Splatoon Raiders Speedrun: World Records, Categories and Rules
Solo Any% record 2:18:27 as of 2026-09-06, set by Haitex on 08-25. The main board has 1,305 verified runs by 266 runners, including co-op, New Game+ and 118 individual levels.
By the SplatAtlas editorial team · Last updated: 2026-09-06
Is Splatoon Raiders a speedgame?
The speedrun.com board for Splatoon Raiders was created on 2026-06-14, more than five weeks before the game came out. By 2026-09-06 it held 1,305 verified runs from 266 runners. The first solo Any% times were about six and a half hours on release day. The current record is 2:18:27, set by the Japanese runner Haitex on 2026-08-25 and verified two days later. Ethan Stone's English explainer of 2026-08-12 covers mikandao's 2:54 run of 07-31. Japanese uploads use the RTA label and put the difficulty in the title.
This page is a dated snapshot. speedrun.com is the authority for placements. The tables identify the board behind each number, its difficulty and player count, and whether a run is verified. All figures come from the speedrun.com API on 2026-09-06 and are limited to verified runs. Run counts are verified runs, which is more than the ranked board displays: speedrun.com lists only each player's or team's best run in a category and hides the rest.
Solo Any% (Tourist) leaderboard, as of 2026-09-06
Any% means beat the story from a new file, timed from selecting "Love It!" on the character-select screen to the loading icon after the Salmonarch falls. Tourist is the lowest difficulty and, unsurprisingly, the fastest board; the same category exists for Raider and Survivalist and for two, three and four players. Thirty-four runners have a verified solo Tourist time across 102 verified runs. The top four are Japanese; the fastest runner outside Japan, LonTr0 of Canada, is fifth.
| # | Time | Runner | Run date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:18:27 | Haitex (JP) | 2026-08-25 | World record, and the first run under 2:20. His own video title carries the time and 【WR】; the description says he had thought the weapon was weak. Fourteen verified runs on this board. |
| 2 | 2:20:29 | kazikimaguro0225 (JP) | 2026-09-04 | Verified 09-05. Took 4 minutes 8 seconds off his own 2:24:37 from two days earlier and moved from fourth to second. Held the record himself on 07-24 with 4:20:21. |
| 3 | 2:23:59 | yomogil (JP) | 2026-08-29 | Held the record on 07-26 with 3:22:54, the first run under 3:30. Six verified runs here. |
| 4 | 2:24:10 | R_ayu (JP) | 2026-09-04 | Verified 09-05 and new to the top ten. Also runs on the four-player team that ranks second at 3:16:42. |
| 5 | 2:24:30 | LonTr0 (CA) | 2026-08-26 | Fastest runner outside Japan. Also holds the 3P record and is on the 2P and 4P record teams. |
| 6 | 2:24:48 | tunaimo (JP) | 2026-08-28 | One verified run. |
| 7 | 2:24:54 | Motoro (JP) | 2026-08-18 | Held the record for one day, 08-09 to 08-10. |
| 8 | 2:26:49 | gotoku_tochigawa (JP) | 2026-08-31 | Improved his previous time by 30 seconds. |
| 9 | 2:27:33 | Dee_G (US) | 2026-08-26 | Fastest American; on the 2P and 4P record teams. |
| 10 | 2:28:51 | hebilin (JP) | 2026-08-22 | Three verified runs. |
Two runs verified on 2026-09-05 reordered the board without touching the record. Haitex now leads second place by 2 minutes 2 seconds, down from 5 minutes 32 seconds, and nemuto has dropped to eleventh at 2:28:58. Places three to seven are separated by 55 seconds. Every current top-ten time is still faster than the 2:30:18 that ranked second on 2026-08-18.
How the record fell: 6:34 to 2:18 in 34 days
Every verified run that was the fastest at the time it was set, in the solo Tourist category. Dates are the run dates on speedrun.com. Several early runs were only submitted on 08-12, so the board looked thinner in July than it actually was.
| Date | Time | Runner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | 6:34:33 | Negat (JP) | Release day. Twitch VOD. |
| 2026-07-24 | 4:20:21 | kazikimaguro0225 (JP) | Two hours off in two days. |
| 2026-07-25 | 4:09:48 | Negat (JP) | |
| 2026-07-26 | 3:22:54 | yomogil (JP) | First run under 3:30. |
| 2026-07-27 | 3:15:34 | mikandao (JP) | |
| 2026-07-28 | 3:10:41 | mikandao (JP) | |
| 2026-07-29 | 3:08:54 | mikandao (JP) | |
| 2026-07-30 | 3:00:19 | Haitex (JP) | Nineteen seconds short of the three-hour barrier. |
| 2026-07-31 | 2:49:44 | mikandao (JP) | First run under 3:00. His 2:54 from the same day is the run Ethan Stone's explainer breaks down. |
| 2026-08-01 | 2:42:38 | Haitex (JP) | |
| 2026-08-02 | 2:38:57 | R_ayu (JP) | |
| 2026-08-03 | 2:35:24 | Haitex (JP) | |
| 2026-08-04 | 2:30:47 | Haitex (JP) | |
| 2026-08-09 | 2:30:18 | Motoro (JP) | The only five-day gap between records; beat Haitex by 29 seconds. |
| 2026-08-10 | 2:30:16 | Haitex (JP) | By two seconds, the next day. |
| 2026-08-11 | 2:27:15 | Haitex (JP) | |
| 2026-08-14 | 2:22:55 | Haitex (JP) | |
| 2026-08-25 | 2:18:27 | Haitex (JP) | Current record. First run under 2:20. |
The solo record is unchanged at 2:18:27, twelve days after Haitex set it. The two-player record moved twice off the same day of running: LonTr0 and Dee_G ran 2:44:03 and 2:37:05 on 2026-09-03, the slower one was verified on 09-04 and the faster on 09-05, so the 2:44:03 held the record for one day and is now hidden from the ranked board as a superseded run. Both four-player runs from 09-02 remain verified, with LonTr0, Dee_G, Roylouk and LPhantom first at 3:14:05 and Haitex, taro192168_, R_ayu and Motoro second at 3:16:42.
Every category on the board
Full-game runs are split by category, then by player count (1P to 4P) and, for Any%, by difficulty. Individual-level boards exist for 118 levels, each split by heat (Raid, Spicy, Super Spicy). Rules are quoted from speedrun.com. Run counts on this page are VERIFIED RUNS at our sweep, which is more than the ranked board shows: speedrun.com lists only each player's or team's best run in a category and hides the rest, so a board with ten verified runs can display seven rows. The board's level-type names differ from the ones on our dungeon page, so both are given.
| Category | What you do | Timing | Verified runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any% | Defeat the Salmonarch on a new file. Sub-boards for Tourist, Raider and Survivalist, each for 1P to 4P. | Starts when you select "Love It!" at character select; ends when the loading icon appears after the Salmonarch is defeated. | 125 across all sub-boards, 102 of them solo Tourist |
| Gold Club | Defeat Lord Saltimatum on a new file. | Starts when you select "Love It!"; ends when the health bar disappears after you collect the Legendary Loot. | 1: Haitex, 7:17:58 on 2026-08-23 |
| All Missions | On a new file, clear every mission available before the Throne Room and then defeat the Salmonarch, or clear every mission except Bottomless Buffet floors 101 and later and finish at the Gold Club. | Starts when you select "Love It!"; ends at the loading icon after the Salmonarch or when the health bar disappears after the final treasure. | 1: Dvard, Throne Room route, 4:19:06 on 2026-08-23 |
| NG+ (New Game+) | On a completed file, clear a defined set. All Missions: every Explore level (our Treasure Hunts, 15), Crystal level (Shard Mining, 6), Den (Gem Search, 17), Ruins (Buried plus Hidden, 10) and Sampler Dungeon (24), the ten Past Adventures and the 36 Great Salmon Mess Hall levels, with Bottomless Buffet floors 101+ excluded. Or one of six sub-boards: Explore Islands, Crystal Islands, Salmonid Dens, Buried Ruins, Sampler Dungeons, or Bottomless Buffet (floors 1 to 99 plus the Gold Club). | Starts when you select "Raid!" on the first level; ends when the health bar disappears after the final treasure, or at the loading icon after the Salmonarch for sets that end there. | 64; All Missions has one, 4:53:35 by 5eil (IE) on 2026-08-26 |
| All Outfits | Collect the 32 outfits that do not require multiplayer or amiibo on a new file. | Starts when you select "Love It!"; ends when the final "Outfit acquired!" message appears. | 0 |
| NG+ All Missions Buffetless | All Missions with no Bottomless Buffet floors and no Gold Club; the Mess Hall part is reduced to Upper, Middle and Lower Tier. | As NG+. | 2; the record is still 2:38:28 (IcyDoesAnimation, 2026-08-10) |
| All Relics | Collect every relic on a new file. | Starts when you select "Love It!"; ends when the final "Title earned!" message appears. | 0 |
| Individual levels | 118 levels, from the four tutorial stages to the three boss temples, run from a completed file, with sub-boards for 1P to 4P and for Raid, Spicy and Super Spicy. | The in-game timer shown at the end of the level. | 1,112 (876 solo) |
| Category Extensions (separate board) | Boss Rush; Any% Arcade Ending; six 2.0x Crystal Yield level boards; Arcade Games; Max Loot; 10 Boxes; and Death%. | Each category publishes its own start and end condition. | 28 total: Arcade Games 16, Boss Rush 4, Death% 3, 2.0x Crystal levels 2, 10 Boxes 2, Max Loot 1; Any% Arcade Ending has 0 |
Co-op, New Game+ and extension records
The boards a Raiders player who is not going to grind Any% is most likely to try. Every entry is a verified record at our sweep, with the run date. Run counts are verified runs, including runs a later run by the same player or team has since hidden from the ranked board.
| Board | Record | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2P Any% (Tourist) | 2:37:05, LonTr0 (CA) and Dee_G (US), 2026-09-03 | Ten verified runs. The same pair ran 2:44:03 the same day. It was verified first, held the record for one day, and is now hidden from the ranked board because the pair beat it themselves. |
| 3P Any% (Tourist) | 3:17:44, LonTr0 (CA), LynnofLeftheria (US), Leafleopard (US), 2026-08-14 | One of two verified 3P runs. |
| 4P Any% (Tourist) | 3:14:05, LonTr0 (CA), Dee_G (US), Roylouk (CH), LPhantom (DE), 2026-09-02 | Verified on 09-03. The Japanese team of Haitex, taro192168_, R_ayu and Motoro is second at 3:16:42, and TARO has published their run in full. Four verified 4P runs; the ranked board shows three, because the 3:30:52 from 08-03 was set by the same four players as the record and is hidden. |
| Any% Raider (solo) | 2:34:06, Haitex (JP), 2026-08-18 | Five verified runs. The attempt he streamed on 08-18 went on the board as this time, one hour twenty-one minutes under the 3:55:28 it replaced. |
| Any% Survivalist (solo) | 3:24:23, Haitex (JP), 2026-08-18 | Two verified runs. Set the same day as his Raider record, which gives him all three solo difficulty boards. |
| NG+ Bottomless Buffet (floors 1 to 99 plus the Gold Club) | 1:27:21, tatsu_ya (JP), 2026-08-22 | Eight runs; second is thundy (US) at 1:30:23. tatsu_ya, a board moderator, took this board and the Dens and Ruins boards on the same day. |
| NG+ Sampler Dungeons (all 24) | 31:39, Ath_ (JP), 2026-08-20 | Fifteen runs; Dvard (NO) is second at 32:05. |
| NG+ Explore Islands (all 15) | 16:46, SpHyperspeed (CA), 2026-08-15 | Thirteen runs; seven seconds ahead of second. |
| NG+ Crystal Islands (all 6) | 9:40, WhyWhyWhyWhy (US), 2026-08-17 | Fifteen runs; tatsu_ya (JP) is second at 9:55. |
| NG+ Salmonid Dens (all 17) | 14:30, tatsu_ya (JP), 2026-08-22 | Eight runs. |
| NG+ Buried Ruins (all 10) | 13:29, tatsu_ya (JP), 2026-08-22 | Four runs. |
| Max Loot (extensions) | 33:34, tatsu_ya (JP), 2026-08-19 | The only verified run. Clear a level after reaching the loot limit of 250. |
| 10 Boxes (extensions) | 1:16, kazikimaguro0225 (JP), 2026-09-01 | Two verified runs. Timing ends when the tenth crane box breaks and gives loot. |
| Death% (extensions) | 1:06.617, 5eil (IE), 2026-08-27 | Three verified runs. Start a new file and reach the first death screen. |
| Boss Rush (extensions) | 22:21, akaWoomy, 2026-08-06 | Four verified runs; 5eil (IE) is second at 25:19. |
| Gold Club (floor 100), individual level | 2:25 solo, 14bravery, 2026-09-02 | The only board where the same content is run at more than one player count, and the clearest thing on this page: solo 2:25, 3P 2:49 by mororin, mpi_ch and tatsu_ya, 4P 2:59 by those three plus 14bravery, who also holds the solo time. 2P has no run. Adding players makes the fight slower, and the 4P team gives the reason in their own video description: the Power Egg requirement rises with the number of players. |
How the timing and video rules work
Quoted or closely paraphrased from the board. Read the current rule text on speedrun.com before submitting; this is the state on 2026-09-06.
- ·Any% is real time from selecting "Love It!" on the character-select screen to the loading icon after the Salmonarch is defeated. No milliseconds are shown and there is no in-game timer for full runs.
- ·Any% video thresholds: a solo Tourist run under 4:00:00 needs video with clearly audible game audio, and 2P to 4P runs under 5:00:00. Raider: 4:30:00 solo, 5:30:00 multiplayer. Survivalist: 6:00:00 solo, 7:00:00 multiplayer. Slower runs can be submitted without video, but every run is verified by a moderator before it appears.
- ·Multiplayer world records need video from every player, not just one.
- ·NG+ and most full-run Category Extension submissions need permanent video. Max Loot and the 2.0x Crystal level boards require video for world records, including ties. Top-five placements require audible game audio where the category rule says so.
- ·Individual levels are timed by the in-game timer on the level's result screen; in multiplayer only the player who touches the goal needs video.
- ·Difficulty is a sub-board, not a modifier: a Raider run and a Tourist run never compete against each other.
- ·Emulators are not allowed. Bottomless Buffet floors 101 and beyond are excluded from every category.
Reading the Japanese scene
Most of the top times are Japanese, and so is the vocabulary. Runs are labelled RTA (real time attack) rather than "speedrun", the difficulty appears in the title by its Japanese name (トラベラー for Tourist, レイダー for Raider, サバイバー for Survivalist), and a former world record is marked FWR after it falls, as Haitex did with his 2:27:15 upload. If you are searching YouTube for the current state of the run, "レイダース RTA トラベラー" finds far more than "Splatoon Raiders speedrun".
The English-language scene is smaller but organised: every co-op record is a Western team, and Ethan Stone, whose explainer put the run in front of English viewers, is himself on the board at 2:42:29. The two communities are visibly reading each other. mikandao's 07-31 run is the one the explainer breaks down, and Dee_G went from 2:58:47 on 08-02 to 2:27:33 on 08-26. LonTr0, now the fastest runner outside Japan, is fifth overall at 2:24:30.
Speedrun FAQ
What is the Splatoon Raiders speedrun world record?
2:18:27 for Any% on Tourist difficulty, solo, by Haitex (Japan), run on 2026-08-25 and verified on speedrun.com two days later. Other boards have their own records: 2P Any% is 2:37:05, 4P Any% is 3:14:05, Raider-difficulty solo is 2:34:06, and NG+ Bottomless Buffet floors 1 to 99 is 1:27:21.
How long is a Splatoon Raiders speedrun?
A record-pace solo Any% run on Tourist is about two hours eighteen minutes; most of the board sits between two and a half and three and a half hours. A normal story playthrough is usually quoted at 10 to 20 hours depending on how much you clear (see our FAQ), so the run is roughly a tenth of a first playthrough.
Which difficulty is used for speedruns?
Any of the three, but as separate boards. Tourist is where nearly all the runs and every headline time are, because lower enemy health and damage make it the fastest. Raider has five verified solo runs and Survivalist two, and Haitex holds both records.
Can you speedrun Splatoon Raiders in co-op?
Yes. Any% has 2P, 3P and 4P sub-boards on every difficulty. Tourist records are 2:37:05 for 2P, 3:17:44 for 3P and 3:14:05 for 4P. World-record multiplayer runs need video from every player. Expect co-op to be slower than solo, not faster: see the next question.
Why is the four-player record slower than the solo record?
Because the Power Egg requirement rises with the number of players, so a bigger team has more to collect rather than the same amount split four ways. The four-player team who set the Gold Club time attack say exactly that in their video description. You can check it on one board: the Gold Club, floor 100, is the only level with records at more than one player count, and it goes 2:25 solo, 2:49 for three players and 2:59 for four, with 14bravery on both the solo record and the four-player team. On the full run the gap is wider, because the whole game is scaled that way: 4P Any% at 3:14:05 is 55 minutes 38 seconds behind the solo 2:18:27.
Where do I submit a run?
Use speedrun.com/Raiders for the main categories and speedrun.com/RaidersCE for Boss Rush, arcade, loot and challenge categories. Every run is verified by a moderator before it appears; the video rules are listed above.
Is there a Bottomless Buffet speedrun?
Floors 1 to 99 plus the Gold Club are an NG+ sub-board (record 1:27:21). Floors 101 and beyond are excluded from every category. That is a depth race rather than a timed one, and it is covered on our deep-floors page.
Related guides
Sources
- Splatoon Raiders: leaderboards, speedrun.com
- Splatoon Raiders Category Extensions: leaderboards, speedrun.com
- スプラトゥーンレイダース トラベラー Any% RTA 2時間22分55秒 【WR】(Haitex), YouTube (community video)
- 【RTA】Splatoon Raiders Any% 4P with @Haitexas @R_ayu @motoro 3:16:42 (TARO), YouTube (runner upload)
- 【4人】『無限食堂 黄金の間』TA 4P 2:59 (も～ろりん/mpi_ch/14b/tatsu_ya; description states the Power Egg requirement rises with player count), YouTube (runner upload)
- How Speedrunners SOLVED Splatoon Raiders in One Week (Ethan Stone), YouTube (community video)
Method: every time, date, runner, country, category, rule and run count on this page was read from the speedrun.com REST API on 2026-09-06 (games 369yyvl1 and pdvgg54d), limited to verified runs. Run counts are verified runs, which is more than the ranked board displays, because speedrun.com hides a player's or team's superseded runs. Country codes are the runners' self-declared speedrun.com locations. We did not watch full runs and this page describes no routes or tricks. Placements change daily; when this page and speedrun.com disagree, speedrun.com is right and this page is stale. Difficulty and level names follow the English release; the Japanese difficulty names are Nintendo's own. This site is not affiliated with speedrun.com or its moderators.