Hello everyone! I hope that you all had a great 2018, and are looking forward to an even better 2019! I'm posting this to carry on with the tradition of the "Sylvester Tip", where we predict what the rankings will look like at the end of the year! For reference, here are the world records as of 12/31/18.
Current WRs
Dam: 0:52 / 1:16 / 1:55
Facility: 0:43 / 0:52 / 0:52
Runway: 0:22 / 0:22 / 0:28
Surface 1: 1:02 / 1:47 / 1:48
Bunker 1: 0:16 / 0:20 / 1:02
Silo: 1:00 / 1:07 / 1:21
Frigate: 0:23 / 0:58 / 1:05
Surface 2: 0:46 / 0:47 / 1:23
Bunker 2: 0:23 / 0:44 / 0:54
Statue: 2:18 / 2:18 / 2:18
Archives: 0:15 / 0:53 / 0:53
Streets: 1:11 / 1:54 / 1:54
Depot: 0:23 / 0:39 / 0:46
Train: 0:57 / 1:23 / 1:48
Jungle: 0:50 / 0:52 / 0:53
Control: 3:56 / 4:03 / 4:04
Caverns: 1:01 / 1:13 / 1:30
Cradle: 0:33 / 0:33 / 0:33
Aztec: 1:23 / 1:30 / 1:35
Egypt: 0:44 / 0:44 / 0:44
Current Top 10
1. Luke Szklarz
2. Rayan I.
3. Daniel Coelho
4. David Clemens
5. Marc Rutzou
6. Bryan Bosshardt
7. Karl Jobst
8. Dan Parker
9. Ryan White
10. Jim Barrett
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So post your own versions of these lists according to what you believe will be accurate on Dec 31, 2019! Feel free to include a total WR count this time as well! I've posted the WR count of the last 10 years at the bottom of this post for reference.
2006 thread:
http://elite.speedrunwiki.com/forum/index.php?topic=1035.02007 thread:
http://elite.speedrunwiki.com/forum/index.php?topic=884.02008 thread:
http://elite.speedrunwiki.com/forum/index.php?topic=13382.02009 thread:
http://elite.speedrunwiki.com/forum/index.php?topic=14194.02013 thread:
http://forums.the-elite.net/forum/index.php?topic=18405.02014 thread:
http://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=19279.msg396558#2015 thread:
http://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=19976.02016 thread:
https://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=20758.02017 thread:
https://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=21697.02018 thread:
https://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=22261.msg450608#msg450608Here are the amounts of WRs and untieds achieved each year since 2009:
2009: 43 WRs, 7 untieds
2010: 114 WRs, 24 untieds
2011: 35 WRs, 12 untieds
2012: 67 WRs, 15 untieds
2013: 95 WRs, 10 untieds
2014: 186 WRs, 13 untieds
2015: 188 WRs, 12 untieds
2016: 164 WRs, 10 untieds
2017: 211 WRs, 12 untieds
2018: 226 WRs, 16 untieds
Happy New Year and happy predicting everyone!