catch his rivals but is still very strong.

#13 Gene Tagliabue, Australia's Time Trial Champion made a little improvement more on his MC3 NBT fastlap which is progressing nicely.

#104 Freek van der Steen answered to the previous attack of Dutch rival Job Plessius with 8 solid new times, regaining the rank and also placing himself within range of the Top 100.

#108 Tuomas Nuutilainen, the Champion of Finland makes his return this week, with several new records and a big climb. If he continues to improve his weaker courses, he can definitely climb well into the Top 100 of PAL.

#215 Nicolas Chomette has set a pair of new times for Mario Circuit 2 and gains a few ranks.

#259 Vincent Tolhuis of Team NL begins his climb on the PAL rankings with his first set of new PRs. They are coming along nicely as he makes his initial leap, MC1 is looking good and he is hot on potential for the other tracks. More cuts on those weaker courses will shoot him up to the Top 200 fast.


NTSC Activity:

#4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil set a pair of strong times on Ghost Valley 1; he seems to like this track, tough as it is.

#18 Martin Morissette set PRs for Ghost Valley 2 (sub minute) and a lap PR on Rainbow Road. His stats are improving well with his new times.

#31 Raul Henrique drove also a couple of new times, focusing on the Choco Islands, with a consistent race on Choco Island 2 at a high level.

#110 Dean Barnhart is now 10 ranks short of reaching the Top 100 on NTSC Time Trials. His new times are looking great on MC1 and some of the water / ice tracks. With a further push he can reach his goal.

#165 Daniel Strusser improved 16 of his times this week with specific focus on his Bowser Castle 3 showing some potential as he passes several karters. With similar improvements across other courses he can climb to the Top 100 with ease.

#188 Tommy Steimel also made a huge cut this week with several PRs flying in. He has improved across the boards and cups with huge potential for more.
Sami

What a Chief Rofl!

Sami @ Sunday, May 17th 04:57PM   [link]

3 Months until Super Mario Kart PAL World Championship

Just a quick reminder, the World Championship for Super Mario Kart PAL Version is to begin 3 Months time tomorrow near Montbeliard in France. So far 16 players have send their inscription forms, and more to come!

List of Signed up Competitiors so far

It is an event not to be missed, we are looking forward to see more of you attending smile


New Members

Daniel Strusser, USA (NTSC 173rd, USA 79th, Knight E)
Tommy Steimel, USA (NTSC 204th, USA 94th, Warrior D)
Andres Peralta, Paraguay (NTSC 259th, Paraguay 2nd, Novice C)
Mark Byrne, Ireland (PAL 241st, Ireland 3rd, Contender C)
Vincent Tolhuis, Netherlands (PAL 278th, Netherlands 37th, Novice E)


New World Records

Oliver Segarra Gonzalez pulled out an NTSC World Record tie on Ghost Valley 3 5-lap with 1'12"79*.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#7 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy made a surprise return to defend his rank with a few PRs for CI1 and KB1 NBT.

#8 Sebastian Stellmacher, the Time Trial Champion of Germany also made an exciting return, working with CI1 NBT and getting very close to Angelo's position. He has a lot of potential on NBT tracks and we look forward to see his progression.

#9 Guillaume Leviach forced out some good work for Donut Plains 2 5-lap and defends his rank this week.

#13 Gene Tagliabue, Australia's Time Trial Champion passes a few close ranked karters to climb further after some MC3 and MC4 PRs. He is testing out flatboosting strategies on NBT which are working well for him so far.

#20 Ben Allen of Team UK took a tiny break from some GP 150cc adventures and hit an IB lap cut on MC2. He still has potential left on Time Trial with some rivals just up ahead; hopefully some more PRs from him soon.

#30 Alvin van Asselt keeps active with another tiny cut for Koopa Beach 1 5-lap; and two karters are just ahead in the rankings where he can become within the Top 30 of PAL version.

#110 Job Plessius hit a lot of great new times this week and a huge average finish cut. He has passed Dutch rival Freek van der Steen for #13 in Netherlands and a stronger line towards to top 100 soon. Keep up the great work!

#145 Arno van den Barselaar of the Dutch Team also makes his return this week with a selection of nice Non-NBT PRs and Tobias Biroga just ahead on the ranking.

#207 Shane Quinlan, the Champion of Ireland also made a return with a pair of new times for Mario Circuit 4 and a new 5-lap time on Donut Plains 1, passing Mark Anderson on the PAL rankings.

#218 Emily van den Barselaar also hit some SMK along with Arno making a strong set of new times on 7 boards with Bowser and defending her rank from an approaching rival.

#219 Nicolas Chomette who joined recently is making good progress with a solid improvement on Bowser Castle 1. After more PRs on other tracks he will sail into the Top 200.


NTSC Activity:

#4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil had fun on Ghost Valley 3 after hitting a World Record tie onthe 5-lap with NBT, then driving a strong lap alongside. He maintains good average finish.

#7 Soul Kobayashi, the Japanese Time Trial Champion delivers 10 new PRs with work on some Mushroom and Flower Cup times. He has some new Japanese Records faster than Tohgo and also climbs past Matthias Mann and Chris Balch on the NTSC World Ranking.

#17 Sami Cetin improves a small PR for Rainbow Road lap.

#31 Raul Henrique of Brazil advances a few more ranks this week with his latest PRs. VL2 he was particularly pleased with some solid times, and other NBT tracks are getting sharper. After improving some more weaker tracks he can push well within the Top 30 on NTSC.

#46 Nicholas Harvey has had a great week, closing the gap to some karters just ahead on the rankings. He made some success long boosting on Mario Circuit 2, and also throwing in some more NBT on a few tracks which has done good. He has plenty of potential as he utilises more NBT.
Sami

Dealing with it

Sami @ Sunday, May 10th 04:54PM   [link]

New Members

No new members this week...


New World Records

No new World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#9 Guillaume Leviach has made strong progress this week on MC2 NBT and also some CI1 which has gone under 57 seconds. He is approaching German Time Trial Champion, Sebastian Stellmacher.

#15 Gene Tagliabue drives 4 new PRs, fighting back on Ghost Valley 3 to regain the National Record from John Kennedy, and gains another rank on PAL.

#30 Alvin van Asselt hits a new Non-NBT time for Koopa Beach 1, and shifts another point closer to the next rank.

#110 Freek van der Steen continues his KB2 Non-NBT work from the previous week, getting sharper there and maintaining his rank.

#136 Aurelien Durand of France works on Choco Island 1 Non-NBT with a good cut and improvement to his stats.


NTSC Activity:

#3 Guilherme Arantes, the Brazilian Time Trial Champion had a faster GV1 fastlap to submit which gained him a little and also a strong attempt at Ghost Valley 3, but a rival edged out...

#4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez drove a nice fastest lap for Ghost Valley 3, and also pushes out a Brazil Record for the Course time.

#33 Akita Sounori drove a pair of strong Bowser Castle 3 PRs and makes a good average finish improvement. Rival David Smith is just in the lead, and another is approaching.

#34 Raul Henrique made 10 more PRs this week including an MC1 improvement and other nice hits.

#46 Nicholas Harvey made 3 small PR cuts and passes Colombian Champion, Juan Arevalo. He has some good potential on GV2 and is testing out the platform jump there.