Competition

Competition is the second most popular channel in the Mobile Speedrunning Discord. It currently holds more than 220,000 messages.

The current name of the channel is "#competition-2024". It is affectionately known as "comp" in the MSD.

*Please feel free to add information about MSD competitions below.*

## History

### Drgrumble's system era

This was the start of a series of competitions initially hosted by drgrumble, each consisting of a single free-for-all speedrun round of a category of a mobile game, generally lasting until a WR get uncontested for a period of time.

Before each competition, a voting phase was held to choose the game for the round.

#### 2018

##### Season 1

Hosted by drgrumble and later by cros107, the first mobile speedrunning competition started on 12th of March of 2018.

Midway through Season 1, in addition to drgrumble's format, a point system[1] was implemented, in which participants would receive points based on their placement in the round.

These were the games played followed by the winners in each of the 20 competitions throughout 2018:

1. Competition 2018/1 — Treemaker — o0plah
2. Competition 2018/2 — Fast Like a Fox — aivv73
3. Competition 2018/3 — Colorblind — Uppercasserole (previously UpperCaseT). At this competition, the point system started being implemented for almost every comp since.
4. Competition 2018/4 — No Brakes — emrald (previously quaristice)
5. Competition 2018/5 — Heart Star — jamm3y (previously ishigami)
6. Competition 2018/6 — Footy Golf — Wuzi
7. Competition 2018/7 — Doge and the Lost Kitten — Wuzi
8. Competition 2018/8 — Neon Shadow — Wuzi and Spielpro
9. Competition 2018/9 — Angel in Danger — CrystalSRL (previously GODCHUECO)
10. Competition 2018/10 — Prizefighters — jamm3y
11. Competition 2018/11 — League of Evil — R-Jay (previously SaturnRunsGames) and Spielpro
12. Competition 2018/12 — Super Cat Bros — Wuzi
13. Competition 2018/13 — Rocats — Spielpro and cros107
14. Competition 2018/14 — Pixel Art Pig — Spielpro
15. Competition 2018/15 — Poppy Kart — Spielpro
16. Competition 2018/16 — Lunar Mission — Th3on3C
17. Competition 2018/17 — Space Expedition — Th3on3C
18. Competition 2018/18 — Swordigo — drgrumble
19. Competition 2019/19 — The Little Ball That Could Purple World — Th3on3C
20. Competition 2018/20 — Tomb of the Mask — R-Jay

After around 9 months, Wuzi became the overall champion of Season 1, finishing with 96 points[2].

#### 2019

A continuation of Season 1 began, hosted by drgrumble and later co-hosted by Cytruss and Th3on3C.

##### 2019.1 — Season 2

Same format as Season 1, but with the choice of 10 rounds instead, each serving as a mini competition.

These were the games played followed by the winners in each round:

1. Competition 2019.1/1 — Cat Bird — Tomygood
2. Competition 2019.1/2 — Squatbot — Tomygood and cros107
3. Competition 2019.1/3 — Mad Dex — GionniBlood and Th3on3C
4. Competition 2019.1/4 — Super Dangerous Dungeons — Tomygood
5. Competition 2019.1/5 — Pocket Rally — Gyrule
6. Competition 2019.1/6 — Boost Buddies — GionniBlood
7. Competition 2019.1/7 — Minesweeper: Collectors — Gyrule
8. Competition 2019.1/8 — Space Expedition — CrystalSRL
9. Competition 2019.1/9 — Adventure Llama — Niden (previously DarkShadow)
10. Competition 2019.1/10 — Bluebird of Happiness — Niden

After around 5 months, Th3on3C became the overall champion of Season 2, finishing with 108 points[3] .

##### 2019.2 — Season 3

Used the same format as Season 2.

These were the games played followed by the winners in each round:

1. Competition 2019.2/1 — Parkour GO — zir0nic
2. Competition 2019.2/2 — Foxyland — CrystalSRL
3. Competition 2019.2/3 — Snow Kids — emrald
4. Competition 2019.2/4 — Poppy Kart — Gyrule
5. Competition 2019.2/5 — Spicy Piggy — zir0nic
6. Competition 2019.2/6 — Total Party Kill — Th3on3C
7. Competition 2019.2/7 — Archlion Saga — zir0nic
8. Competition 2019.2/8 — Yeah Bunny — emrald
9. Competition 2019.2/9 — Mimpi — renoncius
10. Competition 2019.2/10 — Yalghaar — Device (previously Je-leomJH)

After around 5 months, Th3on3C became the overall champion of Season 3, finishing with 95 points[4] .

##### 2019.3 — Season 4

Consisted of 5 rounds with the same format as Season 3, but competitions were set to always last 1 week each.

These were the games played and winners in each round:

1. Competition 2019.3/1 — Stranger Things: The Game — Device (previously œœ)
2. Competition 2019.3/2 — Cats are Liquid — Device
3. Competition 2019.3/3 — Best Rally — emrald
4. Competition 2019.3/4 — Spoorky — Device
5. Competition 2019.3/5 — Space Expedition — CrystalSRL

After around 2 months, Device became the overall champion of Season 4, finishing with 57 points[5] .

#### 2020

A continuation of the previous seasons began, hosted by drgrumble and co-hosted by Cytruss, Th3on3C and later by Kyra (a.k.a. Skycloudd, starlight, Skye).

##### 2020.1 — Season 5

Consisted of 10 rounds with the same format as Season 4.

These were the games played followed by the winners in each round:

1. Competition 2020.1/1 — Slime Slasher — Th3on3C
2. Competition 2020.1/2 — Fancy Pants Adventures — zir0nic
3. Competition 2020.1/3 — Tetris (by N3TWORK inc.) — Cytruss
4. Competition 2020.1/4 — Gamestart Pixel Battle — zir0nic
5. Competition 2020.1/5 — Dadish — CrystalSRL
6. Competition 2020.1/6 — Seterra — Poopsey
7. Competition 2020.1/7 — King Toungue — Oxknifer
8. Competition 2020.1/8 — Space Expedition — CrystalSRL
9. Competition 2020.1/9 — Draw a Stickman: Epic 2 — zir0nic
10. Competition 2020.1/10 — Robot Wants Kitty — aerodynamic

After around 5 months, zir0nic became the overall champion of Season 5, finishing with 91 points[6] (external page).

##### Hiatus

Being ran non-stop since March of 2018, on 25th of May of 2020, a hiatus[7] (external page) finally began, with no competitions being held for 4 months after due to lack of activity in the last season.

However, meanwhile, a completely new format of competitions was being discussed in the MSD community.

### Early elimination tournament era

##### Competition 2020.2 — Season 5.5

On 7th of August of 2020, the competition started, being hosted by OwlDragon.

The format decided for the tournament was the double-elimination system, with rounds lasting 2 days each. Due to the unusual number of 18 participants, a round 0 with only 2 match-ups in the upper bracket[8] (external page) was established.

These were the games played in each round:

* Round 0 — No Brakes
* Round 1 (upper bracket) — Rocats
* Round 1 (lower bracket) — Climb Higher
* Round 2 (upper and lower brackets) — Data Wing
* Round 3 (lower bracket) — Squatbot
* Round 3 (upper bracket) and Round 4 (lower bracket) — Unforgiving
* Round 5 (lower bracket) — Super Dangerous Dungeons
* Round 4 (upper bracket) and Round 6 (lower bracket) — Grand Mountain Adventure
* Round 7 (lower bracket) — Super Dangerous Dungeons
* Round 5 (upper bracket) — Super Dangerous Dungeons

After around a month, Th3on3C became the champion of Season 5.5 after winning the grand finals[9].

A short 1 month hiatus began.

##### Competition 2020.3 — Season 6

Hosted by zir0nic and co-hosted by Cytruss and Shipwrecc, on 20th of September of 2020, the competition was announced and started 8 days later.

The format decided for the tournament was a mashup[10] (external page) of the single-elimination system, and the system used in drgrumble's previous competitions[1]: it worked exactly like the latter, but players gained would gain 3 extra points in a round if they had not been eliminated in the single-elimination system. Additionally, the first 2 rounds would be used to seed the brackets[11] (external page).

These were the games played followed by the point system winners in each round:

1. Round 1 — Super Cat Tales — CrystalSRL
2. Round 2 — Space Expedition — CrystalSRL
3. Round 3 (single-elimination round 1) — Does Not Commute — daanolav
4. Round 4 (single-elimination round 2) — Draw a Stickman: Epic 2 — Zambrini and Kkntucara. At this point, the single-elimination system was abandoned for lack of activity.
5. Round 5 (single-elimination round 3) — Kraken Land — daanolav
6. Round 6 (single-elimination round 4) — Heart Star

After 2 weeks, the competition ended for lack of activity. No official champion was crowned and the points[12] for Season 6 were discontinued.

A short 1 month hiatus began.

Competition 2020.4 — Chess Tournament

Announced on 22th of December of 2020 and starting 6 days later, a chess competition was hosted by Cytruss as a compensation for the unsuccess of the previous season.

The format used, like in Season 5.5, was the double-elimination system, with rounds happening whenever 2 competitors in a matchup were available, and it included 18 participants.

After around a month, MkWilliam became the champion of the tournament, after beating Th3on3C twice in the grand finals[13] (external page).

### Flewby's late elimination tournament era

Looking forward to prevent competitors from getting demotivated into leaving a tournament halfway through, Flewby started hosting the competitions, beggining on 15th of January of 2021.

#### 2021

##### Competition 2021.1 — Comp2.0 Season 1

###### Competition 2021.1/1

Announced on 13th of January of 2021 and starting 2 days later, the competition was hosted by Flewby and co-hosted by the generation 3 moderators and moderator advisors.

The format[14] (external page) used was a mashup of drgrumble's point system[1] and the double-elimination system, although it was effectively single-elimination: it worked exactly like the former, but the bracket winner would then fight the competitor with most points for the grand finals. This means users still had a chance of winning the tournament if they had been eliminated in a round.

Before each round, which lasted 7 days each, games were randomly picked from a group of mobile games suggested by the community.

These were the games played followed by the point system winners in each round:

* Round 1 — Dadish — Kkntucara
* Round 2 — Squatbot — Th3on3C
* Round 3 — Dadish 2 — daanolav
* Round 4 — Golf Zero — daanolav
* Round 5 — Nameless Cat — Sxk (a.k.a. ok3487)
* Round 6 (grand finals) — Soul Chase — Flewb

After around 1,5 months, Kkntucara (top 1 points) became the overall champion of the competition[15] , after winning against daanolav (bracket winner) in the grand finals.

###### Competition 2021.1/2

Announced on 6th of March of 2021 and starting 6 days later, the competition was hosted by Flewby and co-hosted by the generation 3 moderators and moderator advisors.

Used the same format as the previous competition, with a few minor changes, with the most notable one being that the lower bracket winner joins the grand finals. The initial brackets can be found here (external page).

These were the games played followed by the point system winners in each round:

* Round 1 — Dan The Man — Fioresa
* Round 2 — Cat Bird — CrystalSRL
* Round 3 — Space Expedition — CrystalSRL
* Round 4 — Super Cat Tales — daanolav
* Round 5 — Red Ball 4 — TheNameless
* Round 6 — Super Dangerous Dungeons — TheNameless
* Round 7 — Krakenland — TheNameless

After around 1,5 months, TheNameless became the overall champion[17] of the competition after winning against Sxk in the grand finals.

###### Competition 2021.1/3

On 11th of May of 2021, the competition was announced[18] (external page) and started 3 days later, hosted by Flewby and co-hosted by the generation 3 moderators and moderator advisors.

Used a similar format to the previous competition.

These were the games played in each round:

* Round 1 — Heart Star
* Round 2 (lower bracket round 1) — There Is No Game (Jam edition)
* Round 3 (lower bracket round 2) — Unforgiving
* Round 4 (lower bracket round 3) — Adventure Llama
* Round 5 (finals for lower and upper bracket) — Does Not Commute (later rerolled to No Brakes)
* Round 6 (qualifier for grand finals) — Mad Dex
* Round 7 (grand finals) — Fancy Pants Adventure

After around 2 months, Kokafishin (lower bracket winner) became the overall champion of the competition[19] (external page) after beating TheNameless (upper bracket (external page) winner), Thijs (tied top 1 points) and Flewby (qualifiers winner).

##### Competition 2021.2 — Comp2.0 Season 2

###### Competition 2021.2/1

On 13th of August of 2021, the competition was announced[20] (external page) and started 5 days later, hosted by Flewby and co-hosted by the generation 4 moderators and moderator advisors.

Used a similar format to the previous competition.

These were the games played (external page) in each round:

* Round 1 — Nano Golf
* Round 2 (lower bracket round 1) — Nameless Cat
* Round 3 (lower bracket round 2) — Dadish
* Round 4 (lower bracket round 3) — Bike Race
* Round 5 (lower bracket round 4) — Super Dangerous Dungeons
* Round 6 (lower bracket round 5) — Cats are Liquid
* Round 7 (qualifier for grand finals) — Score! Hero 2 (later rerolled to Sixit)
* Round 8 (grand finals) — Mangavania

After around a month, Flewby (qualifiers winner and lower bracket (external page) winner) became the overall champion[21] (external page) of the competition after winning against TheNameless (top 1 points), Sxk (top 1 points) and GoldenBoy (upper bracket (external page) winner).

###### Competition 2021.2/2

On 3rd of November of 2021, the tournament, hosted by Flewby and co-hosted by the generation 4 moderators and moderator advisors, was announced and started on the next day.

Used a similar format to the previous competition, with a lower and upper brackets (external page).

These were the games played in each round:

* Round 1 — Super Dangerous Dungeons
* Round 2 (lower bracket round 1) — Space Expedition
* Round 3 (lower bracket round 2) — Bluebird of Happines (later rerolled to Cooking Mama)
* Round 4 (lower bracket round 3) — Grayland
* Round 5 (grand finals) — Fancy Pants Adventures (later rerolled to Swordigo)
* Round 6 (bonus round) — There Is No Game (Jam edition)

After around 1,5 months, the competition ended with no official winner announced (external page)(citation needed).

A short 3 week hiatus began, and Flewby stopped hosting competitions at this point.

### Miscellaneuous era

As no specific user was assigned as the organizer for competitions, the rest of them were hosted by various people, with varying formats throughout the tournaments.

#### 2022

##### Competition 2022.1 — Neutronized

Hosted by Oxknifer and the Neutronized Discord, the competition was announced and started on 11th of January of 2022, planned to last a short amount of time as a minor comp.

The format was a free-for-all between competitors to simply beat the Any% and ILs WRs of the game Mimelet.

The competition ended 6 days later. No winners were crowned but lauig re-beat their Any% WR, with a time of 12:43.500 (external page).

##### Competition 2022.2 — Sxk's fail

A day after the end of the previous competition, Sxk hosted his own competition, planned to last 4 days.

The format was a free-for-all between competitors to beat a Any% of the game The Mooseman or Super Mario 64 (added later on the same day).

The organizer added many mores games (external page), but, due to a negative impression of the community about those, the competition ended a few hours after it started, with no winners crowned.

##### Competition 2022.3 — Comp2.0 Season 3

Hosted by the FSKKP (initials of the 4 organizers of the tournament: felipereis11011, Spook, Kkntucara and nyx (previously 16BitPumpkin)), the competition was announced[22] (external page) on 19th of January of 2022 and started 11 days later.

The format of the competition was originally planned to be similar to Competition2.0 Season 1. However, due to a negative impression on the community about the bracket system, the format was later changed[23] (external page) to a mashup of the single round-robin tournament and drgrumble's point system was implemented instead: it would work exactly like the former (although with fewer rounds), but, at the finals, the 3 players with the most rating would then compete against the player with most points.

These were the games followed by the runner with most points in each round:

* Round 1 — CarX Rally — Nameless
* Round 2 — Dadish 2 — Tomygood
* Round 3 — Mega Hasan — Quan
* Round 4 — Honey Bear Fun — Nameless
* Round 5 — Super Hamster Ball — Nameless
* Round 6 — Super Phantom Cat — Nameless
* Round 7 (finals) — Cats are Liquid — Nameless

Doma became the overall champion[24] (external page) of the competition after beating Keegnator, Alex(citation needed), Quan and Nameless in the finals.

##### Hiatus

A 4 month hiatus then began, before YoloMenace would host his first competition.

##### Competition 2022.4 — Mobile Speedrunning Champions League

Hosted by YoloMenace, the competition was announced on 13th of July of 2022 and started 10 days later.

#### 2023

##### Competition 2023

Hosted by Demon, the competition was announced and started on 18th of February of 2023.

Planned to last 6 rounds, the format was a throwback to the one used in drgrumble's system era[1]

These were the games played and winners in each round:

1. Round 1 — Picnic Penguin — Golden Boy
2. Round 2 — Kitty Death Room — CrystalSRL
3. Round 3 — ANXRacers — Ricky
4. Round 4 — Tightrope Theatre — Monkeytron
5. Round 5 — Cut the Rope — Golden Boy

After around a month, the competition ended for lack of activity, with no one being officially declared the winner.

##### Hiatus

A 8 month hiatus then began, before YoloMenace would host another competition.

## References

* [1] drgrumble's description of the format of seasons 1–5
* [2] Season 1 final standings
* [3] Season 2 final standings
* [4] Season 3 final standings
* [5] Season 4 final standings
* [6] Season 5 final standings
* [7] Cytruss's end announcement of Season 5 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [8] Season 5.5 brackets (external page)
* [9] Season 5.5 results
* [10] zir0nic's description of Season 6 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [11] Season 6 brackets (external page)
* [12] Season 6 descontinued standings
* [13] Chess Tournament brackets (external page)
* [14] Flewby's description of Competion 2021.1/1 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [15] Competition 2021.1/1 final results
* [16] Flewby's description of Competition 2021.1/2 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [17] Competition 2021.1/2 final results
* [18] Flewby's announcement of Competition 2021.1/3 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [19] Flewby's end announcement of Competition 2021.1/3 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [20] Flewby's announcement of Competition 2021.2/1 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [21] Flewby's end announcement of Competition 2021.2/1 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [22] Kkntucara's announcement of Competition 2022.3/1 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [23] nyx's announcement of the change of format in Competition 2022.3/1 (external page) (requires access to the server)
* [24] nyx's end announcet of FSKKP (external page) (requires access to the server)