In Rec Room, speedruns are play-throughs of one of the Quests with the intention of completing it in the shortest amount of time possible. Players attempt speedruns mainly to challenge themselves and to entertain as well as compete with others.
Players performing speedruns call themselves "speedrunners." In the past, they would add SR to their display name in order to distinguish themselves from casual players and to signal/warn others that they will likely progress through quests quickly and recklessly, normally without regard to the final score. The trend of adding the SR title has since dwindled, but the spirit of speedrunning continues, especially with the addition of new quests and movement modes.
Details relevant to a speedrun are the name of the Quest that is being run, the version (as quests are often changed in updates of Rec Room), the number of players in the team, and the achieved rank.
See also Rec Room on speedrun.com.
Additional Details & Terminology[]
Rushing[]
Rushing is when one or more members of a speedrunning team move or "rush" ahead to a certain location or work to accomplish a required task in order to spawn as many waves as possible, with the intent of clearing each level/act as quickly as possible. The exact mechanic behind rushing depends on the quest, as certain quests simply require a player to be at a certain location while others require all or a set number of enemies to be eliminated in the area.
Glitching[]
Glitching is when a player finds and exploits a flaw in order to achieve something that was not originally intended by the game designers. Most Rec Room speedrunners use glitches to skip entire parts of levels (for example, the skip in Act 3 of Golden Trophy). These glitches are only allowed in Any% speedruns. There is another category called Glitchless, where these glitches are not allowed.
There is one notable exception in Glitchless speedruns is the double shot. This particular glitch allows players who use a bow to fire two arrows with a single draw, essentially doubling their rate of fire. It can be utilized in the Quest for the Golden Trophy and The Curse of the Crimson Cauldron. This was first used in an official speedrun in December of 2017. There has been some controversy to its use, but it has been utilized in nearly every speedrun since 2018 and has made it possible to achieve much lower times than before. It has also been kept as an official mechanism for quests since the addition of the game mode Rec Royale, where the double shot feature is disabled.
Exploits[]
The use of exploits varies from glitching in that exploits improve a speedrun time but do not break the game's originally intended mechanisms. These are encouraged and are often necessary in speedruns. An example of a common exploit is the turning of the goblin king in the last Act of Quest for the Golden Trophy where speedrunners will have one player, generally the first person to spawn into the room, draw the attention of the goblin king to the side while the remaining players attack from the opposite side. This allows players to rapidly eliminate the boss without having to deal with the waves of enemies that spawn as the goblin king's health is depleted.
Routing[]
The routes that players follow during a speedrun. For example, in a duo speedrun of Quest for the Golden Trophy, in Act 2, one player will stay back and take enemies near the entrance, and the other will be ahead and will take enemies near the exit. Speedrunners try to use the most optimal routes which are the ones that are fastest.
Submitting[]
Records are usually communicated by posting screenshots of the final scoreboard or a video on the Rec Room subreddit www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom or on Rec Room's discord. Attempts can also be submitted to www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room.
Records (as of 7/21/22)[]
Quest for the Golden Trophy[]
Current squad speedrun record set February 13, 2022 in 3 minutes and 17 seconds by Cosmo, Kami, Skipper, and Cyclic Wand:
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Current trio and all-time fastest speedrun record set April 25, 2022 in 3 minutes and 14 seconds by Cyclic Wand, Cosmo, and Rock Lobster:
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Current duo speedrun record set February 22, 2022 in 3 minutes and 30 seconds by Cosmo and Cyclic Wand:
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Current solo speedrun record set April 2, 2022 in 4 minutes and 44 seconds by Cosmo:
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The Rise of Jumbotron[]
Current squad speedrun record set September 26, 2021 in 5 minutes and 40 seconds by Skipper, Ronin, Fire, and Rock Lobster:
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Current trio and all-time fastest speedrun record set June 22, 2022 in 5 minutes and 28 seconds by Allsfair, Brodycapalot, and Hau:
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Current duo speedrun record set June 27, 2022 in 5 minutes and 50 seconds by Hau, and Brodycapalot:
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Current solo speedrun record set April 29, 2022 in 8 minutes and 27 seconds by Allsfair:
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The Curse of the Crimson Cauldron[]
Current squad speedrun record set February 5, 2022 in 6 minutes and 59 seconds by Rock Lobster, Willaf, Milkygoose, and OrvillesPopcorn:
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Current trio and all-time fastest speedrun record set June 28, 2022 in 6 minutes and 14 seconds by Rock Lobster, Phaseless, and Skipper:
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Current duo speedrun record set June 26, 2022 in 6 minutes and 21 seconds by Rock Lobster, and Skipper:
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Current solo speedrun record set June 14, 2022 in 7 minutes and 28 seconds by Rock Lobster:
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Isle of Lost Skulls[]
Current trio and all-time fastest speedrun record set December 31, 2021 in 6 minutes and 55 seconds by Fusi, Skipper, and MoonNinja:
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Current duo speedrun record set June 1, 2022 in 6 minutes and 57 seconds by Skipper, and MoonNinja:
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Current solo speedrun record set July 20, 2022 in 8 minutes and 53 seconds by CupCake:
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Crescendo of the Blood Moon[]
Current trio speedrun record set February 19, 2022 in 12 minutes and 24 seconds by Was_A_Mistake, NanoTech, and Willaf:
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Current duo speedrun record set July 16, 2022 in 12 minutes and 8 seconds by Was_A_Mistake, and BracketsRR:
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Current solo speedrun record set July 17, 2022 in 12 minutes and 32 seconds by Was_A_Mistake:
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