[Zurggriff]

The question that no one asked but is getting answered anyway: What are the longest standing untied records on The Sonic Center?

I was inspired to research this by the Goldeneye and Perfect Dark community over at https://www.the-elite.net/. There, they have two tables, one showing the top 10 longest lasting untied records ever and another showing the current untied records along with the option to show those tables as they were on an earlier date. While TSC does not have this feature, the data is available to find this manually. There was just this tiny difference where TSC has just a few more games to cover, 55 more or less, with many of them having a significant number of charts. Additionally, several games track time to a value more precise than a second and have competetive ring or score charts, making untied records common throughout the site. With that said, finding the longest lasting untied records ever is a lot of work and will have to wait for a later day, but I did compile a list of all 4453 current untied records on this spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e7qDY73t_0AVgF6J06apnISeh6d2diKSXM7Zu6zOZSU/edit?usp=sharing.

For convenience, here are the Top 25 current untied records:

Rank   Duration   Record     Category                   Game                Level    Division             Date               Player
   1  5281 days      355        Rings   Sonic Adventure (DX)         Twinkle Park         Amy       2004 May 16  videogamemaster777
   2  4864 days  0:13:90        Times                Sonic R         Radical City         Tag      2005 July 07           SprintGod
   3  4717 days  0:05:36  Time Attack                Sonic 3        Chrome Gadget  Single Lap  2005 December 01           SprintGod
   4  4715 days  0:17:11        Times               Sonic CD  Stardust Speedway 1        Acts  2005 December 03           SprintGod
   5  4666 days   170990       Scores  Sonic Adventure 2 (B)          Cosmic Wall         1st   2006 January 21             Psyknux
   6  4642 days     0:57        Times         Sonic 3D Blast     Volcano Valley 2       Sonic  2006 February 14           SprintGod
   7  4623 days    52500       Scores               Sonic CD  Stardust Speedway 2        Acts     2006 March 05              maggot
   8  4614 days      213        Rings               Sonic CD  Stardust Speedway 1        Acts     2006 March 14              maggot
   9  4613 days    63400       Scores               Sonic CD    Quartz Quadrant 2        Acts     2006 March 15              maggot
  10  4605 days    51400       Scores               Sonic CD   Metallic Madness 2        Acts     2006 March 23              maggot
  11  4602 days    58600       Scores               Sonic CD    Collision Chaos 3        Acts     2006 March 26              maggot
  12  4601 days      211        Rings               Sonic CD  Stardust Speedway 2        Acts     2006 March 27              maggot
  13  4599 days    53300       Scores               Sonic CD  Stardust Speedway 1        Acts     2006 March 29              maggot
  14  4592 days  0:52:40        Times       Knuckles Chaotix       Techno Tower 5      Levels     2006 April 05               Thorn
  15  4591 days  1:45:66        Times       Knuckles Chaotix      Amazing Arena 5      Levels     2006 April 06               Thorn
  16  4588 days      620        Rings             Sonic Rush        Mirage Road 2       Blaze     2006 April 09             Crowbar
  17  4583 days  0:52:95        Times               Sonic CD    Quartz Quadrant 3        Acts     2006 April 14           SprintGod
  18  4580 days  0:20:78        Times               Sonic CD    Quartz Quadrant 1        Acts     2006 April 17           SprintGod
  19  4574 days  0:11:46        Times       Knuckles Chaotix       Speed Slider 2      Levels     2006 April 23               Thorn
  20  4568 days  0:46:51        Times       Knuckles Chaotix       Botanic Base 4      Levels     2006 April 29      whitewolf_braz
  21  4561 days  0:57:06        Times       Knuckles Chaotix      Amazing Arena 4      Levels       2006 May 06      whitewolf_braz
  22  4540 days  1:56:62       Bosses             Sonic Rush     Mirage Road Boss       Blaze       2006 May 27      SpinDashMaster
  23  4538 days  0:24:80        Times               Sonic CD    Collision Chaos 2        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  0:20:83        Times               Sonic CD   Metallic Madness 1        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  0:27:85        Times               Sonic CD   Metallic Madness 2        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  1:18:55        Times               Sonic CD   Metallic Madness 3        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  0:22:36        Times               Sonic CD    Quartz Quadrant 2        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  0:26:75        Times               Sonic CD    Wacky Workbench 1        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  0:29:50        Times               Sonic CD    Wacky Workbench 2        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days  1:06:55        Times               Sonic CD    Wacky Workbench 3        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot
  23  4538 days    55000       Scores               Sonic CD    Wacky Workbench 2        Acts       2006 May 29              maggot

Edit: Added Sonic The Hedgehog to the spreadsheet as that game was missing entirely, as it was on 2018 October 31. Total current untied records corrected from 4139 to 4453.

[hfactor66]

Interesting post, I like this kind of stuff, because some records really do stand the test of time. It’s neat seeing whose records have stood atop the charts the longest, who has the most untouchable record in the history of the site.

Tbh my vote is for MickX’s 861 in rings on Leaf Storm 2 with Blaze, that legit requires SIX god damn 50s, a one in over 15,000 chance, and those are odds I am not willing to beat without the internet to stream and capture equipment for my DSi so I can just broadcast each of the thousands of attempts it would no doubt take to replicate such a feat.

[SpinDashMaster]

Oh man. I have a record that's over 12 years old? Jeeeez.

[Spinballwizard]

The fact that there's an untied record without subseconds for that long surprises me.

The fact that it belongs to Sprint does not.

[TimpZ]

Is it possible to get a data dump of all records on TSC? And not just the 1st places but basically all data on the site.

[SpinDashMaster]

How far do you wanna go with this all-encompassing data? do you only want the current times that each user has or their entire submission history also? The latter might be a monumental task, but the former at least looks as simple as a spreadsheet.

[TimpZ]

The data already is there, no task to be made. Gerbil would just have to upload the database somewhere and it's done.

[Etch]

Of course RC tag, haha.