Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records and Players' Site

Sami

Lets see what it brings...

Sami @ Sunday, January 4th 04:29PM   [link]

New Members

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New World Records

Karel van Duijvenboden landed an NTSC World Record on Rainbow Road Course 1'23"81.

Pierre L'Hoest and Karel van Duijvenboden both tied the fastlap World Record on Rainbow Road fastlap for NTSC with 0'16"58*.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#5 Matthias Boucher, the Time Trial Specialist from France returned to SMK with some PRs he had been working on for a while; a strong set that have helped him up to #5 in the World on PAL, after passing Julien Holmiere also to make it at #3 in France.

#27 Gene Tagliabue worked on a few key PRs this week to lower average finish, and is bridging the gap to Clement Papon who is another point ahead on average finish. He is keeping a good pace and should reach those rivals soon.

#31 Alvin van Asselt pushes Donut Plains 2 lap from strength to strength with another PR cut this week.

#38 James Tagliabue went on a good attack on several tracks this week, DP3 was tough but it is coming along well, along with some other PRs that rivalled Gene also.

#103 Alexandre Burel, the Plug and Play team Time Trial leader is fighting strong with 6 new PRs with large statistical improvements that have brought him closer to the Top 100s. The next week could be an exciting move!

#182 Martin Pfeiffer of Plug and Play team worked on 4 of his weaker PRs this week and made some very nice cuts. When he reviews more of the tracks he can pull out his full potential and be up there with his team mate Alex.


NTSC Activity:

NTSC Time Trial World Champion Pierre L'Hoest drove a few more title defense cuts including a World Record tie on Rainbow Road lap.

#2 Karel van Duijvenboden decided to play Rainbow Road NTSC this week and made some great results, regaining the 5-lap World Record and breaking the 1'24"00 barrier, and also reaching the lap tie with Pierre on the fastlap.

#6 Florent Lecoanet went on an NTSC assault this week, improving all of his potential PRs to a stronger level and passing some fast rivals.

#37 Alvin van Asselt improved his KB1 NTSC water trick lap this week.

#96 Raul Henrique of Brazil returned to SMK with a good selection of PRs, including some NBT testing. His PRs have been good pushing him into the Top 100s with more potential for improvement. A great return to start off the new year!

#146 Chuck Foster of USA drove 5 PRs this week, most of the work being on the MC3 and MC4 tracks, with some PR cuts on GV2 also. Sharper cornering and correcting after the corners will pull out some faster laps soon. Keep up the great karting!
Sami

Mario and Tiki, remedy for a cough

Sami @ Sunday, December 28th 02:25PM   [link]

New Member

Welcome to...

Martin Pfeiffer, France (PAL 189th, France 56th, Warrior B)


New World Records

Guillaume Leviach made an NTSC World Record on Rainbow Road Course 1'24"07.

Alvin van Asselt drove a water trick lap World Record on PAL Koopa Beach 1 with 0'03"92.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#7 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy managed to pull out another solid PR for GV1 this week, to end the year, a nice 5/5 platform jumping work of NBT art.

#27 Gene Tagliabue, the Time Trial Champion of Australia made good work on CI2 and VL1 after some NBT'ing on MC3. He later returned to sub the 18 second lap on MC3.

#31 Alvin van Asselt gains a rank over David Bonne with a pair of solid DP2 NBT times, after his strong Non-NBT practice there, and a further time cut to his MC1 NBT. He has also driven a trick lap World Record for Koopa Beach 1 lap.

#40 James Tagliabue is making further improvements on CI2 also, with some new PRs for DP2, closing in more on Franck Mazieres.

#75 John Kennedy set a new 5-lap PR for Ghost Valley 3.

#100 Samuel Gomez improves a new PR on PAL for Mario Circuit 3 and defends his rank.

#169 Daniel Caterbow set a pair of Mario Circuit 3 PRs this week and gains a rank.

#190 Elie Blatz of Plug and Play team in France is making strong progress improving some weaker times, and is now in close competition with his team rival who has just entered the rankings.


NTSC Activity:

#14 Guillaume Leviach hit a great World Record this week, for Rainbow Road 5-lap with NBT on NTSC. He also made a nice lap PR.

#37 Alvin van Asselt drove a nice set of NTSC PRs to go along with his PAL work and is approaching the next karter on the rankings.

#99 Samuel Gomez had yet another amazing week with a massive cut and his NTSC times bring him up to the Top 100 of the World on NTSC. Very well done!

#149 Chuck Foster of USA was set a target last week and he has met it in style. The Top 150 has been reached with some quality PRs and nice barriers broken along the way. Keep up the great karting for the new year and the Top 100 will be yours soon!
Sami

Snow and Cabin... a dream come true :)

Sami @ Monday, December 22nd 04:23PM   [link]

New Members

No new members this week...


New World Records

No new World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#29 Gene Tagliabue fights stronger this week with more PRs, successfully taking the lead against Swiss Time Trial Champion Raphael Braun. A few more close ranked rivals are close range, and he has the pace to cut further towards the Top 25 or even 20 soon.

#32 Alvin van Asselt has worked well on Mario Circuit 1, coming very close to the legendary 1'00" barrier but falling a little short. We await his further results.

#40 James Tagliabue is also making great progress, bridging the large gap between karter behind and ahead; with plenty of potential to go as he works on some more NBT times. Once those are sharpened and combined with his Non-NBT skills, he will fly up to the Top 30s and higher.

#75 John Kennedy returned this week to answer some challenges on his favourite track, with a nice GV3 lap to put into the works.

#94 Steve Bayliss improves his Rainbow Road PRs a little further and maintains his rank.

#101 Samuel Gomez is driving some strong cuts this week with a very nice average finish improvement and is now very close to reaching the Top 100s. This could spark off a rivalry again with Bayliss should he continue to improve at this rate.

#131 Alex Hantson of the Swiss team is also making good progress, only 3 PRs but his -4 average finish cut is looking very promising! His PRs included MC2 lap and BC2 both.



NTSC Activity:

NTSC Time Trial World Champion Pierre L'Hoest had some near misses on World Records this week, with some good attempts at some PRs on various tracks with the tougher strats.

#5 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez enjoys his latest week of PRs with a pair of MC3 times and a good start on CI2 lap also. If he makes a similar amount of average finish improvement next week it could put him in direct competition with Brazil's 2nd fastest, Alencar Faria.

#14 Guillaume Leviach continued to PR, with further work on his favourite Rainbow Road and other NBT & Non-NBT PRs, main focus being on Special Cup.

#158 Chuck Foster is pulling ahead of his previous rivalry pack with some good PRs on the MCs and his weaker BC3 times. Can he keep a strong pace and climb beyond the Top 150 on NTSC before the new year?
Sami

I got da Price... Have you got da Price?

Sami @ Sunday, December 14th 04:36PM   [link]

Next Weekend's Travel / Later Update

Just a quick note, I will be travelling a little next weekend; so the update will be delayed about 24 hours to the late evening of Monday 22nd December 2008. Updates will follow as normal on Sunday evenings after that. Keep up the great PRs as you are all doing and apologies for any inconvenience wink


New Members

Welcome to...

Manuel Babjar, Germany (Joining NTSC 25th, Germany 2nd, Emperor A)
Marcelo Cardoso, Brazil (NTSC 178th, Brazil 15th, Knight F)
Uriah Fowler, Australia (PAL 188th, Australia 13th, Warrior B)


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest drove 3 NTSC World Records: Mario Circuit 3 Course 1'24"77 and 0'16"63 Choco Island 2 fastlap at 0'12"26.

Florent Lecoanet somehow lowered his PAL Koopa Beach 1 World Record to 0'47"85.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#3 Florent Lecoanet defends his rank well with a new WR cut from his crazy KB1 time, and a pair of solid Mario Circuit 1 NBT PRs.

#7 Angelo Di Vano vs #8 Sebastian Stellmacher... Italy vs Germany a great battle... Hang on... yes that's right, Sebastian Stellmacher made a return to SMK this week! Following his unbeatable adventure on MKSC he put some strong efforts into Mario Circuit 1 lap with a very nice PR. Angelo however defends his rank with a few extra PRs as both lower their average finish scores a little.

#19 Ben Allen chipped away at his MC1 lap this week; one that he found difficult but he is getting the techniques better. He must have had an angel on his shoulder encouraging him when he drove that PR... Potential and more PRs there to follow.

#31 Gene Tagliabue, the Time Trial Champion of Australia continued to PR and has managed to break the big barrier on Mario Circuit 1 with a sub minute time, also marking the first person in Australia to reach it. Along with this he made a few more PRs cutting a decent amount of average finish as he closes in further to the Top 30.

#32 Alvin van Asselt landed a nice lap PR for Donut Plains 2.

#94 Steve Bayliss drove 3 new PRs; some small cuts to his strong favourite track, RR and a PR also on his weaker MC4 track. Still plenty of potential there, this could see him past a few more ranks with the average finish cuts.

#151 Alain Bilodeau of France, a legendary multiplayer mode specialist who attended the CDE this year put together a selection of new PRs, mainly on Mushroom Cup and Flower cup. These included some good cuts as he has gained around 30 ranks. However he still has some crazy potential and room for improvement on Star and Special cups, along with a few other key tracks; then he could reach the Top 100s. We look forward to his next PR submission to see what he can reach!



NTSC Activity:

NTSC Time Trial World Champion Pierre L'Hoest continues to extend his lead from Karel with ssome more PRs / WRs as he takes a few more hard to reach times from their previous record holders.

#5 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez stuck on Mario Circuit 4 as his track of choice, a tough one to do tight on MC4 but so far he is pulling out some good results. In time he can break the further barriers.

#14 Guillaume Leviach is still hitting many strong NBT records for NBT with nice potential. He is reaching the higher ranks each week, so far taking down two more karters on the rankings for NTSC.

#33 Akita Sounori of Japan made a surprise return to SMK. His new PRs were for Bowser Castle 2 where he managed to break the 1'40" barrier on the 5-lap and deliver a nice fastlap also. Keep up the great karting!

#165 Chuck Foster has been picking up the pace more this week, keeping up his ranks with several new times across the cups. His latest PRs are stronger on Special cup, and now hitting platform jumps on GV1.

#169 Hunter Koch is not too far behind Chuck, also making a similar amount of average finish improvement with his latest PRs on BC1, platform jumping on GV3 amongst others. An interesting battle could take place vs Foster pretty soon.
Sami

Fastest boy and Fastest girl speaking to the World

Sami @ Sunday, December 7th 05:04PM   [link]

New Members

Welcome to...

Mark Emery, Canada (NTSC 142nd, Canada 27th, Knight B)
Elie Blatz, France (Joining NTSC 183rd, France 10th, Warrior A)


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest drove 2 NTSC World Records: Donut Plains 2 Course 1'23"04 and Mario Circuit 4 Course 1'30"70.

Oliver Segarra Gonzalez drove 2 NTSC World Records for Bowser Castle 3, Course time of 1'27"18 and fastlap 0'17"15.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#3 Florent Lecoanet sent in a couple of PRs managing to break under the 4.000 average finish score.

#19 Ben Allen cuts a few of his NBT PRs, managing to reach another position on the PAL rankings, passing 2008's French Battle Mode Champion, Geoffrey Label.

#31 Alvin van Asselt improves CI2 with some more NBT, cutting a few more points also on average finish; David Bonne not far ahead.

#32 Gene Tagliabue, the Time Trial Champion of Australia made a return this week to SMK working on MC1 and GV2 with nice results so far. We look forward to more PRs from him soon.

#40 James Tagliabue also made a return this week with focus on MC2 and BC3, cutting a chunk average finish down and landing in direct competition with the Spanish Champion, Oleguer Limona.

#42 Chris Clark... yes thats right Chris Clark... the man of carnage from Watford has made his return and hit an historical PR for himself, namely the barrier he wanted on MC1, topped off with a nice fastlap. He can definitely cut some more of his NBT PRs on several tracks; we will wait to see some more PRs soon.

#134 Alex Hantson of Switzerland continued some more nice PRs during the course of the week, attacking more on his KB1 and VL times with good results and a 5 ranks gain.

#190 Elie Blatz drove 5 new PAL PRs this week and a nice improvement to his stats. We are still waiting for his team mate Mr.Pfeiffer to join the rankings and compete with him and Alexandre. It could be a great battle!

#242 Lindsay Molenaar made 4 PRs with Toad and is very close to reaching Anna.


NTSC Activity:

NTSC Time Trial World Champion Pierre L'Hoest sets some more strong NTSC NBT PRs and a few new World Records, these included a further cut on MC4 and a DP2 5-lap that is close to the 1'23" barrier. Awesome efforts once again!

#5 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez put his focus on Bowser Castle 3 this week, pulling out a very strong 5-lap World Record coupled with a scary fastlap World Record. This didn't have a big affect on average finished but proves that he means business when a mind is put to good work.

#16 Guillaume Leviach was an interesting one this week. It would have been fun to see what he could do on NTSC after this year's solid PAL technique training and refinement. He pushed out his best efforts this week and took apart so many of his times on NTSC with awesome results and a huge climb to well within the Top 20 in the World on NTSC.

#36 Alvin van Asselt also made some more progress with a few PRs on NTSC with focus on the DPs.

#56 Chris Clark also played a little on the NTSC half this week, securing 3 new NTSC PRs.

#85 Von Flyler gains another 5 ranks as he is chipping his way up the ladder. As he continues to combine NBT with some sharp edge of the line Non-NBT driving he will reach some very strong ranks.

#166 Chuck Foster hit 4 more PRs and is closing in on his rival even further.

#172 Hunter Koch is doing a great effort on improving his records this week, gaining ranks and hopefully some competition vs Chuck this week coming up.
Sami

I can't eat or talk but at least I can play games...

Sami @ Sunday, November 30th 05:38PM   [link]

New Members

Welcome to...

Hunter Koch, USA (NTSC 196th, USA 93rd, Warrior D)
Bradley Parks, USA (NTSC 228th, USA 114th, Contender D)


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest drove the following great NTSC World Records: Bowser Castle 1 fastlap 0'16"92, Donut Plains 2 1'23"29 and 0'16"35, Mario Circuit 4 Course 1'30"78 and Donut Plains 3 fastlap 0'14"41.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#3 Florent Lecoanet defends his position from a rival on BC2 with a nice 5-lap PR.

#7 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy had a great week, improving some of his key records to cut average finish. As a result he has managed to pass the PAL German Champion of Time Trials, Sebastian Stellmacher.

#9 Guillaume Leviach improved 5 PRs on PAL, also with a solid average finish improvement overall, his best PR this week of which was a fastlap on VL2 with the big Island Jump.

#20 Ben Allen of Team UK... well what can we say, from the start he has proved his worth on many games, including MKSC. We have always said that he could go far in SMK and this year he has shown that he can reach his goals with the hard work he puts in. Ben is now the new UK #2 at Super Mario Kart Time Trials following this week's PRs, congratulations!

#31 Alvin van Asselt cuts his CI2 time Non-NBT below the 1'13" barrier and defends his rank.

#94 Steve Bayliss returned to SMK this week to rejoin Team UK with some nice cuts to 4 PRs that have done him a great favour in the rankings; he is now ahead of former UK Time Trial Champions Matt Leech and Tom Gaffikin.

#140 Alex Hantson of Switzerland hits some more PRs this week and has reached the Top 140 on PAL. His improvements are solid and with further PRs can reach the Top 100s soon.

#168 Daniel Caterbow returns to SMK this week also with a pair of new times on Bowser Castle 2.


NTSC Activity:

New NTSC Time Trial World Champion Pierre L'Hoest, big congratulations after several weeks of solid PRs and World Records, he finally reaches #1 in the World on NTSC Time Trials. His efforts have included 5 new World Records and other great PRs to reach his goal.

#5 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez made a great climb with a strong pair of BC3 PRs and also an MC4 fastlap. This has helped him to pass Matthias Mann for #5 on NTSC. He now focuses on his next targets, and big rivals ahead.

#14 Tyler Worley improves his NBT KB2 fastlap.

#27 Frederic Duarte-Leite drives 7 more PRs this week with more NBT and is extending his lead from Toshi Miura.

#36 Guillaume Leviach is also making great progress with a little adventure on the NTSC side, and a strong average finish cut. His best work is making a barrier cut on Ghost Valley 1 with NBT.

#90 Von Flyler has been flying his way into the Top 100 on NTSC this week. An awesome cut on most of his courses and fastlaps. With this pace he could definitely reach higher ranks as he continues to improve. Some of his top times have included breaking the 1'00" barrier on MC1, amongst others.

#128 Dean Barnhart made a surprise return to SMK this week with PRs for CI1, MC3 and RR.

#166 Chuck Foster made 6 PRs this week and is improvng his stats well as he moves up a bit closer to rival Eric Tapani.
Sami

A fantastic speech mm...

Sami @ Sunday, November 23rd 02:45PM   [link]

New Members

No new members this week...


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest landed an NTSC World Record on Ghost Valley 2 5-lap NBT of 0'58"69.

Alencar Faria set a fantastic new NTSC World Record for Mario Circuit 1 lap with 0'10"90.

Florent Lecoanet did the impossible with his new PAL Koopa Beach 1 5-lap of 0'47"95.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#3 Florent Lecoanet broke an incredible barrier reaching the first sub 48 on PAL with a 47"95 World Record for Koopa Beach 1, very well done!

#8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy also broke a barrier of his own, reaching the 58 second club on Mario Circuit 1 along with another PR.

#9 Guillaume Leviach provided his latest cuts on a few tracks, performing really well once again with great achievements on VL2 fastlap.

#10 Manuel Babjar is focusing on Koopa Beach 1 for the moment, putting some good laps together so far and making his way towards a grand target; so far improving his 5-lap a bit.

#13 Pierre Coste put some more effort into his Ghost Valley 2 PRs this week with further cuts including for average finish helping him to pass Matthias Mann.

#21 Ben Allen made slightly fewer PRs however some significant cuts to reach some rival karters. F-Zero friend and Swedish SMK champion Kalle Videkull was one of them, and the Legendary Harold Christensen. Ben is now on target for his big target. We look forward to see him hit those winning PRs on his road to victory.

#108 Samuel Gomez continues to play BC3 with another PR and maintains his rank.

#192 Elie Blatz of the Plug and Play Team in France returns with some very strong cuts to his times, a super effort! He has reached the Top 200 on PAL also with plenty of potential.

#203 Shane Quinlan, the Champion of Ireland continues to PR with 7 new times this week. He is approaching the Top 200 spot on PAL, with further PRs he can reach that mark very soon.


NTSC Activity:

#2 Pierre L'Hoest continues his NTSC adventure making a great climb and is nearly reaching #1 on NTSC with NBT. His latest PRs also included a solid World Record on Ghost Valley 2. Will Karel defend his title for next week?

#4 Alencar Faria drives an incredible lap World Record for Mario Circuit 1 this week, well done.

#27 Frederic Duarte-Leite is improving his level each week by passing another karter, with great times once again.

#119 Von Flyler of USA made a return to SMK crushing his PRs left, right and center and a large average finish cut. With continued improvement he can fly into the Top 100s; awesome potential, we look forward to seeing more PR hits.

#164 Eric Tapani drives a small PR on KB1 fastlap.

#168 Chuck Foster has made a pair of new times on Donut Plains 2 and is also defending his rank this week. Perhaps a battle vs Eric will take place in the next week.
Sami

Just draw up a plan

Sami @ Sunday, November 16th 04:30PM   [link]

New Members

No new members this week...


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest hit 4 NTSC World Records; Donut Plains 1 1'08"80 and 0'13"39, Ghost Valley 1 0'59"44 and Koopa Beach 1 fastlap 0'08"87.

Karel van Duivenboden set a new NTSC World Record for Choco Island 1 of 0'53"26.

Florent Lecoanet made a PAL World Record tie on Bowser Castle 1 fastlap 0'17"43*.


Movement

PAL Activity:

#3 Florent Lecoanet drove a pair of nice PRs for BC1 this week, and defends his rank well.

#8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy drove some more on the Ghost Valley tracks this week with success again and some more average finish chops.

#9 Guillaume Leviach did his Special Cup improvements focusing on DP3 and VL2 lap with some nice results so far.

#10 Manuel Babjar managed to break the BC1 barrier that he was after this week and took down another nice PR on KB1 along with it.

#14 Pierre Coste made a little comeback this week to repass Roodhorst with a few GV2 PRs.

#23 Ben Allen has worked hard all this time and has made a major breakthrough following his latest PR list. He has managed to pass McCarthy on the PAL rankings for UK #3 on Time Trial, and will continue to work towards UK #2. Kalle and Harold are also in close range.

#145 Alex Hantson of the Swiss Power team made a return to SMK this week with a bunch of great new times that have improved his stats by a large amount. He has also passed Damien Blanc to reach #6 in Switzerland.

#242 Lindsay Molenaar improved some more Toad records on weaker tracks and is on approach to two more Dutch rivals.


NTSC Activity:

NTSC Time Trial World Champion Karel van Duijvenboden defended a little with his CI1 World Record on NTSC to keep things moving this week.

#2 Pierre L'Hoest went on a further strong assault on NTSC this week, taking many PRs down, and also succeeding with 4 new World Records. He has earned a POW for his great efforts.

#6 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez continued on his journey, providing us with 4 more PRs to add to his list, and has passed Canada's #1 Chris Balch. Another rival is just ahead.

#28 Frederic Duarte-Leite has hit some nice new times since making his debut on the NTSC rankings and has already gained another rank with some solid NBT cuts on several tracks.

#163 Eric Tapani and #167 Chuck Foster have been in fairly close competition this week. Eric defending with 3 PRs and a stronger attack from Chuck with some more weaker tracks in a stage of renewal. They are both moving along nicely towards the Top 150 mark, with further large PR cuts they can reach there soon.