Ratchet & Clank - NG+ Speedrun World Record History

Sometimes, for a game to reach its full potential, someone has to carry the torch. These "Champions" push the game to its brink and challenge everyone else around them to strive for better. This is the story of Ratchet & Clank and those who pushed the game to where it is today
Special thanks to: Cyprys, ThaRixer, PrinceVorteX, S_LauGHTeR, Xem92, ticeman12, Franzcorr, onetabloid, Isaki, InsomniacNintendo and everyone else in the Ratchet community!
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A Wrench and a Plan by Squid_Bird
Rise by Emanuele Dentoni
Omniverse by Emanuele Dentoni
Exploration by Jason Donnelly
No More, No Less by Mikael Manvelyan
Trap Future Bass by Valentina Gribanova
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Harpoon by Zac Nelson
Later by Tom Goldstein
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Sex City by Nicholas Monson, Dino Zisis
Rain by Emanuele Dentoni
Sun and the Moon by Darren Scott Nesbit
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[@ThaRixer]

I'm unbelievably happy that you guys decided to approach us about this video. I remember watching your DKC video when it came out and loved how much the charts, and player interviews added to the understanding of the video. When you guys said you wanted to do Ratchet & Clank i was jumping for joy because i think it was obvious to a lot of us in the community that PlayStation was never going to see proper representation if we didn't make our own video. But here we are today with the best video we could have asked for. From the very start with RJWaters segmented run to now Franz being the beast that he is. It's crazy how far we've come. I appreciate all the kind comments made about me by other runners in the video as well as here in the comments. Considering the amount of games i've ran, there's only really 3 games i've taken extremely serious in speedrunning and Ratchet 1 is without question in that top 3. Having all of my hard work displayed in this video means a lot. Thanks for doing this for our community and myself. But seriously, you guys are really making me wanna go for 18:xx..

[@Rain1]

Wow that was wholesome.

[@ryno4ever433]

You rock Ricky

[@chezworthmaxamillion3989]

Ricky- you gotta get sub 19....I know you can

[@The-Wock]

Who’s this guy I only know Ricky

[@sleezegangsports]

Hey thanks for the entertainmet bud.

[@deadmeme7231]

You have the production quality of a youtuber with hundreds of thousands of subs. Keep up the great work is what I'm trying to say.

[@emeraldgreenz]

It’s really depressing how so many possible runs were possibly shafted because of SDA’s weird rule set

[@FatalHog]

@paula most of their rules were made as a "we wanna make speedrunning look cool and interesting" but fell flat

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

Ooh boy down look at Early Twin Galaxies rules then,

[@apollo5835]

Monster hunter world speed running rules

[@undercoverdudes]

What an insanely well done video, a must see for any Ratchet fan!

[@Leora_Moon]

This video is superbly done, thanks so much from the whole Ratchet community for putting it together.

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks to the community for being so helpful! -- CJ

[@PrinceVortex]

Incredable project! Im honored to be apart of it! Really good work everyone!!

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks for being apart of it! I really appreciate it! -- CJ

[@ciclista4222]

17:44 "No seriously, people used to use Skype" Oh boy we sure did

[@Linkinito]

I'm really glad to be part of that journey and was even surprised to be mentioned on-screen, even though I wasn't running the most popular category, as I was more attracted by the any% category than NG+. I noticed that the Pyro glitch was used for more than a year in NG+, from late 2014 to March 2016 when Drek Skip was found. However, Pyro glitch was found in June 2013, so it took a year and a half before it was widely used in NG+. During that time, NG+ runners were still using the RYNO, either because they were believing it was still faster (until Pyro cycles where optimized), or for technical reasons, as only a PAL PS3 could do it. It was overlooked mostly because it was the period where PS2 vs PS3 was still debated, on which one was the fastest until everyone came up to the conclusion that PS3 was faster with the conjunction of many factors (faster cutscene skips, new routes with less save and loads, faster hard drive load times, Pyro glitch, etc.). Note that the community made the bold move to not separate leaderboards, but ultimately it was for the better as PS3s became cheaper to afford and PS3 were region-free on games. And still, people consider the 30:28 run by Nuka on PS2 to be one of the best ever as it would be a high 26 on PS3. I love that throughout the years, we were going from "normal movement" to "absurd speed boosts". Over several years, the combination of knowledge, deep analysis, emulators, and some accidents clearly made Ratchet & Clank a top tier speedgame, even though it's still lightyears behind staples like Mario, Mega Man and Zelda, but I think no community other than the Racpack has put so much effort and dedication into a PlayStation exclusive and pushing its limits farther and farther. What a video. Enjoyed every second of it.

[@JonahUniverse]

The original R&C trilogy are some of my all time favorite games. I am so happy to see an hour and a half documentary about the speedrun history, you've made my day.

[@ieuanhunt552]

Well I've found another channel to scratch the itch that Summoning Salt has left me with. Good job guys.

[@facemelt508]

I'm but *Good

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@facemelt508 thank you for the correction. Stupid autocorrect

[@dylwingo8084]

So happy to see PlayStation platformers finally get some love when it comes to WR history. Amazing Speedgame and amazing video

[@thecastaway9550]

Hey man, just watched your race against xem at agdq 2021, really an awesome one too see. Rac will always be my favorite gaming childhood memory and you guys embracing it (and this channel explaining it) ist just precious, keep it up!

[@AleMusa]

Thank you so much for putting time and effort in this. As a fan of these games from my childhood I've been interested in what speedrunning could have done to them, and that's when I found out Ricky and xem running RaC ng+, some time in January 2016. Even though this might sound strange watching this category being run by these people basically changed myself for the better

[@SpeedDocs]

That's awesome! These guys were an absolute treat to work with and we're glad we were able to tell their story. -- CJ

[@AleMusa]

@isaki isaakcomfy

[@prawngravy18]

This channel, summoning salt and karl jobst are the 3 kings of my youtube entertainment life.

[@AlphaDeltaMike486]

It couldnt wait 2 more days, saw the length of the new speed docs video and I lost NNN

[@SpeedDocs]

No it couldnt

[@lukebennett6835]

Thank you for these ratchet videos. Because of these I’ve just joined the RAC speedrunning community and I wouldn’t have done that if these videos weren’t so amazing. Keep up the good work

[@evamiller4886]

Scaffs friends reaction to his world record might be the best part. I love it

[@bertoldopleari7779]

Imagine in our days all the 5 Champions battling for that wr. That would be truly and remarkably epic! Great documentary!

[@shamanessofdestruction7979]

Awesome documentary. I will proably come back to watch it. You explain things so noice and swiftly that person not welcomed to speedruning will right away get the gist of it. As a non fluent person having problem listening to english listening to your voice was a pleasant thing. You should be hired for audio book industry : D

[@Exalted-Beleth]

Take a shot everytime Ticeman says "Like" LOL. Incredibly made video btw, I hope this blows up. 💖

[@planchetflaw]

Wow! 1h16m run. That's amazing. I would be like 3 or 4 hours! *continues watching video*

[@Ahamkeira]

Yeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Shout outs to Ricky for being a god at everything btw

[@SpeedDocs]

For real, tho -- CJ

[@TheMDbauS]

Ratchet and Clank 1 was the game that introduced me to the concept of speedrunning. I had heard of the words "bug" and "glitch" way before tho, since there was a pretty sizeable community of people looking and sharing tricks and glitches on the PS2 Ratchet and Clank games ever since KZbin started. The segmented R&C run RJWaters posted was probably one of the first video series' I ever saw on KZbin, and I was like 6-7 years old back then. Then I went to learn the tricks used on it myself and showed them to my friends for fame and prestige. (lol) I didn't get into the whole R&C speedrunning community until about 2012 when I found Xem92's runs of Up Your Arsenal and later when someone linked me to a R&C1 run made by Ticeman12, which was the first run to skip the Orxon clank sections and the entirety of Hoven. From that point I remember having my jaw drop several times when people started posting runs using the PDA tech, advanced movement and eventually what I think is the pinnacle of R&C1 movement tech, infinite long jumps. Even though this game currently feels very optimized on all categories and new records are very rare, I feel like it still has tons of potential for the future, and it is a game that people will enjoy picking up for the fast movement, interesting tricks and extremely high skill ceiling.

[@abcrasshadow9341]

I love the fact that Franzcorr set a new WR just after this video was released. It just goes to show that he isn't stopping and has the drive to push the category to its limits which is uber cool!

[@mzstylermzstyler9924]

Really great video guys. I remember started watching ricky at the time he and s-laughter traded wrs and all of the rac month I could watch. I was really touched by rickys sub 20 while watching it live and even rewatched it when it came to youtube. Ricky if you see this keep up the great runs. Hopefully I have time to enjoy your stream in the near future. Much love to the rac community who introduced me to speedruns back in the day

[@kumonaut5129]

Everytime i see a notification popup from Speed Docs, my day has automatically been made

[@SpeedDocs]

Everytime I see a comment like this, MY DAY is made! -- CJ

[@adriank8792]

that was entertaining. R&C was my first PS2 game. it's amazing that some people can finish the entire game faster than i was able to finish the demo levels

[@averykirkman1087]

I honestly love the concept of this channel. While I'm not a speedrunner I love watching speed runs and these videos are truly interesting and well written

[@kkeithf]

Dude you are really good at this! Thanks, I know that this took a lot of work.

[@planchetflaw]

Banjo-Kazooie and Ratchet & Clank are my all time favourite games. So glad BK is up next straight after RC. Keep up the great work, Speed Docs.

[@Nijones1110]

What a video! Thanks for all he effort that clearly went into this - super interesting and really well presented

[@GodLandon]

channel so stupid underrated

[@HotWingChips]

It blows my mind how helipack long jumps weren’t even used in the first speed runs of RAC! Even a casual like me blazed around levels using that mechanic!

[@cpez7874]

Amazing job on the video guys! Really impressive format and structure, thoroughly enjoyed it 👍

[@sagacious03]

Pretty interesting to see stuff like this documented & I love long videos like this! Thanks for uploading!

[@anthonygoodwin8312]

Excellent video and goes to show how much effort the community makes. Also great video and commentary 👌

[@SpeedDocs]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@StepBaum]

Love the amount of work you guys put in. Enjoyed it a lot!

[@HughbieDubie23]

I was thinking about solid state drives when they were talking about the ps3 being faster on loads. I figured a ssd while not being able to be fully utilized could potentially save time. Glad I got my question answered!

[@Athesies]

I really like xem's ass-pulling cameo in this, and that his prowess in all 4 one got mentioned, im sure hes the most proud of that world record

[@treybarber7650]

Yes!!!! I requested this on my swimswimmerson account a long time ago. So glad I kept checking. Thank you.

[@Evan.280]

The Ratchet and Clank series are so much fun to run. R&C2 is probably my favorite to watch

[@djangoreinhardt3795]

I found this channel and insta-subscribed after watching the first 4 seconds of this vid, good job!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jishkared]

This video is brilliant. Thanks you for your work. I might go back to speedrun RaC one day, and if i do, it will probs be thanks to you.

[@fifoffjfufs]

great vid! i'll bet these take a ton of work to put together and they deserve more views.

[@Robloxinsanegaming27yeaburger]

I just realized this was an hour and 30 minutes long 28 minutes into the video

[@bigbangbot-SuperSqank]

Awesome video. I can still remember vividly when Nuka’s sub 30:30 was the best run of this game. The Ratchet games and their speedruns/community really helped me to become a speedrunner and improve as a person.

[@SpeedDocs]

Glad to hear that the community inspired some many people! And I'm happy I got to be apart of it -- CJ

[@leaffinite2001]

I never knew SilentWolf was a speedrunner, having only known of him tangentially through smash. Nice fun fact

[@DarkLeviathan8]

I know this isn't a very original comment, but god this channel is criminally underrated.

[@ps3andrhcp]

One of my favorite games to watch being ran and one of my favorite series of all time. I think this is the sign I need to start running one of the games myself. Oh shit that's my comment at 37:50.

[@thefreelancequeen]

Tristin Hamilton UYA (3) is the most active and enjoyable game to run imo

[@Kitties_are_pretty]

13:27 I really like, enjoy the way Ticeman like, talks. Like, there's something that like, speaks to me like about it for some reason, like, I seem to like, enjoy.

[@SpeedDocs]

Lol, yknow, during the interview, I didn't think much if it, but when I watched the final cut, I noticed all the "like"s. That's west coast for you, I guess

[@Kitties_are_pretty]

@@SpeedDocs Thanks for, like, liking my comment.

[@AlryFireBlade]

Finally I can watch a Speerun History on my favorite game.. Thanks for this video :)

[@Razruer]

Always loved these speeddocs. Keep it up!

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks! That's the goal :) -- CJ

[@Idontlikeanyoneanywhere]

I love seeing the naysayers in the forums during the early days.

[@harpua4985]

These docs are great man!!! Keep it up!!!

[@zNoteck]

What a great video! Hope to see one for ratchet and clank 2 aswell or 3 for that matter!

[@Bla5turbator]

As of 1 Dec 19, Franz is now at 19:10 for this game.

[@SpeedDocs]

Franz is nuts. He got 2 WRs in 1 day

[@supkillop7604]

Well done mate 💪 I enjoyed every second of the video

[@Iloveyusomuch]

I live for those video. Such great content and community representation

[@TheSimslash]

just fell upon this channel instant subscribe, keep it up man

[@choirsoftheeye]

Amazing video as always. Please keep going!

[@SpeedDocs]

We don't plan on stopping any time soon!

[@apollog7764]

PLZ DO JAK AND DAXTER NEXT, THAT GAMES BEEN BEAUTIFULLY ABUSED BY GLITCHES

[@Ifarmplasma]

*Ratchet and Clank is so nostalgic, I remember trying to learn to Strafe Jump, I was younger at the time and couldn't wrap my head around it. I bet if I played again I would easily be able to get it down since I love speedrunning, find glitches, and finding exploits.*

[@Fenixion88ZX]

OMG ,THE VIDEO I WAS LOOKING FOR,u got a new sub bro Edit:i just looked and i am suscribed from before XD ,anyway good video

[@Kurtis11266]

damn my comment made it in the video sick, wheres nuka i miss that guy

[@ChatGBTChats]

Its unfortunate how low these view counts are i think were going to see a wave of speed running interest from the gaming community soon. These vids deserve so many more views for the quality of the content almost all speedrunning doc youtubers provide.

[@facemelt508]

Dude the guy at 57:51 I so fucking happy about his WR it's contagious 😊 this guy in the epitome of speed running... this guy in shorts and a tank top sitting alone in his room part of HISTORY for just playing one of his favorite games.

[@MrRobert6610]

This was a really cool video, I don’t know anything about speed runs other than you need to be fast in the game, so having all this in depth info helped me understand. It’s insane to think people have completed RaC tens of thousands of times and can do it in under 20 minutes. I thought it was a grind to just buy the RYNO but these speed runners really ripped it a new one.

[@youngtoonfish6891]

Finally new SpeedDocs, love the shit you do guys 👍🏻

[@SpeedDocs]

We're happy people like the work we do so much! -- CJ

[@dan96kid]

Got any links to the songs you used in the video? Around a quarter of the songs listed in the description are impossible to find. All the search engines and KZbin keep bringing up irrelevant stuff or nothing when I try to find those songs.

[@SpeedDocs]

We use a service that let's use these songs. For the most part, they are not available to the public. This is why we don't update the descriptions with links to the songs

[@PriceAintRight]

"This is pure, absolute garbage. " - Ticeman

[@Neith93]

why this has so few views. The production vlaue is even better than the stuff from summoningsalt

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks! A lot of time and energy goes into making them. Glad you enjoyed it! -- CJ

[@InvadeleYogurt]

The real Gods speedruns wrench only

[@naterivers6107]

I'm thinking at this point, the only real way to get a lower time of Ratchet and Clank is thru sheer luck. There can't be much else that's possible. And then as I say this, someone will figure out how to chop off an entire minute by skipping another planet entirely.

[@omnihorse7618]

This was my child hood game, Amazing Video! Subbed, Liked PLEASE MAKE MORE

[@SpeedDocs]

We have quite a few more videos here on the channel, but we're still making more :)

[@ZiaErina]

Love these, subbed and looking forward to more!

[@thedkboyz]

27 god damn times. In the short span "tiseman" was speaking, he used the word "Like" 27 times, between 12:26 and 13:56. Does it not bugger the hell outta anyone else?

[@antipeter8013]

What an amazing and interesting video, great job!

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks! -- CJ

[@Herasmie]

Insane video. Very well done.

[@AlryFireBlade]

30:25 The Glitch you mentioned is also existing in the European PAL PS2 Version of the Game. It is something I thought is inteded as a kid :D

[@streetstatics]

amazing production, all i can say

[@cognizant3252]

The Walloper Punch glitch was found on my birthday!

[@williamkelly5689]

The suck cannon ammo bar looks different than mine,

[@joebykaeby]

Man, Ratchett runners are savages. “I watched this guy’s old run, and it was just, it was awful!” “We started to realize that the console difference mattered when this guy who wasn’t actually very good started to get the record.” 😂😂

[@AlryFireBlade]

14:15 Smallcorretion.. WHat you explain are Neutral Long Jumps... neutral because you need the Left Stick in a Neutral Position. As weird as it sounds, holding forward will remove the Movementspeed Boost.

[@saudadeetristeza8425]

Epic as always

[@cgunugc]

Odd question: I'm not seeing any ads. Why not? Y'all are making something amazing - did KZbin say "you don't deserve to be paid"?

[@SpeedDocs]

Just double checked and the ads are running! Not sure why you didn't get any, but thanks for mentioning it :) -- CJ

[@cgunugc]

@@SpeedDocs I closed and reopened my YT app, and got an ad. I don't know why I got no ads the first time, but it's working now. Cheers!

[@_l3rN]

You managed to pull off the legendary ad skip. Saves a lot of time, you could have had a world record if you had kept that run going!

[@Blank85289]

I’ve gotten to the point where I can consistently crank out 40 min ng+ runs. I can’t ilj or sina flip tho and that really hurts my time

[@tizza963]

Great video thank you! ❤️

[@IazyIombax]

Hope to see more videos!

[@SpeedDocs]

Count on it! The Banjo-kazooie video is coming along nicely, stay tuned!

[@juan.o.p.]

This is a really great video. Thank you

[@nojot0]

Well produced video!

[@DoctorNerf]

Me: *clicks the video thinking it’s normal* Me, 1 hour later: this is a very long 13 minute video. Me, when the video ends: Ohhh

[@doesthisusername]

determination is a nice thing =) great vid

[@SpeedDocs]

Thanks for watching! -- CJ

[@Everett-xe3eg]

You make high quality content boss

[@tripple-a6031]

Planets: Veldin, Novalis [...] and many more. You're only missing Aridia, Kalebo III and Drek's Fleet.

[@Linkinito]

Aridia and Kalebo III don't exist in speedruns though :)

[@tripple-a6031]

Fair enough, but Drek's Fleet does :P

[@Linkinito]

@@tripple-a6031 Can Drek's Fleet be considered a PLANET though? 🤔 (well he actually considers the Blarg Station and Gemlik as planets so...)

[@_sofie]

Awesome video

[@theneon08x]

1:05:44 A tongue twister and a half...

[@heybisiheybisi842]

13:27 ticeman12 spoke for about 26 seconds but managed to say "LIKE" 22 times. EDIT: Scrolled down and I'm glad I'm just one of many who noticed.

[@connorvanzant7130]

Ticeman was like.... really good at like....ratchet and clank like...its inspiring me to like...find my copy and like....play it.

[@The-Wock]

Here to juice that algorithm

[@ClamantesDaemonium]

Did the BK video not survive? Was looking forward to seeing it

[@SpeedDocs]

We unlisted it, but if you're determined enough you can find it