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Players may submit each run to one category only, regardless of whether the run obeys the individual rules of others. Leaderboard clutter has been reduced by retroactively removing duplicate runs from the past.

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This is a segmented sum of best run for SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Any%. The time demonstrated in this video is not achievable with the strategies shown. Its purpose is to demonstrate all of my personal bests in this category throughout one video while expressing just how unrealistic achieving a “sum of best run” in speedrunning is, especially against splits this optimized in an hour-long game.

One of the most noticeable flaws in this run is the inconsistent shiny object count across segments. This will naturally occur in any sum of best segmented run due to RNG-related and simply inconsistent aspects of this game. Shiny objects lost in earlier segments can be made up for in later segments, however in this run, shiny object count is irrelevant and no segment “makes up” for losses that occurred prior. Some segments may also have inconsistent shiny object and spatula counts due to routing differences that took place sometime after the best segment was achieved. Ski Lodge is the most dated segment in this run, so this problem is obvious here. Though the spatula and sock counts are inconsistent in this segment, the route for Ski Lodge is still optimal for the current Any% run so the gameplay in it is still valid. Spatulas and socks obtained before the segment have no effect on the tricks performed in the Ski Lodge shown in this run.

So no, a 55 is not achievable with the strategies displayed in this run. Each of these segments were taken from a single sample out of thousands of attempts and cannot be achieved consistently. RNG, luck, load variance and other factors including inevitable movement inconsistency do not allow human players to theoretically achieve a time within one minute of sum of best with this number/organization of such optimized splits. Realistically, it is barely possible to achieve a time within 70 seconds of sum of best, meaning a time of 56:5X is barely possible with the strategies shown in this video. This segmented run is heavily flawed despite my sum of best segments being as accurate as humanly possible. Sum of best is simply a number and is not to be taken literally as true best possible time. In fact, it’s far from it.

Thanks for watching! This has been a product of thousands of hours of optimization so hopefully the gameplay meets your expectations.

I've seen this scene over 7,000 times to date and have not witnessed this once.

https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/spongebob_squarepants_battle_for_bikini_bottom_ps2.html

https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/spongebob_squarepants_battle_for_bikini_bottom.html

https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/spongebob_squarepants_battle_for_bikini_bottom_ps2_28.html

http://www.speedrunslive.com/profiles/#!/TaylorTotFTW/ssbfbbgc/1

Edit: these may be helpful in the future: http://www.speedrunslive.com/profiles/#!/coel//1

Edit: http://www.pbtracker.net/game/spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom?c=any

Mods have discussed and decided that because the game is becoming more competitive, the Any% cutoff time has been moved back to 1:20:00. The 1:15:00 cutoff had been set for several months and provoked some suspicious submissions and improvement rates. This is not up for discussion.

Please discuss the leaderboard theme in this one thread. Stop making new posts each time you make or suggest a change, thanks.