Draft:Speedrun.com
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| Submission declined on 20 November 2025 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of web content). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by DoubleGrazing 16 days ago. | |
| Submission declined on 19 November 2025 by 11WB (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: Declined by 11WB 17 days ago.
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Comment: The sources used do not currently show that the website is notable. Guinness World Records is not reliable and cannot be used to establish notability, per WP:GWR. Many more sources are needed at this time. 11WB (talk) 03:29, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Type of site | Social networking service |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Area served | Worldwide, except blocking countries |
| Owner | Elo Entertainment |
| Founders |
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| URL | speedrun.com |
| Registration | Required (to do any activity) |
| Launched | 2014 |
| Current status | Active |
Speedrun.com is an online database website that organizes speedruns, livestreams, and personal user records. It was created in 2013 by an anonymous user named "Pac" and later developed further by web programmer Peter Chase. Since 2020, the website has been operated by Elo Entertainment.[1][2]
Development
[edit]Speedrun.com is founded in 2013 by the user "Pac" and later pass to the Irish web developer Peter chase, who made the website as hobby after see that don,t exist a centralized hub for speedrunning at the time and each users need to make his own rank, launching the domain for only $3,500, the website is acquired by the Elon enterment in 13, October of 2020.[3]
Features
[edit]The site allows users to create accounts that can submit their runs via links from other social networks like YouTube and Twitch, usually using the site's own Timer application called Livesplit, which are then reviewed by the administrators or creators of the game's page, It also has a ranking showing the positions of each runner, displaying details of their records.[4]
Controversy
[edit]False Records
[edit]In 2020, the American YouTuber Dream was involved in a controversy regarding false race records on the platform making in our Minecraft run recused in the platform after a investigation made by the Website adminstrators.[5]
During the Games Done Quick Event, a russian streamer called Mekarazium is banned from the website after confirmed he used recorded media to change his gameplay of Metal Gear Rising.[6]
Security Issues
[edit]in 2018, during a update on the website, a software error make the passwords of Xsplit users get leaked after a internal dump, make the developers restart ranks to put another authetication solution[7]
other issue reported in the website is the commentary section, where any users can write about the runs who made gamers and section owners delete his runs in order to protest[8]
Reception
[edit]in 2019, Speedrun.com was officially nominated by Guinness World Records as his recognized database for video game speedrunning records. The site is used to track official race times and rankings for speedrunning for the book for prizes.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Brewer, Christopher (2017-08-01). "Born to Run: A Grounded Theory Study of Cheating in the Online Speedrunning Community". Master's Theses.
- ^ Kinchoku, Cibele Aparecida Miyuki (2025-02-17). "As formas da nostalgia no speedrun: uma análise semiótico-discursiva" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-08-02. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Forbes-Calvin, Alex; Editor, PCGamesInsider Contributing (2020-10-14). "Data firm Elo Entertainment snaps up Speedrun.com". pcgamesinsider.biz. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ Kelfer, Riley (2022-01-01). "What Is "Speedrunning?" Industry, Community, Identity". Senior Scholar Papers.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (2020-12-15). "YouTube's big Minecraft cheating scandal, explained". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ^ Buday, John (2022-07-07). "This Metal Gear Speedrun Is Causing An Uproar". SVG. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
- ^ Alexandra, Heather (2019-04-05). "Major Speedrunning Hub Forced To Roll Back Rankings After Security Breach". Kotaku. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
- ^ Nelson, Will (2021-10-19). "Speedrunners stop uploading runs to Speedrun.com as it adds comments". NME. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ Lopez, Jalen (2020-01-19). "Speedrunners can now earn Guinness World Records". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
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