Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records Site

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Sami @ Sunday, May 12th 08:33PM [link]

New Members

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Adam Shaw UK (PAL 178th, UK 31st, Knight B)
Simon Rowell UK (PAL 245th, UK 46th, Warrior B)
Desara Malaj UK (PAL 390th, UK 94th, Pawn E)
Ryosuke Fukuyama Japan (NTSC 169th, Japan 22nd, Knight A)
Alex Wilson Canada (NTSC 271st, Canada 55th, Warrior D)

New World Records

Guillaume Leviach sets a new PAL World Record on Koopa Beach 2 lap of 0'10"32.

Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Time Trial World Champion, Sami Cetin slightly improved his VL2 lap on PAL last week.

#4 Guillaume Leviach showed who is King on Koopa Beach 2 lap after beating back Wild's lap World Record there. The start of the lap was impressive; will Christian challenge him back again?

#9 Aron Langerak had an impressive week with some solid Rainbow Road driving, and an NBT lap of high standard. He also worked on Koopa Beach 2 with NBT and landed some awesome marks for both course and lap. He has passed Julien to reach the single digit ranks within the Top 10 and is right behind the German and Italian Time Trial Champions, Stellmacher and Di Vano respectively. We could see him climb another few ranks very soon!

#11 Manuel Babjar of Germany returns to PAL Time Trials with some solid PRs on Ghost Valley 3 Non-NBT! His results have placed him back in direct competition for the 2nd fastest position in Germany on Time Trial with Christian Wild.

#85 Russell Horwood set a number of Mushroom and Flower Cup times including more NBT on Mario Circuit 1, Choco Island 1 and Mario Circuit 3, along with some CI2 on Star Cup. His Non-NBT driving continues to sharpen alongside as he shoots to well within the Top 90 and 12th in the UK.

NTSC Activity:

#32 Nicholas Harvey further improves his Koopa Beach 1 course time and maintains his current rank.

#48 Jonathan Toole-Charignon had more luck with Koopa Beach 1 this week, finally managing to sub the 50 second barrier there and drive a good lap alongside it. His Mario Circuit 1 NBT has also reached the 58 second level and he passes Hero Nake.

#53 Stacy Needham of the UK is pushing towards the Top 50 NTSC with his latest PR collection; several NBT laps were made but he also drove some good course times on DP2 and MC3. VL1 has a lot of potential and we will surely see more PRs here soon.

#72 Leyla Hasso, the Women's World Champion made a surprise jump to NTSC this week; to work on one of her favorite tracks VL2. A sub 51 second course time was reached and she also become the first female player to reach sub 10 seconds while playing VL2 lap. Leyla passes 3 players this week.

#97 Anna Moon had another impressive week with a long list of PRs. There were a lot more Non-NBT improvements mixed in this time that helped gain some more points. But NBT cuts on MC4, MC3 and others are looking good. Anna's main achievement this week is reaching the Top 100 on NTSC and Women's World Records for Choco Island 2.

#118 Scott Page of Canada drove 10 new PRs; many of them were further cuts on the watery tracks and some of the Bowser Castles. KB1 is getting ever stronger and his CI1 course time is nearing the 1 minute barrier.

#187 Esteban Bonilla Elizondo of Costa Rica set a long list of times this week to bump his rank up much higher, and is now well within the Top 200 of NTSC. His Special Cup times have more potential so we will see him gain more points after some improvements there. Flower and Star Cups are much stronger now and he has gone under 11 seconds on VL1 lap.

#293 Brent Wingert of USA has sent 18 improvements through across the boards with a lot of focus on the tougher tracks; his MC1 can probably get faster by a couple of seconds soon. Brent is now within the Top 300 of NTSC.

#333 Jivago Pacheco da Silva of Brazil done a similar wave of cuts to his two rivals above; his Mushroom Cup times are more solid now, after some last minute improvements to Mario Circuit 1. Flower and Star Cups can be faster very soon and we will see him move towards the Top 300 of NTSC.

Dream big

Sami @ Sunday, April 28th 07:14PM [link]

Next update

Just a short note... due to some brief travel next week, there will be no update on Sunday 5th May; however please keep the PRs coming through as usual, and the next site update will be the following weekend, on Sunday 12th May 2013.

New Members

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Esther van der Meer Netherlands (PAL 393rd, Netherlands 40th, Pawn F)
Stacy Needham (joining NTSC), UK (NTSC 53rd, UK 3rd, Hero E)

New World Records

No new World Records this week...

Movement

PAL Activity:

#10 Aron Langerak of the Netherlands, set some good lap cuts to Donut Plains 3 (sub 15 seconds) and Koopa Beach 2. Also a very consistent course record for Ghost Valley 3, and he maintains his current position.

#16 Geoffrey Label of France hit some Ghost Valley 2 records with platform jumps and as a result managed to gain a rank ahead of Paquin. He is now ranked 7th in France on PAL Time Trial.

#45 Stacy Needham didn't stop with his PAL sub 11 second lap on Choco Island 1 as he chipped away at it a little more before focusing on his NTSC project.

#54 Leyla Hasso camped around the mud / water / snow / crap and ice tracks this week with some impressive Non-NBT. Choco Island 2 came as a surprise consistent run, and the Vanilla Lake 1 and Koopa Beach 2 sliding and accuracy is very strong now and still more potential left. VL2 lap she passed Sean on for UK 4th, and close to Matt's time. Leyla passes Andreas again and also Spain's Champion, Oleguer Limona.

#80 Thorsten Fellberg of Germany continues some Rainbow Road and is getting ever closer to the epic sub 1'30" PAL.

#88 Conor Wood returned to some more Time Trials this week and hit two weaker tracks, Vanilla Lake 2 with some better cuts and potential on the course time, and also Koopa Beach 1 to try out some water slides. He cut some good average finish and defended his position from an approaching rival. Conor is now just behind Salim.

#89 Russell Horwood had an impressive week with some platform jump times for Ghost Valley 1 for good average finish cuts, and also KB1 and Bowser Castle 3 of Star Cup. His Mario Circuit 2 lap is also a solid result and he managed to jump into the Top 90 of PAL.

#97 Samuel Gomez improves his PRs on Mario Circuit 1 and Vanilla Lake 1 again and is close to the sub 1'00" barrier on the latter one.

NTSC Activity:

#3 Guillaume Leviach of France made a small comeback this week to work on one of the weaker boards for a nice PR on Mario Circuit 3 course time.

#32 Nicholas Harvey set a PR cut for Koopa Beach 1 lap and retains his current overall rank.

#35 David Moll of the UK set some NBT records on Choco Island 1 lap and Koopa Beach 1 course with D.K.Jr and Bowser respectively and cut down some average finish score. There is a little gap to reach Fredy but once there he will be in the rivalry with Nick again.

#102 Anna Moon was on a strong run this month towards the Top 100 but fell short a few positions. However she hit some great cuts on many of the Special cup times, including subbing 1'30" on Rainbow Road and reaching 1'19" level on GV3. There were also improvements to her DP1 Women's World Record lap as it gets sharper and a new one with a platform jump on Ghost Valley 2!

#121 Scott Page of Canada continued to improve his good records form the previous week including pushing Mario Circuit 1 further into the 1'00"s and Rainbow Road in the 1'29"s. The longer Mario Circuit tracks also had a makeover plus some improvements on the twisty Donut Plains 3 track. Scott lands ahead of Cormier for the Top 20 position in Canada.

#213 Esteban Bonilla Elizondo of Costa Rica sets improvements in Donut Plains 1 where he is closing in on the 1'20" barrier, he will be there soon. Also Rainbow Road course time has potential as the lap he hits is solid.

#306 Brent Wingert of USA sends in 14 PRs with a lot of general improvements on the Flower Cup and Special Cup tracks plus others. His Vanilla Lakes are looking consistent and the other tracks are picking up the pace, he will be reaching the Top 300 very soon.

The Garden of Eden is prepared

Sami @ Sunday, April 21st 06:33PM [link]

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New World Records

Sami Cetin set the Donut Plains 1 1-lap World Record on PAL with 0'13"67.

Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Time Trial World Champion, Sami Cetin sets a few quick PRs on Donut Plains 1, the lap of which he managed to reach the World Record on this week.

#10 Aron Langerak continued to defend his 10th place position from his rival and did well with some Ghost Valley 2 PRs including the platform jump.

#11 Christian Wild of Germany continued to power through any tracks he touches. He also drove the same track as Langerak, Ghost Valley 2 with some nice results so far, and a Koopa Beach 1 course time that has potential for the sub 50 second barrier. Christian has now passed Manual Babjar for the 2nd fastest PAL Time Trial position in Germany. The German Title will be within range very soon.

#13 Pierre Coste improved his Donut Plains 3 lap slightly and his a very nice Rainbow Road Non-NBT course PR this week, and maintains his current rank.

#17 Geoffrey Label of France made a very nice Vanilla Lake 1 NBT time and also a pair of Choco Island 1 NBT records with a lot more potential.

#45 Stacy Needham drove Choco Island 1 with NBT this week and along with a solid course time, he hit a very impressive sub 11 second lap that is ranked within the Top 20 of PAL!

#80 Thorsten Fellberg of Germany improved his Rainbow Road lap Non-NBT PR.

#87 Salim Araissia made a comeback to SMK Time Trials almost a week ago and has put together and impressive set of cuts testing out some NBT. Notable tracks were DP1 and MC4 where some solid improvements were done. He has reached within the Top 90 of PAL, one rank ahead of Conor Wood.

#126 Krystian Wieczorek, the SMK Champion of Poland worked primarily on laps this week, with good improvements done on the Mario Circuit 2 and Choco Island tracks, along with Koopa Beach 2, gaining a rank in the process.

NTSC Activity:

#8 Christian Wild also played more NTSC this week, and along with some more Vanilla Lake 2 action he drove a nice long boost lap cut for Mario Circuit 2.

#50 Jonathan Toole-Charignon continued with some more tracks Non-NBT and put together a very impressive Koopa Beach 2 sub 59 seconds. He also sharpened Bowser Castle 1 and this helped him past former NTSC Time Trial Champion, Stanley Jeram to finally reach the Top 50 of NTSC.

#108 Anna Moon had another very impressive week and pushed through to the Top 110 on NTSC. She has utilised a lot more NBT on Koopa Beach 1 and 2 with more Women's World Record improvements, with a new one on the latter tracks lap! After that, several Non-NBT improvements were done across the boards, mainly on Flower and Special cups.

#122 Scott Page of Canada continued his Mario Circuit 2 adventures with an NBT record for the course time. Most impressive we his 55 second Vanilla Lake 2 time along with a good lap. He has gained a couple of ranks this week.

#213 Esteban Bonilla Elizondo of Costa Rica gains two ranks this week with some new times for Koopa Beach 2 and consistent hits on Ghost Valley 3.

Christian Wild reaches his first Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Record!

Sami @ Sunday, April 14th 07:04PM [link]

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New World Records

Christian Wild hits the Koopa Beach 2 1-lap World Record on PAL with 0'10"33.

Movement

PAL Activity:

#10 Aron Langerak the 2nd fastest Dutch Super Mario Kart Time Trialer makes a return this week, and sets some interesting NBT cuts, with a LB lap for MC2 and some platform jumping on GV2. Staying on Flower cup he gave BC2 a further trim and KB2 course time on Special Cup. He has now passed Manuel Babjar for the Top 10 on PAL Time Trial.

#12 Christian Wild of Germany is definitely the man of the hour, the "Wild Thing" of SMK... and this week he not only corners sharper than a surgeon's knife, he sets his first Time Trial World Record on PAL Super Mario Kart! This guy has potential through the roof as he continues to play so we don't feel this is the end, Christian Wild definitely has more to offer for the future. His World Record was for Koopa Beach 2 lap of 10.33 seconds; he also put together a lot of other NBT PRs on the Donut Plains tracks, Bowser Castle 2 both and some GV2 course and KB1 lap. Chris passes Pierre Coste back and is hot on the trail of Babjar and Langerak for the Top 10 on PAL.

#34 Richard Karlsson of Sweden is working on his SMK return following an MKDD adventure with Andreas. So far he made a couple of small lap cuts but... his greatest achievement is on Bowser Castle 1, where the lap of which he managed a superb Top 10 time with NBT! Richard could become the next Christian Wild soon.

#54 Andreas Rudmarker, the Mario Kart Double Dash Time Trial World Champion, and 4th fastest SMK player in Sweden returns to SMK this week. As per Richard he has a lot of NBT potential and went through several of the tracks , the majority of them being laps to chop these down. He gained a lot of points and then headed to VL2 to improve his weaker boards there. A sub minute time was the result and this brought Andreas ahead of Spain's Time Trial Champion, Oleguer Limona.

#56 Leyla Hasso, the Women's Time Trial Champion went on a Non-NBT rampage today to see how far she can go. After a double PR on MC2, she worked through Flower Cup hitting solid marks all the way and finishing up the night on Koopa Beach 1 after reworking some driving techniques. Leyla lands one spot ahead of Belgium's Mathieu Jaspard, with Spain's Champion, Oleguer just ahead. She has not only reached well beyond the Top 60, but also passes Scotland's Champion Euan Johnston for the 8th position in the UK.

#92 Russell Horwood of the UK headed to Rainbow Road this week for some solid Non-NBT driving and hit a couple of good marks there with potential for a sub 1'30" course time. He maintains his current rank this week.

#127 Krystian Wieczorek, the SMK Champion of Poland continued some NBT PRs including regaining the Poland record for DP1 lap. He improved a few of his Special Cup times and made some NBT on KB2 aswell. Bowser Castle 1 had several improvements and his lap is looking pretty sharp.

#170 Andrew Hoelscher of Germany drove some Non-NBT times on Mario Circuit 2 this week and cut some good average finish to pass Magnus Rydh of Sweden.

NTSC Activity:

#8 Christian Wild, also made some space for some NTSC action this week; a pair of solid records on VL2 were in order and some other short tracks such as MC1 and CI1 also got some NBT. He cut some average finish score and is pulling further away from Faria.

#32 Nicholas Harvey gains a couple of ranks this week with PRs on VL1 and KB2 course times. Fredy and Haroon both drop one rank against Nick after his NBT hits here. Minnesota's Dan Hoernemann is next up on the NTSC ladder.

#35 David Moll of the UK made a return to NTSC and inched forwards a bit on Koopa Beach 1 lap after a small PR there.

#51 Jonathan Toole-Charignon hit the similar tracks as Nicholas this week with some Vanilla Lake 1 and Koopa Beach 2 sliding happening. His records were very strong, even subbing 1'00" on KB2 Non-NBT! Combined with a BC1 lap PR he has closed the gap a lot more to the next few karters on the ranking.

#115 Anna Moon had an excellent week on a number of NTSC tracks as she gains skills with NBT. MC1 and CI1 laps in particular are sharpening further and she further improved her Women's World Record for KB1 lap. She also hit some good Star and Special cup records to gain five ranks on the NTSC ladder this week.

#126 Scott Page of Canada made a big gain this week also past several karters from Japan and a few US rivals. He set a new NBT lap time for MC2 and another 15 great Non-NBT PRs. Most notable mentions are MC1 with the sub 1'01" result, CI1 and KB1 in particular.

#215 Esteban Bonilla Elizondo of Costa Rica, drove some nice PRs for Ghost Valley 1 with consistency, and Mario Circuit 3 also in similar fashion. Bowser Castle 3 also has potential, as he cuts some time off his lap there.

#349 Jivago Pacheco da Silva of Brazil who recently joined us on the Time Trials has already been working on his Mario Circuit 1 times, and has already cut a few seconds off with a sub 1'05" course time and new lap. With new PRs on some other tracks he will climb towards the Top 300 fast.

We reap what we sow

Sami @ Sunday, April 7th 07:49PM [link]

New Members

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Jivago Pacheco da Silva Brazil (NTSC 367th, Brazil 25th, Apprentice E)

New World Records

Michael Fried drives an NTSC Trick World Record lap on Donut Plains 1 of 0'00"27.

Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Time Trial World Champion, Sami Cetin set a little PR cut on KB1 after some fresh air in the garden this week.

#12 Pierre Coste improved his Choco Island 2 PRs with NBT and maintains his current rank. However he has a big rival approaching...

#13 Christian Wild of Germany returns to PAL this week! After his impressive times on NTSC recently we knew he would have potential here. He already made quick work on Ghost Valley 1 lap and some Star Cup tracks. MC2 lap with a longboost has big potential still and some twin PRs for Bowser Castle 1 are looking very sharp indeed! At this rate he will move towards the Top 10 quickly and maybe soon provide a challenge for the PAL German title of Stellmacher.

#18 Geoffrey Label returned to some Time Trial also and has regained a spot within the Top 20 of PAL again. He made very nice NBT times on DP1 and MC3, along with a lap improvement for Bowser Castle 3. He is now right beghind Jonas, with Paquin not too far ahead. Geo is now 9th in France on PAL Time Trial.

#64 Leyla Hasso, the Women's Time Trial Champion continued some more PRs during the holidays with a solid Ghost Valley 1 time without platform jump, and then going sub 12"50 on a platform jump lap time. She completed the week with Bowser Castle 1, the lap of which was nice breaking the 18"00 barrier. She passes Eddy Lisima and is very close to Eric Scott's rank.

#87 Conor Wood set some PRs at Sami's and also updated a few older NBT ones. Donut Plains 1 had a good NBT cut and CI2 also. He worked hard on Vanilla Lake 2 after some demonstrations from Leyla; he made a big cut to help him through to the Top 90 of PAL Time Trial overall.

#92 Russell Horwood also worked on the tough Vanilla Lake 2, and made some good results so far to gain a rank on the PAL ladder.

#96 Samuel Gomez managed to reach his 0.888888 PR:SR result after small Mario Circuit 1 course time cut. His next goal should be to reach above the 0.900000 barrier of this statistic.

#133 Krystian Wieczorek, the SMK Champion of Poland had a strong week on PAL Time Trial, doing some NBT on Donut Plains 1 to help answer the challenges of some rivals there recently. He also gained some good points after training NBT on Choco Island 2 a little. Several other Non-NBT hits were made across the boards.

#222 Krystyna Lilia Pawlowicz of Poland set 4 new PRs this week and gained a rank ahead of Lola Zappara to become the 5th fastest female player on PAL SMK.

#286 Craig Sargent set a number of big PR cuts at Sami's meet on the weekend including a lot of weaker boards on the Flower and Special cups. This helped place him well within the Top 300 of PAL, only 22 ranks short of his goal for the Sutton county title. Craig's UK rank is now 54th.

#319 Pawel Wictor continued some PRs from last week, and now improved a pair of times on Mario Circuit 4 along with a couple more Mushroom Cup laps, gaining a rank ahead of Norway's Ungve Grostad.

#370 Maia Hasso set several small PRs cuts across the boards, MC3 lap of which was a clean run with some good speed, but Ghost Valley 3 is still her favourite for trying to jump over holes. She enjoyed some Match Races also vs the guests this weekend.

NTSC Activity:

#8 Christian Wild of didn't just play PAL this week though, as on NTSC he blasted past Brazil's Alencar Faria on NTSC this week with some very strong Flower Cup times on Ghost Valley 2 (well under 1'00" on the course time), Bowser Castle 2 and also Mario Circuit 3. He also touched base on a few Mushroom Cup times and his Donut Plains 3 special cup is consistent. Koopa Beach 2 is a favorite and he could go further here judging by his lap.

#25 Michael Fried, the New York State Champion of Super Mario Kart Time Trials returns... to tackle some times on the Trick / Glitch tracks. This week he landed a World Record cut on Donut Plains 1 lap of this category after improving his strategy there. We look forward to see what other records he can do.

#34 Nicholas Harvey had a special week with Vanilla Lake 2 is just in... he reaches a top 22 time on the lap after some island jumping action. He also landed a faster course time earlier this week and some PRs for BC1 lap and MC1 course time. He is closing the gap to Fredy and Haroon on the NTSC Overall ranking.

#51 Jonathan Toole-Charignon landed some Koopa Beach 1 Non-NBT cuts and a Vanilla Lake 1 course cut also. He is cutting some more points towards former NTSC Champion, Jeram.

#104 Hunter Koch, the SMK Champion of Indiana State and the recent SNESOT NTSC Battle Mode Tournament made a comeback to Time Trial this week testing out some NBT on Donut Plains 1. He has got some good results so far, more potential there and other tracks; he will hopefully reach the Top 100 again soon after some more PRs.

#120 Anna Moon enjoyed some GPs with mini Princess at Sami's SMK meet this weekend, but also landed some Donut Plains 1 NBT results earlier this week. The 5-lap is coming along well, and she hit a Women's World Record on the lap just ahead of Yukiko.

#131 Scott Page of Canada had a few smaller PRs this week, Mario Circuit 1 is now at breaking point of the 1'01"00 barrier so he should nail that one by the next update. KB1 had a tiny lap cut and Choco Island 1 course also.

Clearing the garden, it's Easter time :)

Sami @ Sunday, March 31st 07:37PM [link]

New Members

Welcome to...

Jennifer Karlsson Sweden (PAL 367th, Sweden 18th, Novice C)

New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest reaches the PAL Choco Island 2 1-lap World Record of 0'12"68

Sami Cetin beats the Donut Plains 3 World Record on PAL 1-lap with 0'14"67

Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Time Trial World Champion, Sami Cetin reached a World Record time for Donut Plains 3 lap after doing some cleaning jobs this Easter weekend.

#3 Pierre L'Hoest reached a fantastic result on Choco Island 2 lap by going under the 12"7x barrier with a new World Record there on PAL. This also included a course time PR which almost went sub 1'05".

#12 Pierre Coste drove four NBT PRs this week, the main results being on Bowser Castle 3 with a solid course time and a lap that ties the "skankmaster" Harold Christensen. Some NBT cuts on KB1 and VL1 also gained him more points to help him pass Brazil's PAL Time Trial Champion, Guilherme Arantes.

#65 Leyla Hasso, the Women's Time Trial Champion made a nice return this week and chose Donut Plains 1 after recently losing a lap to rival Krystyna Pawlowicz by means of NBT. Sticking to classic style jumping without any boosts she set two PRs there also retaking the lap, gaining three positions including ahead of the Dutch gaming Titan, Steven Zwartjes.

#96 Samuel Gomez improved his Non-NBT times slightly on Mario Circuit 1 and also on Vanilla Lake 1 5-lap. He is aiming for a particular PRSR Score, although with the movements at the top this may be difficult to reach... perhaps he'll shoot for some bigger PRs next time as a different project idea.

#150 Krystian Wieczorek, the SMK Champion of Poland had a couple of old PR updates on PAL; notably Mario Circuit 3 course and lap Non-NBT, along with some NBT DP1 lap and a small MC1 cut, gaining a rank in the process.

NTSC Activity:

#9 Christian Wild of Germany drove a very high ranked 5-lap on Vanilla Lake 1 NTSC, so we could be looking at a chance for a World Record here soon; he also improved his lap well and set a solid NBT time for Koopa Beach 1.

#34 Nicholas Harvey went for the Ghost Valley 3 course record this time and set a new PR there Non-NBT.

#51 Jonathan Toole-Charignon has continued his efforts for Rainbow Road and got more than he bargained for... a sub 1'26" was within reach and he landed quite far ahead of the field there for a great 5-lap.

#121 Anna Moon focused hard on Koopa Beach 1 NTSC with some water sliding this week. She had a successful run and managed to make double Women's World Record times that beat Yukiko there.

#131 Scott Page of Canada shot ahead on the Bowser Castles with a pair of new times on the 3rd track to cut some points down, and also a lap for BC2. His Ghost Valley 1 time is improving with the platform jump and Ghost Valley 3 5-lap also had a good cut, gaining a couple of ranks.

The Gaming Den da Gaff

Sami @ Sunday, March 24th 07:23PM [link]

New Members

Welcome to...

Krystyna Lilia Pawlowicz Poland (PAL 223rd, Poland 2nd, Knight F)

New World Records

Sami Cetin beats the Donut Plains 2 World Records on PAL 5-lap and 1-lap with 1'25"55 and 0'16"79.

Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Time Trial World Champion, Sami Cetin worked on Donut Plains 2 NBT and landed a 5-lap World Record, then followed up with a fastlap World Record also that went under 16"8x.

#3 Pierre L'Hoest made a small PR for Choco Island 2 course time this week.

#4 Guillaume Leviach had some very close calls while training on Donut Plains 1, but managed to go sub 1'11" so far on the course time with a nice lap alongside.

#13 Pierre Coste had a very nice week with 8 PRs; Mario Circuit 2 longboost had some further cuts to help propel his average finish. Pierre improved his Donut Plains 1 & 2 course times well and his Koopa Beach 1 records were quickly cut down. His Mario Circuit 4 PRs, the lap in particular is very nice! Pierre climbs past Christian Wild on PAL and is on the trail of Arantes already.

#30 Alencar Faria of Brazil landed a pair of NBT PRs for Mario Circuit 3, one of his stronger NTSC tracks. So far on PAL he has gone under the 1'30" barrier, but definitely expect more here soon. He also did a nice VL1 course time Non-NBT and a great MC4 NBT lap, not too far away from Coste's achievement.

#45 Stacy Needham worked on Ghost Valley 1 NBT platform jumps and made a nice 5-lap PR there and also a Donut Plains 3 NBT lap record improvement.

#80 Thorsten Fellberg of Germany drives a Ghost Valley 1 5-lap PR after landing a platform jump, this was a safer attempt so we are sure to see him improve this again.

#94 Russell Horwood of the UK worked on Flower Cup this week, and more Choco Island 1 Non-NBT times were in good order, and he also followed up with Ghost Valley 2 with some consistent results, passing John Kennedy on the PAL Rankings.

#94 Samuel Gomez returned to PAL Time Trial this week with a Mario Circuit 1 course PR and also a Vanilla Lake 1 cut, close to the minute barrier.

#171 Andre Hoelscher made a large cut on his previous Bowser Castle 3 times, which helped him climb to 19th in Germany after passing a few rivals there, and also ahead of Austria's Peter Elsaesser.

#218 Adam Flinn of the UK returned to the Time Trials with a nice collection of times. He had some PRs with Mario on Mario Circuit 4, which has potential for more when he switches to heavyweights there. The remainder of his times on Mushroom and Flower Cup times are getting consistent and he can certainly reach the Top 200 soon after some more PRs.

#320 Pawel Wictor of Poland sets some new PRs for Mario Circuit 1 and Rainbow Road and gains a rank on the PAL Rankings.

#327 Vincent van der Fluit of the Netherlands continued his work on Bowser Castle 3 after some recent PRs there. His new cuts are looking good and also gained him a rank; he should be able to sub 2 minutes there on the 5-lap very soon.

#370 Maia Hasso improved her Ghost Valley 3 lap on a one try attempt this weekend.

NTSC Activity:

#9 Christian Wild of Germany has gone very strong on Donut Plains 1 for NTSC, not just Non-NBT but also in the NBT field with a great 1'09" time and lap. He also hit some PR cuts on the VLs and a pair of Choco Island 2 times and maintains his current rank. He is getting closer to Faria on the NTSC ladder.

#21 Florian Chollet of France drove some Non-NBT NTSC times that cut some average finish score here, this was for Mario Circuit 2 and some platform jumping action on Ghost Valley 2 lap.

#34 Nicholas Harvey hit a lap PR for Ghost Valley 3 with NBT to tie Koltz for the State Record.

#51 Jonathan Toole-Charignon continued his work on Rainbow Road with some more Non-NBT improvements. He has potential for a sub 1'26" as he is really improving the corner jumps now.

#123 Anna Moon returns to SMK and decided to do some Koopa Beach 1 NTSC, with a tie on Leyla's lap there and a new course PR sub 57 seconds.

#133 Scott Page of Canada drove Vanilla Lake 2 NTSC this week with some solid results. The lap shows more potential on the course time so we could see him reach 56 or even 55 seconds.

#217 Esteban Bonilla Elizondo of Costa Rica improved Mario Circuit 1 and Rainbow Road tracks for some classic driving, and gained a couple of ranks on the NTSC ladder to pass a few karters in the US.

Hak hacked them all to pieces on NTSC Battle Mode!

Sami @ Sunday, March 17th 07:30PM [link]

New Members

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New World Records

No new World Records this week...

Movement

PAL Activity:

#3 Pierre L'Hoest delivered a very nice 5-lap PR for Koopa Beach 1 and also a small lap cut on Choco Island 2.

#14 Pierre Coste continued his great results from the previous weeks and has managed a sub 56 course time on Choco Island 1. He also landed a solid pair of KB2 records and some cuts to DP1 and BC2. He is closing in on Christian Wild's PAL rank.

#22 Geoffrey Label of France made a return to SMK this week and greatly improved some of his weaker times. Most notable cuts were on BC2 both and CI2 lap, and also landed a nice island jump lap PR for Vanilla Lake 2 and a pair of Donut Plains 3 times to wrap up Special Cup. Considering his CDM achievements he has great potential here on Time Trial and could push through to the Top 20 with further PRs.

#30 Alencar Faria of Brazil is also not stopping his pace as he continues to PR. Another rank and the Top 30 on PAL is his now after NBT times for Donut Plains 1 and Mario Circuit 2.

#45 Stacy Needham worked on Choco Island 2 NBT this week with some successful results. Ghost Valley 1 lap also saw a nice cut, but best of all was his first UK #2 time on Choco Island 1 lap NBT.

#80 Thorsten Fellberg of Germany drove Non-NBT PRs for Bowser Castle 2 and Rainbow Road laps and has gained a rank ahead of Julien Chabanis.

#95 Russell Horwood of the UK drove Choco Island 1 Non-NBT style to reach a lower 1'03" and a new lap time. He has passed Samuel Gomez this week.

#176 Andrew Hoelscher of Germany returns to SMK this week to regain some ranks and this was achieved through 8 new PRs across the boards. DP1 saw some nice mini barriers broken and the other tracks including Rainbow Road are looking consistent. He has also climbed to 21st in Germany.

NTSC Activity:

#9 Christian Wild of Germany has continued his NTSC adventures this week and amongst a number of Non-NBT times he got a great pair of GV1 NTSC hits.

#21 Florian Chollet of France made a PR on Bowser Castle 2 course time on NTSC, cutting some average finish points.

#34 Nicholas Harvey also set a single PR this week which was an NBT cut for Donut Plains 3 lap, and he maintains his current overall rank.

#51 Jonathan Toole-Charignon passes Karl Ludwigsen on the NTSC rankings after a Non-NBT PR for Rainbow Road lap.

#110 Djibril Aatif of France was the man of the hour after re-writing almost all of his NTSC PRs, bar a VL2 lap this week. The cuts were strong and he has pushed his way well towards the Top 100 from his previous position.

#133 Scott Page of Canada is chipping his way through the ranks as he gains another position on NTSC. His records included several cuts on the Special Cup tracks Donut Plains 3 and Rainbow Road. His shave off Mario Circuit 1 is bringing him closer to reaching that 1'00" there soon too.