New Personal Best! The Legend of Zelda (NES) - Any% No Up+A in 28:48.584
On January 18th 2026 I got a new personal best in the main Zelda speedrunning category! My Any% No Up+A personal best is now 28:48.584, placing me in 14th on the leaderboard as of today!
It’s nice to close out quickly!
Times recorded in LiveSplit are subject to human error. The final actual time is frame counted to produce the more accurate
28:48.584final time.
This run manipulated Level 3 all the way through, meaning that the run’s start was nearly perfect. There is a different manipulation pattern that’s a hair faster, but 2:06 is about as good as it gets. A very fast Level 4 meant I was touching that triforce piece at 4:57, which is an excellent start.
Level 2 was the first real slowdown but the rest of the early game was very fast. Same for the endgaame: Level 8 clocked in at 1:54 (a “good” time for this split is around 1:59). The final split, Level 9, was 5:02 (fast!), leaving little room for improvement on either end of the run.
The mid-game is where there’s time to save, along with various screens in some other parts. Level 2 was a little weaker than normal, along with 5, 7, and 6.
I’m still gunning for 28:2x!
This run was streamed on my Twitch channel, and is available to watch on YouTube: