Hi all -- hbix here. The past two weeks have been extremely busy, with six new world records and a heap of other impressive runs. Below are the major headlines... Kinnijup will be remembered as a legend Let’s start with the big one. It’s finally happened, folks. After months of grinding, Kinnijup has earned the Low% world record with a time of 2:34.380 -- a mere tenth faster than Curt’s run. This means that Kinni (a) has the world record for each of the 17 main categories plus All Journal Entries, and (b) has 1 million moss points, now possessing the volcano idol badge. You can watch the whole run here: The run was extremely well-executed, with very few losses of time. 2-1 was a bit of a jerk with an ambiguous path on rushing water, and likewise with 3-1. With 0:32 into jungle and 1:04 into ice caves, unfortunately the ice caves delivered some unkind levels (1:42 into temple). But an amazing temple -- the three levels before Olmec took only 21 seconds combined -- brought the run unexpectedly into world record pace. Kinni sealed the record, with a touch of improvisation under immense pressure and a crucial spider whip while climbing the rope. Incredible. Retired-not-retired Kinni had four more world records to feel chuffed about, and they were all absolutely killer runs. He took moss points from everybody with a 2:16.732 No Teleporter Any%, as well as improving Low% Hell to 5:19.413 and managing a 10:46.505 Haunted Max Low% Hell (with a heart-stopping ropeless 1HP Yama fight). Finally, regular viewers of Kinni’s stream will know that he has been going for All Journal Entries pretty often. All of that time and hard work has paid off, smashing his previous record with 26:58.240 -- a time that surely nobody would have thought was possible months earlier. The battle of the ixes The other world record was set by me (hbix), with a RSVP Challenge score of $1,574,650. This was done on the July 18 daily challenge, taking advantage of a total of five mattocks. For those who are unfamiliar with the RSVP Challenge category, it is essentially a no-ghosting score run with bans on gold dupes, pot strats, and shotguns. Meanwhile, ix set an extraordinary 12 personal bests, with the best of the bunch a 6:20.418 No Gold Hell%. Other great PBs include a 5:54.045 Max Hell%, a 19:50.340 All Shortcuts + Olmec, and a new Daily High Score of $2,424,750 on the July 8 seed. I secured a No Teleporter Any% time of 2:56.482 and then survived with a teleporter to take a 2:49.052 Any%, which was enough to move above ix on the main ranking and into 15th spot. ix, however, will challenge again once he returns from his holiday, so this duel is far from over. Also in the mix just below is Saibot, who is one score run away from leapfrogging both ixes. Saibot finished an impressive No Gold run of 2:49.117 with no teleporter. Nice job! Falafel, Mazerak, and Spef continue to amaze Nearer the top of the main ranking, the PBs have yet to dry up for Falafel and Spef, both of whom each posted a batch of fresh knockout times. With Mazerak active as well, the battle for top 10 is exciting to see unfold. Falafel stunned with a 2:41.129 Low%, a 4:21.476 Hell% run, a 2:12.313 Any%, and a 6:58.721 Big Money, and sits in 9th place, within reach of Twiggle. Falafel’s Big Money run is third overall, behind Kinni and Mazerak. Spef, meanwhile, has his sights set on 10th place -- and he’s only 8,000 points away, thanks to a 2:35.502 No Teleporter Any%, a 2:48.023 Low%, and a 5:28.522 No Gold Hell%. Spef also had a 5:13.784 Max Hell%, a 6:07.747 No Teleporter Max Hell%, and a 7:34.809 Low% Hell, all of which were superb in their own right despite yielding no moss points. And let’s not forget Mazerak. One spot ahead of Spef, he delivered an impressive 17:56.100 All Shortcuts + Olmec run, which puts him in a prime position to overtake Bum. MossRanking is dead forever: Konato pushes Saturnin out of the top 25 If MossRanking is shut down, we can all blame it on Konato_K, who has pushed the indispensible Saturnin55 out of the top 25. Mexico's top Spelunky player completed a very nice Low% No Gold run with a time of 5:12.042. Konato also became the eighth player to finish a Max Eggplant% run, posting a 26:43.981. The run had a few scary moments, including a 5-2 permaghost he had to deal with when a spike ball broke the altar. Good job he had Vlad's amulet... Spelunky's saviour Saturnin isn’t taking the bop lying down. He submitted a range of personal bests, including a 4:29.561 Max Any%, a 3:12.587 Low%, a 20:18.937 Eggplant% (his sixth one overall), and a 26:19.270 Shield Run -- so we might have an epic duel in the making, as they fight for a spot on the MossRanking homepage. A few spots above Konato and Saturnin, ShinGraywords is another runner who has enjoyed success lately, with a 20:34.220 All Shortcuts + Olmec and a 6:04.521 Haunted Max Low%. GreatStriker lands a killer Any%, and more excellent runs GreatStriker is the hot favourite to be the next person to reach 600k moss points, and crushed it with a 2:46.685 Any% run. Striker also had a 6:48.264 Hell%, and will surely be looking to get a sub-6 in the category, especially since his PB was held back by the lack of jetpack in the black market and the need to grab one on a psychic presence 3-2. Just behind Striker on the main ranking is MikeIsMyIke, who did get a sub-6 Hell% with a time of 5:51.105. This included a bold telefrag of the ankh shopkeeper in the black market. Other notable runs include TNF’s 3:15.566 Low%, Yoshimitsu524’s 7:36.080 Max Hell% (with no teleporter), Pojo’s 3:59.393 Any%, and Abob71’s 11:10.304 Big Money. Timestoppa ($660,950) and Amourietta ($541,675) have both been making good progress with score runs, Suspense21 earned a 5:43.267 Any%, and Cloiss finished a Hell run for the first time (38:47.358). Lastly, Soripwnz -- a familiar face to those who are regulars in Kinni’s streams -- has joined MossRanking and submitted a 1:05.000 Temple Shortcut% time. GGs, everyone!