[hfactor66]

I like to think of myself as a pretty good player at the Sonic games I have. I have the 3 Sonic Advance games on my iPod's GBA emulator, though I play 3 the most, & Sonic Rush for my Nintendo DS. I also have a SEGA genesis emulator & play various Sonic ROM hacks, but I'm considering downloading Sonic 1, 2, 3 & S&K to see if I can get anything upload-worthy on any of those games.
Currently on Sonic Rush I achieved 1:45.96 as Blaze for the Leaf Storm boss, currently in 3rd place. 
I also got 559 rings as Blaze on Leaf Storm act 1, waiting for submissions to go back up so I can submit that, as it is tied for #1 with SpinDashMaster, by the way I had no help from anyone in figuring out the very same route he used to get enough rings to get 559, also required 2 30s & 2 50s from the ? mark ring boxes, easier said than done. I also have a list of Sonic Advance 3 stats I achieved on various levels with the team of Amy & Sonic I wanna submit, Amy as player & Sonic as partner. Sure they might not be anywhere near the fastest time on the site, but all of them are runs I did on my own & all of them are the routes I came up with on my own for the team I use. Amy's my favorite character BTW :) I just love her.

[SpinDashMaster]

It's been a long time since I RA'd that stage (read: eight years), but I do recall that it is easy to clear out LS1 by simply backtracking before you cross any points of no return.

That leaves the only competitive aspect of the stage down to the 4 random ring boxes. Many of the higher-ranked RA's, including that 559, involve several restarts to get the ideal ringbox composition.

Moving forward with your future RA's, you just have to be persistent once you've got the route down.

[hfactor66]

Very true, LS1 wasn't too hard to figure out, it was just luck & persistence. I got Sonic Rush just a few weeks ago cuz I wanted a new game to play & now that I beat it I have this site to give me more reasons to keep playing it XD
I also figured out a route to hopefully tie/top your 538 as Blaze on NC1, I just need to get 3 50s from the ? ring boxes, a feat I've only done once on LS1. My best on NC1 is currently 510 w/Blaze. In the future I do plan to try for more top 5's for most rings as Blaze, one level at a time. I find I'm good at examining a level & finding routes to get me the most rings once I get good at it. Far from the fastest at most levels I consider myself fast at XD I just sit there in envy when I see how the fastest guys do it if they have a video.

[SpinDashMaster]

You're definitely starting in the right place to begin competition, imo.

Ring attacks will help you to learn level layouts, which in turn will make time/score attacking easier for you.

[hfactor66]

Usually when I get to the point of competing for the #1 spot in an RA I start to see how fast I can perform my RA route. It gets boring waiting for the ideal # of rings from ? ring boxes. On LS1 I got bored to the point of where I could hit the first 3 ? ring boxes within 30 seconds.
Also changing my display name to AmyRoseFan, since she's my favorite. :)

UPDATE - Just got 550 rings on Night Carnival 1 w/Blaze on Sonic Rush, screenshot on my iPod. ? boxes were 50-50-50, F**K YEAH XD time to move to a new level. Once again my persistence pays off, didn't take as long as LS1 though, oh god that took at least over 100-150 attempts to just tie 559. NC1 was more like 50-70 attempts to get 3 50s. If 550 isn't perfect for Blaze on NC1 it's gotta be pretty damn close to perfect.

UPDATE 2 - Got 384 rings w/Blaze on Water Palace 1, my god this was the easiest one yet, less than 15 tries to figure out the route & get a 50 from the only ? ring box LMAO #toofuckeneasy

UPDATE 3 - Going for Huge Crisis 1 #1 w/Blaze, best is 529. 50-5-10-50-50. Given my current route I need all 5 ? ring boxes to be 50s to tie SkyLights' 614, UGH... I might just stop once I'm satisfied with my ranking, cuz 5 50s in one run is next to impossible... not that it can't be done, it's just insanely unlikely...

UPDATE 4 - Started trying Huge Crisis 2, I know I can get #1, I just need some good luck with the ? ring boxes, and the fucking rooms full of enemies sometimes just don't play out right... it's frustrating when those rooms don't go how I planned them... best w/Blaze - 355, ? ring boxes - 30-50-10-5-30

UPDATE 5 - Had a problematic run on HC2 where I got 50-10-30-50-10. Got hit several times & lost my rings, but mathematically I calculated the # of rings I would have had if I had not gotten hit, for a total of 387... I know this is a void stat cuz I didn't end the level with 387 but just thought I'd share that. Here's my math.
Hit 1: rings had at time of hit-334. Rings recovered-50.
Hit 2: rings had at time of hit-97. Rings recovered-3.
50 of those 97 were recovered rings from my 1st hit = 47 collected after initial 50 were recovered.
Rings at end of level-9.
3 of those 9 rings were recovered from my 2nd hit = 6 collected after initial 3 were recovered.
334 + 47 + 6 = 387 rings with 0 hits, would be #2 if this stat wasn't void.

UPDATE 6 - HC2 375 w/Blaze, tied #2, still going for #1. 10-50-30-1-30. I'm just using this as a log for my stats now.

UPDATE 7 - HC2 389 w/Blaze, JUST 3 OFF #1!!! 50-10-30-10-50

UPDATE 8 - HC2 404 w/Blaze, 1ST TO BREAK 400 BARRIER! Screenshot on my iPod. 30-30-50-5-50

UPDATE 9 - I tried a fan game called One Girl Army, and I seriously underestimated how hard this game is. I made it to stage 4, the last stage in the game, but I have yet to beat it.

UPDATE 10 - Altitude Limit 1 416 w/Blaze, ? was 50. Hang Glider part is difficult, how you got 437 SDM will forever remain a mystery to me...

UPDATE 11 - Got Sonic 2 along with 1, 3 & S&K on my PC emulator.
RA stats w/Sonic alone so far
Emerald Hill 1 - 296 MAX RINGS #1
Emerald Hill 2 - 285 MAX RINGS #1
EH Zone wasn't that hard to be honest, some rings where I had to jump off a spring to get weren't easy to get but other than that EH Zone was easy to RA, I mean I got 2 #1s on it in one day XD next is CP Zone, and I can tell from my attempts at it so far this won't be as easy as EH Zone.
Chemical Plant 1 - 325 MAX RINGS #1
Chemical Plant 2 - 297 MAX RINGS #1
CP Zone 1 was difficult to figure out, but CP2 I figured out the max rings route in 3 attempts, partially due to the fact I discovered a secret passage to the boss I didn't even know existed until now on accident. Overall somewhat of a challenge but still CP2 was easier IMO than CP1.
Aquatic Ruin 1 - 246 MAX RINGS #1
MORE TO COME

UPDATE 12 - LS1 579 rings w/Blaze NEW #1, FINALLY TOPPED SDM, god I got SO lucky. 50-50-50-30. I'll be sure to include my screenshot of this. I was honestly hoping for a 4th 50 at the end to make the magic moment happen & get perfect, which I believe is 599. Why do I always get these RA records on my way to or from school XD its like there's some kind of good luck charm to my ride to and from school...

UPDATE 13 - RA #1 proofs that I have
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2cypn4p.jpg - Aquatic Ruin 1 246 rings w/Sonic (Sonic 2)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/21ab7k8.jpg - Leaf Storm 1 579 rings w/Blaze (Sonic Rush)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/mll0sg.jpg - Night Carnival 1 550 rings w/Blaze (Sonic Rush)
http://oi62.tinypic.com/wchlz5.jpg - Water Palace 1 384 rings w/Blaze (Sonic Rush)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/ae6url.jpg - Huge Crisis 2 404 rings w/Blaze (Sonic Rush)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/241sb5f.jpg - Emerald Hill 1 296 rings w/Sonic (Sonic 2)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/sz7508.jpg - Emerald Hill 2 285 rings w/Sonic (Sonic 2)
http://oi60.tinypic.com/o9fps4.jpg - Chemical Plant 1 325 rings w/Sonic (Sonic 2)
http://oi61.tinypic.com/9syowj.jpg - Chemical Plant 2 297 rings w/Sonic (Sonic 2)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2d9z50i.jpg - Green Hill Zone 1 225 rings (Sonic 1)
http://oi62.tinypic.com/2cr0x0g.jpg - Green Hill Zone 2 163 rings (Sonic 1)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2rmm93n.jpg - Green Hill Zone 3 233 rings (Sonic 1)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/9qa1bp.jpg - Marble Zone 1 132 rings (Sonic 1)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/182nth.jpg - Marble Zone 2 115 rings (Sonic 1)
http://oi60.tinypic.com/989jxu.jpg - Marble Zone 3 102 rings (Sonic 1)
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2e3wwg6.jpg - Spring Yard 1 177 rings (Sonic 1)

UPDATE 14 - Sonic 1 RA
GHZ 1 - 225 MAX RINGS #1
GHZ 2 - 163 MAX RINGS #1
GHZ 3 - 233 MAX RINGS #1
Out of all 3 of these acts, act 1 was the most difficult to RA, because of the large group of rings in the air. I did figure out how to backtrack & get the rings I missed that were in that large midair group, and if you think it's not possible to backtrack at that point in the level I will submit video showing how it's possible.
MZ 1 - 132 MAX RINGS #1
MZ 2 - 115 MAX RINGS #1
MZ 3 - 102 MAX RINGS #1
Marble zone wasn't too hard either, the only thing that confused me for a little while was the hidden cache of ring boxes on act 1 that I never knew existed until now.
SYZ 1 - 177 MAX RINGS #1
SYZ 2 - 222 MAX RINGS #1
SYZ 3 - 193 MAX RINGS #1
SYZ 3 confused me in finding the 7 I was missing, same with SYZ 1 with the few rings I couldn't find.
LZ 1 - 110 MAX RINGS #1
LZ 2 - 117 MAX RINGS #1
LZ 3 - 138 MAX RINGS #1
LZ 2 & 3 weren't difficult, in fact got LZ 3 on my first try XD but LZ 1 was frustrating.

UPDATE 15 - Sonic 3 TA
AL single lap - .33 Tails WORLD RECORD http://oi62.tinypic.com/2my9tlu.jpg
AL 5 laps - 11.01 Tails
BP single lap - .71 Tails
BP 5 laps - 5.60 Tails
CG single lap - 5.63 Tails
CG 5 laps - 29.36 Tails
DP single lap - 5.71 Sonic
DP 5 laps - 29.53 Sonic
EM single lap - 7.61 Tails
EM 5 laps - 40.66 Tails

UPDATE 16 - Water Palace 2 477 rings w/Blaze #1 tie w/SkyLights

UPDATE 17 - Sonic 1 Final Boss 1:13 1st try today

UPDATE 18 - Sonic 2 EHZ 1 0:22, can't seem to beat that...
                         Sonic 2 EHZ 1 0:21! Maybe someday I'll get 0:20 or 0:19...

UPDATE 19 - Altitude Limit Boss w/Blaze 1:31.64 CRUSHED YOU ZEUPAR! Sub-1:30 IS POSSIBLE!