Race Hall of Fame

A list of close, exciting, or infamous races that the community feels are must-watch.

Date	Event	Runners	Commentators	Category	VOD link	Comment (possible spoilers)
2014-02-04	AGDQ 2014	Garrison, Krauser, Zoast, Ivan	sinister1, Golden	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] First big race after speedrunning started becoming popular, with a close finish. Considered one of the classic races out of all of GDQ.
2016-06-17	2016 Any% Tournament	WildAnaconda69, Leodox	Mishrak, typwo	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] This race was PRKD vs KPDR, and synced up right at the end of MB2.
2016-06-17	2016 Any% Tournament	duckfist, zoast	dingus, goop.Q	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] Both runners died without safety saves. The race went so long that Speedgaming put the next race on-screen in a 4-way layout.
2018-03-09	2018 Multi-Category Tournament	Andreww, sloaters27	Kipp, xAncient_Gamerx	GT Classic	Youtube	[Expand] The race made wild swings back and forth as both runners made costly mistakes, and ended very close.
2018-07-21	2018 Any% Tournament	Croakomire vs nhammen, ShinyZeni vs HyzrQL	MisterJGiggles, sloaters27	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] Zeni PRKD vs Hyzr KPDR, ended up being very close!
2018-10-20	2018 Any% Tournament	zoast, Zmusic	Kipp, sloaters27	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] Zmusic had recently broken the 43 barrier for KPDR, zoast ran "hybrid route" (PKDR) to make this Bronze Match race more competitive.
2020-06-04	2020 Multi-Category Tournament	ShinyZeni, Azder	FreyasSpirit, serberoth	Low% Ice	Youtube	[Expand] This race was part of the Multi-Category Tournament in 2020.
2020-06-17	2020 Multi-Category Tournament	Kipp, sloaters27	Maniacal, TheHockeytowner	Low% Ice	Youtube	[Expand] Game 1 of the Bronze match, back-and-forth the whole race with a close finish.</dev>
2020-06-19	2020 Multi-Category Tournament	ShinyZeni, Zoast	Mishrak, serberoth	100%	Youtube	[Expand] This race was Game 2 of the Finals of the Multi-Category Tournament, Best of 3 with Zoast up 1-0 on Zeni.
2021-06-13	SpeedRunning Underground	ShinyZeni, Behemoth87	SpikeVegeta, JHobz296	100%	Twitch Youtube	[Expand] This race was part of the old SpeedRunning Underground Series, and was hype to play and watch! Alternate commentary by Sephy and Hockey on Zeni's Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRz6k2uYAdQ.
2022-09-	2022 Any% Tournament	ShinyZeni, Zoast	Oats, TheHockeytowner	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] A missed baby skip leads to a very close finish.
2022-09-	2022 Any% Tournament	Oats, ARealCutie	Eddie, TheHockeytowner	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] Semi-final of the Winner's Bracket, very tense Tourian.
2022-10-02	2022 Any% Tournament	ARealCutie, zoast	Antinomy, sloaters27, TheHockeytowner	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] Best-of-3 match in the finals of the Winner's Bracket.
2023-12-08	Tournoi Super Metroid Any% 2023	Maisgueuh, Mumu_Didi	caaaaarlito, Stefcad	Any%	Youtube	[Expand] Very close match that ended only 17 frames apart.
2025-01-12	AGDQ 2025	Andy, Eddie, imyt, Oatsngoats		Map Randomizer	Youtube	[Expand] AGDQ 2025 finale; race within 1 second.