Points System
Not only can you keep track of your times here at
HaloRuns, but every run you enter will gain you points. Your points value is a quick look at where you rank. It's based on how close your time is to the current world record and is calculated using this formula:
P = 0.008 * e4.8284x
Where
x
is the ratio between your time and the world record.
This formula decays exponentially so, as your time gets further away from the world record, your points will level out. In other words, if you're ten minutes slower than the world record, the point difference between you and the world record holder will be greater than the point difference between you and someone ten minutes slower than you. This means that runs close to the world record will be very competitive, because every second matters, and runs far away from it will still get a nice amount of points.
For example, let's say the world record for a full game run is 1:20:00
- 1:20:00 gets 1000 points (for being the world record)
- 1:25:00 gets 752 points
- 1:30:00 gets 584 points
- 1:35:00 gets 466 points
- 1:40:00 gets 380 points
- 2:00:00 gets 200 points
- 3:00:00 gets 68 points
- 4:00:00 gets 40 points
- 5:00:00 gets 28 points
The maximum number of points possible, if you were to have a record for every game and level on both difficulties, is 28,200.
NOTE: Formerly, runs without videos were awarded half-points. As of late 2014, this is no longer the case; runs receive the same amount of points regardless of whether they have videos attached or not.
World Records and Submissions
Any run that has been verified by our admin (with or without a video) is able to snag a world record spot. However, if you get a record without submitting a video, you'll need to attach a video to it within 36 hours or your record will be removed. Because of how valuable a world record spot is, we need to be absolutely positive that the time is legit.
If you're already a familiar speedrunner, your runs probably will be verified without a problem. But if you're someone we've never heard of and you post a world record time without a video, you can probably expect it to be declined. So, if you're new to running Halo,
please include a video as proof when you submit world-record or near-world-record times.
Runners who have been verified 5 or more times in a row gain auto-verification status, which means your runs won't have to be manually checked. Bear in mind that if you submit a fake run, and it's removed, auto-verification status will go away until you get 5 more verifications in a row.
If a run is denied verification, it will still show up on your personal profile, but will not appear on the leaderboards and will not be awarded points.
Note: Since launch we have grandfathered in existing world record times. As a result some times may not have videos associated with them. We are working on ensuring all World Records from this point forward have a video attached. As of August 29th, 2018, all WR times on the site have Video Proof.
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If you have comments or ideas on how to improve either of these systems, talk about it below! These things are entirely subject to change, and we'd like to know what would make them better.
Edited by Paradoxxic on August 29 2018 at 5:30 PM EST