# Metal Eden

Metal Eden on the Steam Store: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/990380/METAL_EDEN/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/990380/METAL_EDEN/)

You are **ASKA**: a HYPER UNIT with a jetpack, gravity hooks, and no time to waste. Shred the INTERNAL DEFENCE CORPS and grapple through the monolithic city of MOEBIUS, racing to rescue the COREs of its citizens.

**Check out the gameplay trailer:**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3IjCNwyCFQ

**Think fast - move faster.** The fastest demo completion times will take home a cut of the $1,000 prize pool.

# ![](/static/blob/rz2v3l8n.jpg)

**📅** Challenge Details

Start Date: April 8, 2025 at 4:00PM UTC

End Date: April 15, 2025 at 11:59PM UTC

All qualifying runs must be submitted through [the official Challenge leaderboard](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/9x32q3l6-Metal_Eden-metal-eden-demo-speedrun-challenge) on Speedrun.com. Prize-eligible runs must also be livestreamed as part of the submission process.

# **💰Prize Distribution**

Total Prize Pool: $1,000

- 🥇 **1st Place** – $500
- 🥈 **2nd Place** – $300
- 🥉 **3rd Place** – $200

***Note: Prizes may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner’s country of residence.***

# **🎁 Participation Rewards**

Submitting any run regardless of your placement comes with perks:

- One month of Speedrun.com Supporter
- The “HYPER UNIT” Title for your profile

[Supporter](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter) helps fund SRC and unlocks site-wide benefits, while [Titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles) are exclusive profile tags only obtainable through participating in official Challenges!

# **🌍Eligibility**

The challenge is open to players aged 18 and older worldwide, except in the following restricted countries: Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you're under 18, you're still welcome to participate and can earn participation rewards - but you will not be eligible for the cash prizes.

# **📤Submitting Your Run**

- Record your speedrun and submit it via the Challenge leaderboard on Speedrun.com
- Prize-eligible runs must be livestreamed
- Ensure your video follows the formatting and rules listed on the leaderboard

For complete contest and category rules, please visit the challenge leaderboard.

# ![](/static/blob/5ngg6yxn.jpg)

# **Category**

### All Arenas

The featured category for this challenge is **All Arenas** - a full-throttle sprint through the demo, where every encounter counts. You'll be starting from a fresh file and clearing every combat arena the game throws at you.

It’s fast, it’s fluid, and it showcases exactly what makes *Metal Eden* tick. Movement & Mayhem.

*Creative routing* is encouraged, anything goes - as long as you don’t skip the action.

For complete contest and category rules, please visit [the challenge leaderboard](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/9x32q3l6-Metal_Eden-metal-eden-demo-speedrun-challenge).

## **🧠Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, please come join us in the [Speedrun.com Discord Server](https://discord.gg/0h6sul1ZwHVpXJmK) and chat in [#challenge-discussion](https://discord.com/channels/124483701970173952/1356692825911197937) - you can also follow the challenge here on Speedrun.com to receive notifications about challenge activity!

Good luck, and have fun!️

In partnership with PLAION and Reikon Games, we’re launching the Metal Eden Demo Speedrun Challenge on April 8th, 2025 - dropping right alongside the demo’s release!

Metal Eden Demo $1000 Speedrun Challenge!

This month, we’re stepping into the shadows of *Aliens versus Predator 2 (AvP2)* - a cult-classic FPS packed with skips and tech.

# **📅 Challenge Details**

Start Date: March 28th, 2025 at 11:59PM UTC

End Date: April 6th, 2025 at 11:59PM UTC

All qualifying runs must be submitted through [the official Challenge leaderboard on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/42ymrr39-avp2-src-series-avp2-speedrun-challenge) (and not to the main leaderboard.) Prize-eligible runs (top 3) must also be livestreamed as part of the submission process.

# **💰Prize Distribution**

Total Prize Pool: $500 USD

- 🥇 **1st Place** – $250
- 🥈 **2nd Place** – $150
- 🥉 **3rd Place** – $100

***Note: Prizes may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner’s country of residence.***

# **🎁 Participation Rewards**

Submitting any run regardless of your placement comes with perks:

- One month of Speedrun.com Supporter
- The “Yautja” Title for your profile

![](/static/blob/5ngg3w4n.png)

[Supporter](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter) helps fund SRC and unlocks site-wide benefits, while [Titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles) are exclusive profile tags only obtainable through participating in official Challenges!

# **🌍Eligibility**

The challenge is open to players aged 18 and older worldwide, except in the following restricted countries: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you're under 18, you're still welcome to participate and can earn participation rewards - but you will not be eligible for the cash prizes.

# **📤Submitting Your Run**

- Record your speedrun and submit it via the Challenge leaderboard on Speedrun.com
- Prize-eligible runs must be livestreamed
- Ensure your video follows the formatting and rules listed on the leaderboard

For complete contest and category rules, please visit [the challenge leaderboard](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/42ymrr39-avp2-src-series-avp2-speedrun-challenge).

# **Category**

You’ll be tearing through the **Predator campaign** in an **Any% speedrun**, using every skip, glitch, and exploit in the book to reach the end as fast as possible.

For complete contest and category rules, please visit the[ challenge leaderboard](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/42ymrr39-avp2-src-series-avp2-speedrun-challenge).

# **🧠Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, please come join the [IHS Discord Server](https://discord.gg/dDAzh64juT) and chat in #avp2 ([https://discord.com/channels/869351378726846494/937250393103171644](https://discord.com/channels/869351378726846494/937250393103171644)) - you can also follow the challenge here on Speedrun.com to receive notifications about challenge activity!



Good luck, and have fun!️

The next SRC Series challenge is live TODAY - and this time we’re teaming up with Indie Horror Speedruns (IHS) to unleash a challenge that’s fast, ruthless, and soaked in cult-classic chaos.

SRC Series: AvP2 Speedrun Challenge

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** February 27th @ 12:00PM UTC

**Duration:** 10 days, until 11:59PM UTC March 9th, 2025

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the selected category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Zuma’s Revenge Initiate Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it[ here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with a unique title! If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles![ https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

The title for participating in this challenge will be… **Ball Buster**!

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXc0tYU9C0ugU_02EEXh46gPBSyMRmw9v-2F5SSdd_Me4npsgLAjMA__ukq4azQM4qp7DhQiiT5nZecIbeiyrw3tc97akpBZSP59KxIAy_wIJFAQn-_ur-S7hWsPS1O4La2ryGyW3Q?key=yTuCtEsxX4Xj9ArfQbYpRD36)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 5.

## **Category:**

### **Initiate**

Create a new file and play the first 10 levels of Adventure Mode (1-1 through 1-10). Then navigate to the challenges menu in the main menu and complete the 10 challenges in the “Mettle of the Monkey” page in any order.

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/l0yzny8e-zumas_revenge-src-series-zuma-s-revenge-initiate-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that we require that prize eligible runs submitted to this challenge must have been live streamed to qualify.

**Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/l0yzny8e-zumas_revenge-src-series-zuma-s-revenge-initiate-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/l0yzny8e-zumas_revenge-src-series-zuma-s-revenge-initiate-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/l0yzny8e-zumas_revenge-src-series-zuma-s-revenge-initiate-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/l0yzny8e-zumas_revenge-src-series-zuma-s-revenge-initiate-challenge/rules?view=challenge) 

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the Zuma's Revenge leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/zumas_revenge) and/or join [Popcap Games Speedrunning Discord Server](https://discord.gg/RkJ3Fdhhz4)!  You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

This month we’re swapping shotguns for balls - our next SRC Series challenge is all about mastering Zuma’s Revenge! Think fast, shoot faster, and keep those chains from reaching the skull. 🔵🟡🔴

SRC Series: Zuma's Revenge Initiate Speedrun Challenge

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** January 24th @ ~12:00PM UTC

**Duration:** 8 days, until 11:59PM UTC February 2nd, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the selected category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the DOOM Kex Port Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it[ here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with a unique title! If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles![ https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

The title for participating in this challenge will be… **Marine**!

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd0AI1XWcMWcvByVsDLM0v8f7lnLnItDawAeQpvhSpMqUc3zYscL7r03l4lURrPNxeTIfwP88IFzMMYYR2VN9ViD-_jMj_JIMgQrxts8-nM1vk0fg3orpMMfB0K67uUNa1B9XXMZg?key=p4fijryh-fuOCKESgLkklKkL)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 5.

## **Category:**

### Legacy of Rust Episode 2 - All Secrets 

- Complete Legacy of Rust Episode 2: Counterfeit Eden (Maps 1-7 + 0) while collecting all the secrets
- You may complete the run on any difficulty

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/jkyo6y9n-Doom_Kex_Port-doom-kex-port-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that we require that prize eligible runs submitted to this challenge must have been live streamed to qualify.

**Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/jkyo6y9n-Doom_Kex_Port-doom-kex-port-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/jkyo6y9n-Doom_Kex_Port-doom-kex-port-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/jkyo6y9n-Doom_Kex_Port-doom-kex-port-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/jkyo6y9n-Doom_Kex_Port-doom-kex-port-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge) 

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the DOOM Kex Port leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/Doom_Kex_Port) and/or join [DOOM Speedrunning Discord Server](https://discord.gg/CaxmcJkv4d)!  You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**



You DOOM fans are in for a treat, because this month we’re trading in zombies for demons - our next SRC Series challenge will dive into the 2024 DOOM Kex Port! It’s time to rip and tear through the hordes of hell.

SRC Series: DOOM Kex Port Speedrun Challenge

It’s time to fend off the zombie hordes so sharpen your gardening skills, plant your defenses, and get ready to show those brain-hungry creeps who’s boss!

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** December 27th @ 12:00PM UTC

**Duration:** 9 days, until 11:59PM UTC January 5th, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the selected category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Plants vs Zombies Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it[ here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with a unique title! If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles!

[https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

The title for participating in this challenge will be… **Botanist!**

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcVNilJAClgX27ViqR9a_c8fZWWbQ8-xJKpKiaMKtPLvQjRUNZMsvyWl9SkloNervJU_eMXw6YMq5cSgLpWO7wHKEDEqSBFoojqTGDe6L8d3oQu1eEEEYm0g3teqea9jdb4k0UK?key=KISYokoKI-5P669BUH3I15VB)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 5.

## **Category:**

The category of choice will be revealed shortly before the launch of the challenge!

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/21yg1y5v-pvz-src-series-plants-vs-zombies-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that we require that prize eligible runs submitted to this challenge must have been live streamed to qualify.

**Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/21yg1y5v-pvz-src-series-plants-vs-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/21yg1y5v-pvz-src-series-plants-vs-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/21yg1y5v-pvz-src-series-plants-vs-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/21yg1y5v-pvz-src-series-plants-vs-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge) 

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the PvZ leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/pvz) and/or join [Plants vs Zombies Speedrunning Discord Server](https://discord.gg/R8tPmjs)!  You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

You zombies fans are in for a treat once again, coming at you with the second zombies themed challenge in a row - our next SRC Series challenge is Plants vs. Zombies! 

SRC Series Plants vs. Zombies Speedrun Challenge

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** November 15th, 2024 @ 12:00PM UTC

**Duration:** 9 days, until 11:59PM UTC November 24th, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the selected category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the BO6 Zombies Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it[ here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with a unique (and yet to be revealed) title! If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles! [https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice will be revealed shortly before the launch of the challenge!

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/xny8nyl5-BO6Zombies-black-ops-6-zombies-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that we require that prize eligible runs submitted to this challenge must have been live streamed to qualify.

**Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/xny8nyl5-BO6Zombies-black-ops-6-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/xny8nyl5-BO6Zombies-black-ops-6-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/xny8nyl5-BO6Zombies-black-ops-6-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/xny8nyl5-BO6Zombies-black-ops-6-zombies-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the BO6 Zombies leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/BO6Zombies) and/or join [COD Zombies Speedrunning Discord Server](https://discord.com/invite/H2VdDefUrK)!  You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

Get ready, zombies fans - our next SRC Series challenge is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies! It's time to face off against waves of the undead in this month's challenge which will test your skills and keep you on your toes.

SRC Series: Black Ops 6 Zombies Speedrun Challenge

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** October 4th, 2024 @ 12:00PM UTC

**Duration:** 9 days, until 11:59PM UTC October 13th, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $750 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the Initiate category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $300

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

**4th place** - $100

**5th place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

![](/static/blob/qzp7mmwz.png)

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Titanfall 2 Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it[ here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with the title “**Pilot**”. If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles![ https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 5.

## **Category:**

The category of choice will be revealed shortly before the launch of the challenge!

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/64y623rv-titanfall_2-src-series-titanfall-2-helmet-rush-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/64y623rv-titanfall_2-src-series-titanfall-2-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/64y623rv-titanfall_2-src-series-titanfall-2-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/64y623rv-titanfall_2-src-series-titanfall-2-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/64y623rv-titanfall_2-src-series-titanfall-2-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge) 

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the Titanfall 2 leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/titanfall_2?h=All_Helmets_NCS&x=wdmr5r3k) and/or join [Titanfall 2 Speedrunning Discord Server](https://discord.gg/P3JKjfx4uZ)!  You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**


Heads up, pilots - I mean speedrunners! It’s time to announce our next SRC Series challenge game for the month of October - Titanfall 2!

SRC Series: Titanfall 2 Speedrun Challenge!

Introducing our next challenge in collaboration with Soup With Friends and Egg Nut - the carkour driving platformer, Tails Noir: Rebel Rush!

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** September 19th, 2024

**Duration:** 4 days, until 11:59PM UTC September 22nd, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $1000 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the Initiate category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $500

**2nd place** - $300

**3rd place** - $200

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

Any runner who submits any runs to the Rebel Rush speedrun challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it [here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Each participant will **also** receive 1 copy each of both **Tails Noir** and **Tails Noir: Preludes** courtesy of Soup With Friends and Eggnut, who will be reaching out to you after the challenge!

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice for the challenge this time around will be New Game+!Here’s how it’s going to work:

- You must have completed at least 17 of the 18 levels to start a New Game+ run (the 18th level is all 17 levels combined into one track)

- Start the speedrun by selecting the “Drive” option in the main menu which will **run you through each of the levels in order without any of the dialog**

- Play through all 17 levels, ending time on the results screen at the end of level 17

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the Rebel Rush leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush) where you can find runs for the first few levels of the game already! You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join [The Tails Noir Discord Server](https://discord.com/invite/tailsnoir) and chat in #speedrunning to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

Attention, speedrunners! Forget the racing circuits and get ready for something completely different - because this is NOT your everyday racing game.

Rebel Rush $1000 Speedrun Challenge!

If you don’t know, the SRC Series is a lineup of challenges we're rolling out on a semi-regular basis, funded entirely by Speedrun.com. SRC Series challenges are designed to be fun and engaging, with a focus on community involvement. The prize bounties are smaller compared to sponsored challenges, providing a break from the stress of high-stakes competition! We hope SRC Series challenges will continue to bring speedrunners together from all kinds of communities to discover new games and meet new people.

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** August 24th, 2024

**Duration:** 8 days, until 11:59PM UTC September 1st, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for the fastest completion time in the Initiate category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Peggle Nights Initiate Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it [here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with the title “Peggler”. If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles! [https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice for the challenge this time around is a unique creation created specifically for this challenge by the Peggle mod team - Initiate! Here’s the breakdown:

- Create a new file

- Play the first 15 levels of Adventure Mode (1-1 through 3-5)

- Navigate to the challenges menu in the main menu

- Complete the 5 challenges in the “Initiate Challenges” page in any order

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge Leaderboard here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/rules](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/rules)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit[ the Peggle Nights leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/pegglen) Follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join [The Peggle Project Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/68Abdw42Yv) and chat in #src-challenge to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

Do you ever reminisce about the days of playing Peggle? Or are you a true Peggler, playing Peggle in 2024? We've got some exciting news to share – the next challenge as part of our SRC Series will be… Peggle Nights!

SRC Series: Peggle Nights Initiate Speedrun Challenge!

With the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for ELDEN RING, developer FromSoftware really managed to up the difficulty of the game once more. Introducing new, [hard-hitting bosses](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Promised+Consort+Radahn) that really love to throw punches like Mike Tyson, a new [NPC 'gank' fight](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Leda+and+Allies+Boss) for players to despise (hehe), the elegantly brutal fight with [Bayle](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Bayle+The+Dread), likely the hardest fight with a dragon FromSoftware has created so far, a wide variety of new weapons, spells and items, a whole new map to explore and more!

But.. what if all of that wasn't even enough? What if the speedrun community just has to push things even further once again? Well Souls veteran and speedrunner @Distortion2 just had that exact idea...

# **Defeat All Remembrance Bosses at Rune Level 1 (aka RL1 DLC%)**

Announcing the **RL1 (Rune Level 1) DLC%** competition, which requires runners to beat **all the major bosses of the DLC**, also known as **Remembrance bosses** as quickly as possible at **Rune Level 1** which means **no leveling up is allowed at all**.

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As if this wasn't big enough of a feat already, Distortion2 announced there **would be even more restrictions** added to make things even more interesting. To name a few (but not exclusive to):

## **ONE Scadutree Fragment upgrade PER defeated boss**

Debuting in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC: **Scadutree Fragments** are optional consumables that can be used to enhance simultaneously offensive and defensive capabilities at any Sites of Grace, acting like a permanent boost to your DLC damage dealt and damage negation.

![](/static/blob/1n73w70e.png)

Quite a few of these can be collected pretty early in the DLC through some clever routing, making some boss fights (a lot) easier because of the signifcant damage and defense increases that these Scadutree Fragments offer.

So to spice things up further for the competition, **participants are only allowed to use one single Scadutree Fragment upgrade per defeated DLC boss** which further increases this challenge's difficulty, forcing participants to really think about their equipment and routing.

## **DLC equipment and items ONLY**

Apart from that, **participants may only use equipment found in the DLC along with what is provided on the character through a pre-made savefile** meaning no base game equipment that can be used to quickly become overpowered with. Wow!

.. and there are even more restrictions though you can look these up in the Discord server for the event below!

Such a huge challenge doesn't come easy at all.. and thus offers a huge reward for participants.
The total prize pool for the competition is a whopping **$10,000** divided between 1st to 10th places, plus **a bonus prize pool from donations** that Distortion2 graciously offers on top of this already huge prize pool, as per Distortion2's last message:

![](/static/blob/rnq1kgre.png)

This is surely going to be one hell of a competition!

Interested in participating in the competition?
Or to hunt for boss strategies or glitches?
Or even simply to specatate the event?
We would love to see you!

Join the ELDEN RING RL1 DLC% [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/DYT4rDatk5) to learn about the complete ruleset for the competition, prizepool information, boss strategies, routing, other participants and more!

Good luck to all the participants!

Its been barely one month after the popular DLC "Shadow of the Erdtree" released for ELDEN RING but already a huge new speedrun competition involving this new DLC just got announced..

HUGE $10,000 ELDEN RING Competition by Distortion2

Peggle Nights

Plants vs. Zombies

Aliens versus Predator 2

Zuma's Revenge

Titanfall 2

Elden Ring

Doom (Kex Port)

Metal Eden

Daravae

xo7qoy9l

The moderation team has decided to halt submissions until leaderboards are properly set up. Thank you all for your patience! Please join the Discord server or use the forums to help discuss and share findings!

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# THE LEADERBOARD WILL BE LOCKED FOR 4 DAYS TO GIVE US TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE RULES, CATEGORIES ETC...

## *If we consider that the leaderboard doesn't need to stay this way anymore, we'll end the embargo early and you will finally be free to submit your runs!*

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**For the time being, if you have any questions, wanna participate in the community or offer your help for the moderation, feel free to join the Speedrun Discord Server! :**

[https://discord.gg/9bH3G9jEGs](https://discord.gg/9bH3G9jEGs)

R.E.P.O.

HASTE: Broken Worlds

Lets discuss any relevant rules and any questions before we open the leaderboards

A Game About Digging A Hole

This leaderboard is a work in progress. Be sure to check the speedrunning discord server for updates! https://discord.gg/5DzQ3bVwbC