Rayman 2 speedrunning

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Any% NMG - PC in 01h 42m 36s by KeidaKennedy - 9th place

Submitted: 24/04/2026
Platform: PC

First completed run! I got the Stone & Fire jump by total fluke so will be hard to beat that split lol

Echoing Caves: 100% IL - PC in 02m 24s 540ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 29/04/2026
Platform: PC

hi

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 46s 878ms by Dr_Otto9 - 3rd place

Submitted: 30/04/2026
Platform: PC

Funny, isn't it?

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 39s 600ms by Torsinn - 2nd place

Submitted: 01/05/2026
Platform: PC

Definitely funny.

All Masks - PC in 01h 06m 21s by Dr_Otto9 - 3rd place

Submitted: 30/04/2026
Platform: PC

Was itching to do a redemption run with the new strat so there you go

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 39s 469ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 02/05/2026
Platform: PC

Very funny

No Lum Check - Early Echoing Caves in 49m 58s by oggyloscara - 5th place

Submitted: 01/05/2026
Platform: PC

im sorry for the cringe run

Dead% in 07m 19s by KeidaKennedy - 5th place

Submitted: 02/05/2026
Platform: PC

Shout outs to the Ray gang for the epic coach. No Lum Check Dead% World Record btw. Hi Torsinn.



*mod note: hi*

100% - Emulator in 02h 39m 14s by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 29/04/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: JPN / NTSC

Decent run besides Fairy Glade and Echoing Caves aka Precipice 2 aka Top of The World 2.

Additional details:

• Analog Stick: Yes

[hoodlumsworld]

Why is everyone running Sanct. of Stone & Fire? It's not SpeedRay anymore.

And what is "100% - Emulator"?

[FlapJack]

And what is "100% - Emulator"?

100% = finish the game with all 1000 Lums and all 80 familiar spirits.

Emulator = played on PS2 emulation software (e.g. PCSX2) instead of a real PS2 console.

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Sanct. of Water & Ice: 100% IL - PC in 02m 28s 784ms by Kobaltski - 1st place

Submitted: 04/05/2026
Platform: PC

Feel like this can be improved by several seconds but I just wanted to snipe this IL

Any% - PC in 01h 03m 52s by Kobaltski - 6th place

Submitted: 04/05/2026
Platform: PC

Good improvement, more to come

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 53s 9ms by Sandwitchs - 4th place

Submitted: 04/05/2026
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL

Was practicing the new skip and got this run



*mod note: retimed to 53.01s after removing the teensie cutscene*

Whale Bay: Any% IL - PC in 02m 49s 338ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 05/05/2026
Platform: PC

Robin

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 38s 725ms by Dr_Otto9 - 2nd place

Submitted: 05/05/2026
Platform: PC

Help I'm about to die of laughter

Canopy: Any% IL - PC in 02m 14s 431ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 06/05/2026
Platform: PC

Nice GLM finding by Coco!

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 37s 890ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PC

It keeps getting funnier

No Lum Check - Precipice Warp in 51m 13s by KeidaKennedy - 6th place

Submitted: 02/05/2026
Platform: PC

Actually a fun category, will probably run this back again.

[Hunchman801]

Why is everyone running Sanct. of Stone & Fire? It's not SpeedRay anymore.

SpeedRay was an NMG run, though!

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All Masks - PC in 01h 23m 00s by KeidaKennedy - 8th place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PC

Great run for my current route! Still lots of time to save and strats to learn.

Prison Ship: Any% IL - PC in 03m 08s 280ms by GuiguiBlocCraft - 4th place

Submitted: 09/05/2026
Platform: PC

Testing prison ship IL... not bad :p

All Masks - N64/DS in 02h 43m 16s by Torsinn - 2nd place

Submitted: 09/05/2026
Platform: Nintendo DS
Region: EUR / PAL

Submitting this in All Masks because EEC is (probably?) possible in theory... Anyway, DS version is done, now it's time to burn the cartridge and never talk about it ever again

Echoing Caves: 100% IL - PC in 02m 23s 389ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 15/05/2026
Platform: PC

A barrel away from avenge

No Lum Check - Precipice Warp in 51m 08s by KeidaKennedy - 6th place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PC

Winner of the worst PB of all time award

Glitchless - Console in 02h 10m 18s by Future34 - 2nd place

Submitted: 07/05/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: EUR / PAL

Additional details:

• Analog Stick: No

[hoodlumsworld]

GG Torsinn on the DS run.

SpeedRay was an NMG run, though!

This is true! Any% almost skips the level...

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Echoing Caves: 100% IL - PC in 02m 21s 753ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 19/05/2026
Platform: PC

This time we're happy. Kinda.

Any% NMG - PC in 01h 38m 12s by KeidaKennedy - 7th place

Submitted: 19/05/2026
Platform: PC

Tomb and final boss were so hilariously bad. We'll get em next time!

Echoing Caves: Any% IL - PC in 01m 16s 965ms by Dr_Otto9 - 1st place

Submitted: 22/05/2026
Platform: PC

Rock

All Masks - PC in 01h 05m 27s by Dr_Otto9 - 2nd place

Submitted: 23/05/2026
Platform: PC

Can leave the long All Masks grind for now!

100% - Emulator in 02h 33m 38s by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 18/05/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: JPN / NTSC

I don't know why I cant do warship skip anymore. Also bad Stone and Fire and Tomb. It's still nice to see a run were both Marshes and Menhir Hills worked just as intended. Sub [2:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROCOY36Hhc&t=150s) seems more and more possible.

Additional details:

• Analog Stick: Yes

[hoodlumsworld]

Eric, any reason you're playing in Japanese? I know in some games the text scrolls faster but I don't know about Rayman 2.

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Echoing Caves: Any% IL - PC in 01m 15s 521ms by CoCo - 1st place

Submitted: 27/05/2026
Platform: PC

Rock

All Masks - PC in 01h 32m 26s by clankape - 11th place

Submitted: 31/05/2026
Platform: PC

*mod note: added RTA time*

[Hunchman801]

Eric, any reason you're playing in Japanese? I know in some games the text scrolls faster but I don't know about Rayman 2.

I know some players chose Japanese in Resident Evil for that, but I digress.

[EricZen]

Eric, any reason you're playing in Japanese? I know in some games the text scrolls faster but I don't know about Rayman 2.

Well the short anwser is you have less text to go through in cutscenes or when encountering Murphy in woods for example. So you spend less time on them then in other languages. I think in Woods alone you save like 8s or something. And of course throughout the entire hundo run it is even more. So quite a nice timesave. We just don't care about language on PC because there we can skip cutscenes and can just spam through any dialog box (in revo you can only speed them up). On N64 for example italien is the best language option you have.

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Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% IL - PC in 47s 914ms by GuiguiBlocCraft - 4th place

Submitted: 02/06/2026
Platform: PC

Nice glitches

All Masks - PC in 01h 27m 07s by clankape - 11th place

Submitted: 04/06/2026
Platform: PC


All Masks - PC in 01h 15m 04s by Phaeally - 7th place

Submitted: 06/06/2026
Platform: PC

Sometimes is too slow, for sure, and needs to be reformed, for sure



*mod note: retimed to 1:16:05 RTA*

Glitchless - Console in 02h 09m 12s by Future34 - 2nd place

Submitted: 30/05/2026
Platform: PlayStation 2
Region: EUR / PAL

Additional details:

• Analog Stick: No

[hoodlumsworld]

On N64 for example italien is the best language option you have.

So this is why! I never thought much of it but even as of 11 years ago all the WRs are in Italian. Not sure if that helps people learn the language tho...

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Any% - PC in 01h 05m 16s by CoCo - 8th place

Submitted: 08/06/2026
Platform: PC

Good pb!

Bayou: Any% NMG in 02m 59s 30ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 14/06/2026
Platform: PC

Happy about the sub 3 even though map 1 could have been better. The second map is such a pain though with the new damage boost.

[Hunchman801]

So this is why! I never thought much of it but even as of 11 years ago all the WRs are in Italian. Not sure if that helps people learn the language tho...

"Italian with Rayman" doesn't exist in the educational games, so that's gotta be your best bet.

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Bayou: 100% IL - PC in 03m 14s 110ms by GuiguiBlocCraft - 4th place

Submitted: 16/06/2026
Platform: PC

*mod note: retimed to 3:14.11 LRT*

Link to video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2798294553

All Cages - PC in 01h 17m 43s by Dr_Otto9 - 2nd place

Submitted: 17/06/2026
Platform: PC

Happiest I can be for a 6th try RNG!

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% NMG in 05m 52s 740ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 02/12/2025
Platform: PC

I completly forgor to submit this. Ups. Could try to get a SUB 5:50 one day when we figure out consistent fast plum spawns.

Woods of Light: Any% NMG in 01m 08s 810ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 02/07/2025
Platform: PC

Right, this Level is part of the NMG boards now. Well time to reclaim wr again with my 1:08.

No Lum Check - Early Echoing Caves in 47m 00s by oggyloscara - 5th place

Submitted: 18/06/2026
Platform: PC

[hoodlumsworld]

"Italian with Rayman" doesn't exist in the educational games, so that's gotta be your best bet.

No, but there is an Italian game that teaches you English. Will that work?

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All Masks - PC in 01h 29m 05s by oggyloscara - 13th place

Submitted: 18/06/2026
Platform: PC
Region: EUR / PAL



Sanct. of Water & Ice: 100% IL - PC in 02m 27s 182ms by Torcnein - 1st place

Submitted: 17/06/2026
Platform: PC

decent for unc airswim

All Masks - PC in 01h 13m 30s by Phaeally - 5th place

Submitted: 20/06/2026
Platform: PC

Oh, the misery

Any% - PC in 57m 46s by Torsinn - 2nd place

Submitted: 17/06/2026
Platform: PC

washed

Woods of Light: Any% IL - Dreamcast/iOS/3DS in 04m 03s 78ms by dpagrailservices - 3rd place

Submitted: 27/06/2026
Platform: iOS



Any% NMG - PC in 01h 18m 55s by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 27/06/2026
Platform: PC

Imagine losing almost 30s to one splitt and still pbing by 2s with this economy in NMG. Next time I kill this category for sure.

Woods of Light: Any% IL - N64/DS in 03m 49s by RADWANERADOUANE - 3rd place

Submitted: 28/06/2026
Platform: Nintendo 64



Woods of Light: Any% NMG in 01m 11s 66ms by GuiguiBlocCraft - 2nd place

Submitted: 19/06/2026
Platform: PC



Beneath Sanct. of Rock & Lava: Any% NMG in 03m 43s 560ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 21/06/2026
Platform: PC

Hard to tell how much you can still improve. A second at least for sure. I just never know with this Level.

Beneath Sanct. of Rock & Lava: 100% NMG in 04m 32s 689ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 21/06/2026
Platform: PC

Not golding map 2 as well. Truely bad IL. Again improvable by 1s and maybe even more. I don't know with this Level.

Sanct. of Stone & Fire: Any% NMG in 05m 47s 439ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 21/06/2026
Platform: PC

Did another attempt and I think now I have gotten a good time with our current knowledge. Until we figure out fast plum spawns.

Woods of Light: Any% NMG in 01m 08s 760ms by EricZen - 1st place

Submitted: 27/06/2026
Platform: PC

Actually kinda the same as my other nmg woods but this has a proper savefile.

[hoodlumsworld]

GG Eric on the new NMG WR! And all the ILs lol. It's just a matter of time until you get a 1h17m now.