hey

I understand that the moderators here have already opted not to have a fastest max category due to another site having a "fewest lines" max list. I would definitely like to have a category here for fastest max in real time though, for a couple reasons. "fewest lines" runs need thorough calculation to multiple decimal places to precisely determine the point where one had maxed out. You also need to be a 1.2 million capable player to come close to the top of the leaderboards there, where people are maxing out on level 26 and such. I was in Joseph's Tetris stream today and he indicated that he wanted a speedrun.com category for fastest max, and a number of other top players concurred, as well as myself. It would be much simpler and more speedrun-esque using a timer. For instance, someone can max on level 27 without pushing down and still be slower than a push down player maxing out with their last tetris entering level 29. This reveals to me that a "fastest max" is a different run with different strategy than a "soonest max" aka "fewest lines max". Regarding the implementation of the speedrun I believe it would be best to have one category for 0-18 starts and another for 19 starts (as a 19 start max is much more difficult but inherently faster). As for the number of runners the category can expect I would have no worries as maxing out is becoming increasingly common and the number of confirmed maxout players is soaring in recent years. Thank you for considering my recommendation and I hope to see a 999,999 category soon!

I hope it picks up in popularity, Eric really ran away with this one. :-)

I like the idea of B-type speedrunning. I guess I'd try it if it happened to be a category.