Schmaniol
Final Enigma First Finish
updated
A Sector Run is a segmented speedrun where players divide the track in various parts, drive them individually as fast as possible, and then stitch them together in the replay editor to create a fluid run.
I learned a ton of things about ice during this project, watch out ice mains im coming
Going into this map, I was honestly pretty mediocre at ice (compared to my standards on other styles). I knew most of the theory, but I never really grasped most of it and just drove ice kinda "blindly". However, I got the hang of the gameplay very quickly and managed to get up to f15 in 4th place with roughly 50 hours spent before Wirtual finished :D Way better than I expected, and also way less time spent than I expected. I honestly could have probably gotten 3rd if I invested more time, but the "casual-like" approach that I took was far better for my mental. I didnt care about any placement, I just wanted to eventually finish. And that I did, being the 4th finisher of this map :D
The map itself is incredibly well built, I really enjoyed most of the grind (ofc It had some very despair moments, but thats guaranteed with a map like this). Huge shoutout to Burly and the rest of the team
Link to Map: https://trackmania.exchange/mapshow/253616
Link to DeepSlip Stats: deepslipstats.com (cool website)
Music:
youtu.be/5YG-HKjtiHM?si=tCK6GB031fnsPFDc
youtu.be/SfB2o3IBpYE?si=aGI_H3gTgepAGe5M
youtu.be/AUZFqBCDSk0?si=C7ngAIB6TqG6fVZj
As I said in the video, I will probably try to beat the no cut record as well, so look out for a new upload in the upcoming days/weeks :eyes:
TMX: https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/7217153
Special Thanks to aeq and Loupphok -
aeq helped me a lot in the making of this video, giving me lore on RPG maps and making the video more historically accurate (and also motivated me during the hunt :D)
Loupphok helped me proof watch the video, gave me feedbacks on things to improve on and created the Thumbnail
Music:
Stevia Sphere - Polar Bears
TrackMania² Valley OST
Best of LeG #1: youtu.be/EdIIPFg_ahw?si=OrQgY_auHRZ_1DyL
Best of LeG #2: youtu.be/tLskxWvWzw4?si=qsbt0JokH0so_ZlY
Best of LeG #3: youtu.be/ZDzmCH6NlGY?si=hV759Su0fzJOa63X
Best of LeG #4: youtu.be/8TUP113T_cc?si=wFup6uthph0261WQ
Music:
youtu.be/QpIew31MGHQ?si=w_IsLEf8ysvg7X3-
youtu.be/9oBXWTlTPMw?si=GkVSH3uz62FI274Q
youtu.be/LuvLac2pykY?si=DOG4DoZgGKOcazjS
youtu.be/4AKSpPkZAuE?si=x8jeZQkARj2JSrRX
youtu.be/EiZVTuiqo0w?si=9Ta7cpV05PupoB4Q
youtu.be/oySqE3z99AE?si=ITYyrJfhuNPZCijD
youtu.be/tcPdQBn1CxQ?si=wn34hqS2rARf6enB
youtu.be/4WNLG3bkj-4?si=k1fGrQtN78-srLar
youtu.be/LeBf0wh9n0E?si=clFBUwMB5_9KXk6d
I started this map back in early January and put a lot of effort into learning it, spent about 10 hours in editor and 15 hours on the CP map before going for the real map. On the real map I quickly reached Section 4, but I just had this mental barrier that I couldnt overcome. Had like 10-15 attempts there but I just couldnt do it so I gave up after spending like 23-24 Hours on real map (despite Section 4 probably being the easist for me in practice funnily enough). A few days ago I returned with renewed motivation and on my first try that made it to section 4 I oneshotted it, but failed to the clip at the very beginning of Section 5. Getting this mental blockade gone was a big confidence and motivation boost, so I kept pushing and my consistency was showing it. Sooo many runs that made it to section 3 and beyond, and after 10 Section 5 attempts and a cummulative 60 Hours put into this map, I finally became the first person to beat it :D
About the map itself, I think its an absolute work of art. Intax had to suffer through a lot of malding in discord dms, but thats just because I was frustrated xdd. If I look at it now after finishing, its just such an insanely good map. If you have the time and skill, I recommend you try finish the CP version of it, its truly a modern masterpiece imo. (My first finish on the CP map was 3 hours btw., and I already did every jump in editor beforehand, its a really, really, really hard map xd)
Also BIG thank you to @loupphok for making the thumbnail and being supportive during the hunt
No CP Map: https://trackmania.exchange/mapshow/214994
CP Map: https://trackmania.exchange/mapshow/214997
Music: youtube.com/watch?v=wGfguhnvECc
I streamed this run live on twitch: twitch.tv/schmaniol
Go Award it on TMX: https://trackmania.exchange/maps/130817/trial-defiant
I began building this map a few months ago, when I suddenly had a huge burst of motivation to build a Trial map... I got the entire map done in barely over a week, but then I never ended up uploading it for some reason. However, a few days ago I finally got back to it and polished it a bit more. In the end I think I could have done a lot of things WAY better, but I rather upload it now than let it rot away in my maps folder, never to be published.
Disclaimer: This is not a real run, I did every cp individually and then spliced it together with TMI so the respawns are cut out.
MASSIVE thank you to:
Slater - For helping me immensely during the building process
Paxiuz - For playtesting and building tips
A Sector Run is a segmented speedrun where players divide the track in various parts, drive them individually as fast as possible, and then stitch them together in the replay editor to create a fluid run.
Im honestly kinda bummed about the reactor cut, It's a mindblowing cut but I kinda wish I could have driven the other floors that were skipped because of this as well.
You can check out the full run here: twitch.tv/videos/2287040283
A Sector Run is a segmented speedrun where players divide the track in various parts, drive them individually as fast as possible, and then stitch them together in the replay editor to create a fluid run.
The project was suggested by Wirtual after he finished Deep Dip 2 and we did predictions on what the final time would be... We all thought its gonna be 19-18 minutes, and we were sceptical if we are even gonna get that. Ending up with a low 15 minute run was beyond our wildest dreams and I am insanely happy with how it turned out :D Enjoy!
youtube.com/watch?v=_0GZxjQsdmM&list=PLSIKV_3ZVR95JwqJxMWaPj2l_Pp8lqte5&index=1&ab_channel=Schmaniol
So first of all, what is a STM?
Before the release of the game back in 2016, Nadeo contacted a handful of Pro players to drive times on the 200 campaign maps as target times for players to beat in a seperate solo mode called "Super Solo". You unlock this mode after getting all 200 normal Trackmasters. Fun Fact: One of those pro players was riolu, and he drove over 100 of these medals, which are all cheated.
Wow. I started this journey in May 2022 and I was blasting through the STMs like crazy, but I skipped basically all Valley maps. For this environment you need to play on Controller because of the offroad sections/maps, so I had to learn pad and I didnt want that. At some point I got all the STMs in the other 3 environments and I was not looking forward to Valley so I took a long break. Sometime in 2023 I returned to the STM grind and picked up Valley, it was very tough and even easy STMs took me a long time, but I fought my way through until only 2 maps were left: #60 and #175 (175 being the map in the video). 60 was supposed to be my last STM so I kept it, but 175 was my nemesis. It has everything im bad at: Valley Dirt, 3 Minute Multilap, Bad visibility, and its just a super hard map to drive in general. I grinded for about 35 hours back in late 2023 but I gave up because I just couldnt do it. I didnt have any fun and it was too hard for me. But recently I saw a lot of other people finishing their STM journey so it motivated me to go back as well, and now I have become the 36th person to get all 200 STMs :D.
Theres a website where every STM finisher is listed: stmvilla.com
I cooked up a spreadsheet with interesting stats for my STMs, check it out if youre interested: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sBiPcIyYa-R-vpm5KoZX9E7sxA6sd0nuQDUaQDInGn4/edit?gid=0#gid=0
200/200
STM: 3:18.681 by riolu
Time Spent: 40 Hours
World Ranking: 4th
Difficulty: Tier 1
Map: tmrpgtrial.com/map/133
Hunted this for about 10-15 in total, really good map and im very happy with this time :D
And also for anyone wondering, this isnt the actual live recording, the VOD quality is too crap so I just rerecorded the live run with TMI
This is the hardest thing I've ever done. First of all, I want to thank everyone who has been following my journey. If you've been there from the start, or only joined for the finish, I truly appreciate everyone who stopped by my streams to support me. It really has made the grind easier, knowing people are cheering me on and hoping for me to succeed. I also want to thank everyone who was gifting subs and donating to me, sadly I was never fully able to express my gratitude because I had to really focus on driving the map, but I really appreciate every single donation.
Now onto my journey: Starting off, I always had the goal and confidence to finish. I never thought it would take this long and be this mentally challenging though. 200 hours on a single map is by far the most I've ever spent, and the euphoria I felt when I saw I had enough speed to make the final jump is something I have never experienced before.
I am really happy I managed to get top 5 and complete the map in under 200 hours, with WR and the first AT as well, and I'm also happy I managed to reach floor 16 before the practice floors released. I had hope I could somehow sneak into top 3 for a moment, but after top 3 finished and I was able to practice floor 16 I quickly realized that it was completely impossible. Floor 16 is brutal, so much harder than the rest of the map. Without practice this map would have taken me much longer for sure, maybe close to 300 hours actually.
In a few days I will stream my journey through Deep Dip 1 on Twitch, if anyone is interested. Thanks for Watching :D
Ranking:
Narcor - 20 WRs
Raizo - 16 WRs
Mani - 12 WRs
SucXceS - 9 WRs
Simi - 7 WRs
Sarken - 6 WRs
Luna - 4 WRs
Nitro - 4 WRs
Solu - 4 WRs
Teryo - 4 WRs
Danio - 3 WRs
Karhu - 3 WRs
Boerta - 2 WRs
Loller - 2 WRs
Jordy - 1 WR
Letzer - 1 WR
Schmaniol - 1 WR
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ez860UcXK0k&ab_channel=n%24vd
youtube.com/watch?v=9oTBgTI4lsI&ab_channel=Lowx
youtube.com/watch?v=B2sLIYmWwZg&ab_channel=Lowx
youtube.com/watch?v=wE3jiDA7h8k&ab_channel=Lowx
youtube.com/watch?v=rhinH9nYEL0&ab_channel=Lowx
youtube.com/watch?v=LHWyQgB_p90&ab_channel=Lowx
youtube.com/watch?v=4QgKqpopLdM&ab_channel=PAVILION.
youtube.com/watch?v=c_vMWR4hMGo&ab_channel=%F0%9D%96%92%F0%9D%96%86%F0%9D%96%91%F0%9D%96%8E%F0%9D%96%88%F0%9D%96%8A%F0%9D%96%93%F0%9D%96%99
youtube.com/watch?v=myXuiuqm7hc&ab_channel=%F0%9D%96%92%F0%9D%96%86%F0%9D%96%91%F0%9D%96%8E%F0%9D%96%88%F0%9D%96%8A%F0%9D%96%93%F0%9D%96%99
Hope you enjoy, Part 2 with TAS cuts will once again release at a later date
Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=jCD-10c1Q6k&ab_channel=Schmaniol
Also, with this im now #2 in the Classic Ranking with 42 WRs! :D
Highly recommend to watch my FS cut video that I mentioned at the beginning if you havent already, has even more wicked cuts than this one:
youtube.com/watch?v=99fZ-MaqYpQ&ab_channel=Schmaniol
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=PPutRXXWe-Q&ab_channel=skeler.
youtube.com/watch?v=Un7gKiMqsJo&ab_channel=Sublab
youtube.com/watch?v=nNvoQTT8odE&ab_channel=BassNation
youtube.com/watch?v=5lOJfABwe5Y&ab_channel=skeler.
youtube.com/watch?v=S_C5GGN_nBQ&ab_channel=skeler.
youtube.com/watch?v=imQ8NWpkD4Y&ab_channel=skeler.
Map: https://tmuf.exchange/trackshow/38399
It started in 2020 when I was grinding solo mode for Skill Points, back then the WR was 38.54 by Hefest and I tried to get the No Cut WR. I ended up driving a 38.58 and giving up because the ending of the map is absolutely horrific, but then in January 2021 Draggy managed to get the cut on this map and I was keen to try it myself. After a few hours of hunting I had a 38.27, which was the Official WR of the map and 2nd on TMX. I knew I could get the WR too but my goal was Official WR so I was satisfied. That is until today, I randomly had motivation to hunt it again and after just 2 hours I managed to get this run xD Pretty good time for the amount of effort put in
Map: https://tmuf.exchange/trackshow/3272
Part 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=Fov2RvHhXvo&ab_channel=Schmaniol
Music:
youtube.com/@altaremusic/videos
Shoutout to pompascharlie for finding out this cut is still possible and faster: youtube.com/watch?v=0i6CahkXd0s&ab_channel=pompascharlie
Track: https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/1354053
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=qzZvnjJ3C7k&ab_channel=UKFDrum%26Bass
youtube.com/watch?v=TsTFVdcpLrE&ab_channel=MrLINO83
Special Thanks to Jean Frinlaloy for his music! If you want to check him out: https://www.whyp.it/users/835/jean-frinlaloy
This war was crazy, dont think you can make it any closer honestly xD Hope you enjoyed the vid!
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=6H1JOGFYRO4
youtube.com/watch?v=9K2AsyA7cJI
youtube.com/watch?v=yWQ3pjqCBmA
youtube.com/watch?v=2263oFDoImk
Enjoy :)
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=A2xYanbip1w
youtube.com/watch?v=6bquIwXzvW8
Music: Bunch of songs from Lxst Century, cba looking them up now
Special Thanks to Twince for doing Plasto's Pink and Oli's White Skin
Ranking:
raizo - 32 WRs
dennis090 - 21 WRs
Schmaniol - 11 WRs
Insane - 6 WRs
Link - 5 WRs
Drarker - 4 WRs
Plastorex - 4 WRs
Mig - 4 WRs
G-Star - 3 WRs
Logic - 2 WRs
Bicougnon - 2 WRs
Nitro - 2 WRs
Luna - 1 WR
Loupphok - 1 WR
misiek - 1 WR
Hefest - 1 WR
Songs:
youtube.com/watch?v=DmD4gRG2ly4&ab_channel=EpikusMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=4MMmveMFcyM&ab_channel=Feint
youtube.com/watch?v=fwS7VltJGGk&ab_channel=Feint
youtube.com/watch?v=tgap7y7nOW8&ab_channel=RamesesB
youtube.com/watch?v=nFtTY2S20mI&ab_channel=Feint
INSANE flip
But I wanted to challenge myself on a style I usally never play, and I managed to get the world record on the 3rd most awarded map on TMX, one of the most hunted tech maps ever, End of Time.
TMX: https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/599660
Music: youtube.com/watch?v=2NXSxfy8l_w&ab_channel=MrSuicideSheep
Map: https://trackmania.exchange/tracks/view/78284 (Updated CP 14 + CP 6)
AT: 39:46.367
WR: 20:08.378 by Schmaniol
Always wanted to see the limit on this map, and mid 37 is definetly not what I expected, really happy with this considering it didnt take that long to make.
I got the first 10 secs from a failed RTA attempt and then tas'ed manually
In Late 2019, this project was started. Now a few days ago, we finally finished it :D
A lot of effort went into this project, especially by Johalss. Some of his runs are the best LOL runs I've ever seen, for example 66. 2 perfect ramm pull turns and the last turn is also nearly perfect... even using TAS thats gonna be hard to beat. Then theres also 32, a fs map with 2 speedslides that Madzen hunted... When mads has WR on a fullspeed map then you know its fcking good, by far the hardest wr to get this series but Joh did it after a loong painful grind. Show him some love in the comments! :D
The other members also did Insane runs ofc!
Rankings:
Johalss - 20 WRs
Schmaniol - 10 WRs
Luna - 6 WRs
Hefest - 6 WRs
Teryo - 5 WRs
Torny - 4 WRs
SucXceS - 4 WRs
Simi - 4 WRs
Erizel - 3 WRs
Plastorex - 3 WRs
Johan - 2 WRs
Karhu - 1 WR
Treyy - 1 WR
McKuhn - 1 WR
Loller - 1 WR
Epik - 1 WR
Songs:
youtube.com/watch?v=K7_-9EaGRNo
youtube.com/watch?v=_Up8yNILt_o
youtube.com/watch?v=NvKxzyVfHqE
youtube.com/watch?v=oM32jqy_Ap4
youtube.com/watch?v=iU7f8muxT3E
youtube.com/watch?v=fWhbCv-HuUg
Maps:
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/3640756#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/529073#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5816215#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5385238
https://tmuf.exchange/trackshow/3972871#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5761374#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5019382#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/4830153#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5445985#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5918604#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/6049424
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/3535714#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/5887179#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/2891370#auto
https://tmnf.exchange/trackshow/3090117#auto
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=xgHwKU905rY
youtube.com/watch?v=Nh0uMweFR10
In this run I was about equal to no cut but its probably a tiny bit faster if you get a really sick bugslide
gl to anyone who tries
Really happy with my results since I only hunted in week 2 and the last week (except 02)
Since Week 2 of the Campaign my goal was to get Top 5. I knew I had 40.000 Points pretty much safe because my World Record on 13 is very hard to beat. I hunted Week 2 a lot and had 150.000 Points + 3rd Place at one point. I however lost motivation quite quickly and stopped playing the Campaign entirely. That is, until about 10 days ago. There was a new bugslide strat on 03 so I tested it out and quickly drove a Top 4 time with it. Despite me not hunting the Campaign for over 2 months I was still at 100.000 Points, and the current 5th Place was at 110.000 Points. I knew I could do a last week push and go for the Top 5 and I felt motivated and pumped out a lot of good times in the last week. If I hunted more than just 2 weeks I could have probably gotten over 200.000 Points as well but you cant have everything, I had no motivation until last week.
Link to Campaign: trackmania.io/#/campaigns/0/22874
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=ppsmVmk3CPE
youtube.com/watch?v=iLYoGvhkevg
youtube.com/watch?v=lKEK_z56yu0
TMX Link (Warning: this map is horrible, it just looks very nice being played flawlessly but playing it yourself is god awful): https://trackmania.exchange/maps/61979/peak-trackmania-mapping
Map Links: tmx come back please
Map name is 4W Mini 6, its in the 4W Club
I finally got this one, which makes me part of the 2+ TMNF WRs gang FeelsGoodMan. I had a bunch of runs that were faster than this one until the end but all of them failed the last gs, so the potential here is still big for me especially because my start wasnt the greatest eventho I regularly drive within .01 to Hefest. I struggle a LOT with the very last gs, my pb from a while back (27.58) was like .05 or more in front of hef before the last gs but I failed the timing so I lost a ton of speed. Will definetly try to get it back once it gets beaten but yeah im happy to have it finally :D
Old WR: 27.52 by Hefest
New WR: 27.48 by Simi
Map: TMX down oof
Kinda fluked this one, played this for like 2 hours only i think


