Crash Twinsanity Any% WR History Notes

TWINS ANY% WR HISTORY NOTES

8/24/2012 - 1:04:39 by synj - https://youtu.be/vKFQRlOny7k
-oldest WR with video evidence, SDA run - http://speeddemosarchive.com/CrashTwinsanity.html
-features the following skips:
1) Totem Hokum Skip, found by Samura1man on 5/21/2011 - https://youtu.be/_ULQzBkU4fM
2) Tikimon Skip, found by Samura1man on 5/28/2011 - https://youtu.be/sJuo9WwDazE
3) Boiler Room Doom Skip, found by Samura1man on 5/26/2011 - https://youtu.be/5brRmqwb5uw
4) Bandicoot Pursuit Skip, found by Samura1man on 6/19/2011 - https://youtu.be/2xPxFNXconA

1/25/2013 - Mountain Skip by BetaM - https://youtu.be/5Vl3M_MzgXI
-originally found by synj (?)
-skips Ice Climb and Slip Slide Icecapades

5/7/2013 - Warp Skip by BetaM - https://youtu.be/RrecwGmtsFw
-skips Rock-Slide Rumble and Twinsanity Island
-makes it so any Ant Agony death = a game crash

Sometime between 5/7/2013 and 6/21/2013 - 56:25 by BetaM
-no video, first WR to incorporate both Mountain Skip and Warp Skip

6/21/2013 - 54:45 by BetaM - https://youtu.be/799bw1ONS7A

Sometime between 6/21/2013 and 8/31/2013 - 52:24 by Skycrash

8/31/2013 - Full AoE Skip by BetaM - https://youtu.be/EFmWu_6EPuY
-originally found by Skycrash

8/31/2013 - 46:43 by BetaM - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/49925247
-first WR to use full AoE skip

9/1/2013 - 40:29 by Back - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/49757635
-done on NTSC-U 2.0

12/1/2013 - 39:00 by SmartKin - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45643377
-done on NTSC-J, was believed to be faster at the time due to ???

1/3/2014 - 37:55 by Pull - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/46103979

1/28/2014 - 37:43 by Pull - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/43059224

3/18/2014 - Hover Skip by BetaM - https://youtu.be/xq5KfISEs-A
-hoverboard that Cortex uses during Mechabandicoot boss fight is invisible and controllable
-can use it to fly backwards thru hub 1 and death abuse at the boat

Sometime between 3/18/2014 and 4/1/2014 - 32:54 by Pull
-no video, first WR to use Hover Skip?

4/1/2014 - 32:27 by Pull - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/43001975

Sometime between 4/1/2014 and 5/29/2015 - 31:44 by qjere
-no video

~9/2015 - Fountain Skip RTA by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/I5RGaKAgVY4
-originally found by Gpro
-skips going through Jungle Bungle to get to the hoverboard

10/6/2015 - 30:19 by qjere
-no video, word of mouth indicates that sub-30 was choked in last AA ball room
-first WR to include fountain skip

10/18/2015 - 29:55 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/pOZjmN0pka0
-first sub-30, stood for a long time

9/25/2016 - 29:23 by qjere
-no video

10/21/2016 - 27:47 by qjere
-no video, legendary run - largely considered unbeatable without new discoveries

-Still the 2nd best time with this route. WR is 27:43 by Joester98: https://youtu.be/b7cBInGn6c0

DARK AGE
-no new runners, let alone WRs
-fountain served as the major deterrent to new runners (myself included)
-WR was already extremely optimized, no new skips
-number of weird theories (aka pipe dreams)
1) superslide over gap to avoid fountain skip
2) superslide/twin jump over gap to airship to get to hub 3 early
3) somehow get the hoverboard into hub 2 to hit the hub 4 load trigger and fly up into the lab

8/5/2018 - Nut Skip discovered by BandiCraft - https://youtu.be/6vY0MtGQEf4
-completely eliminates fountain skip - both faster and easier
-brought several new runners to the game + several older runners back
-Sub-30 times by SmartKin, Capridog, Pull, and Joester98 (only 2 people had sub-30 prior to nut skip being found)
-no WR improvements
-more runners + more activity = more people actively looking for new skips/routes

THE THEORYCRAFTING PERIOD

9/1/2018 - "Almost Hub 3 Skip" by Gpro - https://youtu.be/7hoOqFkloqE
-showed that Hub 3 skip would be possible if clipping past the psychetron cutscene trigger was possible
-Cortex needs to be in the way of Crash throughout the whole cutscene, cannot just throw him into the spot from outside the cutscene trigger
9/5/2018 - "Cortex Tilt Clip" by Gpro - https://youtu.be/rhfTDHdgc5I
9/5/2018 - "Hub 3 Skip Ideas" by BandiCraft - https://youtu.be/GFKakrqJOmw
-both Gpro and BandiCraft were trying hard to find anything that might make this skip possible

THE SKIP

9/8/2018 - "Dimension Skip" by Joester98 - https://youtu.be/jkhpN1MqAZs
-found that you could clip Cortex through the ceiling of the tunnel into the correct location (tech found by BandiCraft originally)
-mad dash for WR ensues

Technical explanation video by Gpro - https://youtu.be/8HLCs5z32NA

CRAZIEST DAY EVER - 9/9/2018

10:52 AM EST - 26:11 by BetaM - https://youtu.be/cXBQ-XXqyzk
-first WR ever on 360
5:00 PM EST - 24:21 by Joester98 - https://youtu.be/c_fvBOm8ZJc
6:14 PM EST - 23:38 by CapriDog - https://youtu.be/lJSVM32bRAM
-first WR on NTSC 2.0 since Back(?)
7:57 PM EST - 22:13 by Joester98 - https://youtu.be/-twlGIrAXXU
9:00 PM EST - 22:02 by TheRedhotbr (no vid)
12:06 AM EST - 21:20 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/J-TswntDlR0

THE NEXT DAY - 9/10/2018

Ice Climb Skip by Gpro - https://youtu.be/W3r4Wkx6n_4
-Cortex is physically in chunk A, so the coordinates in chunk B you throw him to = the coordinates in chunk A he ends up at
-throw him into the coordinates of one of the checkpoints on top of the lab
-setup revised numerous times over the next few days
-now uses Farm Cortex instead of Lab Cortex (makes dimension skip much harder due to collision differences)

THE NEXT NEXT DAY - 9/11/2018

2:22 PM EST - 21:17 by Gpro - https://youtu.be/dCgXuZgxqAc
7:33 PM EST - 21:16 by Jumpyluff - https://youtu.be/HIqhrRl5N6U
-first WR on NTSC 1.0 ever(?), uses big tree to skip up to farmer
1:51 AM EST - 19:03 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/UFTwkwJjxf0

9/13/2018

"Instant Skip" by Atomical_Sloths - https://youtu.be/PuG9e6bxfTA
-current setup used in runs today

3:22 PM EST - 18:51 by TheRedhotbr (no video)
4:16 PM EST - 18:23 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/YoV3wraeD34
11:30 PM EST - 18:10 by SmartKin - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/309832308

9/15/2018
16:57 by Pull - https://youtu.be/k-CNd-UXB6E
-extremely optimized for the route at this time

9/17/2018 - noah enters the scene - only runner willing to attempts cortexless warp skip in runs

9/20/2018 - Cortexless warp skip work/theorization
-old any% skipped the hug cutscene to keep Cortex in the lab
-watching the cutscene (now mandatory) makes Cortex teleport away

11/17/2018 - Warp skip re-added to route by BandiCraft - https://youtu.be/lyoXmEN6mdM
-leaving the lab and re-entering causes Cortex to respawn, allowing warp skip to be done
-another mad dash for WR

11/18/2018
15:21 by TheRedhotbr (no video)

11/20/2018
15:01 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/noYN5Ftw7bA

11/23/2018
14:43 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/p52IjlMDjFs

12/2/2018
14:36 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/ajJ2crtdzuM

12/3/2018
14:19 by TheRedhotbr - https://youtu.be/WKwfFr3WPNs

LONG DROUGHT
-lack of activity, nobody really contending for WR

2/10/2020
14:15 by noahsimcox - https://youtu.be/c6Y0UMwtJ7U

2/29/2020
13:59 by noahsimcox - https://youtu.be/6mwvIUii7N8
-gets ball glitch at end of AA to save 6 seconds

1/1/2021
13:51 by noahsimcox - https://youtu.be/rBP663YLvwc

5/18/2021
13:50 by noahsimcox - https://youtu.be/EMH5OL3Gdq0
-no color skip

6/8/2021
13:46 by noahsimcox - https://youtu.be/H-4RhjoDcbE

6/14/2021
13:40 by noahsimcox - https://youtu.be/pJo13vaEyYU


LONG DROUGHT AGAIN
-more lack of activity, nobody attempting to beat Noah's run due to its strength

1/26/2023
Cursed Warp by Atomical_Sloths - https://clips.twitch.tv/EncouragingHotNuggetsGrammarKing-_kTMOsVDgmf3jKIU
-activate a checkpoint while in a different chunk, deload the chunk with the checkpoint in it, then die
-not initially useful

1/29/2023
Theoretical route by bandicraft - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naSIIgClkJQ
-requires utilizing a splash teleport, a long-known but useless tech where dying in a body of water without triggering the splash animation teleports Crash to the coordinates of the last spot where he triggered the splash animation