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Max28

Amorim starting to cook

Max28 @ Saturday, November 1st   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here, carrying out the karter's contract of times submissions in exchange for a mention in a weekly update covering the times and action of the last week. There was plenty to cover in the last week of October, so let's jump right into it!

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It's too late, I've already depicted myself as balling Haruhi and you as the flustered, "Too Small" Asuka.

New Players

#_ SepNX_2010 joins from the Netherlands with a very gamer username and Intermediate B times on Delfino Square.

Activity

#3 Cole Edwards leads the way with a neat sub on rMC1 Non-PRB with 40"999, becoming just the 2nd person to sub 41 there, and an excellent rBP time with 42"466 #5! He only earned one spot on the AF charts with those 2 times, but those are more great scores to add to his growing collection.

#35 Astrid took on the retro tracks across both modes this week, picking up rPC 17"258 Titan A and rLC1 1'12"237/23"350 Titan C/Titan A in PRB and rMC1 41"885 God with rLC2 1'18"483/25"588 Myth B in Non-PRB! A nice bunch of times to finish out the month, she improved 1.0312 AF in PRB to pass 1 person up to #44, and 0.4219 in Non-PRB, passing 1 person there as well! As God watch may soon heat up for her again, she is currently on 34/64 and is the latest person on the bubble going under 25.6 on rLC2 flap. Good luck if you choose to keep pushing it and nice times this week!

#43 Axel Verplaetse grabbed 1 new God out of a pair of times this week, picking up rMB 1'10"788/23"249 Myth B/God for a 0.6719 AF cut in Non-PRB, passing 2! That also brings him halfway to 0 ARR a.k.a overall God by count at 32/64 currently.

#73 SirLampsALot gave it his all to end the month, delivering an excellent batch of 8 Non-PRB scores! He sent in F8C 24"880 Myth E, CCB 1'28"051 Titan D, WP 40"474 Titan C, rPC 17"985 God, rDP1 57"036 Titan C, rCM 1'49"831/35"666 Myth D/God, and rBB 1'47"616 Myth B for a fat 4.2813 AF cut and 2 spots earned! On top of that, he ranked up to Titan A ARR with the assistance of his 14th and 15th God times, great stuff!

#81 Joel Vermette grabbed 5 fresh scores this week, all Non-PRB laps with F8C 25"028 Titan C, rPC 18"178 Myth E, rFS 33"082 Myth D, rBP 8"191 God, and rKB2 13"349 God! Those earned him a 2.3430 AF cut and 2 spots on the charts, bomba!

#82 Dylan Rees sent his first times in a few weeks, returning to the classics with rMC1 42"598 Myth E and rLC1 1"14"138/24"340 Myth E, both in Non-PRB. He grabbed a 0.3440 AF cut, pretty good but not enough to stop him losing out 1 place to Joel's efforts this week.

#96 Kuba Kowalski rounds out the top 100 this week with his first times in quite a long time, picking up DS 1'34"967/30"156 Hero A/Titan D, WP 39"995 Myth E, BC 1'58"909 Titan E, rBB 35"782 Titan A, and rYC 1'29"130 Titan E, all in Non-PRB! He picked up a 1.1560 AF cut in his big return, tightening up his top 100 position for a bit longer if he is to go on hiatus again. Of course, I'm happy to see Kuba back with fresh times and hope to see more soon!

Players outside the top 100 included #110 Morgan Shirogane -0.1250, #119 SpoinKoza -5.3280, #158 Andreas Gkinis -4.3590 Hero B, #164 Eighty -2.1560, #180 'Niko' -12.9530, #203 Rieshy -55.0310 Hero D, #307 Alec Cusa -1.2970, #452 Logan Lewis -7.7810, #729 Daelyn -10.7190, #771 Waluigified -120.2960 Intermediate D, #792 John Hamler -99.7970 Intermediate E, and #859 Aaron Jablonski -17.0780.

Unranked

Nothing here!

New Records

Not this time!

Awards

Lots of players with good times this week, but he impressed with a nice collection of times, well-sized AF cut, and ARR rank up with a couple Gods, SirLampsALot wins the POW for the last week of October 2025!

He pumped the times to surge over 100 spots through the ranks to nearly the top 200, Rieshy wins the POM for October 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! I say it pretty often, but the POY watch is really on as we move into the last 2 months of the year. Think about where you are and where you want to be at that point, and what it will take to get there! Signing off for now! -Max
Max28

Laptop broke but fixed now

Max28 @ Friday, October 31st   [link]

Boo! Max here with an extra-scary edition of Halloween news, covering all the times and action for week 3 of October 2025. Let's get right into it!

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New Players

Not this week!

Activity

#3 Cole Edwards leads the way from what is arguably the scariest track in the series (how can 4 corners be so difficult?) with rMC1 41"077/12"826 dual #3s! He sliced 3 spots worth of AF in Non-PRB as he continues to push closer to the top 2.

#45 Astrid took on the mode some are too scared to even try, scoring rPC PRB 52"162/17"284 Myth E/Titan A! She fought bravely to earn a 0.5313 AF cut in PRB, passing Cole Gilbert for the #8 spot in North America for PRB.

#45 Axel Verplaetse made sure that someone got a Halloween theme-appropriate Bowser's Castle time this week, picking up Non-PRB rDP1 17"745 God/#26 and rBC2 30"403 God/#38! He grabbed a 0.5938 AF cut in Non-PRB although didn't pass anyone this time, but what's scariest of all is how close he is to half of the Non-PRB Gods as he ranks up to 31/64. Nice work!

#75 SirLampsALot took down another super scary track to round out the top 100, bringing in rBB 1'48"246/35"258 Myth E/God for a 0.8906 AF cut, passing 2 people to make it into the top 75! Great stuff and congratulations!

Players enjoying the spooky season included #110 Morgan Shirogane -0.5620, #122 SpoinKoza -2.9070, #165 Andreas Gkinis -4.1560, #198 'Niko' -9.9210 Hero D, #248 Rieshy -34.4690 Expert A, #348 Charlie Brennan -33.9530 Expert D, #461 Logan Lewis -45.5940 Advanced B, #491 Aresse -0.3910, #741 Daelyn -15.3750, #796 Kevin Mejia -6.0620 Intermediate D, #877 Aaron Jablonski -10.6720 Beginner A, and #888 Waluigified -93.3580 Beginner B.

Unranked

Not here!

New Records

Not this time!

Awards

He's been working hard this month and smashed out another big cut to jump into the top 250, Rieshy wins the POW for the 3rd week of October 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! I hope you all are enjoying the cooler weather (if you're in the Northern Hemisphere) and finding some time to enjoy some kart! Until next time! -Max
Max28

Chill in the air

Max28 @ Monday, October 20th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here as per usual, heeding the call as the people clamor for more updates to their times, news, and other happenings!

Congratulations to J, the winner of the unrestricted singles bracket for the MKDS Wifi World Championships 2025! He followed up his 1st place last year with another championship back-to-back, narrowly beating out Abel in a thrilling final. The doubles matches are also still going on with several more still to play, so keep an eye out for updates on those as well! Thanks to Italian #1 Pikalex for hosting and organizing, and good luck to the remaining participants!

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New Players

Not this time..

Activity

#45 Axel Verplaetse leads the way this week with 4 new times this week, taking on the Flower Cup and coming away with DH 1'12"260 Myth B, WP 2'00"156/39"806 Myth A/Myth C, and TTC 1'33"199 God, all Non-PRB! He picked up 1 new God to boost his count to 29/64 with that TTC time, as well as snagging a 0.4687 AF cut, but didn't pass anybody this time.

#77 SirLampsALot sent in 3 new scores this time around, picking up rFS 1'40"954/32"453 Myth C/God and rBB 35"705 Titan A! Just those 3 earned him a 1.0781 AF cut, but that was just barely not enough to pass anybody this week.

#83 Joel Vermette worked through his (formerly) worst track this week, earning a big 2.3910 AF cut with YF 47"878/15"516 Myth D/God! He passed 4 people in a crowded field at the tail end of the Non-PRB top 100 as well as ranking up to Titan B ARR, great stuff!

Players outside the top 100 included #111 Morgan Shirogane -1.3910, #121 Daan Becker -1.5470, #165 Eighty -0.8440, #204 Landen Kozlowski -9.8900 Hero D, #206 'Niko' -2.7040, #271 Rieshy -27.0150 Expert B, #284 Faye Valentine -11.7190, #309 Alec Cusa -5.9530 Expert C, #492 Aresse -8.6400, #886 Aaron Jablonski -7.2500, and #888 John Hamler -19.6080.

Unranked

Nope!

New Records

Not here!

Awards

He smashed out a nice AF cut to jump a whopping 45 people and fly into the top 300, Rieshy wins the POW for the 2nd week of October 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! It was a short one this time, let's see some more improvements next week! Until then, bye for now! -Max
Max28

Speedrun lifestyle

Max28 @ Friday, October 10th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! October is here, the Wawa Hot Turkey Gobbler is back, and I'm still writing news updates! This one covers all the fresh times and action for week 1 of October 2025. Let's get right into it!

Inactivity



New Players

Not this time!

Activity

#3 Cole Edwards leads the way this week with a slick rFS 1'37"402 #6! That cut 2 spots on the AF charts, leaving him at 1.2 AF behind David in Non-PRB to possibly have a look at the champ spot before the end of the year...

#45 Axel Verplaetse sent in 7 new times this week, following up his back-to-back POQs with a nice batch of times to start the 4th quarter! He scored Non-PRB DKP 1'48"539/35"266 Myth D/Myth B, rLC1 1'13"146/24"019 Gods, rBC2 1'33"388/30"514 Myth C/Myth A, and rSG 1'09"445 Myth C! Those earned him a 2.0313 AF cut in Non-PRB, passing 1 player, and on God Watch he upped his count by 2 to 28/64, nice work!

#46 Astrid kept up her PRB efforts from last week with rPC PRB 17"326 Titan B and a 0.1874 AF cut, but that was still not enough to pass anyone this time.

#77 SirLampsALot nailed down 5 big scores this week, grabbing YF 47"454 God, PG 1'29"613/28"432 Titan A/Myth B, rMC1 13"359 God, and rFS 32"670 God, all Non-PRB! He earned a smooth 2.9214 AF cut, jumping 4 players, and also scored 3 new Gods to up his count to 12/64! Great stuff to kick off Q4!

#89 Xanix rounds out the top 100 with a further improvement from last week on BC, taking down BC 37"651 Titan A and a 0.0470 Non-PRB AF cut but not passing anybody this week.

Players outside the top 100 included #112 Morgan Shirogane -10.4690 Titan D, #122 SpoinKoza -0.5460, #165 Eighty -0.9840, #168 Andreas Gkinis -0.5000, #207 'Niko' -5.2650, #300 Rieshy -15.8440 Expert C, #314 Alec Cusa -1.6880, #375 Charlie Brennan -12.7190 Expert E, #498 Logan Lewis -0.6560, #501 Aresse -12.2190, #799 Kevin Mejia -19.4070, and #895 Aaron Jablonski -14.7520.

Unranked

Nobody here!

New Records

Not this week!

Awards

He harvested a bountiful batch of times this week, scoring 3 new Gods and passing 4 people within the top 100 with a nice cut, SirLampsALot wins the POW for the 1st week of October 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! I hope you all enjoyed this week as always, and that you'll join me again for the next update and many more after! Ciao for now! -Max
Max28

Q3 awards are here and Q4 fun is on the way!

Max28 @ Friday, October 3rd   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here as per usual, bringing you all the highlights from this week's times submissions, as well as the very special end-of-quarter awards! No announcements coming from me, let's get right into it!

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New Players

#_ Brandon aka saga joins from Scotland with Advanced C times on F8C.

Activity

#3 Cole Edwards led the way with some nice cuts to end the month, picking up Non-PRB DH 1'10"702 #5 and rFS 1'37"738 #8 for a 0.0938 AF cut.

#8 Abel Marques improved his MC SC 3lap once again this week with 1'26"966 #5, beating the clock to go under 1'27 but not any other players' times this time.

#46 Astrid grabbed just one new score this week with rKB2 PRB 12"939 Titan A, snagging a 0.3126 AF cut in PRB but not passing anybody this time.

#46 Axel Verplaetse sent in a typically sizeable batch of scores to end the month, grabbing LM 1'33"945/30"527 Myth C/God, rFS 1'40"162/32"582 Gods, rKB2 13"293 God, rCM 1'48"605/35"612 Myth A/God, and rYC 1'26"705/27"987 Gods, all Non-PRB! He upped his ranking in Non-PRB by 1 place with a 3.1406 AF cut and upped his God count by 6 to 26/64, as well as a rank up to Myth B ARR, fantastic!

#50 Fiona powered through a thumb injury to grind out SR 1'41"751/32"605 Titan A/God, earning a 0.4531 AF cut and 1 spot on the Non-PRB charts to reach the coveted top 50! Big congratulations and get well soon!

#87 Joel Vermette sent in an accumulated pile of scores from the last couple weeks, pulling together Non-PRB DH 22"695 Titan B, SR 1'43"356/33"437 Titan E/Titan C, TTC 1'35"480/30"857 Titan B/Myth E, rPC 56"942 Titan D, rLC1 1'15"328 Titan E, rBP 43"114 Myth E, rCM 1'50"027/35"879 Myth E/Myth B, rCI2 16"220 Titan C, and rBB 35"836 Titan B! Those all added up to a substantial 5.8440 AF cut, good enough to jump 3 spots up the Non-PRB charts and really truly cement his top 100 spot in a crowded field, as if that was ever in doubt!

#89 Xanix grabbed one new time to finish out the month, sending over BC 37"773 Titan B for a 0.6560 AF cut, but unfortunately not passing anyone this time and even losing out a spot to Joel.

Players outside the top 100 included #170 Andreas Gkinis -14.4220 Hero C, #213 'Niko' -36.5630 Hero E, #214 Landen Kozlowski -4.9220, #315 Alec Cusa -12.9690, #316 Rieshy -12.8440, #499 Logan Lewis -11.6560 Advanced C, #507 Aresse -43.8440 Advanced C, #519 SunnyUT -31.3900, and #908 Aaron Jablonski -31.7900 Beginner B.

Unranked

Nothing this week!

New Records

Not this time!

Awards

He put together a big batch of times to smash a big AF cut and rank up to Hero E, 'Niko' wins the POW for the last week of September 2025!

He grinded all month long, delivering an impressive onslaught of times culminating in a 40 spot improvement in the AF charts and a rank up to Hero ARR, 'Niko' wins the POM for September 2025!

He scythed through the top 100 with huge batches of times almost every single week, smashed the God times to rank all the way up to Myth B, and soared 20 spots up the charts into the top 50, it's not often you see a back-to-back for this award but he certainly deserves it, Axel Verplaetse wins the POQ for the 3rd quarter of 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! Congratulations as usual to all of our fine award winners, and thank you to all who continue to send times this week and throughout the year! As we move into the 4th quarter, it's time to think about those 2025 goals and consider what you need to do to get where you want to be! Whether that includes aiming to be in the running for the 2025 POY, or just cleaning up some weak spots in your timesheet, we'll be here updating and writing things up in the news, so I hope you enjoyed this one and have fun karting the rest of the year! -Max
Max28

Noukoutonkatsu butamusou

Max28 @ Monday, September 22nd   [link]

Hello all, and welcome back to your regularly-scheduled MKDS news! Max here as per usual, and as is not-so-unexpected these days, there's nothing to announce up top so I'll get right into it. It's the news and times for Week 3 of September 2025!

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New Players

#958 Waluigified joins from the USA with a full set of times! His best scores so far are a handful of times in the Intermediate ranks, good luck cleaning those Newbie standards up and rising through the charts!

#_ Mark Raspopov joins from the USA with Beginner and Newbie 3lap times on the Mushroom Cup courses.

Activity

#36 Astrid leads the way this week with a single time, profiting from the switch from Egg 1 to BLS on rCM for 35"324 God/#30, grabbing a 0.1718 AF cut but not passing anyone this week.

#47 Axel Verplaetse took on the beginning, middle, and end of it all this week for 8 new Non-PRB scores, sending in F8C 1'14"450/24"646 #29/46, CCB 1'25"383/27"785 #47/48, RR 38"682 #33, rCI2 15"747 #32, and rBB 1'47"069/35"339 #50/66, all Gods! Those earned him a sweet 1.9531 AF cut although not enough to pass anyone this time, and the God watch is well and truly on also as he advances to 20/64.

#51 Fiona improved on her rYC 3lap from last week and grabbed 2 more times with SR 32"724 God/#40, rBP 42"854 Myth B/#37, and finally rYC 1'26"497 God/#39! Those stacked up to a 2.3437 AF cut in Non-PRB, good enough to pass Howell for the #51 spot but just missing out on Rob Lee for the coveted last top 50 position.

#81 SirLampsALot went for a pair of laps this week, improving to PG Non-PRB 28"823 Titan A/#73 and rFS 32"899 Myth B/#95! He improved 1 spot on the Non-PRB charts with a 0.7970 AF cut, marching steadily towards the next milestone of the top 75.

Players outside the top 100 included #145 Mats Frium -0.1250, #184 Andreas Gkinis -1.6720, #216 Landen Kozlowski -209.7350 Hero E, #245 'Niko' -1.8280, #294 Naomi Ryczek -0.9060, #325 Alec Cusa -10.5000, #501 Logan Lewis -40.0160, #548 SunnyUT -4.0470, #573 Trenton Steinburg -21.1240, #751 Daelyn -5.1250 Intermediate C, and #928 Aaron Jablonski -26.7100 Beginner C.

Unranked

Nothing here!

New Records

Not this week!

Awards

Even though his new scores were collected over the course of the last 3 months, they still culminated a really impressive jump over 200 AF to fly into nearly the top 200 and Hero ARR, Landen Kozlowski wins the POW for the 3rd week of September 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! Hope everyone is doing well and if not, that you can turn things around with some karting fun! Until next time! -Max
Max28

To PRB or not to PRB

Max28 @ Sunday, September 21st   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! The leaves are starting to fall here and soon records may fall too, with just over 3 months to go there's still plenty of time to make your mark in 2025!

If playing MKDS and reading these news updates isn't enough for you, then I highly recommend checking out the MKDS Wifi World Championships 2025, hosted as usual by Italian #1 Pikalex! The singles final was just confirmed with J set for a final showdown against Abel, and the doubles bracket is also into the later stages. Many of the high-ranking players you see week in and week out in these updates are battling hard in streamed matches, definitely worth a watch!

Inactivity



Who needs other games when you have MKDS!

New Players

Surprisingly, nobody this week!

Activity

#8 Abel Marques leads the way with an excellent improvement to his MC SC time, scoring 1'27"168 #5 but not picking up any spots on the AF charts.

#12 Advaita Venkata took a break from updating and 100cc to pick up rYC 27"682 #19, grabbing a 0.0469 AF cut for his troubles.

#36 Astrid picked up 2 new Gods from 2 new times this week, just barely hitting the mark on rMMF with 20"699 God and getting there slightly more comfortably on rYC with 1'26"686 God! Those stacked up to a 0.2813 AF cut in Non-PRB, though not enough pass anyone on either chart this week.

#47 Axel Verplaetse picked up pairs of times on rMB and rCI2 this week as well as 11 times missed in last week's update, altogether scoring rPC 56"234 Myth E, rLC1 1'13"881/24"299 Myth D, rDP1 56"303/17"984 Myth D/Myth E, rFS 1'41"379/32"630 Myth E/God, rBP 43"089 Myth E, rKB2 42"949 Myth E, rLC2 1'19"176/25"806 Myth E/Myth D, rMB 1'11"497/23"460 Myth E/Myth D, and rCI2 49"704/15"931 Myth E/Myth D, all Non-PRB! Those added up to a fat 4.5156 AF cut in Non-PRB, good enough to pass 2 people within the top 50 as well as earn a well-deserved rank up to Myth C overall, great work as usual!

#52 Fiona grabbed a pair of scores on the final track this week, mailing in rYC Non-PRB 1'27"342/27"856 Myth C/God! Those were good enough for a 1.3282 AF cut in Non-PRB, passing 1 person and eyeing down Ireland's Rob Lee for the #50 spot.

#82 SirLampsALot went after the 'P' tracks this week with Non-PRB PG 1'31"893/28"923 Titan E/Titan A and rPC 18"322 Titan C, picking up a 1.1400 AF cut and passing 2 people.

#88 Xanix rounds out the top 100 this week with 5 new Non-PRB scores, taking down AF 1'47"484/35"243 Titan C/Titan B, rLC1 1'14"556/24"498 Titan B, and rLC2 25"976 Titan A/#58 for a 2.2030 AF cut, also passing 2 people!

Players outside the top 100 included #126 Daragh Murray -0.0150, #136 Mac Jones -11.2500 Hero A, #185 Andreas Gkinis -0.3120, #245 'Niko' -8.3440 Expert A, #336 Alec Cusa -18.6560 Expert D, #546 Logan Lewis -26.0310 Advanced D, #552 SunnyUT -136.1880 Advanced D, #593 Trenton Steinburg -11.4070 Advanced E, and #946 Aaron Jablonski -14.9500.

Unranked

Not here!

New Records

Not this time!

Awards

He revamped almost his whole timesheet to pick up a huge AF cut and jump well into the Advanced standards, SunnyUT wins the POW for the 2nd week of September 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! As mentioned up top, go check out the MKDS World Championships if you haven't already, and as always keep the times coming and check back here for more regular updates! See you next time! -Max
Max28

The Updater's Folly

Max28 @ Sunday, September 14th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! It's Max here, and unfortunately I screwed myself over just before starting this update. I misclicked the reset AF button instead of the refresh AF button when finishing the times update for the week, so I don't have exact AF changes for the news. I can give the ranking changes for this week, but I do apologize for not having the exact numbers here. That said, let's get right into the news for week 1 of September 2025!

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New Players

#_ Billybot21 joins from the USA with only Nitro track 3lap records, mostly in the Beginner and Intermediate range.

Activity

#16 Shami Momo set one new time this week with DH Non-PRB 22"023 #13, an excellent score that bumps him up nicely with about a 0.2 AF cut.

#36 Astrid picked up 2 flap scores this week with TTC 30"372 #40/God and rMB 23"059 #29/God! Those earned her just under a .5 AF cut, good enough to pass Nick Welch in Non-PRB to pick up the 6th American spot, nice work!

#53 Fiona scored a nice pair of times this week, grabbing PG Non-PRB 1'27"418/28"158 #27/30 Gods! She cut about 1.4 AF in Non-PRB with those, swiftly jumping 4 players in one go, very nice!

#59 DingusKingus dropped a lot of new scores after around a 3 month break, sending in Non-PRB WP 2'01"902/39"901 Titan A/Myth D, DKP 36"250 Titan D, BC 1'56"555/37"930 Titan A/Titan C, rMMF 21"099 Titan A, rPC 56"019 Myth D, rCI2 16"208 Titan C, and rYC 1'26"737 God! That big batch of times added up to about a 3.2 AF cut, good enough to pass 3 people on the charts, a decisive return to be sure!

#90 Xanix rounds out the top 100 with a pair of TTC times, taking down 1'34"920/31"166 Myth E/Titan C for around a 2 AF cut but not passing anybody this time.

Players outside the top 100 included Mats Frium #147 -> #145, Andreas Gkinis #194 -> #185, 'Niko' #257 -> #250, LazerN #344 -> #339 Expert D, Alec Cusa #367 -> #347, Logan Lewis #596 -> #570, Daelyn #767 -> #752, and Kevin Mejia #872 -> #830 Intermediate E.

Unranked

Not this week!

New Records

Not here!

Awards

Some great times within the top 100 marking a triumphant return with a nice cut this week, DingusKingus wins the POW for Week 1 of September 2025!

That wraps things up for this week! Thanks for your patience with the updates and with the slight formatting changes from week to week, next week's update should be coming your way soon so keep checking back here for more! See you next time! -Max
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