# What is Seterra? 

Seterra is a GeoGuesser game that was brought to Speedrun.com on September 23rd, 2022. It allows you to play different game modes and remembers your States and Countries. The following modes that are in the game are:

1. Pin
2. Type
3. Pin (Hard)
4. Type (Easy) 
5. Place The Labels

Seterra has a total of 635 Followers and ~1,460 Players are speedrunning the game at this very moment.

# How did we get to 20,000 Speedruns?

20,000 is a big number - let's go over some WR's that got verified by our amazing moderators.

### Europe: Countries (With Kosovo) - Pin

On June 22nd, 2023, [@Sirixilus Got the WR first with a 34s 859ms. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwE_NqQfqQE)

On November 8th, 2024, [@UNFRIED Got the new WR with a time of a 21s 333ms. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZR16CnYYo)

### The U.S.: 50 States - Pin

On June 27th, 2023, [@nonamebyprogram Got the WR first with a 1m 16s 605ms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMwjMGueAAo)

On November 3rd, 2024, [@zBlur Got the new WR with a 23s 948ms. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZmQQURxtfs)

### North And Central America: Countries - Pin

On June 29th, 2023, [@Daxzz Got the WR first with a 8s 308ms ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6VRIkFVUVs)

On November 19th, 2024, [@radkouse Got the new WR with a 4s 784ms. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MuGL5-kGU)

# Which runners have the most runs in the game? 

I picked 5 unique runners who speedrun this game and have a lot of runs on this game.

1. @Daxzz - 790 runs
2. @JobyBabby - 894 runs
3. @BB78 - 1397 runs
4. @Serdzio - 1650 runs
5. @Akuretaki - 2152 runs

# Who has been verifying these runs on this awesome game? 

With 20,000 Speedruns. Who has been Verifying these runs all this time?

1. @Daxzz - Verified a whopping total of 15,175 runs
2. @dha - This moderator has verified 157 runs
3. @Otterstone_Gamer - This moderator has verified 1,736 runs
4. @Shinboy - This moderator has verified 74 runs
5. @Teoinator - This moderator has verified 1,315 runs

I want to thank all of the Moderators and Super Moderators for verifying all 20,000 speedruns and many more to come in the future.

# What is next for Seterra? 

Seterra is still growing strong. We should be able to get to 30,000 Speedruns and get over 1,500 Speedrunners who are going to Speedrun this game. It is an amazing sight to see all of these amazing people speedrunning this game and seeing the Moderators verify these runs as fast as possible to get more and more and more runs.

# Final Words. 

I want to say, thank you so much for allowing me to upload this news article. I remember doing the 1st one when we got 10,000 speedruns and now we are at 20,000 - this is so amazing.  Thank you so much for all the support and appreciation towards these amazing moments.  Big thank you to @starsmiley @Meta @Camcorder and a bunch of other amazing people. If it was not for you amazing people. We would not be here doing what we love doing. I cannot wait to see what is going to unfold in the future.

Showing the best of the best players and showing some Recent WR's that happened on Seterra. 

20,000 Speedruns on Seterra 

The 8th Souls Charity Marathon takes place November 30th - December 1st!



## **What is Souls Charity Marathon?**

The Souls Speedrunning community's beloved charity marathon. It consists of 2 days of back-to-back Souls speedrun content! During the event you can expect high level speedruns, bingo, races, randomizers, and our yearly tradition, the community relay race. The marathon benefits [Save the Children](https://www.savethechildren.net/) and has fundraised a total of $144,000 to date.



## What is the relay race?

The relay race consists of two teams of speedrunners who will race through the entire Souls series. Every year the relay race features a different category for this race, this year teams will speedrun the Any% category of their games. This entire race is projected to be approximately 5 hours, and is not to be missed as it is truly the highlight of the event. The relay takes place on Sunday, December 1st.



## When is the marathon?

The marathon is Novemeber 30th - December 1st, find the schedule [here](https://oengus.io/marathon/scm2024/schedule).



## Where to find us:

**Twitch:** [SoulsSpeedruns](https://www.twitch.tv/soulsspeedruns) **Twitter:** [@SoulsSpeedruns](https://twitter.com/soulsspeedruns) **Bluesky:** [SoulsSpeedruns](https://bsky.app/profile/soulsspeedruns.bsky.social) **Website:** [soulsspeedruns.com](https://soulsspeedruns.com/)



Don't miss out on our 8th annual marathon! Come for the Souls runs, stay for the community.


Souls Charity Marathon is a community speedrun event filled with Souls series speedruns, bingo, randomizers, and our special feature relay race. Come join this one-of-a-kind event in efforts to raise funds for Save the Children.

Souls Charity Marathon is back for its 8th year this weekend!

# The Gold Split Newsletter - Week #21

The Gold Split offers a free, weekly digest of news from the world of speedrunning and beyond.

This **Story of the Week** is all about @Suigi 's sweep of all five main Super Mario 64 categories and was featured in this week's issue. The full post includes **more news**, briefly, as well as this week's top times and a fun fact. Check it out **[HERE](https://goldsplit.substack.com/p/week-19)**.

## ![](https://www.speedrun.com/static/blob/wzxxw3qz.png)

# Story of the Week ✨

@Suigi is the first person to hold the records of ***[Super Mario 64](https://www.speedrun.com/sm64)***’s five major speedrun categories at the same time. How did we get here? Why did nobody stop him? Is the game truly dead? I’ll give a short overview of the game in general and each category in particular. Let’s dive in!

## Overview / History

*Super Mario 64* is a game that needs no introduction. Because its 3D movement offers such a wealth of options to traverse incredibly diverse levels, it is objectively one of the best games for speedrunning, both as a player and a viewer. Because it has attracted such a big crowd, the competition is fierce, and it takes years of practice to become one of the best.

*0 Star*, *1 Star*, *16 Star*, *70 Star*, and *120 Star* are the five major speedrun categories. They mainly differ in the number of power stars collected before defeating *Bowser in the Sky*, the final level of the game. But the methods *Mario* uses to get there and the glitches allowed along the way vary greatly. Four doors requiring 8, 30, 50, and 70 power stars, respectively, block Mario’s progress until he has collected enough.

In the past, the story of *Super Mario 64* speedrunning has been one of specialists: whether it’s @cheese and @puncayshun in *120 Star* and *70 Star*, @Xiah and @akki in *16 Star*, or @MANNO and @Dowsky in *1 Star* and *0 Star*: dominating performances were always limited to at most two categories. Until @Suigi entered the scene. By June 2023, he already held the record in four of the five categories. Only the most prestigious one was left to claim: *120 Star*.

For each category, I’ll give a short overview and then cover @Suigi 's road to the record. Categories are ordered chronologically by the time his most recent record was set.

## 16 Star

When @Suigi created his account on *[speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/)* on March 8th, 2020, he also submitted his first time to the leaderboards: 30 minutes flat in the *16 Star* category.

*16 Star* is the most popular category for beginners. It’s short and there are a limited number of techniques to learn, providing a solid base of experience to step into more technical or longer categories. The goal is to beat the game as fast as possible with the following restrictions:

- A complicated technique called *[Side Backwards Long Jump](https://ukikipedia.net/wiki/SBLJ)* is not allowed
- The door blocked by the 30 power stars requirement may only be skipped using a technique called *[MIPS Clip](https://youtu.be/TMUuBZ7lOVI)*

16 Star Progression:

![](/static/blob/3ekd0v3z.png)

A few months after his initial time, @Suigi submitted a 00:20:07 in August 2020 and never stopped improving until achieving his first record on November 10th, 2021. He was only dethroned once more by @Weegee shortly after, but then started his quest of domination that ended in March of 2023 with a record that speedrunning content creator *Bismuth* called [the perfect Mario run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMp0VwztcNw): **00:14:35.500**.

This time remains on top of that category’s leaderboard today and is the foundation of @Suigi 's streak.

## 1 Star

This category is the next most technical, the second shortest and uses the *[Side Backwards Long Jump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Rh63aMJro)* to skip the door requiring 30 power stars. Players still collect one star in *Dire Dire Docks*, the stage blocking access to the second *Bowser* level. This avoids the much more difficult setup needed for the *0 Star* category.

1 Star Progression:

![](/static/blob/xz0d8ome.png)

@Suigi started running this in October of 2021, but it wasn’t until December of 2022 when he began seriously improving and aiming for a better time. The first record of 00:07:04.270 followed two months later in February of 2023, but he managed to shave nearly seven more seconds off that time.

On April 9th, 2023, he set the record that also still stands today: **00:06:57.580**. This marks the beginning of a pattern: when setting a record, @Suigi simply didn’t stop. He continued until he was happy with his performance. And by that time, he’s put himself such an impressive distance away from all the other ranks that it discouraged the competition, leaving them with a significant gap to close. Today, this gap is still over six seconds large.

## 0 Star

This category is basically the *Any%* category of *Super Mario 64*. Everything is allowed, except collecting power stars. It’s similar to *1 Star*, but requires a much more complicated setup for the *[Side Backwards Long Jump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnTU96zwPJc)* in order to skip *Dire Dire Docks* and go straight to *Bowser in the Fire Sea*.

0 Star Progression:

![](/static/blob/kzwo1k2e.png)

@Suigi picked up this category in June of 2022 and seriously started trying to improve soon after his first *1 Star* record in February of 2023. Two months later, he set his first record, but once again he did not stop there. He kept improving, eventually securing a comfortable lead of over ten seconds ahead of the second place. This is a huge gap for a run that is just over six minutes long. The final record before moving on was set on October 25th, 2023: **00:06:16.600.**

## 120 Star

*120 Star* is without a doubt the most prestigious category. Over the course of more than 90 minutes, every single star in the game is collected. The way in which that is done has been refined unlike any other category in any other game, and there are many different routes for players of different skill levels. *120 Star* demands constant focus, stamina, precision, and especially consistency. If @Suigi could prove here that he’s not just the best in the shorter categories, nobody would be able to doubt his status as a legend.

120 Star Progression:

![](/static/blob/xzdp1v5z.png)

@Suigi made his first tentative steps in November of 2021 and the beginning of 2022. But only after his times in 16 Star, 1 Star, and 0 Star were secured, he began to put a lot of effort into practice.

And the results spoke for themselves: by June of 2024, after just over six months, he achieved a time of 01:37:38, putting him in reach of the record at the time. But it still took four months of more and more promising attempts until it finally happened: on October 26th, 2024, @Suigi set a new record at 01:35:33. Not only was he the first to achieve a time below 01:36:00, he also improved his previous time by almost one and a half minutes.

More than that, he also proved that it was not a fluke by again persevering and setting another record, just eight days later. It’s the record that still stands today: **01:35:28**.

## 70 Star

70 power stars is the amount necessary to get past all of *Bowser’s* obstacles without the use of glitches. The major sequence breaks through the power star doors and the endless staircase are banned, and thus this category is the closest of the five major ones that could be considered glitchless-ish.

Throughout the years, players meticulously identified those 70 stars that can be collected the fastest. Many route variations for various skill levels exist that collect certain power stars at different points in the game, or opt for entirely different ones.

70 Star Progression:

![](/static/blob/1n5345qz.png)

@Suigi played *70 Star* at various points throughout his journey, most notably after he started practising the category in February of 2022 and in June of 2023, when he broke the record for the first time.

At this point in time, @Suigi already held four out of the five records. However, he had not yet mastered *120 Star*, and doing so would take a while. Others were also close to beating his *70 Star* record, and Japanese runner @ikori_o eventually did twice in December of 2023 by a decent margin.

It wasn’t until @Suigi secured his *120 Star* victory that he could return to *70 Star* and complete the full sweep of all major categories in *Super Mario 64*, an achievement almost 20 months in the making. On November 17th, 2024, he beat @ikori_o 's time by two seconds and became the greatest of all time: **00:46:26 🐐**

## Conclusion & Outlook

If you’ve read all of this but are still in search of answers that will explain how @Suigi managed this legendary accomplishment, consider these points:

- His attitude to practice: in the past, many runners would practice the majority of the run by doing full game runs. This made them experts in the more casual sections, but made it harder to consistently pull off the more difficult techniques. @Suigi specifically practised these harder skips until he was able to confidently do them five times or even ten or more times in a row within a certain timeframe.
- The times he had set in *16 Star*, *1 Star*, and *0 Star* were so dominant that there was very little competition to challenge them. That is still true even over a year after they had been achieved.
- Breaking the record in *120 Star* was only a matter of time given his talent. And afterwards it took him just 22 days to also sit on top of the *70 Star* leaderboard. There simply was not enough time for anybody to respond.
- He’s just that good.

After the dust had settled, some said that *Super Mario 64* speedrunning is dead. That everything has been achieved. That there’s no drive to push for more. But I don’t think that’s the case.

While @Suigi 's records in the shorter categories will be incredibly tough to beat, the *70 Star* time is well within reach. And *120 Star* is so complex and long and has so many people consistently at the top that it would be a huge surprise to not see others motivated by his achievement. *Super Mario 64* will remain a shining beacon within speedrunning and will always attract new runners to the scene. @Suigi is incredibly young and likely only the beginning of a new generation of runners, and instead of mourning the past and being pessimistic about the future, let’s focus on making them feel as welcome as possible. If we manage this, we’ll be able to witness many more achievements just like this one.

![](https://www.speedrun.com/static/blob/rz251jdz.png)

Thank you for reading! If you're curious about more of this week's news or would even consider subscribing to the newsletter, you'll find the full post over **[HERE](https://goldsplit.substack.com/p/week-19)**.

Finding new stories to cover can be challenging. I encourage you to think about what happened recently in the communities you are a part of. If there are any stories, articles, glitches, events, or other topics I should be taking a look at, go ahead and **[submit them here](https://forms.gle/F1VJ4PG68FTZKqn49)** or in the **[Gold Split Discord](https://discord.gg/SpbFCgsYkU)**! 📨

The Gold Split is a free weekly newsletter focused on speedrunning. This week's main story is all about Suigi's sweep of all five main Super Mario 64 categories.

The Gold Split Week #21: Five out of Five Marios

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

Super Mario 64

Dark Souls

Seterra (Geoguessr Version)

Fatzke

4m7jny51

Ashewyn

SpeedRunFan2022

56y1gy9e

SRC Series: Titanfall 2 Helmet Rush

Rebel Rush Speedrun Challenge

j5y0ly9k

SRC Series: Peggle Initiate Speedrun Challenge

1qpekp36

SRC Series: MULLET MAD JACK Speedrun Challenge

nzy2zyq3

ALTF42 $5000 Speedrun Challenge

The Splodey $10,000 Speedrun Challenge

MoistCr1TiKaL $15,000 Speedrun Challenge #5

Athena Crisis Completionist Speedrun Challenge

1k75870l

Survive both Chapter 1 & 2 of Poppy Playtime

SRC Series: Poppy Playtime Duo Challenge

3dydl7r2

SRC Series: Ultrakill All Secret Levels (Inbounds)

xwpw4y0l

SRC Series: Rocket Racing Expert Tracks

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Pit of Eternal Sands - $10,000 Speedrun Challenge

Blood Will Run $10,000 Challenge

m2p98y5x

Peggle Nights

Titanfall 2

ULTRAKILL

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1

ALTF42 [Early Access]

Ghostrunner 2

Another Crab's Treasure

In order to properly figure out categories, rules, timing method, etc. this leaderboard will not feature any runs for the first two weeks after the game's release. In the meantime you can join us in the [Prince of Persia discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/0Ss0agDWPoiSvr3E) to discuss about the game.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Rocket Racing

MULLET MAD JACK

Athena Crisis

Splodey

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies

Tails Noir: Rebel Rush

Heckdivers 2 - The very long stream of joyful cooperation

Submissions will be available 2 weeks after the official release (November 8th). These 2 weeks serve to help the moderation team create main categories, the IL leaderboard and respective rule-sets. Until then feel free to join and help the community with your findings and personal bests on the freshly opened SXS Generations-[Discord](https://discord.gg/M6CyCfC6M7)

Shadow Generations

UFO 50

Submissions will be available 2 weeks after the official release (November 8th). These 2 weeks serve to help the moderation team create main categories, the IL leaderboard and respective rule-sets. Until then feel free to join and help the community with your findings and personal bests on the freshly opened SXS Generations-[Discord](https://discord.gg/M6CyCfC6M7)!

Sonic Generations (2024)

The leaderboard is under an embargo period for 2 weeks after release. This is to allow players to enjoy the full experience of the game casually without feeling like they have to rush into developing the speedrun right away. Please take your time and enjoy the game!

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Super Mario Party Jamboree