List of TAS Competition tasks

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The SM64 TAS Competition is a staple of the SM64 TAS community, and over the years it has inspired many other communities to follow suit, creating their own TAS competitions. Over 400 tasks have been run since the first competition in 2008.

Main competitions

The following table summarises the main TAS competitions or tournaments.

Competition/Tournament Era Tasks First task
started 		Last task
ended 		Entrants
Avg Total
The TAS Challenge GameFAQs 3 27 March 2008 19 April 2008 4.7 8
TAS Competition 2008 23 8 June 2008 2 February 2009 3.7 22
Johannes' TAS Competition SM64.org 6 22 February 2009 6 April 2009 5.7 14
SilentSlayers' TAS Competition 37 6 July 2009 4 April 2010 8.3 47
Nahoc's TAS Competition 30 17 May 2010 7 March 2011 11.1 60
TAS Competition 2012 5 12 March 2012 21 May 2012 11.8 25
Nico TAS Competition 7 12 May 2012 25 August 2012 9.4 26
TAS Competition 2015 10 1 January 2015 10 April 2015 15.0 48
TAS Competition 2016 10 1 March 2016 31 December 2016 15.7 46
TAS Competition 2017 Discord 10 19 May 2017 15 December 2017 6.1 25
TAS Competition 2018 25 1 January 2018 29 December 2018 43.5 172
TAS Competition 2019 23 1 January 2019 28 December 2019 29.9 126
SM64 TAS Tournament 5 5 April 2020 23 May 2020 32.0 64
EZScape TAS Tournament 4 28 June 2020 15 August 2020 48.0 72
TAS Competition 2021 2 25 April 2021 24 July 2021 40.5 58
25th Anniversary TAS Tournament 10 1 October 2021 16 April 2022 17.8 45
TAS Competition 2022 17 25 March 2022 25 December 2022 31.1 113
TAS Competition 2023 16 2 April 2023 10 December 2023 21.6 90
TAS Competition 2024 1 1 April 2024 15 April 2024 15.0 15
TAS Competition 2025 4 20 January 2025 16 March 2025 34.3 51

The TAS Challenge

Main article: The TAS Challenge

The TAS Challenge was hosted by duksandfish and Mapler90210, in response to the success of the Star Times and Video Quiz competitions, which banned TASes. It lasted for 3 tasks, before being discontinued, due to the results for Task 2 never being released.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[1] Created by[1] Release date[1] Deadline date[1] Entrants[1] Winner(s)[1]
1 Task 1 duksandfish duksandfish 27 March 2008 4 April 2008 4 SilentSlayers
2 Task 2 Mapler90210 Mapler90210 5 April 2008 12 April 2008 6[note 1] ?
3 Task 3 duksandfish & Mapler90210 duksandfish 12 April 2008 19 April 2008 4[note 1] ?

TAS Competition 2008

Main article: TAS Competition 2008

TAS Competition 2008 was hosted by CSZ, duksandfish, and bobmario511, following the discontinuation of The TAS Challenge. It lasted for 23 tasks, and was won by bobmario511.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[2] Created by[2] Release date[2] Deadline date[2] Entrants[2] Winner(s)[2]
1 Task 1 CSZ CSZ 8 June 2008 12 June 2008 7 Swordless Link
2 Task 2 duksandfish CSZ 12 June 2008 17 June 2008 5 sndopdodg2222
3 Task 3 duksandfish duksandfish 12 June 2008 17 June 2008 2 bobmario511
4 Task 4 duksandfish duksandfish 17 June 2008 25 June 2008 4 bobmario511
5 Task 5 duksandfish bobmario511 2 July 2008 9 July 2008 1 bobmario511
6 Task 6 duksandfish duksandfish 11 July 2008 18 July 2008 8 Brian
7 Task 7 duksandfish & bobmario511 bobmario511 19 July 2008 25 July 2008 4 bobmario511
8 Task 8 bobmario511 bobmario511 25 July 2008 1 August 2008 5 Kaylee
9 Task 9 bobmario511 bobmario511 1 August 2008 6 August 2008 3 bobmario511
10 Task 10 bobmario511 bobmario511 6 August 2008 11 August 2008 3 sndopdodg2222
11 Task 11 bobmario511 & duksandfish TheMrksman 12 August 2008 17 August 2008 3 SilentSlayers
12 Task 12 duksandfish & bobmario511 duksandfish 17 August 2008 22 August 2008 4 TheMrksman
13 Task 13 bobmario511 bobmario511 23 August 2008 27 August 2008 3 SilentSlayers
14 Task 14 duksandfish bobmario511 30 August 2008 4 September 2008 1 bobmario511
15 Task 15 duksandfish duksandfish 6 September 2008 12 September 2008 3 bobmario511
16 Task 16 duksandfish duksandfish 17 September 2008 24 September 2008 4 duksandfish
17 Task 17 duksandfish bobmario511 24 September 2008 29 September 2008 1 bobmario511
18 Task 18 duksandfish duksandfish 10 October 2008 17 October 2008 4 bobmario511
19 Task 19 duksandfish duksandfish 19 October 2008 24 October 2008 2 Kaylee
20 Task 20 duksandfish duksandfish 31 October 2008 14 November 2008 4 SilentSlayers
21 Task 21 duksandfish duksandfish 9 December 2008 15 December 2008 0 JohannesSM64
1 January 2009 10 January 2009 0
12 January 2009 18 January 2009 6
22 Task 22 duksandfish duksandfish 18 January 2009 24 January 2009 6 Blaze
23 Task 23 duksandfish duksandfish 28 January 2009 2 February 2009 1 bobmario511

Johannes' TAS Competition

Main article: Johannes' TAS Competition

Johannes' TAS Competition was hosted by JohannesSM64, following the decline in activity in TAS Competition 2008. It lasted for 6 tasks and was won by Blaze.

It was the first competition hosted on SM64.org, and so has on many occasions been incorrectly labelled as the first TAS competition. It was the first competition to introduce compilation videos.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by Created by Release date[3] Deadline date[3] Entrants[3] Winner(s)[3]
1 Task 1 JohannesSM64 JohannesSM64 22 February 2009 1 March 2009 5 Blaze
2 Task 2 JohannesSM64 JohannesSM64 1 March 2009 7 March 2009 4 Blaze
3 Task 3 JohannesSM64 JohannesSM64 7 March 2009 14 March 2009 10 Blaze
4 Task 4 JohannesSM64 JohannesSM64 14 March 2009 22 March 2009 3 Blaze
5 Task 5 JohannesSM64 JohannesSM64 22 March 2009 30 March 2009 6 Blaze
6 Task 6 JohannesSM64 JohannesSM64 30 March 2009 6 April 2009 6 Blaze

SilentSlayers' TAS Competition

Main article: SilentSlayers' TAS Competition

SilentSlayers' TAS Competition was hosted by SilentSlayers, with help from Nahoc, sonicpacker, Moltov, and Mapler90210, following the cancellation of Johannes' TAS Competition. It lasted for 37 tasks, before being cancelled. It was won by sonicpacker.

It was the first competition to run for over 30 tasks, and its final task remains (as of 2025) the highest-numbered task of any TAS competition in history. It remains notable for its consistency of running 1 task almost every single week for 9 months (only missing the week of Christmas 2009), the introduction of co-op tasks, and the number of long-term community members who started TASing in it.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[4] Created by[4] Release date[4][5] Deadline date[4][5] Entrants[4][5][6] Winner(s)[4][5][6]
1 Task 1 SilentSlayers & bobmario511 SilentSlayers 6 July 2009 13 July 2009 10 Tboysk8er2
2 Task 2 SilentSlayers & Mapler90210 SilentSlayers 13 July 2009 20 July 2009 8 Brian
3 Task 3 SilentSlayers & Mapler90210 SilentSlayers 20 July 2009 27 July 2009 5 SilentSlayers
4 Task 4 ? ? 27 July 2009 3 August 2009 6 Grokken
5 Task 5 ? ? 3 August 2009 10 August 2009 5 SilentSlayers
6 Task 6 ? ? 10 August 2009 17 August 2009 9 Tboysk8ter2
7 Task 7 ? ? 17 August 2009 24 August 2009 10 EL_BUO
8 Task 8 ? ? 24 August 2009 31 August 2009 ? ?
9 Task 9 ? ? 31 August 2009 7 September 2009 9 Brian
10 Task 10 ? ? 7 September 2009 14 September 2009 ? ?
11 Task 11 ? ? 14 September 2009 21 September 2009 ? ?
12 Task 12 ? ? 21 September 2009 28 September 2009 6 Moltov
13 Task 13 ? ? 28 September 2009 5 October 2009 ? ?
14 Task 14 ? ? 5 October 2009 12 October 2009 8 Moltov
15 Task 15 ? ? 12 October 2009 19 October 2009 3 sonicpacker
16 Task 16 ? ? 19 October 2009 26 October 2009 12 Mr_Roberts_Z
17 Task 17 ? ? 26 October 2009 2 November 2009 16 Grokken
18 Task 18 ? ? 2 November 2009 9 November 2009 6 Nahoc
19 Task 19 ? ? 9 November 2009 16 November 2009 10 SilentSlayers
20 Task 20 ? ? 16 November 2009 23 November 2009 10 sonicpacker
21 Task 21 ? ? 23 November 2009 30 November 2009 10 SilentSlayers
22 Task 22C ? ? 30 November 2009 7 December 2009 10 Moltov & SilentSlayers
23 Task 23 ? ? 7 December 2009 14 December 2009 4 Moltov
24 Task 24 ? ? 14 December 2009 21 December 2009 3 sonicpacker
25 Task 25 ? ? 28 December 2009 4 January 2010 8 Grokken
26 Task 26 ? ? 4 January 2010 11 January 2010 5 EL_BUO
27 Task 27 ? ? 11 January 2010 18 January 2010 7 Mapler90210
28 Task 28C ? ? 18 January 2010 25 January 2010 8 Moltov & SilentSlayers
29 Task 29 ? ? 25 January 2010 1 February 2010 11 EL_BUO
30 Task 30 ? ? 1 February 2010 8 February 2010 13 EL_BUO
31 Task 31 ? ? 8 February 2010 15 February 2010 9 sonicpacker
32 Task 32 ? ? 15 February 2010 22 February 2010 10 unterbawr
33 Task 33 ? ? 22 February 2010 1 March 2010 15 unterbawr
34 Task 34 ? ? 1 March 2010 8 March 2010 10 unterbawr
35 Task 35 ? ? 8 March 2010 14 March 2010 10 Nahoc
36 Task 36 Nahoc & sonicpacker Nahoc & Blaze 14 March 2010 21 March 2010 12 Blaze
37 Task 37 sonicpacker & Mapler90210 sonicpacker 21 March 2010 28 March 2010 6 Blaze
— Task 38 Mapler90210 Mapler90210 29 March 2010 Cancelled — —

Nahoc's TAS Competition

Main article: Nahoc's TAS Competition

Nahoc's TAS Competition was hosted by Nahoc (and later by NintendoG8mer), following the cancellation of SilentSlayers' TAS Competition. It lasted for 30 tasks, before being cancelled.

It was the first competition to be split into multiple "rounds" (this concept would later return in 2018 with the introduction of sets). Round 1 was won by Nahoc, Rounds 2 and 3 were both won by NintendoG8mer, and the overall competition was won by NintendoG8mer.

It was the first competition to place co-op tasks regularly every 5 tasks. It was also the last main competition to span across multiple years until the 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament (2021–2022). Like its predecessor, it became the longest-running competition of all time, and featured many future long-term community members making their first TASes.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by Created by Release date[7][8] Deadline date[7][8] Entrants[7][9] Winner(s)[7][9]
Round 1
1 Task 1 Nahoc Nahoc 17 May 2010 24 May 2010 15 SilentSlayers
2 Task 2 Nahoc Nahoc 24 May 2010 31 May 2010 22 SilentSlayers
3 Task 3 Nahoc Nahoc 31 May 2010 7 June 2010 25 Eru
4 Task 4 Nahoc Nahoc 7 June 2010 14 June 2010 20 Moltov
5 Task 5C Nahoc Nahoc 14 June 2010 21 June 2010 18 Nahoc & Olaus009
6 Task 6 Nahoc Nahoc 21 June 2010 28 June 2010 11 Eru
7 Task 7 Nahoc Nahoc 28 June 2010 5 July 2010 9 ReneBalow
8 Task 8 Nahoc Nahoc 6 July 2010 13 July 2010 14 Jesus
9 Task 9 Nahoc Nahoc 18 July 2010 25 July 2010 15 Eru
10 Task 10C Nahoc Nahoc 26 July 2010 2 August 2010 16 Blaze & MrBertone64
Round 2
11 Task 1 Nahoc Nahoc 22 August 2010 29 August 2010 13 Eru
12 Task 2 Nahoc Nahoc 1 September 2010 6 September 2010 9 NintendoG8mer
13 Task 3 Nahoc Nahoc 6 September 2010 13 September 2010 8 CSZ
14 Task 4 Nahoc Nahoc 15 September 2010 20 September 2010 13 Nahoc
– Task 5C Nahoc Nahoc 21 September 2010 Cancelled – –
15 Task 5C Nahoc Nahoc 27 September 2010 4 October 2010 18 SilentSlayers & Moltov
16 Task 6 Nahoc Nahoc 16 October 2010 25 October 2010 11 ReneBalow
17 Task 7 Nahoc Nahoc 27 October 2010 1 November 2010 7 LucasBertz
18 Task 8 Nahoc Nahoc 3 November 2010 8 November 2010 7 NintendoG8mer
19 Task 9 Nahoc Nahoc 11 November 2010 15 November 2010 4 Bauru
20 Task 10C Nahoc Nahoc 15 November 2010 22 November 2010 14 Snark & Bauru
Round 3
21 Task 1 Nahoc Nahoc 6 December 2010 13 December 2010 8 NintendoG8mer
22 Task 2 Nahoc Nahoc 14 December 2010 20 December 2010 7 Eru
23 Task 3 Nahoc Nahoc 27 December 2010 3 January 2011 8 NintendoG8mer
24 Task 4 Nahoc Nahoc 4 January 2011 10 January 2011 9 NintendoG8mer
25 Task 5C Nahoc Nahoc 12 January 2011 17 January 2011 10 Jesus & Efrain
26 Task 6 NintendoG8mer NintendoG8mer 31 January 2011 7 February 2011 3 NintendoG8mer
27 Task 7 NintendoG8mer NintendoG8mer 8 February 2011 14 February 2011 2 LucasBertz
28 Task 8 NintendoG8mer NintendoG8mer 16 February 2011 21 February 2011 8 NintendoG8mer
29 Task 9 NintendoG8mer NintendoG8mer 25 February 2011 28 February 2011 5 Eru
30 Task 10C NintendoG8mer NintendoG8mer 4 March 2011 7 March 2011 4 ReneBalow & NintendoG8mer

TAS Competition 2012

Main article: TAS Competition 2012

TAS Competition 2012 was hosted by sonicpacker. It lasted for only 5 tasks, with the Nico TAS Competition and the 120 Star TAS taking up the rest of 2012.

It was the first competition to be named with respect to the year it was run in, starting a trend that has continued to the present day (in both SM64 TAS competitions and TAS competitions in other communities). This has had the effect of causing competitions to be specifically planned to occur annually, with task numbering and scores resetting at the start of each calendar year.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by Created by Release date[10] Deadline date[10] Entrants[10] Winner(s)[10]
1 Task 1 sonicpacker sonicpacker 12 March 2012 26 March 2012 5 sonicpacker
2 Task 2 sonicpacker sonicpacker 26 March 2012 9 April 2012 15 MKDasher
3 Task 3 sonicpacker sonicpacker 9 April 2012 23 April 2012 18 sonicpacker
4 Task 4 sonicpacker sonicpacker 23 April 2012 7 May 2012 11 Nahoc
5 Task 5C sonicpacker sonicpacker 7 May 2012 21 May 2012 10 Efrain & Jesus

Nico TAS Competition

Main article: Nico TAS Competition

The Nico TAS Competition was hosted by coin2884. It closely followed TAS Competition 2012, with the first new task overlapping with its final task. It lasted for 7 tasks, before being cancelled without Task 7 results released (they were posted 6 months later).

It was the first and only known competition to be organised within the Japanese TAS community. Despite the language barrier, it still attracted the attention of entrants from the "Western" community.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by Created by Release date[11][12] Deadline date[11][12] Entrants[11][12][13][14] Winner(s)[11][12][13][14]
1 Task 1 coin2884 coin2884 12 May 2012 26 May 2012 5 Bauru
2 Task 2 coin2884 coin2884 26 May 2012 9 June 2012 13 Bauru
3 Task 3 coin2884 coin2884 9 June 2012 23 June 2012 9 Eru
4 Task 4 coin2884 coin2884 23 June 2012 7 July 2012 9 Noname
5 Task 5 coin2884 coin2884 7 July 2012 28 July 2012 12 Bauru
6 Task 6 coin2884 coin2884 28 July 2012 11 July 2012 9 Nathum
7 Task 7 coin2884 coin2884 28 July 2012 11 July 2012 9 Bauru

TAS Competition 2015

Main article: TAS Competition 2015

TAS Competition 2015 was hosted by sonicpacker. It lasted for 10 tasks, but was cancelled before its 11th (and final) task was released. It was won by Nis.

It was the first competition of any kind to be run since 2012, after many failed attempts to re-ignite interest in a new one. This marked the beginning of a decade-long stretch (which is still ongoing) of continued interest in TAS competitions, which would go on to inspire not only more within the SM64 community, but also that of other games as well.

It was the first annual competition to begin on January 1st, a tradition which would be repeated in 2018 and 2019.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[15] Created by[15] Release date[15][16] Deadline date[15][16] Entrants[15][16] Winner(s)[15][16]
1 Task 1 sonicpacker sonicpacker 1 January 2015 11 January 2015 21 Plush
2 Task 2 sonicpacker sonicpacker 11 January 2015 21 January 2015 28 Eru
3 Task 3 sonicpacker sonicpacker 21 January 2015 1 February 2015 13 Eru
4 Task 4 sonicpacker sonicpacker 1 February 2015 11 February 2015 9 MKDasher
5 Task 5 sonicpacker sonicpacker 11 February 2015 22 February 2015 20 MKDasher
6 Task 6 sonicpacker sonicpacker 22 February 2015 4 March 2015 12 Eru
7 Task 7 sonicpacker sonicpacker 4 March 2015 16 March 2015 9 Luigihaxd
8 Task 8 sonicpacker sonicpacker 17 March 2015 28 March 2015 11 MKDasher
9 Task 9 sonicpacker sonicpacker 31 March 2015 10 April 2015 15 Eru
10 Task 10 sonicpacker sonicpacker 14 April 2015 25 April 2015 12 Nis
– Task 11C sonicpacker – – – – –

TAS Competition 2016

Main article: TAS Competition 2016

TAS Competition 2016 was hosted by SilentSlayers, with help from sonicpacker and MKDasher. It lasted for 10 tasks and was won by Nis.

It is notable in its legacy from the fact that it was the first and last time pannenkoek2012 entered in a TAS competition. Competing in all 10 tasks, he pushed the limits of rule-breaking and set the benchmark for joke submissions for years to come. The majority of competition rules in the current day are a direct result of his submissions.

It was the final TAS competition hosted on SM64.org, before its shutdown and the community's transfer to Discord in 2017, ending a 9-year-long era of TAS competitions on the website.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by Created by Release date[note 2][17] Deadline date[note 2][17] Entrants[17] Winner(s)[17]
1 Task 1 ? ? 14 February 2016 1 March 2016 20 Eru
2 Task 2 ? ? 1 March 2016 17 March 2016 26 MKDasher
3 Task 3 ? ? 17 March 2016 5 April 2016 24 MKDasher
4 Task 4 ? ? 5 April 2016 27 April 2016 10 MKDasher
5 Task 5 ? ? 27 April 2016 31 May 2016 25 Plush
6 Task 6 ? ? 31 May 2016 22 June 2016 16 Nis
7 Task 7 ? ? 22 June 2016 12 July 2016 12 Syntax
8 Task 8 ? ? 12 July 2016 23 August 2016 8 Nis
9 Task 9 ? ? 23 August 2016 29 November 2016 13 Eru
10 Task 10 ? ? 29 November 2016 31 December 2016 7 homerfunky

TAS Competition 2017

Main article: TAS Competition 2017

TAS Competition 2017 was hosted by Maria Nicolae. It lasted for 10 tasks and was won by Nis.

It was the first main competition to be hosted on Discord, and utilised the newly-created SM64 TASing and ABC server for advertising. The competition was part of a general move towards community centralisation, with compilation videos being uploaded to the Ukikipedia YouTube channel.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[18] Created by[18] Release date[18] Deadline date[18] Entrants[18] Winner(s)[18]
1 Task 1 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 19 May 2017 26 May 2017 3 tesserakt
2 Task 2C Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 28 May 2017 8 June 2017 4 tesserakt & Emilia
3 Task 3 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 9 July 2017 16 July 2017 8 Non5en5e
4 Task 4 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 16 July 2017 30 July 2017 9 Nis
5 Task 5 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 3 August 2017 19 August 2017 10 CSZ
6 Task 6 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 29 August 2017 14 September 2017 6 Sk3p3x
7 Task 7 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 26 September 2017 23 October 2017 4 Iwer Sonsch
8 Task 8 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 24 October 2017 10 November 2017 5 Sk3p3x
9 Task 9C Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae 11 November 2017 25 November 2017 6 SilentSlayers & tesserakt
10 Task 10 Maria Nicolae Maria Nicolae & SilentSlayers 26 November 2017 15 December 2017 4 Sk3p3x

TAS Competition 2018

Main article: TAS Competition 2018

TAS Competition 2018 was hosted by SilentSlayers, CSZ, tesserakt, sonicpacker, Emilia, Superdavo0001, Non5en5e, and Nis. It lasted for 25 tasks, and concluded as planned when the year ended. It was directly followed by TAS Competition 2019.

It was broken into 5 sets of 5 tasks (similar to the "rounds" in Nahoc's TAS Competition). Set 1 was won by THC98, Set 2 was won by sm64expert, Set 3 was won by tesserakt, Set 4 and Set 5 were both won by MKDasher, and the year as a whole (though not officially tracked) was won by CSZ.

It experienced an unprecedented level of success, breaking numerous records (some of which still stand to this day). It is the most popular TAS competition ever run, amassing 172 entrants throughout the year. Influenced by the splintering of attention from several individually-run competitions, it was also the largest group of community members to come together and run the same competition, until the Multi-Game TAS Competition in 2023.

It introduced many new concepts, such as reveal streams, expansive competition rules, improved scoring systems, mandatory savestates with custom object/enemy locations, triple jump variants, or custom starting locations, and provided resources such as level maps or in-game screenshots.

The task design process was improved, with a team of hosts available to provide fresh ideas. Tasks were now written in a standardised format, aimed at increased clarity and completeness, to reduce ambiguity and misinterpretation. There was a notable increase in task variety and intricacy, with tasks involving much more complex routing becoming more freqent, epitomised in the widely-acclaimed bingo board task.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[note 3] Created by[note 3] Release date[19] Deadline date[19] Entrants[19] Winner(s)[19]
Set 1
1 Task 1 ? ? 1 January 2018 21 January 2018 35 THC98
2 Task 2 ? ? 21 January 2018 4 February 2018 40 Nis
3 Task 3 ? ? 4 February 2018 18 February 2018 62 MKDasher
4 Task 4 ? ? 18 February 2018 4 March 2018 54 SilentSlayers
5 Task 5C ? ? 4 March 2018 18 March 2018 60 Hazel & Really_Tall
Set 2
6 Task 6 ? ? 18 March 2018 1 April 2018 41 sm64expert
7 Task 7 ? ? 1 April 2018 14 April 2018 53 MKDasher
8 Task 8 ? ? 14 April 2018 28 April 2018 64 SilentSlayers
9 Task 9 ? ? 28 April 2018 12 May 2018 46 sm64expert
10 Task 10C ? ? 12 May 2018 26 May 2018 49 tesserakt & sm64expert
Set 3
11 Task 11 ? ? 26 May 2018 9 June 2018 36 tesserakt
12 Task 12 ? ? 9 June 2018 23 June 2018 27 sm64expert
13 Task 13 ? ? 23 June 2018 7 July 2018 47 SilentSlayers
14 Task 14 ? ? 7 July 2018 21 July 2018 38 SilentSlayers
15 Task 15C ? ? 21 July 2018 4 August 2018 37 tesserakt
Set 4
16 Task 16 ? ? 4 August 2018 18 August 2018 43 tesserakt
17 Task 17 ? ? 18 August 2018 1 September 2018 43 sm64expert
18 Task 18 ? ? 1 September 2018 15 September 2018 39 MKDasher
19 Task 19 ? ? 15 September 2018 29 September 2018 39 tesserakt
20 Task 20C ? ? 29 September 2018 13 October 2018 38 CSZ & MKDasher
Set 5
21 Task 21 ? ? 13 October 2018 27 October 2018 43 Nis
22 Task 22 ? ? 27 October 2018 10 November 2018 37 MKDasher
23 Task 23 ? ? 10 November 2018 24 November 2018 41 Krithalith
24 Task 24 ? ? 24 November 2018 8 December 2018 31 MKDasher
25 Task 25C ? ? 8 December 2018 29 December 2018 45 MKDasher & tesserakt

TAS Competition 2019

Main article: TAS Competition 2019

TAS Competition 2019 was hosted by SilentSlayers, CSZ, tesserakt, Superdavo0001, Non5en5e, Nis, Bretaigne, Rush57, and Tomatobird8, as a continuation of TAS Competition 2018. It lasted for 23 tasks, and concluded as planned when the year ended.

Like its predecessor, it was broken into 5 sets of 5 tasks (with the final set only having 3 tasks). Set 1 was won by CSZ, Set 2 was won by fifdspence, Set 3 was won by Rush57, Set 4 was again won by CSZ, Set 5 was won by Nis, and the year as a whole (though not officially tracked) was won by CSZ.

Following the record highs of the previous year, it saw a small drop in activity. Though, it still remains among the most popular TAS competitions of all time. Following the end of the final task, regular competitions were discontinued, due to burnout and increased strain on the hosts. It marked the end of a 726-day stretch during which 48 tasks were run, which remains the longest continuously active stretch of any SM64 TAS competition. When considering other games, this would be surpassed by the MKWii TAS Competition with 794 days (2020–2022) and an ongoing 900+ days (2022–present).

It featured an associated Twitter account for advertising, a partnership with the Global Speedrunning Association (GSA) for reveal streams, a discord bot for automating certain aspects of competition hosting, and the introduction of a new type of compilation video involving ghost comparisons.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[note 3] Created by[note 3] Release date[20] Deadline date[20] Entrants[20] Winner(s)[20]
Set 1
1 Task 1 ? ? 1 January 2019 19 January 2019 48 MKDasher
2 Task 2 ? ? 19 January 2019 2 February 2019 32 CSZ
3 Task 3 ? ? 2 February 2019 16 February 2019 31 CSZ
4 Task 4 ? ? 16 February 2019 2 March 2019 50 MKDasher, CSZ, Nis
(tie)
5 Task 5C ? ? 2 March 2019 16 March 2019 33 MrPyt1001 & tesserakt
Set 2
6 Task 6 ? ? 16 March 2019 30 March 2019 30 CSZ
7 Task 7 ? ? 30 March 2019 13 April 2019 32 Rush57
8 Task 8 ? ? 25 April 2019 11 May 2019 29 tesserakt
9 Task 9 ? ? 11 May 2019 25 May 2019 22 fifdspence
10 Task 10C ? ? 25 May 2019 8 June 2019 35 fifdspence & Rush57
Set 3
11 Task 11 ? ? 8 June 2019 22 June 2019 33 Nis
12 Task 12 ? ? 22 June 2019 6 July 2019 23 CSZ
13 Task 13 ? ? 6 July 2019 20 July 2019 51 Rush57
14 Task 14 ? ? 20 July 2019 10 August 2019 31 Madghostek
15 Task 15C ? ? 10 August 2019 24 August 2019 33 tesserakt & SilentSlayers
Set 4
16 Task 16 ? ? 24 August 2019 7 September 2019 21 Nis
17 Task 17 ? ? 7 September 2019 21 September 2019 21 CSZ
18 Task 18 ? ? 21 September 2019 5 October 2019 22 Non5en5e
19 Task 19 ? ? 5 October 2019 19 October 2019 31 CSZ
20 Task 20C ? ? 19 October 2019 2 November 2019 22 CSZ
Set 5
21 Task 21 ? ? 2 November 2019 16 November 2019 19 DyllonStej
22 Task 22 ? ? 16 November 2019 30 November 2019 19 DyllonStej
23 Task 23 ? ? 30 November 2019 28 December 2019 20 galoomba & Non5en5e

SM64 TAS Tournament

Main article: SM64 TAS Tournament

The SM64 TAS Tournament was hosted by SilentSlayers and Superdavo0001. It consisted of 5 rounds, the first four eliminating half of the competitors, and the final crowning the overall winner; Rush57.

It was the first ever competition with a tournament format (where entrants are gradually eliminated), and the first with a monetary prize.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[21] Created by[21] Release date[21] Deadline date[21] Entrants[21] Winner(s)[21]
1 Round 1 SilentSlayers & Superdavo0001 SilentSlayers 5 April 2020 18 April 2020 64 Rush57
2 Round 2 SilentSlayers & Superdavo0001 SilentSlayers 18 April 2020 25 April 2020 32 DyllonStej
3 Round 3 SilentSlayers & Superdavo0001 SilentSlayers 25 April 2020 2 May 2020 16 tesserakt
4 Round 4 SilentSlayers & Superdavo0001 SilentSlayers & Iwer Sonsch 2 May 2020 9 May 2020 8 MKDasher
5 Round 5 SilentSlayers & Superdavo0001 SilentSlayers & Iwer Sonsch 9 May 2020 23 May 2020 4 Rush57

Losers' bracket

The tournament also featured a losers' bracket, in which those who were eliminated would still have a chance to enter in the tasks. It was hosted by ERGC | Xander and Alex (nim). It is noted for its 1st place submission from the final round, which beat 1st place in the winners' bracket.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[22] Created by[22] Release date[22] Deadline date[22] Entrants[22] Winner(s)[22]
2 Round 2 ERGC | Xander & Alex (nim) SilentSlayers 18 April 2020 25 April 2020 14 Alex (nim)
3 Round 3 ERGC | Xander & Alex (nim) SilentSlayers 25 April 2020 2 May 2020 11 galoomba
4 Round 4 ERGC | Xander & Alex (nim) SilentSlayers & Iwer Sonsch 2 May 2020 9 May 2020 5 galoomba
5 Round 5C ERGC | Xander & Alex (nim) SilentSlayers & Iwer Sonsch 9 May 2020 23 May 2020 6 galoomba & Alexpalix1

EZScape SM64 TAS Tournament

Main article: EZScape SM64 TAS Tournament

The EZScape SM64 TAS Tournament was organised by EZScape, and hosted by SilentSlayers, Rush57, and CSZ. It consisted of 4 tasks; the first three allowing entrants to earn points before being eliminated, and the final crowning the overall winner; Alexpalix1.

It was the first ever dual-language competition, with the rules and tasks being posted in both English and Japanese. This caused the competition to have the largest presence of TASers from the Japanese TAS community since the Nico TAS Competition. It was also the first (and only) competition to be sponsored by a member outside the TAS community.

It is notable for being the origin of the era meme, and subsequent increase in slide kick strats.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[23] Created by[23] Release date[23] Deadline date[23] Entrants[23] Winner(s)[23]
1 Task 1 SilentSlayers & Rush57 & CSZ SilentSlayers 28 June 2020 11 July 2020 62 ToT
2 Task 2 SilentSlayers & Rush57 & CSZ Rush57 11 July 2020 18 July 2020 49 ToT
3 Task 3 SilentSlayers & Rush57 & CSZ Rush57 18 July 2020 25 July 2020 47 Cynimal
4 Task 4 SilentSlayers & Rush57 & CSZ Rush57 31 July 2020 15 August 2020 27 Alexpalix1

Losers' bracket

As with the previous tournament, this one also featured a losers' bracket. It was hosted by ERGC | Xander.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[22] Created by[22] Release date[22] Deadline date[22] Entrants[22] Winner(s)[22]
4 Task 4 ERGC | Xander Rush57 31 July 2020 15 August 2020 7 Blobby Liu

TAS Competition 2021

Main article: TAS Competition 2021

TAS Competition 2021 was hosted by CSZ. It consisted of 2 one-off tasks, the second of which had a monetary prize.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[24] Created by[24] Release date[24] Deadline date[24] Entrants[24] Winner(s)[24]
1 Task 2021 CSZ CSZ 25 April 2021 22 May 2021 42 CSZ
2 Task 2 CSZ CSZ 30 June 2021 24 July 2021 39 CSZ, galoomba
(tie)

25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

Main article: 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

TAS Competition 2022

Main article: TAS Competition 2022

TAS Competition 2023

Main article: TAS Competition 2023

TAS Competition 2024

Main article: TAS Competition 2024

TAS Competition 2025

Main article: TAS Competition 2025

Speed competitions

The following table summarises the speed TAS competitions or tournaments.

Competition/Tournament Tasks First task
started 		Last task
ended 		Competitors
Avg Total
Speed TAS Competition 2018 9 12 September 2018 27 October 2018 18.3 46
Speed TAS Competition 2019 20 13 January 2019 22 September 2019 10.5 46
Speed TAS Competition 2020 11 4 January 2020 28 June 2020 16.9 37

Speed TAS Competition 2018

Main article: Speed TAS Competition 2018

Speed TAS Competition 2019

Main article: Speed TAS Competition 2019

Speed TAS Competition 2020

Main article: Speed TAS Competition 2020

Freerun competitions

The following table summarises the freerunning TAS competitions or tournaments.

Competition/Tournament Tasks First task
started 		Last task
ended 		Competitors
Avg Total
TAS Freerun Competition 1 4 May 2009 31 May 2009 1.0 1
Freerun TAS Competition 2018 20 24 February 2018 22 December 2018 9.3 40
Freerun TAS Competition 2019 10 5 January 2019 29 June 2019 5.4 21
Freerun TAS Competition 2020 3 27 May 2020 19 June 2020 ? ?

TAS Freerun Competition

Main article: TAS Freerun Competition

TAS Freerun Competition was hosted by RCPlanes. It lasted for only 1 task and was won by UnknownMeh.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[25] Created by[25] Release date[25] Deadline date[25] Entrants[25] Winner(s)[25]
1 Task 1 RCPlanes RCPlanes 4 May 2009 31 May 2009 1 UnknownMeh

Freerun TAS Competition 2018

Main article: Freerun TAS Competition 2018

Freerun TAS Competition 2019

Main article: Freerun TAS Competition 2019

Freerun TAS Competition 2020

Main article: Freerun TAS Competition 2020

Romhack competitions

The following table summarises the romhack TAS competitions or tournaments.

Competition/Tournament Tasks First task
started 		Last task
ended 		Competitors
Avg Total
SM74 TAS Competition 5 29 June 2011 17 October 2011 ? ?
SMSR TAS Competition 2012 3 17 June 2012 16 July 2012 ? ?
Emilia's Releasio TAS Competition 2 3 February 2017 20 April 2017 ? ?
Dargos's Releasio TAS Competition 2 15 November 2017 28 November 2017 ? ?
SMSR TAS Competition 2018 10 1 April 2018 18 August 2018 ? ?

SM74 TAS Competition

Main article: SM74 TAS Competition

SMSR TAS Competition 2012

Main article: SMSR TAS Competition 2012

Emilia's Releasio TAS Competition

Main article: Emilia's Releasio TAS Competition

Dargos's Releasio TAS Competition

Main article: Dargos's Releasio TAS Competition

SMSR TAS Competition 2018

Main article: SMSR TAS Competition 2018

Other competitions

The following table summarises the miscellaneous TAS competitions or tournaments.

Competition/Tournament Tasks First task
started 		Last task
ended 		Competitors
Avg Total
TAS Championship 1 19 May 2009 27 May 2009 4.0 4
KoopaTroopa64's TAS Competition 5 19 June 2009 13 August 2009 4.2 9
Emilia's TAS Competition 9 1 April 2017 31 December 2017 1.5 9
Plush's TAS Competition 1 30 August 2017 19 September 2017 4.0 4
ABC TAS Competition 2018 3 12 September 2018 27 October 2018 ? ?
ABC TAS Competition 2019 5 2 February 2019 1 June 2019 ? ?
1 Year TAS Competition 1 1 May 2019 1 May 2020 9.0 9
The ABC Trials 1 7 December 2019 17 June 2020 ? ?
Mariocamspam's TAS Competition 2 19 March 2020 9 April 2020 ? ?
Decade TAS Competition 1 3 May 2020 3 May 2030 TBD TBD
WeirdComp 2020 4 9 May 2020 23 November 2020 9.0 15
2020 Is Gone TAS Competition 1 1 January 2021 9 January 2021 17.0 17
LameComp 2021 9 27 February 2021 24 September 2021 7.9 29
WACKYComp 2024 8 31 January 2024 27 September 2024 5.4 22

TAS Championship

Main article: TAS Championship

TAS Championship was hosted by Kaylee. It was the first time a different format of competition had been proposed, with 12 people signed up to participate. However, it only lasted for the 1 qualifier task, as not enough people submitted to fill the knockout stage slots.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[26] Created by[26] Release date[26] Deadline date[26] Entrants[26] Winner(s)[26]
1 Qualifier Kaylee Kaylee 19 May 2009 27 May 2009 4 Mr_Roberts_Z

KoopaTroopa64's TAS Competition

Main article: KoopaTroopa64's TAS Competition

KoopaTroopa64's TAS Competition was hosted by RCPlanes, in lieu of the upcoming second round of the "official" competition. It lasted for 5 tasks and was won by Kaylee.

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[27] Created by[27] Release date[27] Deadline date[27] Entrants[27] Winner(s)[27]
1 Task 1 RCPlanes RCPlanes 19 June 2009 27 June 2009 4 Tboysk8er2
– Task 2 RCPlanes RCPlanes 29 June 2009 Cancelled – –
2 Task 2 RCPlanes RCPlanes 29 June 2009 8 July 2009 8 Kaylee
3 Task 3 RCPlanes RCPlanes 9 July 2009 18 July 2009 6 Kaylee
4 Task 4 RCPlanes RCPlanes 20 July 2009 26 July 2009 3 Andymac
5 Task 5 RCPlanes RCPlanes 31 July 2009 13 August 2009 1 UnknownMeh

Emilia's TAS Competition

Main article: Emilia's TAS Competition

Plush's TAS Competition

Main article: Plush's TAS Competition (2017 competition)

ABC TAS Competition 2018

Main article: ABC TAS Competition 2018

ABC TAS Competition 2019

Main article: ABC TAS Competition 2019

1 Year TAS Competition

Main article: 1 Year TAS Competition

The ABC Trials

Main article: The ABC Trials

Mariocamspam's TAS Competition

Main article: Mariocamspam's TAS Competition

Decade TAS Competition

Main article: Decade TAS Competition

WeirdComp 2020

Main article: WeirdComp 2020

2020 Is Gone TAS Competition

Main article: 2020 Is Gone TAS Competition

2020 Is Gone TAS Competition was hosted by Madghostek, with help from ERGC | Xander. It lasted for only 1 task, and was created to celebrate the end of 2020 in the absence of any main competition. It was going to continue beyond its first task, but Madghostek couldn't come up with any more ideas. As such, the first task is better known by the name "Task 2020 is gone".

No.
task 		Task name Hosted by[28] Created by[28] Release date[28] Deadline date[28] Entrants[28] Winner(s)[28]
1 Task 2020 is gone Madghostek & ERGC | Xander Madghostek 1 January 2021 9 January 2021 17 Frame
– Task 2C Madghostek – – – – –

LameComp 2021

Main article: LameComp 2021

WACKYComp 2024

Main article: WACKYComp 2024

Aborted/lost competitions

The following table summarises the aborted/lost TAS competitions or tournaments.

Competition/Tournament First task
started
Van Helsing's TAS Competition 19 December 2009
KoopaTroopa64's TAS Competition II 21 December 2009
themidnightbum's TAS Competition 20 April 2010
Non5en5e's TAS Competition 2011
Teams TAS Competition 2011
SM74 TAS Competition (Rongmario) 2011
Plush's TAS Competition (2013) 2013
Bret's TAS Competition 2014

Van Helsing's TAS Competition

Main article: Van Helsing's TAS Competition

KoopaTroopa's TAS Competition II

Main article: KoopaTroopa's TAS Competition II

themidnightbum's TAS Competition

Main article: themidnightbum's TAS Competition

Notes

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Speculative estimate; results were never released.
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 As there is no record of task release dates or deadlines anywhere on the internet, the best alternative is when the result videos were published, which are the dates listed.
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Information about who created or hosted tasks was never made publicly available; the sender of the task message was not yet an indicator of who created or hosted the task.

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The TAS Challenge GameFAQs
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Super mario 64 - TAS Competition GameFAQs
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 SM64.org TAS Competition Compilations JohannesSM64 - YouTube
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 SilentSlayers' TAS Competition SM64.org - Internet Archive
  5. ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 SilentSlayers' TAS Competition Compilations Nahoc - YouTube
  6. ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 SilentSlayers' TAS Competition - Task 33: My Entry m3g4t0nerr - YouTube
  7. ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Nahoc's TAS Competition SM64.org - Internet Archive
  8. ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 Nahoc's TAS Competition Discussion SM64.org - Internet Archive
  9. ↑ Jump up to: 9.0 9.1 Nahoc's TAS Competiton Compilations Nahoc - YouTube
  10. ↑ Jump up to: 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 TAS Competition 2012 SPsm64TAS - YouTube
  11. ↑ Jump up to: 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Nico TAS Competition Compilations Nahoc - YouTube
  12. ↑ Jump up to: 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 NicoTAS Competition coin - Niconico
  13. ↑ Jump up to: 13.0 13.1 Very late Task 7 results announcement 1 coin2884 - Twitter
  14. ↑ Jump up to: 14.0 14.1 Very late Task 7 results announcement 2 coin2884 - Twitter
  15. ↑ Jump up to: 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 TAS Competition 2015 SM64.org - Internet Archive
  16. ↑ Jump up to: 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 TAS Competition 2015 SPsm64TAS - YouTube
  17. ↑ Jump up to: 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 TAS Competition 2016 SPsm64TAS - YouTube
  18. ↑ Jump up to: 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 TAS Competition 2017 (#tasks, #task-results, #general) Discord
  19. ↑ Jump up to: 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 TAS Competition 2025 (#tasks_2018, #results_2018) Discord
  20. ↑ Jump up to: 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 TAS Competition 2025 (#tasks_2019, #results_2019) Discord
  21. ↑ Jump up to: 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 SM64 TAS Tournament (#rounds, #results) Discord
  22. ↑ Jump up to: 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 22.11 TAS Tournament Tasks (#tasks, #results) Discord
  23. ↑ Jump up to: 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 SM64 TAS Tournament (#tasks, #tasks_jp, #results) Discord
  24. ↑ Jump up to: 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 TAS Competition 2025 (#tasks_2021, #results_2021) Discord
  25. ↑ Jump up to: 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 SM64 TAS Freerun Competition SM64.org - Internet Archive
  26. ↑ Jump up to: 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 TAS Championship SM64.org - Internet Archive
  27. ↑ Jump up to: 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 KoopaTroopa64's TAS Competition Round 1 1/2 SM64.org - Internet Archive
  28. ↑ Jump up to: 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 TAS Competition 2025 (#general) Discord
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