1:44 (RT 2:08:36) Hypermode (aka, Hard mode) Any% run of Metroid Prime Trilogy (US Version, WiiU VC). World Record as of Oct 2020.

Though there is some ugliness throughout, overall it’s a very smooth run. Ridley went excellent, Essence went well, Exo went poorly. Left 1:43 on the table due to bad performance (and luck) during Exo. If I could do Hive Mecha Skip in Hypermode, do better on Eco, and fix some mistakes — I think 1:39 is feasible with this route. With Early Space Jump, the floor for Hypermode Any% is probably around 1:35 or so (unless much better endgame boss strats/tricks are discovered).

Finished with 52% -- 75 missiles (and Ice Spreader), 7 PBs, and 7 energy tanks. Found that 75 missiles a great sweet spot of only needing to fetch very quickly-gettable (cost 10 sec IGT or less) tanks while also having decent firepower for Ridley and Exo fight (Ridley air form goes best if you get at least 3 refills during the fight, for a total of 105 missiles)

Checkpoints: 0:00:00 - Control of Samus Begins on Frigate (45 seconds into YouTube video) 0:07:18 - Begin on Tallon IV (had 4:20 left on Frigate Escape timer) 0:11:27 - Missile Launcher 0:13:15 - Morph Ball 0:15:29 - Charge Beam 0:18:39 - Bombs 0:25:09 - Varia Suit 0:31:11 - Boost Ball 0:35:09 - Space Jump 0:38:20 - Magma Pool Power Bomb 0:42:36 - Ice Beam 0:43:58 - XRay Visor 0:47:09 - Ship (Midgame Return) 0:53:08 - Wave Beam + Artifact of Sun 0:55:19 - Artifact of Strength 0:58:31 - Plasma Beam 1:03:54 - Spider Ball 1:07:24 - Super Missile 1:09:50 - Thermal Visor 1:11:25 - Artifact of Spirit 1:17:38 - Central Dynamo Power Bombs 1:24:20 - Phazon Suit (OP Defeated) 1:26:18 - Artifact of Newborn 1:31:56 - Artifact of Warrior 1:36:18 - Artifact of World 1:40:59 - Artifact of Wild 1:42:47 - Artifact of Lifegiver 1:44:29 - Ship (Endgame Return) 1:45:21 - Artifact of Truth 1:53:15 - Ridley Defeated 2:02:29 - Exo Defeated 2:08:36 - Essence Defeated (Control of Samus Ends)