Timings

These are various timings for Cutscenes, Routes, and miscellaneous things.

Notes

• Timings only take text time into account, not version differences
• English saves 13f over German on Heart Container text
• German saves 8f over English on rupee text

Any% Language Timings

updated April 22, 2026

GCN Any% (Gorge, ELH)
Language	Time (vs. fastest)	Notes
German	---	---
English	+18f	---
Italian	+129f	---
Spanish	+150f	---
French	+166f	Estimate with French Fyer discount
Japanese	+?f	Doesn't have Map Glitch, so realistically likely to lose time on wolfos superjump and Bulblin Camp

Data collected by Demon

100% Language Timings

GCN 100%
Language	Time (vs. fastest)	Notes
English	---	Instant text for most Golden Bugs
Japanese	+7.5s	Doesn't have Map Glitch
German	+19s	---
French	+1:21	---
Spanish	+1:26	---
Italian	+1:40	---

Glitchless Language Timings

Glitchless Any%
Language	Time (vs. fastest)	Notes
Korean [Wii]	---	Korean is only available for Wii
German [GCN]	+1:10.23	---
Japanese [GCN]	+1:16.90	---
English [GCN]	+1:18.43	---
English [Wii]	+1:23.13	---
Italian [GCN]	+1:23.17	---
Spanish [GCN]	+1:23.27	---
Japanese [Wii]]	+1:25.17	---
French [GCN]	+1:28.40	---
German [Wii]	+1:28.57	---
Spanish [Wii]	+1:33.53	---
Italian [Wii]	+1:34.03	---
French [Wii]	+1:49.03	---

All Dungeons Language Timings

GCN All Dungeons
Language	Time (vs. fastest)	Notes
German	---	---
Japanese	+2.47s	Doesn't have Map Glitch
English	+3.90s	---
Spanish	+8.90s	---
French	9.40s	---
Italian	+10.37s	---

Rupee Text Language Timings

Rupee Text
Language	Duration (frames)
German	24f
English	32f
Japanese	34f
Italian	51f
Spanish	59f
French	62f

Route Rankings

GCN Any%

(Note: Timings may vary due to console load times.)

Route Ranking
Route	Time (vs. fastest)	Notes
Gorge (Empty Lake Hylia)	---	Timing assumes 1-bomb Morpheel (15s) and Stallord Skip (1m40s); no wolfos superjump.
Gorge (Pillar Clip)	+0:18	Timing assumes 1-bomb Morpheel (15s) and Stallord Skip (1m40s).
BiTE	+0:58	Assumes good KB1 RNG, 1-bomb Morpheel (15s), and Stallord Skip (1m40s); no wolfos superjump.
Gorge/ZA	+3:18	Assumes Hyrule Castle Barrier 1 Skip.
BiTE/ZA	+3:53	Assumes good KB1 RNG and Hyrule Castle Barrier 1 Skip.
Gorge (No Void)	+1:06	(i.e\. failing Gorge Void on any Gorge route costs about 1m10s)

GCN All Dungeons

(Note: Timings may vary due to console load times; Times are given as estimates)

Route Ranking
Route	Time (vs. fastest)	Notes
No ZA (Early Clawshot)	---	---
No ZA	+6s	---
ZA (Bomb Bag)	+1:30~	---

Cutscene Times

These are timings for various unskippable cutscenes.

Cutscene Timings (m:ss)
Cutscene	From last input to regaining control of Link	From last input to next input (e.g\. text or skipping cutscene)
Master Sword	1:59.7	0:49
South Faron warp portal spawn	0:24	0:23
Warping bridge to Gorge	0:32	0:32
Starting Epona taming	0:32	0:32
Boss Bug defeated	0:15	0:15
Bridge of Eldin warp portal spawn	0:33	0:33
Entering STAR 1	0:33	0:25
Louise MDH	0:39	N/A
Arbiter's Grounds poe gate closing	0:40	0:40
Arbiter's Grounds final soul and poe gate opening	0:20	0:20
Entering SPR boss key room	0:18	0:18
Bridge goron HP after Hot Spring Water	0:37	0:30
Warping Bridge of Eldin	0:25	0:25
Impaz in Hidden Village	1:02	0:20
Ilia Horse Call	2:03	0:50
Warping Sky Cannon	0:22	0:22
Fixing Sky Cannon	0:46	0:28
Entering City in the Sky	1:08	0:35
Light Sword	0:27	0:23
Squidna	1:53	1:53
The friends we made along the way	0:52	0:52
---	----	---
Ook defeated	0:51	0:40
Diababa defeated	1:09	0:52
Dangoro defeated	0:30	0:12
Fyrus defeated	1:12	0:50
Deku Toad defeated	0:13	0:13
Morpheel mid-fight	32.7	32.7
Morpheel defeated	1:22.7	1:09
Death Sword mid-fight	0:06	0:06
Death Sword defeated	0:22	0:22
Stallord mid-fight part 1	0:31	0:31
Stallord mid-fight part 2	0:31	0:31
Stallord defeated	0:44	0:43
Darkhammer defeated	0:27.7	0:27.7
Blizzeta mid-fight	0:23	0:23
Blizzeta defeated	1:49	0:36
Darknut mid-fight	0:09	0:09
Darknut defeated	0:19	0:19
Armogohma mid-fight	0:26	0:26
Armogohma defeated	0:50	0:26
Aeralfos mid-fight	0:07	0:07
Aeralfos defeated	0:26	0:26
Argorok mid-fight	1:03	1:03
Argorok defeated	1:08.6	0:53
Phantom Zant defeated	0:12	0:12
Zant fight beginning	0:33	N/A
Zant defeated	0:22	0:18
Puppet Zelda defeated	0:17	0:12
Beast Ganon defeated	0:31	0:19
Horseback Ganon defeated	0:56.6	0:56.6
---	---	---
King Bulblin 1 defeated	0:21	0:10
King Bulblin 2 defeated	0:33	0:15
King Bulblin 3 defeated	0:42	0:42
King Bulblin 4 defeated	0:35	0:14
---	---	---
Ending Blow	0:28	0:28
UZR howling stone	0:41.9	0:27

Miscellaneous Timings

Timing	Time	Notes
EBF from first BiT vs Rooftop BiT	+4.9s	---
New Camp Map Glitch vs Old Strat	-3.8s	---
Camp Map Glitch vs no Map Glitch	-16s	---
Kargorok with Iron Boots vs Quick Kill	-6s	---
South Field Postman Skip vs hitting trigger as Wolf	-10s	---
Failing South Field Postman Skip LJA	+16s	---
Wolf dash to Lanayru Gate vs Using Epona	-10s	---
Silver Rupee w/ Sword after Eldin Twilight	47s	---
SPR Backroom 100R	13s	---
Leave room after B&C + Ooccoo out	19s	1 Frame Ooccoo Pull
Death Sword Skip 1st try	37.7s	With Samu setup
Death Sword Skip 2nd try	1:00.5	With Samu setup
Death Sword normal fight	52.5s	---