The Australian Speedrunning Marathon is back for its 10th consecutive year! Once again hosted at the Adelaide Rockford in Adelaide, South Australia, the marathon will be running non-stop for 6 whole days from **July 16th - 21st** to bring you over 120 hours of speedrunning content while raising money for Game On Cancer!

Submissions are now open and will remain open until **April 28th 2024**. You can submit your games at [www.ausspeedruns.com/submit-game](https://www.ausspeedruns.com/submit-game)

Please make sure you are familiar with [our policies](https://ausspeedruns.com/policies) and have a read through our submission guidelines prior to submitting. They can be found here: [https://ausspeedruns.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/Main/Efo5GBDHzvRElYyMBpyucFgBYBfJAGLsP6qf1pE9ebU6-w?e=TKimUn](https://ausspeedruns.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/Main/Efo5GBDHzvRElYyMBpyucFgBYBfJAGLsP6qf1pE9ebU6-w?e=TKimUn)

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Game submissions for the Australian Speedrunning Marathon 2024 are now open until April 28th 2024.

ASM2024 Submissions are NOW OPEN!

# About the Event

Submissions are *now open* for **Lady Arcaders: Out of Bounds Toronto;** an in-person women & femme speedrunning event taking place on **Tuesday, June 18th, 2024** (time TBD)! Folks will play games as quickly as possible, showing off their talents and challenging themselves! The event will also be broadcast online to our [Twitch](https://twitch.tv/ladyarcaders) channel. Everyone’s welcome to join the fun!

This event is in participation with [Toronto Games Week 2024](https://torontogamesweek.com). The event runs from **June 13-19th**. Toronto Games Week is a celebration of playable arts and culture! It is a collective coordination of events organized independently by dozens of organizations, creators, curators, and companies.

Out of Bounds will be held on the second floor of [See-Scape](https://www.seescapeto.com), a sci-fi bar and gaming cafe. **Please note that this location is not accessible as it requires climbing a set of stairs to get to the event area.** The venue will have seating space. There will be food, drinks, and alcoholic drinks available for purchase at the venue. Masks are strongly encouraged and will be provided at the door if you have forgotten to bring your own.

# Dates & Times

All times listed in EDT.

- Run submissions close 11:59pm on March 31st, 2024.
- Schedule released the week of April 8th, 2024.
- Volunteer submissions close 11:59pm on April 14th, 2024.
- Volunteers notified the week of April 22nd, 2024.
- Event takes place on Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 in Toronto, ON.

# Submission Notes

You can submit your run to the event through [Oengus](https://oengus.io/marathon/laoobt-24).

- This is a women & femme speedrunning event, all performers must be women! All women are welcome, whether you're cis, trans, non-binary, or part of a marginalized group!
- This is an IN PERSON EVENT that will also be live streamed online. **That means you must be able to perform this in person, on location, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.** You must be able to transport your game, console, controller, and/or any other accessories required to run your game. We will have a PC for games run on PC.
- We may have a slight preference for Canadian content. Bonus points for Toronto-made games.

# Volunteers

We are looking for:

- On-site Hosts
- On-site Tech
- On-site Media/Photography
- On-site Info Booth
- On-site Setup/Takedown (not limited to women)
- Remote Social Media
- Remote Chat Moderators

If you are interested in these roles, please [fill out the application form here](https://forms.gle/hzVet2hcFNvfmudB7).

# About Lady Arcaders

[Lady Arcaders](https://ladyarcaders.com) is an all-women's gaming collective and community that runs weekly events and occasional charity events. We strive to uplift and encourage women in their gaming endeavors by providing a supportive environment to showcase their skills in!

Keep up with us on social media for news about the event:

- [Twitter / X](https://twitter.com/ladyarcaders)
- [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/ladyarcaders.com)
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/ladyarcaders)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@ladyarcaders)
- [Twitch](https://twitch.tv/ladyarcaders)
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@ladyarcaders)
- [Public Announcement Discord](https://discord.gg/SJ8y2RBsSX)

Submissions are now open! Out of Bounds is a women & femme speedrunning event hosted by the Lady Arcaders. Folks will play games as quickly as possible, showing off their talents and challenging themselves!

Lady Arcaders announce their first in-person event in Toronto, Canada

# May The Glitches Be With You

May the Glitches Be With You by [No Glitches Allowed](https://www.noglitchesallowed.org/) is a Star Wars themed event to be shown on the Star Wars days this year! This event is a small popup event set during the May 4 & 5th weekend (event length is dependent on submissions).

# Submissions

For this event, feel free to submit anything Star Wars - with or without glitches! Submissions open **March 24th 2024 at 9am EDT**, and will only be open until April 10th, 2024 - so get your runs in quick! This event is just for fun and will not be for charity.

# Handy Links

Join our Discord: [https://discord.gg/WfcvgPv](https://discord.gg/WfcvgPv)

Game Submissions: [https://oengus.io/marathon/MayGlitch](https://oengus.io/marathon/MayGlitch)

A Star Wars speedrunning marathon to be held on 5/4/2024-5/5/2024 (event length dependent on submissions volume)

May the Glitches Be With You by No Glitches Allowed! 

# The Misfit Mascot Relay - 2nd edition

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

## What is the event about

Founded by @InfinityGene and @Thextera in October 2023, the Misfit Mascot Relay (MMR) is a multi-community speedrun event, focused on reigniting the love with some lesser known mascots/games of the time, and our goal is to bring more awareness to those games! (Such as Croc, Billy Hatcher, Klonoa, etc)

The vision for the MMR is to raise awareness with many of these forgotten franchises, that some people may not have heard about before. Bringing more attention and activity towards those gaming communities, and possibly introducing new runners into these games as well. But also, to just have fun in the process, connecting with the many other communities out there!

Click [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodLpx5NrEQ&list=PL-h5uiUzE0TZrDfN6WvAE4YH5eRpRslo8&index=1&pp=iAQB) to view the MMR trailer of this edition.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

## How does the event work

The relay race is comprised of 4 teams with multiple runners. Each team will have a representative runner for each of the games in the MMR event.

During the event, runners will complete their game as fast as possible, and then hand over immediately to the next team member for them to do their own run.

Once all runners of a particular team have completed their runs, they become the winner of the edition!

You can check out the VODs of the first edition [here!](https://www.youtube.com/@MisfitMascotRelay)

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

## When does the event start

16th-17th March 2024

04:00 PST / 07:00 EST / 13:00 CET

The relay stream will be hosted on the BSG Marathon [Twitch channel.](https://www.twitch.tv/bsg_marathon%20) Many thanks to them for kindly and continuously allowing us to resteam our event with them!
BSG Marathon [Website](https://bsgmarathon.com/) - [Twitter/X](https://twitter.com/BSGMarathon)

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

**Oh, and please make sure to join our** [Discord server](https://discord.gg/zNdNXTstps) **if you are also wanting to participate in the future, as all communications regarding the event will be made here!**



Team based relay race speedrunning event with the goal of bringing light on the many old and often forgotten video game mascots!

The Misfit Mascot Relay 2nd Edition!

Hello speedrunners. Nitro Speedrun and I are happy to announce a new multi-games competition - Run Arena! 

Multi-game speedruns are an intriguing aspect of speedrunning, especially in the competitive scene. A multi-game competition offers speedrunners who typically specialize in different games an engaging arena to test their skills on unfamiliar titles, providing a level playing field for all participants! 

Recent events such as the 18th edition of BIG 20, concluded on March 2nd, and the 10th edition of Ultimate Decathlon last year, serve as prominent examples of the excitement these competitions generate.

![](/static/blob/7e94vxn1.png)

## Format

The event will happen on 5 PC games, available on different platforms and will host 3 competitions: Individual, Drafts and Teams. With that in mind, it’s not compulsory to speedrun 5 games, drafts are possible with 4 games, and teams with 3 games! The total games price should be around $20 for all 5 games including sales.

Each time on a game gives you points awarded by your time. The standings are made with all your points from the different games like you have on Athleticism' Decathlon for example.

## Date

The event starts this Friday, March 15th, and finishes on May 5th, with a full weekend for all the finals. The revealing stream will be on [twitch.tv/nitro_speedrun_en](http://twitch.tv/nitro_speedrun_en), or [twitch.tv/nitro_speedrun](http://twitch.tv/nitro_speedrun_en) (in French) at 4pm EDT/9pm CET.

## **Prizes**

Each competition will have its own prize pool. The total initial prize pool is $1200. During the edition a Matcherino series will join the series we already have for Nitro Speedrun, so you could contribute to the prize pool if you like the event! [https://matcherino.com/u/Nitro_Speedrun/1108476](https://matcherino.com/u/Nitro_Speedrun/1108476)information

## **Other Information**

More information will come with the reveal, but you can already join the action! [The Nitro Speedrun Discord](https://discord.gg/X3JFEr6Gen) will be the place to have all the information in time. The Run Arena website will come on Saturday, March 16th with all the functionalities needed for this event: [https://www.run-arena.com/](https://www.run-arena.com/)

We hope you’re hyped for this adventure and we will be glad to see you there!

Run Arena is a multi-game speedrun competition that starts on March 15th and lasts for 7 weeks! The competition will be on 5 PC games across 3 different formats.

Run Arena: A New Multi-Game Competition!

Now that the challenge is live, it's time to reveal the category!

The category of focus for this challenge is... **All Secret Levels (Inbounds)!**

Please be sure to read over the [challenge rules](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/vx30zp26-ultrakill-src-series-ultrakill-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge), as well as the game rules and contest rules :)

To learn more about the challenge, [please check out our previous article](https://www.speedrun.com/news/9n52o38l-src-series-ultrakill-speedrun-challenge)! :)


The SRC Series: ULTRAKILL challenge has started so it's time to reveal the category!

SRC Series: ULTRAKILL All Secret Levels (Inbounds) Challenge

Attention runners! We're excited for our next challenge as part of our SRC Series! 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.

## The Game

For our next challenge, we've selected ULTRAKILL! If you're unfamiliar, ULTRAKILL is an FPS currently in development (available through early access) by Arsi “Hakita” Patala, and published by New Blood Interactive. ULTRAKILL currently has the highest active player count on Speedrun.com, with a whopping 1,266 speedrunners who’ve recently submitted runs. It’s certainly no surprise how many runners are attracted to ULTRAKILL, considering the pure speed and efficiency of its combat routing.

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

**Starting Date:** March 10th, 2024

**Duration:** 10 days, until 11:59PM UTC March 20th, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

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

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

## **Participation Prizes:**

New to this challenge, we are introducing a couple participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the ULTRAKILL 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, we will be releasing a new cosmetic feature that will be available to challenge participants - no news I can share on that quite yet but stay tuned!

## **Eligibility:**

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

## **Category:**

As this is a challenge for a pre-existing game, we will not be revealing the category until near the start of the challenge to avoid anyone starting ahead of time. That said, if you want to hop in a game and start learning the basics to prepare yourself - we encourage you to do so if you’d like!

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via[ our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/vx30zp26-ultrakill-src-series-ultrakill-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/vx30zp26-ultrakill-src-series-ultrakill-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/vx30zp26-ultrakill-src-series-ultrakill-speedrun-challenge/contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/vx30zp26-ultrakill-src-series-ultrakill-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/vx30zp26-ultrakill-src-series-ultrakill-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit[ the ULTRAKILL leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/ultrakill) Follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join[ the ULTRAKILL Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/jP92MqdqAY) to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

Join us for our next SRC Series Challenge with ULTRAKILL!

SRC Series: ULTRAKILL Speedrun Challenge

Hey everybody, now that the SRC Series: Rocket Racing challenge has started it's time to reveal the category! Your category of focus for the challenge in the next 10 days is... [Expert Tracks](https://www.speedrun.com/Rocket_Racing/leaderboards?h=expert-levels&x=q25z87j2)!! If you need a run to learn from, [you can find one under the category here](https://www.speedrun.com/Rocket_Racing/leaderboards?h=expert-levels&x=q25z87j2) 

To learn more about the challenge, [check out our previous article](https://www.speedrun.com/news/m25px1v1-src-series-rocket-racing-speedrun-challenge).

Good luck!

The SRC Series: Rocket Racing challenge has started so it's time to reveal the category!

SRC Series: Rocket Racing Expert Tracks Challenge

# **The Event**

Founded two years ago by Metroid Crime, [Lady Arcaders](https://ladyarcaders.com) are celebrating the community’s 2 year anniversary with an absolutely leviathan fifty-hour event! The Raid Train departs the station Tuesday the 13th at 10pm EST, traveling nonstop & through the night all the way to Thursday the 15th, ending on the [Lady Arcaders Twitch channel](https://twitch.tv/ladyarcaders) with a speedrun of **Stardew Valley** by [Pr1nc3ssShortcake](https://twitch.tv/Pr1nc3ssShortcake).

Some highlights of [the full schedule](https://ladyarcaders.com/raid-train/2024/) include:

[EikoTheBlue](https://twitch.tv/eikotheblue), lead developer of the **Ori And The Blind Forest** randomizer, will be speedrunning her own creation. We’ll see [ceaselessly](https://twitch.tv/ceaselessly) take on **Pokémon Crystal** with a sole Diglett, and more randomized speedruns with [Demerine](https://twitch.tv/Demerine2) running **Dragon Warrior Chaos**, and [BunniestBunRena](https://twitch.tv/BunniestBunRena) in randomized **Zelda: A Link Between Worlds**.

We’ll also be seeing several PB attempts, with [FawkesRocks](https://twitch.tv/Fawkes_Rocks) running **Sonic CD**, and [Quacksilver](https://twitch.tv/quacksilverplays) on **GRIME**. And did you know the PAL version of **Luigi’s Mansion** is mirrored and more challenging? [Elite_Spud](https://twitch.tv/elite_spud) will be going for a PB, then (time allowing) they’ll show off some *blindfolded* gameplay.

Here’s a sampler platter of clips, to see the Lady Arcader vibe ahead of the big show:

- [https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/TallBashfulDadPeanutButterJellyTime-vOQmUcx9KGUpKlzY](https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/TallBashfulDadPeanutButterJellyTime-vOQmUcx9KGUpKlzY)
- [https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/RefinedIntelligentCourgetteGingerPower-SX2HxhP3gxWI_CqP](https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/RefinedIntelligentCourgetteGingerPower-SX2HxhP3gxWI_CqP)
- [https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/DullProudGrasshopperBudStar-YzIH7YHTgiN7IUWw](https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/DullProudGrasshopperBudStar-YzIH7YHTgiN7IUWw)
- [https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/HeadstrongCooperativeScorpionDoritosChip-6lynDAtUNJB_SPC-](https://www.twitch.tv/ladyarcaders/clip/HeadstrongCooperativeScorpionDoritosChip-6lynDAtUNJB_SPC-)

# **About Lady Arcaders**

Lady Arcaders is an all-women’s gaming collective, founded to showcase women’s passion and skills. Getting involved in the speedrunning and general gaming/speedrunning spaces can be *very* daunting, so the group can serve as a springboard in and a space to form friendships and build community.

Attract Mode! (The exclamation is important!) is Lady Arcader’s flagship show, running twice a week on Twitch to showcase game-related content by women creators. If you’re interested in participating, [applications are open year-round](https://ladyarcaders.com/event/attract-mode/).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD2OaKYx7eg

Celebrating 2-year community anniversary with 26 streamers taking on randomizers, PB attempts, cosplay crafting, & more.

Lady Arcaders Kick Off 50 Hour Raid Train

Speedromizer V Submissions are OPEN! The marathon where what you submit, is NOT what you run. Raising money for Qmunity.

### Timeline

- Submit from January 27, 2024 to February 25, 2024
- Games will be picked in a standard marathon judging process
- Accepted games are shuffled and randomly assigned to other runners
- Live draft lottery: March 02
- From the draft lottery, runners have roughly 3 months to learn their games
- Confirmation Period for runners: April 19 - April 28
- Marathon schedule is released: May 05
- Tech checks for all event participants: May 10-12, 17-19, 24-26
- **Marathon goes live June 06 - 09, at 10 am Central Standard Time!**

### New Submission Process

You don’t have a run, but want to learn something? You have a cool run that you’d like to teach, but don’t have time to learn something new?

This event, we are opening up to both possibilities! Check out the new submission forms.

### Links

- **Submit:** [Oengus](https://oengus.io/marathon/SRMZV) | [Google Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScha8wOiJcWSB3EaO_34xMuak9Vk8sEdGyEElJszz0X6Wy_UQ/viewform) | [Learn a run only](https://docs.google.com/forms/u/3/d/e/1FAIpQLScUPr_1pIHLJ3bVncWtRgbcaqREgKvGc4JHW6JT-VbuMnOokQ/viewform)
- **View Submissions:** [Submissions Publish](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT8bPFYUkk8wj8kannPUso_fFq9vyEggwDJXxcKbehE72PpZHNfu_TZSlrS9TjxwXwbdGudGSCYZsKE/pubhtml?gid=1342861663&single=true)
- **Volunteer application:**	**Open March 02**
- **Volunteer roles:** [Speedromizer - Volunteer Roles](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YjAIKq065s-MlwQQhcxUEWceh6K5dPwUtdWyj5uK6BA/edit#)
- **Transparency Statement:** [Speedromizer - Transparency Statement](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uV3Xr0bCj9M2hvTdE8KIGY7Wqa1nYxan77sKItdSXk0/edit#)
- **Twitch channel:** [Twitch.tv/speedromizer](https://twitch.tv/speedromizer)
- **Discord server:**	[Discord.gg/dUEKRbfWnK](http://discord.gg/dUEKRbfWnK)

### Charity

We are once again raising money for **[QMUNITY](https://qmunity.ca/)** - British Columbia's queer, trans, and Two-Spirit resource centre, providing safe space for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexual and asexual folks and their allies.

### Races

We cannot accept race submissions by default due to the nature of the event.

However, during the confirmation period, runners can ask the original submitter of their game to race them! If the submitter agrees, availability permits, and dedicated commentary can be organized, we might see some Student vs. Teacher races!

### Discouraged Criteria

Due to the nature of games being randomly drafted for accepted runners, any submission that fits one or more of the following criteria is less likely to be selected:

- Estimated length is more than 1 hour 30 minutes or less than 10 minutes
- The run has no available guide **and** the submitter is not able to provide assistance
- The run requires non-standard peripherals (e.g. custom controller, etc.)
- The run has an extremely high complexity in terms of mechanics **and** inputs
- The run is heavily dependent on RNG
- The game is not easily obtainable/playable (e.g. not emulatable, needs high-end PC hardware, etc.)

These runs can still be submitted, and they may be picked as backup games.

### Randomizer Rules

Randomizer submissions are allowed, but must fit **all** of these criteria:

- The randomizer must have the ability to set a decent starting inventory
- No overly challenging modes ex: Key Sanity, no starting sword/swordless
- The run must be able to be completed within 2 hours RTA by a new runner
- All randomizer submissions will be handled on a case by case basis

### Backup Games

We will have a list of backup games for runs that cannot be selected for the main draft lottery due to their nature (see *Discouraged Criteria*) but which are still awesome showcases that could fill time in case of a runner drop.

We hope to see you at **Speedromizer V!**

The charity marathon with a twist. What you submit, is NOT what you run.

Speedromizer V Submissions are LIVE

ULTRAKILL

Neo53

Phatzo

Contos

Balneor

xwpw4y0l

TheRealGRBow

MetroidCrime

The leaderboards will open 2 weeks from launch to allow discussion about the categories we want to start out with.

Hades 2

Indigo Park: Chapter 1

Rooftops & Alleys

An embargo is in place. Please come back when the embargo is open!

**Why?**: The embargo is in place to allow moderators and community members to properly set up the leaderboards. Don't want to rush it and make mistakes!

Dr Robotnik's Ring Racers

UEFN: Paranoid

Join the discord to to learn about the categories if you'd like to start doing runs ahead of the board opening.