UMK3 - Speedrun by RZR|CG Ketchup in 6:47:49

RZR|CG Ketchup reclaims the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 speedrun world record with a 6:47:49 completion, leveraging the Toasty skip—a technique that cancels win poses by repeatedly pressing the Coin Insert button to bypass animations and return to gameplay immediately. The run demonstrates the gap between MAME and cabinet play, since the Toasty skip's consistency relies on emulator-specific behavior unlikely to translate to genuine arcade hardware. Despite claiming back the record from ZAQ's previous attempt, Ketchup acknowledges room for improvement: a notably slower Motara fight and a particularly rough Robo Smoke battle dragged on the overall time. A brief Jax encounter also didn't go as planned. The speedrun reveals how discovery of single-system exploits can shift competitive leaderboards and the ongoing debate around how different platforms should be timed and ranked. This is grinding-driven competition at its finest—a reclamation of pace and optimization after losing the top spot to a technique Ketchup had to master himself.