Cuphead DLC 300% Speedrun
EDIT: Since uploading this video I have beaten this record twice, with the most recent time being 1:02:37. That video can be found here: • Cuphead DLC 300% Speedrun 1:02:37 (FORMER ...
Played on PC.
This run beats the former World Record held by Uramatsu by 8 seconds and finally breaks the 1:02:xx barrier! Overall, this was a beautiful run, though there were still a handful of time losses. The DLC segment of the run for example had quite a few sloppy fights, and we lost time from playing overcautiously on a few late game fights (like Dr. Kahl). The saving grace of this run was nailing both Beppi glitch and Sally glitch with minimal time loss. I also decided to play King Dice and The Devil with Ms. Chalice (instead of Mugman + Whetstone) since it's significantly more consistent even though it is slightly slower in terms of timesave potential. I do intend on pushing this time down to a lower 1:02:xx since there's still a decent chunk of timesave out there.
Some commonly asked questions:
Q: How are you able to play on Expert without beating the game first?
A: Speedrunners use something called the "Fresh Expert" glitch for Expert mode categories. Basically, if you have a save file where you've already beaten the game, you access that first and select a boss. On the difficulty select, you put the cursor over "Expert" (no need to actually fight the boss), and then back out and Exit to Title. When you start a new file you will begin the game on Expert.
Q: Why do you fight all of the King Dice minibosses?
A: While they technically don't contribute to file percentage, we decided in the speedrunning community to include them in the 300% category since it fills out the Checklist in the menu. That's also the same reason we require buying all the weapons/charms despite them not contributing to file percentage either; it's just nice looking from a completionist perspective!
Q: Where can I find the leaderboards for this game/category?
A: https://www.speedrun.com/cuphead for the main game leaderboards. For this category specifically you can find the times https://www.speedrun.com/cuphead#DLC_ and then select 300%
Q: How do I join the Cuphead speedrunning community?
A: Join the Cuphead speedrunning discord here! / discord
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