Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records Site

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Sami @ Sunday, July 25th 03:46PM [link]

Super Mario Kart World Championship 2010 Inscription Deadline

Just a reminder as I'm sure you are all aware, the SMK World Championship 2010 due to be held near Reims, France between 17th - 22nd August has an inscription deadline for the end of the month. Those of you still wishing to attend, please download an inscription form from the link below, with instructions.

http://www.championnat-smk.org/inscription.php

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New World Records

Guillaume Leviach drives a new PAL World Record for Koopa Beach 2 5-lap with 0'55"40

Michael Fried sets a few more NTSC trick World Records; Donut Plains 1 lap of 0'00"58 and Koopa Beach 2 lap with 0'00"68.

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PAL Activity:

#7 Guillaume Leviach landed his first NBT PAL World Record on Koopa Beach 2 5-lap this week after a refining flatboost strategy on the lap which aided in a faster course time after consistent laps.

#27 Florian Chollet is continuing to chip away at the average finish gap to McCarthy with another KB2 PR on the lap following the activity of Leviach, and a pair of MC1 NBT times.

#34 David Bonne, a Non-NBT specialist in France made a nice return to SMK this week with some new PRs on the Koopa Beach courses (the lovely KB1) and also Mario Circuit 3 where he is reaching the 1'33"00 barrier soon. Swiss Time Trial and Match Race Champion, Braun is just ahead.

#43 Mickael Smolen made his fair share of NBT PRs this week, with MC4 a prime target as he goes sub 1'40" there and increases his average finish attack a bit more.

#49 Alexandre Burel of France went to improve his Donut Plains 3 which still holds a lot of potential.

#89 Samuel Gomez gains another rank over a former Non-NBT specialist of the UK from 90s, Russell Shaw with great new times on BC2, MC4 and RR. However, a powerful rival is fast approaching the Top 90...

#91 Euan Johnston, the Time Trial Champion of Scotland now holds 36 out of 40 Scotland Records and his 3 new PRs on Mario Circuit 4 and Donut Plains 3 this week gained him another rank, to place him in competition with Gomez, and also a few more target UK players.

#105 Daniel Pabst of Germany is fighting his way through the tough road to the Top 100 but his journey is going very well; with twin PRs on Choco Island 2 he is closing that gap faster every time.

#255 Davd Moll of the UK also made his return following solid MK64 activity and has driven 4 new PRs, mainly on the Bowser Castle tracks as he gets used to the feel of SMK. His potential is great as he already passes several karters including Western and Grier to reach 46th in the UK.

NTSC Activity:

#24 Michael Fried decided to continue his good result from last time and hit new trick World Record times for a few more tracks on NTSC; Donut Plains 1 lap and Koopa Beach 2 lap.

#81 Yukiko Takada of Japan makes some good PRs for GV2, DP2 and MC3 and gains another 4 or 5 ranks. The Non-NBT is getting sharper with 1'03"00 and 1'30"00 barriers on GV2 and DP2 reachable soon.

#100 Jacob Goldfinger was another surprise comeback this week and what a way to do that than to pull back to the Top 100 of NTSC! He made quite a few new times and a decent cut to pass a few players.

#161 Christophe Charignon was able to have some more NTSC SMK time recently and pushed out a strong list of times with a larger average finish cut, landing a few ranks short of Panama Champion Jose Karica.

#194 Ryan Trovillion has really fought well against his rivals this week with 16 new PRs and a large average finish cut, including a movement into the Top 200 of NTSC.

#195 Alex Vandegrift set fewer PRs than rival Ryan just ahead but still earned a good cut and gained a couple of ranks. Both karters have great potential and we look forward to see a continued rivalry there.

The Purple Slide

Sami @ Sunday, July 18th 04:40PM [link]

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PAL Activity:

#7 Guillaume Leviach was very close to the Koopa Beach 2 World Records this week after some tinkering around with the NBT strategy; keep your eyes out as he may continue to break those great marks soon.

#27 Florian Chollet set new PRs for Bowser Castle 2 and Koopa Beach 2 with a good chop off his average finish and sub 57 on KB2!

#49 Alexandre Burel of Plug and Play Team in France returned ever strong with some more NBT PRs and a couple of solid Non-NBT including sub 1'29 at Rainbow Road.

#69 Freek van der Steen of the Netherlands took over a couple of players this week on the ranking to push above the Top 70 with a nice platform jump lap PR for Ghost Valley 1.

#92 Euan Johnston, the Scotland Champion of SMK set 8 new PRs this week and has climbed a number of ranks again. He has now reached 9th Place in the UK also with his latest effort and is on pace to go well ahead of the Top 90 soon.

#106 Daniel Pabst of Germany is not too far behind Euan and approaching the Top 100 on PAL fast with a pair of DP3 and VL2 PRs to set the scene.

NTSC Activity:

#13 Ha Nyan made some nice records for MC1 and MC3 this week, along with some strong times on Bowser Castle 3. This has helped him to extend the lead on Tohgo and move closer to Bernier.

#56 Cole Gilbert of Canada increased his volume of PRs this week and thus resulting in a nice average finish improvement and shift into the Top 60 of NTSC Time Trials. Now 9th in Canada he will have the edge and pace to go well into the Top 50 as he perfects some more Non-NBT driving for sharpness.

#85 Yukiko Takada of Japan sets 4 new PRs this week; for CI2 and Rainbow Road to pass some more karters.

#100 Samuel Gomez of France decided on a fun return to NTSC this week and the results were great with PRs for each cup and a resulting cut to the Top 100 on NTSC Time Trials.

#147 Chuck Foster drives a pair of Ghost Valley 1 times with nice platform jumping attempts and defends his overall rank.

#189 Christophe Charignon had a return to SMK NTSC this week which was good fun as it sparked off some competition for the ranks below. His immense cut so far placed him well under the Top 200.

#196 Alex Vandegrift followed behind Christophe with a shift past the barrier also and 13 new PRs with most of the PRs done on Flower and Special Cups.

#200 Ryan Trovillion has had a fantastic week since his joining last week, with super improvements on all of his times using Bowser and landing right at the Top 200 of NTSC. Keep up the great Karting.

#233 Joe Sebeny was another suprise comeback and with 6 new PRs made a nice cut that stayed in competition with an approaching rival.

#234 Nick Meade is really putting together some strong driving following learning techniques with D.K.Jr and hitting 20 new PRs. Word has it that Sebeny is also a rival to Meade before, so perhaps we will see a nice competition from them both as they close the gap to the others in front around the Top 200.

Nice Retro Gaming and Sunshine!

Sami @ Sunday, July 4th 06:45PM [link]

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Ryan Trovillion, USA (NTSC 232nd, USA 101st, Warrior C)

New World Records

Michael Fried returns with a Trick 1-lap NTSC World Record on Mario Circuit 4 of 0'00"58.

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PAL Activity:

#5 Sami Cetin achieved a couple of more UK Record improvements on Mario Circuit 4 this week at a Retro Gaming event during some demos. The 5-lap of which was done by surprise while in conversation to one of the spectators.

#75 Christian Wild was certainly going wild this week with a lot of new times across nearly all the boards. He managed to break the legendary PAL benchmark on MC1 by reaching the 1'01"s. His GV2 driving, mainly the fastlap is looking sharp aswell, amongst many other great cuts on the tougher tracks.

#90 Samuel Gomez must be out celebrating this evening with a certain result! He also had time for a quick PR on SMK's longest track, Bowser Castle 2 and maintains his rank.

#110 Daniel Pabst of Germany passes a couple of karters this week including rival Alexander Walz to reach 12th in Germany. This was achieved with good results on VL1 (with more potential on the course time there), and Rainbow Road.

#157 Timur Ahmad was the other very active karter in Germany this week by making a strong climb on some key MC and GV courses. His achievements lifted him up to 18th place in Germany and just ahead of the PAL Women's World Time Trial Champion, Broennecke.

#311 Donatien Pauleau of France improves a lot of his times with Koopa this week with Rainbow Road under the 2 mins mark and several other courses levelling out as he picks up the driving strategy well. He can definitely go for the top 300 on his next batch of PRs.

NTSC Activity:

#24 Michael Fried, the New York State Champion returned to SMK this week to revive some of his previous trick driving methods. He reached a World Record this week on Mario Circuit 4 fastlap with the current technique.

#29 Matthias Boucher improves some more of his NTSC times Non-NBT style to sharpen up a few previous PRs and maintains his rank.

#63 Cole Gilbert of Canada continued his SMK activity this week producing 6 new PRs. He has gained a couple of more ranks this week, including passing former MC1 specialist Antonio Abdo for 11th Place in Canada.

#91 Yukiko Takada gains another rank from the previous week with a pair of new records on Vanilla Lake 1 that cut nearly 2 full average finish points down. She is close to reaching some more players on the ranking just ahead.

#148 Chuck Foster passes two karters with 4 new PRs this week; two were on Ghost Valley 2 and a pair from Star Cup courses. Ecuador's Champion is a few short points just ahead.

#214 Alex Vandegrift continued a strong level of activity this week with 18 nice new times while working on all of the cups. His latest times are shifting him closer to the Top 200.

#254 Nick Meade, the Mario Kart Wii site Champion is really picking up the pace well with a very strong average finish cut this week as he nears the Top 250. He is learning the driving techniques and this will help him to produce the sharper times on MC1 and other tracks; and perhaps rival Alex and karters within the 100th - 200th ranks very soon.

New strat on Koopa Beach 2 anyone?

Sami @ Sunday, July 4th 06:44PM [link]

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Toshio Hayashi, Japan (NTSC 267th, Japan 28th, Contender B)
Nick Meade, USA (NTSC 278th, USA 126th, Contender D)
Cooper Lovera, USA (NTSC 309th, USA 143rd, Novice C)

New World Records

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PAL Activity:

#7 Guillaume Leviach decided to try some NBT on Koopa Beach 2 while others worked on a new strategy there for Non-NBT and chopped a little down on his fastlap.

#27 Florian Chollet sets a couple of PRs on Bowser Castle 2 with more potential for a sub 1'45" there; he maintains his rank.

#43 Mickael Smolen of France is really advancing strong in the past week following some nice tests on KB2 leading to some strategy revision by other karters for the Non-NBT style and waterslides. Several other new times have also helped him to gain many ranks and land at 21st Place in France.

#86 Christian Wild has had a fantastic week also with 17 new PRs including some strong cuts! His GV3 is getting faster and more consistent with some nice work in particular on the Bowser Castle tracks. He is now getting closer to a former German Time Trial Champion, Bjorn Kuhn.

#97 Euan Johnstson gains a couple of more ranks this week with 5 new PRs including some good Bowser Castle 1 and Ghost Valley 3 cuts, and a small lap PR for Mario Circuit 3 going into the 18 seconds Non-NBT.

#116 Daniel Pabst of Germany improves his Koopa Beach 2 course time this week and gains a couple of ranks including passing the Finnish SMK Champion.

#244 Daniel Sampson improves 4 of his PRs this week including some very nice work for Koopa Beach 1; Koopa Beach 2 has more potential and his Mario Circuit 1 is shaving down in the 1'03"s.

NTSC Activity:

#6 Florent Lecoanet made a return to NTSC this week with several nice NBT cuts and climbs beyond Gonzalez following some nice KB2 Non-NBT adventures!

#13 Ha Nyan of Japan has driven a pair of nice NBT times for Mario Circuit 3 and this has helped him to pass Tohgo to become 2nd fastest Time Trial karter in Japan once again! We look forward to see his climb towards Kobayashi next.

#30 Matthias Boucher set 4 new Non-NBT PRs of strong level to Mario Circuit 1, Choco Island 1 and Donut Plains 3. He maintains his current rank.

#67 Cole Gilbert of Canada made a return to SMK Time Trials this week with a new PR for Donut Plains 2 lap and gained a couple of ranks.

#92 Yukiko Takada, the Women's Time Trial World Champion cut more than -5 off her average finish score this week with very nice records for Ghost Valley 1 and Mario Circuit 4.

#150 Chuck Foster set 7 new PRs and gained a rank on NTSC, also close to Jon and Gabriel just ahead. His times are consistent this week, Mario Circuit 1 can definitely go down to lower 1'01"s and 1'00" soon.

#229 Alex Vandegrift has had a very active week with a long list of new hits on his times with main focus on Mushroom Cup and Star Cup. With continued PRs on the harder tracks he can make more large cuts to average finish and reach the Top 200 swiftly.

#297 Zack Weber moves further within the Top 300 of SMK after 13 new times in the last week. There are a lot of close ranked karters above and with another wave of PRs he is likely to make a climb there soon.

Got to be willing to take the hits

Sami @ Sunday, June 27th 05:56PM [link]

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PAL Activity:

#5 Sami Cetin, the Time Trial Champion of the UK made a tiny cut to his Mario Circuit 4 NBT course time during a few demonstrations. Unfortunately it faid to redeem England's football result, though was respectable driving.

#27 Florian Chollet drove 3 new PRs this week to gain a bit more time on average finish. This was achieved with some nice NBT PRs for Choco Island 1 and a spot of platform jumping on Ghost Valley 2.

#54 Mickael Smolen has made a strong cut past several Non-NBT specialists and former champions with 11 new PRs including more consistent VL2 and aggressive strategies on Ghost Valley 1. His Mario Circuit tracks are also coming along nicely as he approaches the Top 50 on PAL.

#119 Daniel Pabst of Germany gains another rank with a nice chop to his Koopa Beach 1 lap using some water sliding.

#244 Daniel Sampson of Australia returns to SMK this week, also using the Koopa Beach tracks as he place of attack. Some nice new times appeared on Koopa Beach 1, and a good flap cut on KB2 followed. Daniel climbed to 18th Place in Australia.

NTSC Activity:

#14 Ha Nyan of Japan gains a rank ahead of Anderson this week with new NBT records for Mario Circuit 4 and also a sub 50 second course time on Koopa Beach 1, with still a lot of potential. Just a few average finish points are between Tohgo and Ha Nyan for 2nd Place in Time Trial in Japan.

#29 Matthias Boucher of France set 4 new Non-NBT PRs, some of the most impressive being on Mario Circuit 2, and climbs a rank this week.

#246 Grant Gingerich of USA who recently joined Time Trials sends some improvements for Donut Plains 1 and Koopa Beach 2 with Bowser; this has gained him a couple of ranks this week.

#300 Zack Weber of USA also recently joining Time Trials has gone on the first attack of his initial times and managed to chop down a lot so far, landing in the Top 300 with plenty of potential as he figures out the strategies and shortest racing lines while using Bowser. His fastlaps are looking very good so far, so expect more big cuts very soon.

A win is a win I suppose

Sami @ Sunday, June 20th 06:28PM [link]

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Grant Gingerich, USA (NTSC 248th, USA 107th, Warrior F)
Gerardo Chavez, Mexico (NTSC 299th, Mexico 4th, Apprentice A)
Zack Weber, USA (NTSC 306th, USA 141st, Novice E)

New World Records

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PAL Activity:

#65 Mickael Smolen of France improved 3 PRs with a nice sub 1''00" broken on VL1 with a nice lap. He has gained a couple of more places on the PAL World Rankings and now 26th in France.

#99 Euan Johnstson, the Scotland Champion has had a great week and comeback to SMK. He attacked a lot of key courses to cut the necessary average finish to reach some barriers; this includes the Top 100 of the World on PAL Time Trials and passing rival Steve Bayliss to also reach 15th in the UK.

#120 Daniel Pabst of Germany set a new PR for Koopa Beach 2 lap and maintains his current rank.

NTSC Activity:

#30 Matthias Boucher of France continues his NTSC Non-NBT work with 6 new PRs including very nice work for Vanilla Lake 1 and some other tracks. Ghost Valley 2 and Mario Circuit 1 are also getting sharper with platform jumping and pipe jumps respectively.

#96 Yukiko Takada, the Women's Time Trial World Champion sets 10 new records with a lot of improvement to Bowser Castles bumper jumping and Koopa Beach tracks. She has also reached to within the Top 100 of NTSC and 11th Place in Japan.

An old friend resurfaces

Sami @ Sunday, June 13th 05:22PM [link]

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New World Records

Karel van Duijvenboden made a new Rainbow Road 1-lap PAL World Record with NBT with 0'17"09.

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PAL Activity:

PAL Time Trial World Champion, Karel an Duijvenboden broke a nice barrier on Rainbow Road fastlap this week which was also a new World Record NBT.

#68 Mickael Smolen of France gains 5 more ranks this week with his latest PRs; some nice work on Bowser Castle 2 and especially Bowser Castle 3 consistency with a new time for DP1 also.

#120 Daniel Pabst has also set 5 new times this week and made a gain of a few ranks. He is approaching Schiering for another rivalry rank.

NTSC Activity:

#15 Ha Nyan works on his weaker Vanilla Lake 1 times and approaches the sub 50 second barrier soon. Another good pair of cuts could bring him closer to Anderson's rank.

#45 Nicholas Harvey reached a great barrier and target time with some Longboosting on Mario Circuit 2 breaking under 1'10". He has also a PR for Mario Circuit 1 lap and Ghost Valley 3 lap.

A perfect speech

Sami @ Sunday, June 6th 05:17PM [link]

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Marius Hukkelaas(joining NTSC), Norway (NTSC 93rd, Norway 1st, Star F)
Enrique Nunez, Chile (NTSC 295th, Chile 5th, Contender F)

New World Records

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PAL Activity:

#45 Marius Hukkelaas played a little PAL this week with a GV1 fastlap PR following his entry to NTSC. The PR has closed him in a lot towards Spanish Champion, Oleguer.

#73 Mickael Smolen of France has had an insane week with a huge list of new PRs and massive cuts, with potential still going further. He has shot well beyond the Top 100 on PAL and landed at 28th place in France. The MKSC experience has certainly paid off! Keep up the great karting!

#98 Christian Wild of Germany sent us 15 new PRs including almost breaking the famous 1'02"00 barrier for MC1 Non-NBT. With his pace and volume of PRs on other tracks he will reach this goal soon. This week he has succeeded in making the Top 100 overall on PAL World Rankings and #10 in Germany.

#124 Daniel Pabst drove 5 new PRs including some improvement on a few weaker Vanilla Lake tracks and cut some good average finish, passing a few karters on the ranking.

NTSC Activity:

#23 Simon Laflamme set a small PR for Choco Island 1 course time Non-NBT and maintains his rank.

#30 Matthias Boucher continues his latest adventures on NTSC with some more tight Non-NBT records achieved, including the 1'25" barrier on Rainbow Road broken, and very strong records for Bowser Castle 1 and Ghost Valley 2.

#113 Yukiko Takada, Women's World Champion of NTSC continues with some more PR cuts and climb on the average finish. This week she played some more successful platform jumping on Ghost Valley 1 and 3 with some nice cuts on the DPs, Choco Island 1 and Bowser Castle 1. With more new records she can reach the Top 100 of NTSC. Yukiko is now ranked at 13th in Japan.

Maiden flight with an A318

Sami @ Sunday, May 30th 03:47PM [link]

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PAL Activity:

#27 Florian Chollet set a pair of NBT times on Koopa Beach 2 with a sub 10 second fastlap. He also hit Rainbow Road Non-NBT with some nice consistency going sub 1'28".

#110 Christian Wild of Germany has had another huge climb knocking over 20 ranks on the World PAL Time Trial ladder, with only 10 to go for the famous Top 100! He has sharpened his Non-NBT also on a lot of the tracks and shaving his Mario Circuit 1 to the faster half of the 1'02"s.

#125 Daniel Pabst of Germany made a stronger return to SMK this week with 6 new PRs mostly hovering around the Flower Cup tracks with some tighter driving and passing some more karters on the ranking.

#277 Alvaro Fababu returned to Time Trials this week is getting closer to the next rank in Spain following a nice string of 8 Mushroom Cup PRs. He still has a lot of potential on the other cups, and this will help him to greatly climb to the higher ranks. A rivalry vs Charignon will be good when joins the PAL side with a full timeset also. In the meantime Alvaro has a lot of potential on BC1 and the Star/Special Cup tracks where he can easily knock down some 300+ ranked PRs, keep up the great karting!

NTSC Activity:

#15 Ha Nyan of Japan decided to work a little Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 1 this week with a small cut there and a lot of room for improvement. He is within closer distance to gain ranks over Anderson and Tohgo after some more PRs on the weaker tracks.

#23 Simon Laflamme, Canada's 3rd fastest overall Time Trial karter and former NTSC Champion made a surprise return on a course that has interested him for some time. This was infact Vanilla Lake 2 where he was able to land a 2nd place World Ranked time. We look forward to see future PRs from Simon!

#33 Matthias Boucher continues his Non-NBT NTSC adventures this week with another pile of new times. Most of the action took place on Star and Special cups but a very good Non-NBT record for BC2 lap was set and his overall rank has climbed up a bit further.