New Players

Fabian Zimmerman joined oru site at #672 with a full timeset.
Daniel Plaumann joined with only 26 times at #770.
Ken Wunsch joined with only a halfcomplete timesheet at #773. SC: #462.

World Records

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...but a few WRs here! We got 2 guys beating WRs this half.

The first WRs came from Greg Ihnatenko, who got 2 really sick WRs! Both flap WRs, the first was a crazy YV lap which beats Vinces lap from last month by exactly 0"01! The new lap is 6"93 (NTSC: 5"76)! The other WR was on WS, which was a "huge" cut for Greg. With an improvement of his own PR by 0"25 (!) seconds, he beats the WR by 0"04 seconds to a 2"31 (NTSC: 1"92)!!
The last Wr came from Vincent Tolhuis, who just kicked MJ out of the SC Wrs list. With a nice cut Vicne was able to beat the old time by 0"04 seconds and got a really great 1'49"34 (NTSC: 1"30"93)!!

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The highest active player was #10 (11) Jamie White. Jamie improved MR and SL duals, both MR times are ranked 9th and Sl 3lap is at #12 and the flap at #14. Jamie improved 0.6 AF points in total to pass Trystan in the WRL to join the MK64 TOP10! It's one of the hardest, if not even the hardest TOP10 to join in the kart world. Better be proud of it Jamie! :)
#29 (27) Kevin Booth made his 2nd PR this year on DKJP with a 0"02 cut on the flap. However, this was enough to pass Alex Penev for the 27th spot in the AF charts!
#76 (75) Noah Gordon made some nice improvements this half on MMF and BB dual and FS flap. With MMF 3lap and FS flap he hit two new TOP60s and is close to a rank promotion. In AF he passed 5 people to join the TOP75!
#78 (77) Lenny Gutierrez improved 5 times, like Noah, on 3 courses. His MR times look promising with both being TOP50 times and the 3lap is even a GOD time!
#87 (88) David Moll played a bit this half and got promising PRs on BC. His 3lap is a new Legend and TOP100 time, and the flap is solid at #69 aswell. David cut 1.6 AF points, but only passed one person in the WRL.
The next player makes this month something special: the 100th player with a Legend F ARR or better! #95 (95) Daniel Burbank made a PR haul of 22 new times in all cups. He got 10 new Legend times and even a GOD time on RRd 3lap! This isn't an easy GOD, so it's definitely a nice achievment. Daniel passed 27 people with a huge AF cut of 31 points!
#178 (180) Stefan Glosby joined the BC trend of this update and improved his flap by 0"12 seconds.
MK64 newcomer #228 (230) Ben Allen shows us that he does not only have skills for SMK and MKSC. Ben just destroyed his timeset with a complete new set, all of them ranged around #200 - #280. With a 178 AF point cut he passed easily over 170 players. Ben definitely has more potential, as he also got a few nice TOP200s on not so easy courses. Keep going Ben!
#283 (278) Patrick Loseth got 4 PRs on LR flap, KD dual and RRd 3lap. He got a few nice Elite times and even a King D on KD flap. Patrick passed 9 players in AF this half and became the newest Elite D player.
#323 (328) Michael Arends got 10 nice PRs this half, with 2 Legend times on FS 3lap and YV flap! FS 3lap is definitely not an easy course, so this is a quite big achievment. He cut 12 Af points to pass 8 players.

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MK64 SC Time Trial Champ Vincent Tolhuis got a new WR on TT 3lap and passed 2 players, but his AF stays the same as #2 (2) Greg Ihnatenko got 4 new PRs (and 2 WRs) to cut 0.32 AF points. Greg passed Karlo for SC #2 and is almost subbing the 3 AF points mark! Greg got times like MR and RRd flap that are still ranked 7th, so if he would try them he could easily get some more points.
#22 (23) Noah Gordon improved his KD 3lap and gained a spot + rank.

That's it guys! 100 Legends in this game now... so to enter the TOP100 your average rank rating must be at least Legend, which is next to GOD. A tough TOP100, and a lot of strong players! Hope to see you next time again :)

~Chris

New Players

Ben Allen Joins our site with a full timeset at #403.
Albin Milongo joins the SC site with 9 times at #160.

World Records

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We got one new SC WR from Vincent Tolhuis. He improved his own FS flap and tied the current flap WR at 5"89 (NTSC: 4"90)!

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MK64 Time Trial Champ Matthias Rustemeyer got 2 new records on KTB 3lap and MR flap. His MR flap was a cut of 2 ranks and is now exactly 0"01 seconds behind the WR! Matthias finally reached the 2 AF point mark, which is now his highest AF score ever.
#11 (11) Jamie White made some strong PRs on CM, MR and RRd which gained him a total of 0.75 AF points! Jamie has passed Jeff in AF now aswell and is only 0.75 more points away from the AF TOP10!
#76 (76) Stacy Needham got a new KD 3lap PR and cut 0.1 AF points. He is not far away from the TOP75, so even a small PR can get him there. But if he doesn't play enough, #78 (80) Noah Gordon could pass him. Noah sent us 4 PRs on KD, CM and RRd 3laps and BB flap, which gained him a total of 1.75 points. He is only 2.2 points behind Stacy, so passing him could eventually happen already next time!
#120 (122) Daniel Burbank made 21 new PRs, he cut a good amount of ranks on all of them! Daniel passed 52 players in the AF charts and gained the King B standard! Notable times are his SL times and his FS flap at 39"72/33"03.
#282 (221) Alain Studer got 8 new records. He got 2 new Legend times on KTB and CM flaps, both not very easy Legends. Alain passed 25 players in AF and joined the TOP300 in the WRL.
#289 (292) Patrick Loseth got 20 new records across all cups. He improved many of his worse times and gained a total of 53 AF points. Patrick joined the TOP300 in AF and in the WRL. He also became the newest Elite player!
#332 (336) Michael Arends got 13 new records and got a few really nice times, for example a 133rd ranked YV flap which is also a King A time! He cut 37 Af points and passed 40 players in the WRL.
#410 (414) Bjorn Jordet got a new MMF flap and a new KD 3lap. The 3lap got improved by 2.5 seconds, it makes him pass 199 players on this chart. Bjorn got a 7 AF points cut which boosts him 2 spots upwards in the AF lists.
#574 (630) Nicolas Goupil got 18 PRs and passed 28 players. Nicolas also became an Advanced D player in the progress.
#614 (676) Sam Smith almost improved his whole timeset, including 6 new times, cutting 90 AF points in total. Sam passed 106 players to join the TOP700 in AF!

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The only active person in SC was the champ Vincent Tolhuis, who improved his FS flap to gain 4 spots, which makes him cut 11% of his AF! This is definitely a lot with such a low AF, which sits at 1.364 points! This must be the lowest SC AF ever!

That's it. Hope you'll join me again for the latest May action!

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If you are interested to help out with News updating in late August/early September, please write it in the Site Issues/Suggestions Topic on the Message Board. I'll be away for 3 weeks in that period, so I need someone who will write 2 updates in that time for me.

~Chris

New Players

Faoula Duke joined the rankings with only 4 times on LR and MR and debuted at #842.

World Records

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Matthias Rustemeyer tied the KD flap WR with a time of 39"14 (NTSC: 32"55)! Matthias is now at 12 WRs, and leading the non-sc WR tally again.

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Vincent Tolhuis improved the oldest MK64 WR on YV: he improved his own time, which was a WR tie, by 0"01 and got a 6"94 (NTSC: 5"77) flap!! Really great achivement!

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MK64 Time Trial Champ Matthias Rustemeyer improved not only his KD flap, but also MMF flap. With a cut of 0"02 seconds he beat Daniels last non-sc Course Record and is at 32/32 german records again! Daniel was 0"01 better than Matthias here, so without the NTSC convertion he had a better time. Must have felt good to have a win on the world champ ;)!
#3 (3) Vincent Tolhuis got 3 PRs and improved all of them by 1 rank. The tracks he played are TT flap with a bad missed jump which probably cost the sub and a dual BC PR. VAJ is only 0.5 AF points behind MJ.
#9 (9) Daniel Lunczer got a PR on BC 3lap and improved it by 0"1 seconds.
#11 (12) Jamie White got a huge load of PRs! 9 PRs helped him to cut 1.8 AF points, which is 11% of his AF! He PRd on LR, MM, TT and WS dual and KTB flap. Most of them were mini cuts, but he also got two big PRs. Jamie overtook Jeffrey to take the American crown! In AF however he still has to cut 0.35 points to become the champ.
#26 (26) Finn Berger got again a BB flap PR, this time he gained 15 spots which allowed him to pass the 28 AF points barrier. Finn almost passed the AF graveyard, and is close to the TOP25. Go for it Finn!
#76 (76) Stacy Needham gained 3 PRs, and got 2 new TOP100 times on KD and MR 3lap. He cut 2.5 AF points and passed 3 people on the AF charts.
#83 (81) Lenny Gutierrez got a load of PRs, 13 to be exact, and gained 8 spots in the AF charts. Lenny got 3 new Legend times and also a really nice LR flap GOD!
#82 (83) Noah Gordon also got a nice PR collection of 11 new records on Mush, Flower and Star Cups. with a 5.6 AF points cut he passed 4 people and landed only 0.25 AF points behind Lenny!
#159 (162) Christopher Zartler got 11 new records on all cups and improved many times into the TOP200. Christopher got a lot of new King times, which helped him to improve his ARR to King D! Christopher also gained 13 ranks in the AF charts.
#164 (164) Dan Tarr got 5 PRs and the same cut of ranks as Christopher. He is also again 2 spots behind him. Dan got a new Legend time on RRy flap which is also a new TOP100!
#167 (174) Daniel Burbank improved more than half of his timeset, and got many new Kings and even Legends. Daniel got a nice double PR on TT which is a double TOP100 and the flap is a really nice PAL sub of 59"99! He also improved his ARR to King D.
#230 (242) Robert Zingelman got 11 PRs this half. With a 21 AF point cut he was able to pass 17 people and enter the TOP250! Robert improved many of his non TOP300 times to TOP300 and also TOP250 times.
#372 (373) Michael Arends got a nice PR haul this half and gained 18 new records. He improved many of his worse times into the TOP500, a lot of Advanced and Expert times were erased and he went from Semi Pro B straight to the Pro C standard!
#527 (552) Taylor Trogdon got 9 PRs this half. His AF cut of 30 points boosted him 32 spots upwards in the AF charts.
#854 (797) Jocke Kun got a new PR on MR 3laps which is ranked 312th. He entered the TOP800 with this PR.

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MK64 SC and Universal Champ Vincent Tolhuis got as already mentioned a new WR on YV. No changes in the AF though.
#23 (23) Noah Gordon got 2 new PRs on TT and FS 3laps. He cut a few AF points and gained an AF rank.
#200 (200) Michael Arends sent us 4 new times for his SC timeset and also improved his best time to new heights! A 12th ranked FS SC 3lap is really crazy for a guy ranked barely in the TOP200!! Congratz :)

Oh yeah ;D hope to see ya next time guys! :)

~Chris

New Players

Thomas Gonda joined our site at #731 with 32 times.
Jocke Kun joined the site with 3laps only, and only on 7 courses. He already got a few Experts and TOP500 times! Thomas joined at #810.
Chase Gallien sent us two 3laps for KTB and MMF, both pretty well ranked. Chase joined at #840.
John Mark Stumpe also sent only two 3laps, but on LR and TT. They are also well in the TOP500, and landed him at #846.
Danny Libera joined with only one time on KD 3lap. He joined at #876.

World Records

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Vincent Tolhuis set a new flap record for YV flap. With a 0"03 PAL improvement he was able to lower it to 31"44 (NTSC: 26"15)!!
Thomas Jordet Larsen visited his best course... and made an incredible improvement. This may be an absolute fluke flap, but he got a 0"09 cut on this already pretty strong flap!! MMF flap went down to 27"82 (NTSC: 23"14)!!

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MK64 Time Trial Champ Matthias Rustemeyer gained a new MMF 3lap, which is the 3rd sub 1'27, and got a new TOP3 time.
#3 (3) Vincent Tolhuis got 5 records and improved 0.12 AF points. He's only 0.55 Points away from MJ.. it would be really sick if he could take the dutch AF crown in non-sc too!
#6 (8) Thomas Jordet Larsen gained 4 PRs, and almost subbed 41 seconds on BB! His YV flap is also getting tight, almost subbing 31"5. Thomas improved 0.28 AF points and gained a WRL spot.
#9 (9) Daniel Lunczer improved 5 new records. Daniel got 3 nice TOP10 times on KTB, KD and FS flaps, and improved KD and BC 3laps to 12th and 13th. He cut 0.7 AF points, which is a lot more than he usually cuts!
#12 (12) Jamie White also got 5 PRs, and improved his weakest time: KTB 3lap. It went from 30th to 17th with a cut 0"39! Jamie also got a TOP10 on KD flap, which is pretty neat. With those big cuts he gained 1.3 AF points, passing Greg for 12th spot in the AF charts. Jeffrey will be a challenge though; 2.4 AF points between them. Will Jamie go for it?
#26 (26) Finn Berger improved his BB flap and gained 6 spots here. He improved one rank in the WRL.
#81 (79) Stacy Needham got 4 PRs, all of them TOP100 PRs and even a TOP50 BC flap which is a sub 44! Stacy is slowly becoming a contender for the TOP50 as his improvements were really consistent over the last few weeks. He cut 1.4 AF points to rise 2 spots in the AF charts.
#86 (87) Noah Gordon made a pretty good cut this half with 9 PRs, ranged from 125th to 67th. Noah got 5 new Legend times, which helped him to improve his ARR close to the Legend D standard. He cut 8.6 AF points to improve 6 spots in the AF charts. In the WRL he gained 7 spots.
Not far behind, we got #89 (89) Lenny Gutierrez, who improved 13 PRs. Lenny got 6 new Legends, but cut less AF (7.2). He rose 6 spots in the AF charts, only 2 spots behind David. Can he keep it up and pass him?
A surprising comeback came from #279 (137) Troy Ullman. A Legend of his time.. he sent us 7 new times, 5 of them are GODs and 2 are Legend A times. Troy had no times on those courses before, so this was a massive boost for his AF - he jumped 154 spots with those 7 PRs alone! And if that's not enough, his ARR went from Pro C straight to King F! Will he fill his timeset and go for the overall GOD? All of his other times are GOD and also very high ranked, so it's just a question of time when he will pass the next people, because it's for sure he will also get high ranked times on the remaining courses if he goes for them.
#172 (175) Christoher Zartler got 9 PRs this half, all of them ranked around 150-200th. His MR flap is pretty good, as it's 90th and Legend F! Pretty good for such a hard flap :D! Christopher rose 7 spots in the AF charts and is very close to become a King D player.
#176 (177) Dan Tarr got 4 PRs on SL and BB dual. All of them were ranked Elite before, and now he got two Legends on SL and two Kings on BB. Those 4 PRs gained him 20 AF points, which resulted in a cut of 12 spots in the AF charts.
#187 (190) Daniel Burbank made a pretty big PR submission of 28 PRs! Only KTB and Dk dual missing, he got a cut of 48 AF points, which helped him to pass 38 people! Daniel got many mini improvements, and also achieved a new Legend time on TT 3lap. In ARR, he became a King F player.
#413 (415) Bjorn Jordet tried his hands on SL flap and landed a 0"01 improvement, but sadly there was a bit activity from others, so he lost a spot here.
#425 (429) Michael Arends made some big improvements on 25 course and flap times. His most liked track in SC, FS, also became his best course in non-sc, with a 3lap ranked 250th and a flap ranked 214th! Michael gained ~140 AF points and jumped 173 upwards. He also became a Semi-Pro B player in the progress, well done!
#440 (450) Danny Gallenberger sent us 15 PRs, many of them are new Semi-Pro and Pro times. He even got an Elite C time on FS flap, which is ranked 423rd. Danny passed 41 players to enter the TOP450.
Last active non-sc player was #869 (871) Alexander Aron, who got 8 new records. Aron got an AF cut of 4 points and passed 10 players. He also reached the Newbie D standard.

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#14 (14) Daniel Lunczer made a small PR on KD 3lap and gained a rank.
#245 (245) Michael Arends improved his strongest SC time again and gained a TOP50 rank! It's a King A time and gains him 13 spots!

That's it guys! Hope to see you next time again :)

~Chris

New Site Champ

After almost 10 years, Michael Jongerius lost his number 1 spot to Matthias Rustemeyer. He constantly delivered new WRs and a lot of strong PRs, and even though MJ was able to fight back, he didn't expect that the wins on him would come that quickly in the end. So as of the 3rd March 2013, Matthias Rustemeyer is our new site champ! Big congratulations!!

New Players

Danny Gallenberger, better known from MKW and MK7, has decided to join the older version of Mario Kart, and debuted at #491.
Christopher Cole joined the site with 32 times at #705.
Alexander Aron sent us 8 times to debut at #881. His estimated rank could be around 750th if he would play all tracks.

World Records

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The new champ Matthias Rustemeyer played WS as the last track, that gained him the champion title. It was his first WR, and now he got it back: A really strong sub in both modes of 4'21"70 (NTSC: 3'37"65)!!
The flap wasn't saved from him aswell, as a new flap of 1'26"39 (1'11"85) was his 12th World Record, which gained him the lead in the non-sc WR tally!

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MK64 Time Trial Champ Matthias Rustemeyer played as already mentioned WS dual and also got a 0"01 cut on BC flap. Matthias pushed his AF below 2.1, and has now a 0.22 lead over MJ.
#7 (8) Thomas Jordet Larsen got a new PR on YV 3lap, which is a #5 time. He's now below 9 AF points and 0.7 points away from Marcelo.
#12 (13) Jamie White worked on KD dual, CM and RRd. A total cut of 0.3 points made him pass 3 people in the AF charts, and Greg is only 0.8 points away! After that he has to face a huge AF gap though...
#16 (18) Alex Griessing gained only one PR on YV flap, a strong cut of 0"05 seconds got him a rank on the flap charts, unfortunately Jamie beat two of his times, so his AF dropped by 0.03.
#29 (27) Kevin Booth played some LR 3lap. His flap shows much more potential, as it's 7th, but Kevin is on the way to GOD: with a 0"01 improvement he's only 0"03 away from it. Kevin gained a rank on the 3lap charts, and with that tiny improvement he also gained a spot in the AF charts.
#74 (73) Mark Jones keeps on destroying his times. 11 new PRs in this half, improving only Mush and Special Cup tracks. He gained many new TOP70s, all the PRs resulted in a 5.9 AF points cut, which pushed him 5 spots upwards in the AF charts.
#81 (81) Stacy Needham got 5 new times, 2 of them are new Legends. Stacy got a 4 AF points, that gained him 4 ranks in the AF charts aswell.
#86 (86) David Moll played LR and RRy dual. Ho got 2 new TOP100s and a new Legend time. His RRy flap is close to become a GOD time - his first to be exact.
#93 (93) Noah Gordon played a bit and scored 5 PRs. 3 new Legends and TOP100s for Noah this half, which helped him to improve his AF by 3.2 points.
#97 (95) Lenny Gutierrez came back to the game with 2 new records! He played MR flap and DK 3lap to improve his AF score by 0.3 points.
#102 (101) Mickael Smolen also reported a new record after a long time. He improved his FS flap and gained 0.4 AF points. Mickael is only a tiny step away from becoming the 100th Legend, so there's definitely a reason to go for more!
#179 (182) Christopher Zartler almost improved half of his timeset, 15 new PRs helped him to pass 9 players. Many tiny cuts, but many new King times and even a Legend time on YV flap were achieved. Christopher also became the newest King.
#189 (189) Dan Tarr got 2 PRs on MR dual, improving both of them well into the TOP200. Both are new King times, and they helped him to gain the King status aswell! Also, Dan passed 8 players this week.
#227 (228) Daniel Burbank improved his whole timeset, most of them ranked around 200-250th. His best times are by far RRd, ranked 114th and 99th. The flap is his first TOP100 time, and also his first Legend time! Daniel passed 84 players, and skipped 3 standards to jump from Master A to Elite B!
#235 (238) Robin Johansson also got many PRs, but only 19 in total. He finally decided to send us the missing RRd flap, which gained him 14 AF points this half alone, and now he also has a complete timeset. Robin passed 34 players, and became an Elite C player with this update.
#326 (331) Jeffrey Vermont gained 11 PRs this half, mostly playing Mush cup. Jeffrey cut 37 AF points, passed 38 players and became a TOP350 member!
#412 (416) Bjorn Jordet got a 0"01 improvement on SL, and gained a rank here, but he lost a bit of AF due to the new players and the improvements from the persons above.
#418 (423) Kyle Begley gained 7 PRs this half, mostly minimal PRs which gaine him a total of 7.6 AF points. Kyle passed 8 players and became a Semi-Pro B player.
#564 (582) Taylor Trogdon got 10 PRs and passed 44 players. Most of his times are new Experts, but he also got some nice Semi-Pro times on BC.
#557 (602) Michael Arends scored 18 new PRs, but got a slightly bigger cut than Taylor, he passed 114 players, and gained the same rank as Taylor this half: Advanced B! Michael already got an Elite time on FS flap, which is pretty good on this level of playing.

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#3 (3) Greg Ihnatenko set a new TT 3lap record. He improved it by 0"26 seconds and gained a spot.
#34 (34) Mark Jones also played TT 3lap, but he got a slightly bigger cut if 15 ranks. Mark is closing in to the Legend status, and the next spot is also only 0.6 AF points away.
#258 (258) Michael Arends played some FS this half and was able to gain a few spots. His 3lap is now TOP90 and almost a sub 30 time. Michael cut 3 ranks, and the next few spots are very close together, so the TOP250 shouldn't be a hard a challenge.

That's it! A new champ, but will MJ fight back someday? We will see in the future... until then, cya and happy karting!

~Chris

New Players

Austin Allen is the highest joiner this half at #558. He sent us times for every course except WS, RRy and RRd. Probably because they are waaay too long :D. SC: #280.
Nicolas Goupil is the next joiner at #656. He sent us a full timeset and already got a few promising times, especially YV 3lap which is already TOP500.
Michael Arends joins with 32 times aswell at #716. He got a pretty balanced timeset. SC: #261.
Pawel Victor joins our site also with a full set of times at #749.
The last joiner is a girl (again!), and not an unknown girl. It's Leyla Hasso who gave MK64 a try with a one-try timeset. It seems it's not the kind of kart that she can get used to as fast as with SMK, as her starting rank is #870, but I think she can definitely climb higher if she gave it a serious try!

World Records

We got only one WR this half.

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Matthias Rustemeyer didn't stop after beating MJ. He just got a WR on the track where he has his longest standing WR on the flap. On LR 3lap, he gained a brand new WR with a 1'58"04 (NTSC: 1'38"17)!

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We start with #2 (1) Matthias Rustemeyer, who played a bit LR. He gained a spot and pushed MJ now a spot in the AF lists back, after almost 10 years... so Matthias is now the only #1 in AF! His 3lap totals is still a bit away from MJ, but in flap totals he only needs a few more hundreths.
#9 (9) Daniel Lunczer also played LR. He gained a few spots on the 3lap chart and cut 0.35 AF points.
#13 (16) Jamie White made a few nice PRs on YV and RRd flap. He got 3 new TOP20s and cut 0.7 AF points. Jamie passed 2 people, one of them is #17 (18) Alex Griessing. He made 3 PRs on LR flap and DK dual. His DK times became really strong, the 3lap is almost TOP10 and sub 2'15! Alex is only 0.2 AF points short to pass the former UK champ Sami Cetin.
#27 (26) Finn Berger made a nice dual PR on YV, which gained him 0.4 AF points. He still faces a pretty big AF graveyard of 1.9, but with the improvements he delivered us in the last few weeks he should solve this in no time!
#63 (63) Darius Austin, the former news updater of MK64 made a nice comeback with 2 PRs on LR. The 3lap was a nice cut of 0"18 seconds, and for the flap he made a nice 0"21 cut to jump from Legend directly to GOD! That's his 8th GOD time now, so a quarter of them is done :D! Darius also jumped 2 spots in the AF charts, but needs 5.5 points more to reach the TOP60.
#80 (78) Mark Jones continues to destroy his times and sent us 16 new records. He got 13 (!) new Legend times, and improved his ARR to Legend D! Quite a big jump was also achieved in the AF charts, where he gained 14 spots. That's a lot at his level!
#83 (84) Brett Edwards gained a new record this half. With a 0"1 second improvement of his FS lap he gained half an AF point. But he got passed my Mark, so he lost a spot. Same with #84 (85) Stacy Needham, who continued the PR streak from last month. With KTB and WS lap and a YV 3lap sub 1'48 he cut 0.7 AF points.
#87 (87) David Moll played a bit more this half, and got 7 new records. He got 2 new Legend times, one of the a #73 ranked MR 3lap time, ranked Legend B! Apart from that he gained many new TOP100s.
#89 (89) Sean Sullivan got 2 new times, on DK and YV flap. Both are new GODs, which is pretty good on that level! Sean only improved a few spots, so he still faces a big 2.2 AF point gap.
#94 (97) Noah Gordon got 8 PRs, a few new TOP100 times. He also gained a new GOD time on YV flap - his first non-sc GOD! - and improved 5 spots to not only join the TOP100, but also become the 99th person to achieve the Legend F standard in ARR. Congratz Noah!
#116 (115) Stephen Meakings got a dual PR on BB. He achieved King A in the 3lap and a new Legend time for the flap. Stephen cut 1.2 AF points and passed Alex T. for the 115th spot in the AF ladder.
#190 (191) Christopher Zartler got a bunch of PRs, for a decent 7.5 AF points cut. Chris gained 3 new King times, and is very close to become the next King player!
#193 (197) Dan Tarr improved DK and FS duals, and gained 11.8 AF points. The big PRs came on FS where he got a #112 and a #91 ranked time, both Legends! Dan climbed 11 spots in the AF ladder, and is close to Christopher.
#213 (215) William Zingelman played a bit and scored 6 new records. He got a pretty good DK flap, ranked 112th. William improved 7 ranks in the AF charts, and became the newest Elite A player.
#304 (242) Alain Studer improved 2 of his PRs. KD 3lap went from 194th to 113th, and BB flap was a new TOP100 time and also a new Legend. He got a few Legend times, which is pretty good for his rank, but he also got a few times left that he forgot to send, as he has a few Kart Fanatic ranks. That's why his AF is slightly better than the WRL spot!
#309 (312) Daniel Burbank destroyed almost his complete timeset with 28 new records, and jumped 66 ranks upwards to break well into the TOP350! His improvements ranged from #390 to #190. He gained a few King standards, and improved many Semi-Pros and Pros to Elite times.
#607 (522) Michael Long also improved many of his times - 26 to be exact. Many non TOP600 times were improved into the 550s. He scored also an Elite time on KTB 3lap! Michael jumped 186 ranks upwards in the AF charts. His WRL rank is still a bit worse as he didn't send RRd times yet.
#591 (626) Taylor Trogdon got 15 new records, so almost half of his timeset. Taylor made many mini cuts, improving Intermediate ranks to Advanced times. That definitely affected his ARR, as he gained the Advanced D standard this half!
#809 (718) Jordan Alexander played a bit KTB and MR 3laps. Both times became Elite C and are ranked #325 and #270! Jordan still hasn't sent his flaps, they affect his WRL rank a lot. He could definitely rise around 100 spots if he sends them.

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#3 (3) Greg Ihnatenko gained 2 new records on TT and YV 3laps. He gained a spot on YV, with a pretty massive cut of 0"16 seconds!
#24 (24) Noah Gordon made a pretty nice double PR on KD. He gained 0.182 AF points and only needs to improve one more rank to gain another spot in the charts.

That's it guys! One interesting thing will probably happen in the next few weeks... Matthias is short before passing MJ in the WRL aswell - he only needs a few more records... how many? You will see... next time! Hope to see you all again!

~Chris

New Players

Robin Johansson joined our site at a pretty high rank of #272. He already got some nice times like a WS Legend 3lap!
Daniel Burbank joined us at #378 with a full timeset. He already got many Elite times, but also a lot of times in the star and special cups he could gain easy points with.
Michael Long is the third person to join this time. With 22 times he made it to arespectable start position of #708.
Jordan Alexander is the last person to join this half. With 16 times - all 3laps - he made it to #737. If he would play the flaps too, the potential would be ~#550.

World Records

A huge load of WRs!

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I start with Matthias Rustemeyers impressive accomplishments. He mainly got 3lap WRs so I start with his flap WR (tie). On YV, he was able to pull off some amazing things, and tied VAJ with a 31"47 (NTSC: 26"17) flap! The next is a cut on FS 3lap. He made a pretty huge cut of 0"12 seconds here, and beat MJs WR: the new time is a 2'00"70 (NTSC: 1'40"38)!
After that he visited the next icy course: SL. The 3lap went down to 1'55"86 (NTSC: 1'36"36)!
Another minimal cut came on BB: he improved his own 3lap by 0"06 seconds and beat MJ by 0"02 to 2'04"83 (NTSC: 1'43"82)!
The last one was also a comeback WR. Matthias improved his TT 3lap, like MJ with a missing MT, by 0"1 and got the WR down to 2'58"79 (NTSC: 2'28"69)!

The last WR this half was by another person though, Jamie White improved his DKJP flap

again, and got this WR back. For himself this time. The new time is a 35"35 (PAL: 42"50)!! It's also now the only untied NTSC WR in non-sc for a long time!

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The only WR here came from Greg Ihnatenko. He got a very impressive mylestyle on LR and improved the old WR by VAJ by incredible 0"16 seconds! The new flap is a 25"82 (NTSC: 21"47)!!

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We start with tied #1 Michael Jongerius who just improved his RRd flap to gain a spot there. He lost many spots though due to #1 Matthias Rustemeyer. Matthias made a gigantic cut of 0.63 points to tie MJ in the AF charts! A total of 10 PRs, 5 of them WRs, and the rest is either #2 or #3. Matthias got 3 times left in his timeset that are still ranked 5th, so that might be the next goal to look at if he wants to improve more! With those 10 PRs, Matthias cut 21% of his AF in only one half of a month, which is crazy. In flap totals he is only 0"01 behind MJ, in 3lap totals it's a bit more: 0"9. I want to congratulate Matthias here again for this huge achievement. Now it's all about further improvements, and if he still has some times he can attack, to get that #1 spot in the WRL, too.

#3 Vincent Tolhuis sent us 2 times, both 3laps on LR and BB. Both are new TOP3 times, but he lost many points aswell to Matthias. His AF is in the 3.xx area again... will he be able to keep up the pace and come back to the 2.xx area?
#9 Daniel Lunczer finally joined the single digit ranks with 4 new records. His improvements weren't too big, but they are enough to cut 0.562 AF points and pass #10 Trystan Pugh. Daniel also got a nice flap on YV, which is ranked 9th.
#17 Alex Griessing made 2 nice PRs on RRy with a new TOP20 on the 3lap. He came close to the sub on the flap, but didn't make it.. this time. Alex gained a few AF points and came closer to #16 Sami Cetin.
#18 Jamie White got the WR on DKJP back, and gained a spot there. In the lists he didn't pass anyone.
#26 Finn Berger keeps the PR streak up. This is definitely no turtling anymore! Finn did some nice cuts the past weeks, and also this time he reported at least one PR: on YV flap. A cut of 0"1 seconds made him pass 13 peoplem and that took his AF down under the 29 points mark! He still has to pass 2,4 AF points though, so let's see what he will gain next time :).
#83 Brett Edwards continues the activity and reported us 5 new records. Brett got a new TOP100 and Legend time on KTB 3lap, but also did well on FS, CM and WS dual. All of his times ranged around 80-110, so he's pretty decent. Brett passed one player and became a Legend D player in the progress!
#87 David Moll had enough from playing SMK all the time and tried his hands on MK64 again. With success: he improved 4 PRs, TT and DK dual. His DK times became pretty strong, with a very nice Legend A flap! David passed 2 people this time, but has to face a 2.5 AF gap now.
#92 Mark Jones got 3 PRs, all of them new TOP100s and Legends. His cut on KTB 3lap gained him quite a few AF points, and he passed 5 players this half. The next 4 players aren't too far away, so Mark will probably join the TOP90 soon!
#102 Noah Gordon made 2 PRs on KD and YV flap. Those two PRs made him pass 2 player in the AF rankings.
#116 Stephen Meakings improved 4 of his PRs on DK and BB dual. His DK 3lap was his second last remaining Elite time, so only BC 3lap is left and he will have a 32/32 King timeset. In ARR he is close to a rank promotion, so keep it up!
#149 Michael Vogt finally nailed the TOP150 with 3 improvements on YV and BB dual. The YV flap shows promising potential to climb near the TOP100...
#198 Christopher Zartler improved almost all of his times, and made with 28 times the biggest cut so far. Almost 60 AF points were improved, and he went straight into the TOP200! He also jumped from Elite C directly into the Elite A ranks! Christopher passed 3 people that were active: first of them is #208 Dan Tarr. He got 2 DK PRs, the 3lap was one of his worst times. He passed 4 players, but got passed by Christopher as already mentioned.
A few spots below is #213 Shanz Hatt, who got 13 PRs this half. Shanz still is missing the WS times in his non-sc timeset, and it seems he only plays 3laps, as his flaps seem more like best splits. Well, he achieved a 3lap GOD on MR this time, which is quite a big thing when you're not in the TOP200. Congratz!
#222 William Zingelman made 5 nice PRs on LR, YV and BB. He cut a total od 9 AF points and jumped 7 spots upwards in the ranks.
#251 Alain Studer missed the TOP250 by only 0.6 AF points this half. He still got a nice YV flap PR, which is a new TOP100 and a Legend B time! Pretty close to GOD, but it's not an easy one though.
#348 Patrick Loseth improved nearly half his timeset. 15 new PRs - pretty big ones - helped him to pass 77 players and jumped from Semi-Pro C directly to Master F, skippin the entire Pro ranks!
#374 Alex Hantson made a nice comeback to MK64 this time, and improved his YV 3lap by almost 7 seconds. The result is a nice 2.5 AF point cut and he passed one player in the progress.

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Highest active player this time was #3 Greg Ihnatenko. He got the LR flap and gained 5 spots on this chart. He improved 0.22 AF points and came closer to #2 Karlo Tomazelli, who sits at 3.091 points.
#34 Mark Jones made a nice DK 3lap and improved it by ~4 seconds. It gains him 4 spots in the AF charts. TOP30 is only is only 3.2 points away, so let's see if he will achieve it!

That's it! Still a bit surprised about the huge cut and the tie... let's see how this will go on. See ya next time!

~Chris

New Players

1 new player.. it is Laura Kwasnik. She sent us 16 times for all the cups. It's been a while since we got a female player on the site! Laura starts her journey at #822. If she continues to fill her timeset the estimated rank may be around #740.

World Records

MJ strikes back! With a bigger PR streak this time...

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...one of those PRs was a new 3lap time on BB. It was predictable that he will beat this 3lap record, and so he improved his old "WR", that was beaten by Matthias recently, and gained a very nice time of 2'04"85 (NTSC: 1'43"83)!!
But he wasn't the only dutch player who smashed some WRs. Vincent Tolhuis made some awesome PRs. First WR was on WS, where he tied MJ for the fastest lap record. VAJ now stands at 1'26"43 (NTSC: 1'11"88)! His second WR, a really frustrating cut for the other WR holders here, was on DKJP flap. With a 0"01 cut from the old WR (that he tied with 3 others) he kicked Jamie out of the overall WR list again. The new time is a 42"55 (NTSC: 35"39) lap!

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MK64 Time Trial Champ Michael Jongerius just made some nice PRs, this time 3 to maintain his champion spot. He improved his RRy lap and both BB times. The 3lap was a new WR, but it seems the two flap WR are a bit too strong for him at the moment. Will he go for them in the future too?
#1 Contender #2 Matthias Rustemeyer made a small PR on DK and subbed the 2'14 course time. He didn't gain any spots here, and even lost a bit AF due to MJ and #3 Vincent Tolhuis. Vince finally surpassed the 3 AF points barrier and we now have 3 people with an AF under 3! MJ at 2.031, MR at 2.844 and VAJ at 2.938. Very close together... well, Vince improved 3 of his PRs, both his WS PRs were new TOP3 times (the flap a WR tie) and his DK flap was already #1, but is the now the only WR holder. He cut 0.16 AF points, and is now only 0.09 behind Matthias! Could be interesting...
#10 Daniel Lunczer improved 5 PRs, all of them were smaller cuts, but in total they gained him 0.3 AF points. He's only 0.3 more points away from a single digit rank, so maybe next time he will play he can get this done.
#17 Alex Griessing was also active, and like almost everyone else in the TOP100 on DKJP. He improved his flap by 0"01, but didn't gain any rank.
#18 Jamie White got 5 new records, two of them on MMF. His 3lap time was ranked 41st, but is now at 26th, so he gained a lot of AF points with that PR only. In total he gained 1.1 AF points (!) which is pretty much, and is now only 0.1 behind Alex! Another interesting battle could come up...
#26 Finn Berger is the first person in this update who passed someone. With 2 new records on DKJP he gained 0.4 AF points and also his 29th GOD time on the 3lap! Finn is very close to the GOD ARR, only missing WS and MR flap, and FS 3lap. Truly hard GOD-times, but not impossible. Will Finn go for those tricky GODs and become a GODly player himself?
#83 Stacy Needham made a comeback to MK64 and improved 8 PRs! 3 new Legend times, and a few new TOP100 times made him cut 5 spots in the AF charts, and also 6 AF points. Stacy became Combined Rankings #2 with those PRs, so this comeback was very successful :).
Only one spot behind, #84 Brett Edwards shows a sign of life and improved 3 PRs. He also tried his hand on DK, and successfully got both Legend F times. He also got a nice MMF flap. Since Stacy passed Brett, he only moved up one spot, but he's only 0.6 AF points behind him.
#89 David Moll also made a surprising comeback, and ALSO played DK. His times improved by quite a lot, both TOP 100 times, and both times are Legends now. His flap was a sub 44, and pretty strong at #75 and Legend B!
#104 Noah Gordon improved DKJP too, and both of his times are TOP100 and Legend like Davids. Noah 3lap was a sub 1'56, and ranked 68th! Way to go! He improved 1.3 AF points and a spot in the AF lists.
#151 Michael Vogt made a 1.4 second improvement on RRd, which gains 0.7 AF points and a spot in the AF charts. The TOP 150 is now only 1.6 points away, so keep on karting, it's not that far anymore!
Next active person is #211 Dan Tarr. Dan slowly becomes really consistent, as he only got a few times outside the TOP350 left. 2 of them got defeated this half, as he improved both of his FS times, both are new King times. He gained 8 ranks in the charts, and also became an Elite A player!
#229 William Zingelman improved 6 of his PRs. 2 of them are new King times and new TOP200s. He improved 12 ranks in the AF charts with a 12 AF point cut.
#251 Alain Studer got a new PR on FS flap, giving him a new Legend time with a sub 40 flap! Alain gained 2 ranks with only this PR.
#255 Christopher Zartler got a nice list of PRs, 11 in total. He gained 2 new Kings, and destroyed many of his Pro times. Christopher made a nice 22 AF points cut, and it was just enough to still stay in front of #256 Robert Zingelman. Robert got 4 more PRs than Christopher, and more than the half of those improvements were new TOP300 times. Robert gained 29 ranks and will probably improve a lot more, as some of his course times show great potential.
#351 Tyler Chambers gained 3 PRs on MR flap and dual SL. The cuts weren't that big, but still enough to gain him a spot in the AF charts. Only 1.5 points away from the TOP350!
#425 Patrick Loseth sent us some missing times (still missing the RRd times) and gained a total of 172 AF points! He went straight into the TOP450 with times like KTB, which are both TOP350 and Elite C times.
#429 Kyle Begley got passed by Patrick, but he still gained some ranks due to his 3 new PRs. All of them are flaps, and his KTB and BC flaps weren't that great before. He improved them by over 100 ranks each!

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The highest active SC player was #3 Greg Ihnatenko. Greg made 2 PRs on LR and WS 3lap. His LR 3lap was kinda special, as he hit the mylestyle in lap 3 of his run! He got the #3 spot here and on WS he got a #5 time. In total Greg cut 0.6 AF points and came a good amount closer to Karlo.
#14 Daniel Lunczer improved some more of his times. This time one of his worse SC times: YV 3lap. From #59 to #27 gains him many points, and also his 2 other PRs on TT 3lap and RRy flap which are now both TOP10s gained him a total of 2.05 AF points. Daniel passed 4 players and became a new TOP15 member!
A pretty unexpected comeback from #16 Robert Szabo! He focused on YV 3laps aswell, and gained a nice cut of 0"07, and a new Legend A time. Robert lost a space to Daniel, but he is only 0.4 away from reentering the TOP15.
The next active player is #32 Jake Walter. Jake is almost a Legend player, with his 7 new PRs (including a new GOD time!) he gained a total of 2.5 points. He needs 0.8 more points to the TOP30. After that he has to face a huge 7 AF points gap.
#177 Tyler Chambers got a new RRd flap. An improvement of 0"3 seconds made him cut 12 spots on this flap.
#209 William Zingelman was also active in the SC section this half. With a total of 8 PRs, 6 of them new times, he cut 23 AF points. Thsi made him pass 90 people!
#225 Robert Zingelman only got 1 PR on RRy flap. An improvement of 50 spots here made him pass 5 players in the charts.

That's it guys! Join me again next time, when the battle at the TOP goes on, and how all the rivalries go on...

~Chris

New Players

No new players! Didn't happen for a long time!

World Records

There were already many WRs at the start of the year.

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Michael Jongerius showed that he still is here when he needs to defend his rank. Matthias beat the tie on RRy 3laps last time, and now MJ striked back with a 0"04 PAL cut. 2'52"09 (NTSC: 2'23"12) is the new WR!
But Matthias Rustemeyer wanted to increase his WR tally, which is now just the same as before. Still, he got a very big sub on BB 3laps, the new time is now 2'04"89 (NTSC: 1'43"87)!
The third person who got a WR this half was Vincent Tolhuis. He got a pretty epic lap on KTB, and almost broke the mini barrier with 30"90 (NTSC: 25"70) in both modes!

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The only WR here came from Vincent Tolhuis. He just improved the CM flap by 0"05, but got a very nice WR with it. The new WR is 21"15 (NTSC: 17"59)!

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#1 Michael Jongerius only improved his RRy 3lap. He gained a rank there, but lost some spots to the other active people.
#2 Matthias Rustemeyer, who got 3 PRs, also didn't cut really much, but enough to gain 0.03 points. He is coming closer and closer, but also #3 Vincent Tolhuis is coming close. He just made a 0.12 points cut and is only 0.45 points behing MR.
#4 Zoran Tintor also played this half, and made a pretty low 5"55 time on RRd 3laps. He also improved 0.12 points, but is a bit more behind the TOP3, which is pretty strong these days.
A non-sc comeback from #10 Daniel Lunczer, who just did a "huge" flap cut on LR, which gains him 12 spots! Apart from that, Daniel passed the 13 AF points barrier and reentered the TOP10, as he was once tied with Jeff for that 10th spot.
#17 Alex Griessing and #18 Jamie White seem to deliver the next rivalry in MK64. Both are very close together (diff. of 0.8 AF points) and get similar cuts. Alex just cut 0.25 points with 2 PRs on KD, while Jamie got 4 PRs on MMF, TT and FS. All of them were minimal cuts, but helped him to gain 0.22 points. Alex is now 1.3 points away from the TOP15, still misses one GOD. Jamie... got the last GOD this time. His FS 3lap was finally fast enough to gain the overall GOD status! He's the 16th person to do this, and Alex will probably follow very soon, as he seems to be very able to get it.
#28 Finn Berger set his first PRs of 2013. 2 new records on DKJP were enough, to let Finn improve 0.5 points, and come very close to the next 2 persons. Finn has to face a pretty large AF gap after though; will he get the TOP25 this year?
As usual, the next part is pretty inactive. Forutnately, there was a pretty long inactive player, who played some MK64. #153 Michi Vogt made some nice improvements on LR and RRd, he gained 5 spots in the AF rankings and is only 3.5 more points away from the TOP150. Keep improving!
#219 Dan Tarr got 3 solid PRs on WS and RRd 3lap. His WS 3lap dropped by more than 4 seconds and is now ranked 205th. In total he climbed 6 spots closer to the TOP200, which isn't too far away anymore.
#288 Christopher Zartler made a pretty nice PR haul, improving mostly his weaker times. He cut a total of 55 AF points, and 60 spots in the AF lists! His ARR also improved from Master F all the way to Elite D.
#463 Kyle Begley sent us 3 PRs, which were fairly big cuts. In total they helped him to cut 7 AF points and 9 ranks in the AF lists. His ARR will probably improve soon too, as his RRy flap was an Elite time!
#635 Patrick Loseth improved 8 of his times. His LR times show great potential, both up in the TOP350, and both Elite times! He also got a few Pro and also a Master time, his ARR rose drastically from Apprentice B to Intermediate C! In the AF lists he cut 59 spots and is now a new member of the TOP650.

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TEEH SC-Champ Vincent Tolhuis produced an impressive lap, and dropped his AF by 0.05 more points.
#18 Daniel Lunczer shows us some more activity again and made a few impressive times, a total of 4 new GOD times! He got a pretty nice MR flap ranked 4th, and also many other TOP15s. His AF improved by 2.3 points, and gained him 2 ranks. In ARR he also came a step closer to the highest standard, and is now our newest Legend B player!
#37 Jake Walter improved 3 of his PRs, one of them was DK flap. It's a new Legend B flap and also a new TOP20 time! Jake improved one spot in the AF lists, and his ARR is very close to improve, too. King A isn't too far away, and after that the Legends seem to be closer than ever.
#174 Patrick Loseth just sent one PR for YV 3lap where he improved his time by over a minute and gained a new TOP100 time!

New Players

The first joiner in the last month of the year 2012 was Zach Van Price. He joins with a full timeset at #753.
Corey Stolzenbach also sent us 32 times to join the site at #822.

World Records

Many new WRs from many different people! One of them was pretty nice...

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The highest ranked player in non-sc, Michael Jongerius, regained his SL 3lap WR by setting the second time ever which subs 1'56. The new WR stands at 1'55"89 (NTSC: 1'36"38)!
Matthias Rustemeyer, however, was pretty much unstoppable WR wise. he got 4 new WRs this month! Let's start with KTB flap, which ties MJs flap at a pretty hard to reach 30"92 (NTSC: 25"72)!
The WR he gained was on RRy 3lap. A pretty huge cut from himself (0.7 seconds!) saved him a very safe WR 0"16 seconds in front of MJ and Troy Ullman (who lost his last WR now and dissapears from the WR list). The new WR is 2'52"13 (NTSC: 2'23"16)!
The last course where Matthias striked was RRd. A double WR here is pretty neat, with a great 3lap sub of 5'53"83 (NTSC: 4'54"27)!! The flap was a bit more interesting. Matthias cut a lot of time here, even with little mistakes, and brought the record down to 1'57"01 (NTSC: 1'37"31)! Almost sub, will he go for it?
Thomas Jordet Larsen joined the WR action, too. He played his favourite track, MMF. He beat the old 3lap, held by himself of course, and improved it to 1'26"38 (NTSC: 1'11"84)!
The last WR came from a special person. He isn't even in the TOP15, but got a very nice WR, which is now a 4-way tie. The only NTSC WR this time too, and for a long while aswell. Jamie White improved his DK flap by 0"07 seconds to a 35"40 (PAL: 42"56)!! Well done!
William Lacey did the exact same thing: he played his best 3lap course DK and gained the flap WR aswell, with a nice time of 42"56 (NTSC: 35"40)!

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Let's start with our no. 1 Michael Jongerius, the Non-SC time trial champ. He got a double PR on SL, 3lap already in the WR section described, and a nice flap which barely missed the sub at 38"00. MJ didn't gain any AF, but lost a lot... 0.25 to be exact. Better watch out!
#2 Matthias Rustemeyer finally woke up from his slumber of the last 2 months and gained a lot of spots. Matthias got 7 PRs, 4 of them WRs, which cut almost half an AF point. He is now the only person with MJ who has a 2.xx AF, and he "only" needs 0.7 points more. It's getting more interesting...
#3 Vincent Tolhuis, who is also pretty dangerous for MJ (and Matthias of course) also gained many PRs (6) this month, one of them was BC flap, which was his last flap outside the TOP5! If he can beat his BB 3lap, he will be the only person with a timeset which has no worse time than #5!
#4 Zoran Tintor also showed up in the last month of 2012, and tried some RRd aswell. He got a nice NTSC sub of 4'55"98 and his flap gained him 3 ranks. Unfortunately he got pushed down by Matthias and Vince and lost a bit AF.
#5 William Lacey got the DK flap as already mentioned and maintains his rank and AF score.
#8 Thomas Jordet Larsen got 2 PRs, one of them is a new BB 3lap, ranked 8th. He gained 0.2 points with it and is now only 0.7 AF points away from #7 Marcelo.
#17 Alex Griessing got 5 new PRs, also played RRd, and improved his AF by 0.7 points. He was able to pass Luke and his next mission is Sami Cetin, the UK Champ of SMK, who sits 1.2 points in front of him.
#19 Jamie White made 4 PRs (and one WR) which gain him many spots and gave him a healthy cut of 0.9 AF points. Jamie almost passed the huge AF graveyard and is now on the way too pass Luke, like Alex did this month. He also got the last missing flap GOD on MR, which means... only FS is left now.
#31 Christian Wild sent a forgotten PR for BC flap and maintains his rank.
Now we make a big jump into the TOP150, where we got #150 Gustaf Lagerqvist who jumped exactly into the TOP150. With 10 PRs, two of them Legend times, he made a big 9 AF points cut and passed 10 players. A very nice way to finish the year :).
#185 Brian Smith improved 2 of his weaker times and gained 11 AF points by improving his 2 DK times. Brian passed 6 people, and with a bit more he could pass some legends like Karel who sits 2 spots over him.
#219 Shanz Hatt made 10 PRs, and sent us the 2 missing RRd time for his timeset. They affected his AF by a lot: 39 AF points cut, from Master A to Elite C and passed 38 people! But that doesn't come from his RRd times alone, he also got some quality PRs on KTB, FS and CM 3laps, all of them ranked in the TOP100 and Legend times!
#225 Dan Tarr also got 10 PRs and destroyed some of his Semi Pro and Pro times. All of his PRs were King F or better, and especially his MMF flap, where he cut over a full second, gained him many ranks. Dan passed 39 people and is now an Elite B player!
#241 William Zingelman got 8 PRs, but didn't cut as much as the two guys above him. He still got some nice cuts, and improved 11 AF points and passed 11 people.
#294 Steve Schlachter got 11 PRs this month. He erased some of his old Se-Pro times to gain a few more Pro and Elite times, and also a King F time on RRd flap.
#348 Christopher Zartler made some nice cuts. He went from Semi Pro C all the way to Master F in one month, gained 83 ranks to reach the TOP400, and made 18 nice PRs, some of them even ranked in the TOP250!
#414 Bjorn Jordet got 4 PRs this month, both MMF and KTB PRs. He tried to follow his sons footsteps on MMF, but it seems he still has to get the hang of it. Maybe Thomas can teach him some things? :)
#474 Kyle Begley gained a few more PRs this month. With 15 new records he jumped well into the TOP500. A nice 30 AF points cut helped him. ARR wise, he left the expert players and joined the Semi Pro F ranks!
#496 Rick Kwasnik also joined the TOP500 this month, with one PR more, but they didn't cut as many points as Kyles. Rick however gained 28 ranks in the AF ranks and also got the Expert B ARR!
#520 Robert Bonomo almost improved his complete timeset, and gained over 100 AF points! He jumped 141 ranks in the AF lists, and is only 20 points away from the TOP500.
The last non-sc player was #659 Taylor Trogdon. He gained 15 spots with a nice 13 AF point cut, coming from 7 brand new PRs. He got a few new TOP600 times, and destroyed some of his Intermediate times. Taylor is close to become an Advanced player, so let's see if he can achieve this next time!

SC Movement

The highest active SC player was #3 Greg Ihnatenko. He improved 3 of his weaker PRs, and gained exactly 2 AF points! All because of a nice SC 3lap (and flap) on KD and his first RRd 3/3 spiral SC success which was instantly #2 of the world! He passed #4 Zoran Tintor who was also active on RRd flap with a sub 1'18, but also almost got the sub on MR 3lap with 1'01"03! The difference between him and Greg is now only one spot, so every PR in that area can affect the positions of both.
#18 Matthias Rustemeyer also played SC this month, he tried his hands on RRd, and was successful with a not so immense cut, but it still cuts 2 positions and is ranked 6th.
#20 Daniel Lunczer came back this month with a bit SC action and shows us that he can still achieve nice things here. With a 0.6 AF points cut he came closer to Pat who is now only 0.1 AF points away.
#22 Brent Wingert made a single PR this month on KD flap and maintains his rank.
#38 Jake Walter got 8 new PRs, one of them RRd flap, which is almost sub 1'15, and probably still without spiral according to the time! His other PRs ranged from 80th to 27th, so he managed a healthy cut of exactly 4 AF points to push him 7 spots upwards in the AF lists.
#299 William Zingelman joined the SC ranks this month with 6 PRs on MR WS and RRy. He jumped in at #299 so he directly jumped into the TOP300. Let's see if he will complete his timeset and climb the ranks also in the SC ranks.