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Happy Pi Day! Quantum @ Monday, April 6th   [link]

First of all let me just say, I am very sorry for the long delay for this news and updates. Life has been busy for both me and max, but we are back and updates will be soon to follow! Additionally, I would like to wish you all a (belated) Happy Pi Day!! Riemann's recipe for a delicious apple pie Pi Enjoyers #9 (-0.0937) Abel Marques is our highest active player this week, and he was playing two of his NonPRB specialties. He dropped two top 10 times, first on WS with a 1:53.534 for #4 and second with RCI2 48.431 #8 (barely beating me... SMH)! Great work, and everyone should tune into his stream to see how that WS grind ended up! #21 (+0.0156) Astrid Maruzensky made it happen rDP1 NonPRB flap with an astounding 17.580 for #7 WW and CR! This is her second CR other than RBP flap, and interestingly both CRs were taken from legendary site updater Max Itzkowitz... only time will tell how far she can go! #60 (-0.2031) SirLampsALot pulled out the advanced techniques this week on Waluigi Pinball! He beat both NonPRB WRs using the SC, driving a 1:55.522 / 31.705 for #23/#20! Lamp didn’t limit himself only to SC though, he also drove a 1:34.759 RBC2 for #89! #65 (-0.0156) Joel Vermette got tantalizingly close to the elusive 17 on rDP1 NonPRB flap this week with an 18.003 for #63! Tune into the MKDS news again soon to see if he was able to break the sub barrier! #75 (-0.0000) Dylan Rees went to work on RLC2 this week, going sub 26 with a 25"964 for #59 on NonPRB! #91 (-1.3440) Oliwia Tachyon is our biggest mover in the top 100 this week, and she dropped a massive 1.3 AF cut! The times to get it done were DS 1:34.343 #114, RDP1 18.145 #81, RSG 1:11.364 #86, RYC 1:28.874 #129, and lastly an absolutely incredible sub 1:34 on TTC with 1:33.946 for #48! Very impressive week, and that TTC shows how much potential is left in the rest of the timesheet! Tau "fans" #102 Maple Tannhauser (-0.6250), #135 ‘Niko’ (-1.4690), #207 Faye Valentine (-5.8600), #267 Jason Collins (-8.3910), #351 Xanthan (-39.8280), and #437 SunnyUT (-64.1720) New Records The Idolo has foiled us once again! Awards She was the biggest mover in the top 100, so Oliwia Tachyon wins the POW! Happy Karting! -Quantum

Divine Delight Max28 @ Friday, March 13th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here again, keeping up the updating streak with another recap of all the week's news and times. This one covers week 1 of March 2026, and boy are there quite some times to cover! This week appears to be a rebound from lower submission numbers the past couple weeks, but that's only because times submitted from the MKDS Network Discord weren't getting through to the forum the past couple weeks, so we threw them all in for this week. Say it with me: "I should make a Mariokart64.com forum account and submit my times through there!" Anyways, with that out of the way, let's get right into all the new times up through Week 1! Inactivity Great picture from this year's MK64 PA meet! Hope everybody had a great time and love to see the MKDS crew representing! New Players #_ YouToo joins from France with times on rLC1 and rBP, coming in at the Expert and Hero ranks. #893 Peaches joins from the US with a full set of times! I'm guessing she was coerced persuaded to either complete or submit her timeset at the PA meet, and she lived up to her name with her best times coming in at the Advanced rank on rPC. Activity #9 Abel Marques leads the way with a fresh pair of times, grinding out Non-PRB WS 1'53"888/36"985 #7/9 for a 1 place cut in Non-PRB. #11 Advaita Venkata picked up 5 new scores this time, peeling out in PRB for rDP1 52"637/17"089 Myth D/Myth C before swinging over to Non-PRB for RR 38"400 #20, rKB2 13"108 #13, and rCI2 48"475 #9, all Gods of course! He slashed 0.2187 AF in PRB, making inroads towards USA champ there, and 0.2813 in Non-PRB, nearly passing Leon Powell for the #12 spot. #16 Shami Momo picked up a pair of excellent scores, improving on MC Non-PRB to 1'30"679/29"356 dual #12! He slashed a pretty significant 0.2969 AF in Non-PRB with those 2 times, not passing anyone this week but creeping towards a top 15 place. #31 Axel Verplaetse made it to the top! With a couple times lost in Discord from the end of February and some more new scores this week, he reached the divine 0 ARR mark with the last 6 times he needed! In total his new PRs were Non-PRB rDP1 55"713 #22, rBC2 1'32"676/30"323 #31/32, rBP 42"735/8"130 #28/19, rKB2 42"484 #23, rLC2 1'17"893 #9 (his last God), and rCI2 48"620 #13, all Gods! He dumped 2.6250 AF in Non-PRB, making a huge 4 place jump, but even bigger than that, he became the 19th ever Non-PRB God! That's all scores at God ARR, and he did so at just under a 40 AF, pretty far back from the next lowest-ranked God in the AF charts, Tijs Bitter at #19 and a 25 AF. For now, AF is just a secondary consideration, my biggest congratulations for joining the God club and excellent work up until now! #67 Layton sent in 2 new times, improving on 2 superbounce tracks but only applying the technique to one of them. He improved one of his WP Non-SC flap to 38"962 #26/God, then pulled off a mesmerizing LM SC flap of 30"172 #25/Myth C! In total he slashed 1.0156 AF in PRB, but not quite enough to pass anybody this time. #86 Xanix dropped a single new time, improving to rCM 35"930 Myth C to drop a perfect 0.5000 AF, not passing anyone this time. #91 Oliwia Tachyon rounds out the top 100 with 3 new times, grabbing Non-PRB DS 1'34"814 Hero A before some PRB fun with MC 29"249 #51/Titan A and rMC1 40"085 Titan D! She lost a tiny amount of AF in Non-PRB but cut 1.3280 in PRB, passing 2 up to the #118 spot there. Players outside the top 100 included #104 Maple Tannhauser -2.2500, #136 'Niko' -2.0150, #144 Charles Trencia -1.9530, #273 Jason Collis -22.2190 Expert B, #383 Xanthan -126.7650 Expert E, #468 DonutStriker96 -18.7340, #497 SunnyUT -5.8750, #593 AloneAlexandros -54.5320 Advanced E, #617 John Hamler -58.6880 Intermediate A, and #943 Sergio Lillo -19.4200. Unranked #_ Nancy González fired off rBP 42"725/8"149 #23/33 Gods! New Records Not here! Awards Many great efforts this week but there could only be one player here, Axel Verplaetse wins the POW for becoming the 19th Non-PRB God! That's all for this week! We welcomed a new God among many other great times this week, I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you all again here next time! -Max

Daylight Losings Time Max28 @ Saturday, March 7th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to one more MKDS news! This one officially brings us back up to date, with still some time for Week 1 March times if you're reading this right after it's posted. All the news and times from the last week of February, coming your way right now! Don't think we've forgotten about the 2025 POY poll either! Things have been quite busy lately in and around updating HQ but we'll try to get that together as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience! Inactivity Safe travels to all attending the PA kart meet this weekend! Good luck in all the events and enjoy!! New Players Not this week! Activity #9 Abel Marques kicks us off with his first PR in the new year, picking up rCI2 Non-PRB 48"554 #11! His AF didn't move an inch this time around, but great to see him get on the board! #21 Astrid Maruzensky kept up her PR streak with another fresh time, improving further on rMB to 1'10"515 Myth A/#30, not quite hitting her 58th God time just yet. She cut 0.1406 AF in Non-PRB but didn't pass anybody this time. #36 Mikey Esposito grabbed 2 pairs of times this time, sending in WS Non-PRB 1'55"800/37"722 #33/30 Gods and rCM 1'48"071/35"275 #36/28 Gods! He dumped 2.7969 AF to pass Nicola and Michele in Non-PRB, as well as 1.5625 in PRB to pass Giulio for the #37 spot. On top of that triple Italian overtake, he also ranked up to Myth A ARR in Non-PRB, the last step before God, great stuff! #65 Joel Vermette also hit a big rank up this week, moving up to Myth E overall with 4 new times! He fought for F8C 24"986 Titan B, WS 1'55"685/37"975 #29/52 Gods, and rCI2 50"237 Titan B, all Non-PRB for a 1.2187 AF cut, but not passing anyone this time. Nice cut and a big rank up, fantastic! #91 Oliwia Tachyon rounds out the top 100 with 4 scores of her own, posting Non-PRB WS 1'59"358 Titan C, rKB2 13"499 Myth D, and rSG 1'12"084/22"421 Hero A, all adding up to a 0.7190 AF cut in Non-PRB! She passed Australia's Adam Nelson for the #91 spot in Non-PRB, and also threw in PRB rMC1 40"195 Titan D for a 0.6250 cut in PRB, holding down the #120 spot on that side. Players outside the top 100 included #134 Mats Frium -0.7810, #137 'Niko' -2.9070 Hero A, and #213 Faye Valentine -15.8910. Unranked #_ Nancy González sent in 2 new flaps, improving to WP 38"573 #8 and BC 36"769 #37, both God of course. She's a long way off a full timesheet still, but at almost 10% of the way there her partial AF is exactly 21, very promising for an eventual high-ranking AF chart debut! New Records Crickets... Awards Jumped a couple people with a really nice cut and the last ARR rank up before God, Mikey Esposito wins the POW for the last week of February 2026! She sent in big times every week this month to continue grinding towards the top 20 and God overall, Astrid Maruzensky takes down back-to-back POM wins adding in February 2026! That wraps things up for today! Thanks as always for continuing to send in times and reading these updates, as well as your patience waiting for said updates. No promises on timeline but the POY poll and more updates are in the works, until then, keep on karting! -Max

Knick Knack Paddy Whack Max28 @ Saturday, March 7th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! There were a few less submissions this week but still some significant ones in the context of the God Race (patent pending), so let's get right into it! It's the news and times for Week 3 of February 2026! Inactivity New Players Nobody this week! Activity #3 Cole Edwards improved his Non-PRB MC 3lap after working on the flap last week, grinding out MC 1'30"027 #3, earning a huge 1 spot AF cut 8). Nice work! #21 Astrid Maruzensky picked up 3 new scores and 1 new God this week, scoring rKB2 13"277 #32God, rMB 1'10"826 #44/Myth B, and finally the new God score with rCI2 48"682 #16! She slashed 0.7969 AF in Non-PRB, passing Sawara as well as passing Huwakun in PRB for the #33 rank there. Excellent stuff! #38 Mikey Esposito took out and mailed in 3 new PRs, sending Non-PRB DH 1'11"887/22"308 #33/31 Gods and AF 34"499 #24/God! He cut 0.6406 AF in Non-PRB and 0.4844 in PRB, passing fellow American Nick Welch on the Non-PRB charts to finish the week at #38 in PRB and Non-PRB, great work! #61 SirLampsALot continued his recent PR procession, producing 3 more PRs with Non-PRB DH 1'13"877 Titan C, WP 1'59"780/39"271 #43/36 Gods, PG 28"132 #31/God, rKB2 42"881/13"324 Myth D/God! #65 Joel Vermette took down 4 fresh scores this week, throwing down PRB rMC1 41"182 Hero A before the real meat in Non-PRB with SR 1'42"679/33"393 Titan C/Titan B and AF 1'47"313 Titan B! He cut 0.3438 AF in Non-PRB, passing 2, and 1.2030 in PRB, holding down the #85 spot there. #92 Oliwia Tachyon rounds out the top 100 this week with 3 new times, grabbing Non-PRB RR 2'01"779 Titan E before flipping over to PRB with rMC1 40"255/13"129 Titan D/Hero A! Those earned her a 0.2650 AF cut in Non-PRB, passing MoonsideMKDS aka Jeff, as well as a 1.0630 cut in PRB, passing 1 to improve to the #120 spot there. Players outside the top 100 included #108 Maple Tannhauser -0.1880, #134 Mats Frium -5.9850, #296 Jason Collis -12.4220, #500 Xanthan -74.0780 Advanced C, #541 Waluigified -4.5310, and #550 Hyphen-Hoik -52.9850 Advanced D. Unranked #_ Nancy González grabbed a new score of DKP 34"667, improving exactly 0.2 seconds and 10 spots to #26 there, as well as adding in a WP flap of 38"687 #14, set in the same run as her 3lap back in June 2025. Excellent times as usual! New Records Well... we're waiting! Awards He grabbed a pretty sweet AF cut with some nice improvements, Xanthan wins the POW for the 3rd week of February 2026! That wraps things up for this week! One more update down, one to go, I'll see you all there! Take it easy! -Max

Valentine's Vocation Vacation Max28 @ Saturday, March 7th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! You know the drill, we're behind, so here's another update! This week is (was) Valentine's Day, so I hope some of you were able to spend some quality time with your special someone(s), and if not, that you got some quality kart time in! Still a decent influx of times this week, so perhaps many of you stayed karting, let's get right into the news for Week 2 of February 2026! Inactivity New Players Nobody this week! Activity #3 Cole Edwards improved to MC Non-PRB 29"195, snagging the #3 spot there (less than 2 frames behind WR), and earning himself a juicy 0.0625 AF cut. Nice work! #22 Astrid Maruzensky took down a seriously huge trio of Non-PRB God times this week on the way to God overall! She started out with BC 1'53"408 #28, then 2 monumental scores of rLC2 25"498 #16 and rCI2 15"724 #29! She ascended the peak of God score difficulty with rLC2 flap, now it's all downhill for the remaining 8 times to 0 ARR. Back on the AF front, she cut 0.3125 in Non-PRB but didn't quite pass anyone this week. Fantastic stuff and congrats! #35 Axel Verplaetse grabbed 4 new times this week, targeting the Star and Special Cups with Non-PRB MC 1'30"984 #25, WS 1'55"820/37"943 #33/50, and BC 1'53"322 #27, all Gods of course! He picked up a 1.4063 AF cut and 3 more God times to bring him to 58/64, although he didn't quite pass anyone on the charts this week. Still a very productive batch of times, and with rLC2 flap also down already for him, it's only 6 Gods left for him compared to Astrid's 8, who will make God overall first?! #62 SirLampsALot also grabbed 4 new Non-PRB scores this week, posting F8C 24"808 Myth D, PG 1'28"652/28"296 Myth C/Myth A, and rSG 1'10"243 Titan A for a smooth 0.9844 AF cut, passing 1! #67 Joel Vermette continued on his CCB efforts from last week with a 1'27"514 Titan B 3lap as well as SR 1'43"006 Titan D, adding up to a 0.5000 AF cut in Non-PRB but not passing anyone this time. #86 Xanix rounds out the top 100 with a simple pair of rCI2 Non-PRB times, grinding out 50"549/15"941 Titan C/Myth D #66/54! His 1.3590 AF cut propelled him over 2 players this week, including rMMF's #1 fan Pakje Yoghurt. Players outside the top 100 included #108 Maple Tannhauser -1.2030, #138 Mats Frium -5.5460 Hero A, #139 'Niko' -0.8430, #228 Faye Valentine -2.0150, #308 Jason Collis -15.7970 Expert C, #426 Dominic Stillwell -1.4690, #481 DonutStriker96 -21.5310 Advanced C, #570 Xanthan -45.7970 Advanced D, #858 Jensel Solis -3.6870. Unranked #_ Nancy González picked up 1 new time this week, sending in DKP 34"867 #36/God. New Records Awaiting rLC2 proof from Pikalex! Awards Put simply, she threw down some hugely significant God times this week, Astrid Maruzensky wins the POW for the 2nd week of February 2026! That wraps things up for this week! Another update down, next one coming right up! -Max

Always bet on Nothing Max28 @ Monday, March 2nd   [link]

Greetings one and all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here, trying to mitigate our delay in updates as an uptick in World and Personal Events keeps things outside of the kart world excessively busy. Unlike some in the news, there are objectives and plans here with a goal in mind, and that goal is to keep updating and get things back on track! In pursuit of that effort, let's jump right into the news for Week 1 of February 2026! Inactivity New Players #_ Luke Whittington joins from the UK with Advanced and Intermediate times on rMC1 and rDP1. #_ Tale3339 joins from the USA with 5 Newbie scores; best way to look at them is a lot of room for improvement. Activity #4 Boreas improved his PRs on rCM 1'45"824/35"840 #9/10, taking the PRB God on the 3lap but just missing out with PRB Myth A on the flap. He improved 2 places of AF on the PRB chart, tightening his hold on the #4 spot there, every spot counts! #22 Astrid Maruzensky picked up 5 big time times this week, ticking off Non-PRB rLC1 1'12"549/23"825 #24/23 Gods, rKB2 42"410 #17/God, and rYC 1'26"121/27"775 #30/27 Gods! Not only did she jump from 52 to 53/64 God scores, but she also earned an excellent 1.5625 AF cut in Non-PRB that was good enough to jump the MasterLeo himself, fantastic stuff! #35 Axel Verplaetse just missed the submission deadline for January with these 2 scores, grabbing DKP 1'46"994 #38/God and RR 38"052 #10/God! The power of corner cuts propelled him to a nicely sized 0.1250 AF cut in Non-PRB, and although he didn't pass anyone this time, another new God brings him to 55/64! #63 SirLampsALot picked up God #19 this week with rBB 1'46"880 #47, as well as improving to rYC 27"832 #33/God! He slashed 0.4844 AF in Non-PRB but also didn't pass anyone this time. #67 Joel Vermette snagged just 1 new time this week, sending in CCB Non-PRB 28"362 #98/Titan B for a 0.2500 AF cut in Non-PRB, not passing anyone this time. #93 Oliwia Tachyon cleaned up her Myth A from last week, turning it into God amid 4 scores of Non-PRB rMC1 42"833/13"370 Titan B/God, rPC 18"122 Myth D, and rMB 1'12"785 Titan E! She cut 0.5310 AF with those times, gaining a further 2 top 100 spots, great work as usual! Players outside the top 100 included #108 Maple Tannhauser -1.2500, #138 'Niko' -2.3910, #140 Mats Frium -8.8910, #199 EisFanOfficiel -1.7960, #205 Landen Kozlowski -2.8590, #231 Faye Valentine -14.6410 Hero E, #503 DonutStriker96 -0.6720, #609 Xanthan -21.5150 Advanced E, and #664 John Hamler -18.0150. Unranked #_ Nancy González picked up a high-flying time on AF with 34"413 God/#23, very nice! New Records Not this time! Awards Many karters made moves for the start of February, but she impressed most with a big AF cut and rank up into Hero E, Faye Valentine wins the POW for the 1st week of February 2026! That wraps things up for this week! I hope you all enjoyed, stay safe out there, and as always, see you next time! (hopefully soon)

Better Business. Bureau Max28 @ Tuesday, February 24th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here, breaking the updaters' silence on the latest news and times coming to us in the last week of January 2026. I do apologize for the delay in updates, I have been busy with personal life changes and I know Quantum has been caught up in things as well, but we aren't going anywhere and are going to get this thing back on track for business as usual! Speaking of Business., I have been told to make this one Business. themed! I am only loosely aware of the Business. environment as of late, but I'm going to do my best to appease The Board. Let's get right into the Business. news! Inactivity New Players #742 Adam Spry joins the market from the UK with a full set of times, delighting investors with a best offering of Advanced E on LM flap. #_ RapskaL joins as the 5th market player from Oklahoma, a startup currently valued at Intermediate in F8C only. Activity #3 Cole Edwards leads the way for the Magnificent 18, reporting DKP 1'44"038 #8, already priced in as he had no AF change this week. #14 Louis Vivarès, the French market leader, continued his activity in CCB flap futures with a 27"077 #6, grabbing 2 spots there but also priced in for no AF change. #23 Astrid Maruzensky looked to continue her rise into the Magnificent series of Business. owners, offering out shares of BC 36"581 God/#28 and rMMF 1'03"436/20"479 #31/21 Gods! Markets responded with a 0.4688 AF cut, earning her 1 place over Norwegian competitors Frenje Corporation LTD. in the latest MKDS Non-PRB 100 listings. #35 Axel Verplaetse delighted The Board with earnings beats in 6 product categories, reporting LM 1'33"191 God/#41, DS 1'30"981 God/#31, RR 1'58"095/38"303 Gods #35/17, rPC 55"451 God/#29, rCM 1'48"445 God/#46, and rMB 1'10"478 God/#28! He rose in the MKDS Non-PRB index by 2 places with a 1.7187 AF cut, and in his quest to join the Magnificent 18 he improved to 54/64 God times, pleasure doing Business. with you! #63 SirLampsALot reported beautiful digits and a modest earnings beat on WP Non-SC, improving to 2'00"999/39"322 Myth C/God #67/39 for a 1.2187 AF cut! #67 Joel Vermette followed Canadian market's rise to end the month with DKP 1'50"309/35"987 Titan C/Titan B #88/95, MC Non-PRB 30"103 Titan D/#83, and rBB 1'48"961 Titan C/#96 for a 0.7031 AF cut! #94 Robert McKinnon released under-reported accounting guidance from last year's operations, publicizing a DKP 1'50"543/35"290 Titan D/Myth C #93/55 plus PRB rDP1 17"841 Titan E/#81 and rKB2 13"069 Titan B #49, regaining his place in the MKDS PRB 100 Index with a 5.0930 cut! Excellent returns and glad to have him back on the market! #95 Oliwia Tachyon IPO'd this week with 9 new times, reporting Non-PRB earnings of LM 31"444 Titan D/#135, DKP 1'51"459/36"463 Titan E #116/126, PG 1'31"243 Titan D/#111, rMC1 Myth A/13"405, #90 rLC1 24"268 Myth C/#75, rPC 18"157 Myth D/#84, and rKB2 13"553 Titan A/#107! Not only that, but she also delighted shareholders with a special PRB dividend of rMC1 40"339 Titan D/#191! She moved up 3 spots within the MKDS Non-PRB 100 with a 2.3130 AF cut (plus ranking up to Titan C ARR and rising to #121 in PRB), excellent returns! Active traders in the broader MKDS Business. Index included #109 Maple Tannhauser -1.8120, #139 'Niko' -7.3130, #143 Eighty -2.6560, #148 Mats Frium -1.0160, #150 Andreas Gkinis -1.5620, #203 EisFanOfficiel -12.2820 Hero D, #223 Logan Reiman -41.7030 Hero E, #229 Charles Schrader -7.1880 Hero E, #304 Daniiel -44.8750 Expert C, #503 DonutStriker96 -17.4530, #542 Waluigified -2.8120, and #685 John Hamler -27.6880 Intermediate B. Unranked Not this week! New Records Not this week! Awards For doing excellent Business. and ranking up to Hero E, Logan Reiman wins the POW for the last week of January 2026! She jumped quite a few positions and locked in with several new God times across the full month, Astrid Maruzensky wins the POM for January 2026! That wraps up the Business. for this week! The next updates will hopefully proceed expeditiously as we look to return to our normal operating schedule. Thanks for your understanding and happy Business.! -Max

Snowed in, locked in Max28 @ Thursday, January 29th   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here to cover all the fresh times and action as snowpocalypse 2026 keeps things on ice. They say that good things come in 3s, and this is your update for Week 3 of January 2026, let's get right into it! Inactivity New Players #_ Zandor Veliz joins from the USA with just an Advanced E F8C 3lap to his name. #_ Grayson joins from the USA with pairs of times on F8C, rMC1, and rBP, just about making it out of the Newbie ranks on F8C. Activity #3 Cole Edwards closed out his recent efforts on DKP with a blistering 1'44"527 #9, then took his talents over to TTC scoring 29"592 #8! Those earned him a 0.0781 AF cut in Non-PRB, and even more satisfyingly, put all of his Non-PRB ranks into the single digits. Nice stuff! #11 Advaita Venkata took some time off updating and business to pick up a pretty massive batch of scores, starting in PRB with WS 1'50"616/36"291 #9/12 Gods and rDP1 17"258 Titan A, then Non-PRB rPC 55"045/17"574 #8/12, rFS 1'37"735/31"740 #9/12, and rBC2 29"978 #17! Those earned him a nice 0.1719 AF cut in Non-PRB and an even bigger 0.5937 cut in PRB, not passing anybody but closing a couple gaps towards #1 USA in PRB and #2 USA in Non-PRB. #14 Louis Vivarès improved on last week's efforts by an additional .014 with CCB 27"110, but didn't cut any spots with that new score. #24 Astrid Maruzensky grabbed 6 new times in a week of "just cutting spots," sending in YF 46"981/15"395 Gods, DKP 34"873 God, RR 1'59"707 Myth E, and rMMF 20"678 God, stacking up to a 0.6093 AF cut in Non-PRB! She jumped 3 players this week, bringing her into the top 25 as well as upping her God count to 51/64, exciting stuff from Pennsylvania's finest! #63 SirLampsALot uploaded a pair of rYC scores this week, grinding out 1'27"048/27"945 Myth B/God! Those earned him a chunky 0.7344 AF cut in Non-PRB, good enough to pass fellow American Ted Kim for the #63 spot. #67 Joel Vermette braved the winter weather to take on snowy rFS, pulling off 1'41"185/32"733 Myth D/God! He cut 1.1563 AF with just those 2 times, picking up a new place on the charts over Joep van Gelder as well. #75 Dylan Rees also sent in 2 new times but across 2 tracks, earning a 0.4531 AF cut in Non-PRB with rMMF 21"004 Titan A and rKB2 Non-PRB 43"513 Titan D, but not passing anybody this time around. #88 Xanix answered "why" on the "Y" tracks this week with 2 pairs of times, dropping YF 47"994/15"669 Myth E/Myth D and rYC Non-PRB 1'28"407/28"284 Titan C/Myth E! The universe responded with a 2.1100 AF cut in Non-PRB, good enough to upset Sean Dyer on the charts. #98 Oliwia Tachyon also took on YF, picking up 15"763 Titan B, and also dabbled in some PRB with rMC1 40"513 Titan E! She grabbed 1 spot's worth of AF in Non-PRB and a small cut in PRB too, holding her #123 position there. Players outside the top 100 included #142 'Niko' -6.2340, #213 EisFanOfficiel -13.8900, #231 Charles Schrader -0.2030, #471 Aresse -5.6720 Advanced B, and #718 John Hamler -22.3280. Unranked #_ Nancy González picked up 2 new times this week, grabbing AF 34"693 God/#42 and rFS 32"030 #25/God! New Records Not this update! Awards He submitted a couple nice times for a rather big cut at his level, but beyond that picked up a huge milestone of all single-digit ranks in Non-PRB, Cole Edwards wins the POW for Week 3 of January 2026! That wraps things up for this week! It's been a hot start to the year for new times and movement but not so much on the world records front, maybe we'll catch some of that next week! Until then, stay warm! -Max

Carrick's at the wheel Max28 @ Wednesday, January 21st   [link]

Greetings all, and welcome back to another MKDS news! Max here, bringing you my personal first update in the new year along with all the news and times from week 2 of January 2026! The powers that be have renewed my updating contract for another year and I need to make some 'content' to earn my $0 salary, so without further delay, let's find out just what the karters have been cooking! Inactivity New Players #_ Halit joins from Germany with 4 times ranging in the Beginner and Intermediate ranks. #_ MKWiggler joins from the Philippines with 4 3lap times in the Beginner ranks. Activity #3 Cole Edwards picked up another DKP lap improvement with 33"921 #6, becoming the 11th player to sub 34 but improving well beyond that mark to nearly snag a top 5 spot. That improvement netted him a 0.0781 AF gain in Non-PRB while continuing to eye down the former and current champ for the top 2 places. #14 Louis Vivarès grabbed a nice flap PR in typical Louis fashion, improving to CCB Non-PRB 27"124 God/#8! Unfortunately for him, that earned him no AF change this time around, but nonetheless a nice PR to kick off 2026. #27 Astrid Maruzensky delivered a tripartite package of DH PRs, grabbing Non-PRB 1'11"908/22"275 #33/29 Gods and PRB flap 21"886 #30 Titan A! Those earned her a 0.5313 AF rank up in PRB, passing 1 to the #35 spot there, and a 0.2813 cut in Non-PRB without passing anybody this time. Excellent work! #37 Axel Verplaetse took out 7 scores on 5 tracks this week, pulling off DKP 1'47"672 Myth B, MC 29"496 God, AF 1'45"652/34"717 Gods, PG 1'27"302/28"051 Gods, and BC 36"863 God for a serious 1.8906 AF cut in Non-PRB! He passed one of the USA's finest, Nick Welch, with those scores, as well as a couple great God times to bring him to #48/64! For those doing the math along at home, that's exactly 3/4 of the way to 0 ARR and overall God, just about time for the final stretch so good luck and Godspeed! #38 Mikey Esposito grabbed a pair of CCB Non-PRB scores this week with 1'24"785/27"622 #32/34 Gods! Those 2 times bumped him up 1.1875 AF in Non-PRB, passing nobody and leaving him at #39, but 1.2344 AF in PRB where he passed 3 players to jump to #38! It's very funny for the ranks to work out like that, but his PRB AF is just slightly lower than Non-PRB at the moment so it's only fair for that rank to be a spot higher. Anyways, great work and nice times! #58 DingusKingus picked up 1 new time this time, sending in rCM 1'48"325 #42/God for a decent little 0.6718 AF cut in Non-PRB, unfortunately not passing anybody this time out. #68 Joel Vermette managed 3 PRs while hiding out from the mighty Manitoba winter, mailing in WP 39"799 Myth C, rPC 56"781 Titan C, and rFS 33"073 Myth D, all Non-PRB! Those earned him a 0.7031 AF cut in Non-PRB, not passing anybody this time, but he gets to sit between the 2 funny numbers for a bit longer yet. #98 Oliwia Tachyon followed up her top 100 debut last week with 2 new times, grinding out Non-PRB YF 47"923 Myth E and rMB 1'12"890 Titan E! Those added up to a 0.4850 AF cut in Non-PRB, good enough to pass 1 person and secure that no checkbox spot some more! Players outside the top 100 included #147 Eighty -0.1880, #148 Mats Frium -0.8910, #153 Mathieu Lavoux -0.0150, #226 EisFanOfficiel -16.5160 Hero E, #231 Charles Schrader -6.3750, #478 Aresse -3.7500, #544 Waluigified -17.2970 Advanced D, #733 David González -0.4530, and #741 John Hamler -5.2340. Unranked Nothing this time! New Records Not this week! Who will be the first in 2026? Awards He grabbed a pretty hefty AF cut and a big rank up to Hero E, EisFanOfficiel wins the POW for Week 2 of January 2026! That wraps things up for this week! I'm delighted with the honor of bringing you these updates for yet another year and so grateful that people continue to play and enjoy this game. Here's to a great 2026!

Happy New Year! Quantum @ Saturday, January 17th   [link]

Hello loyal MKDS players, I would like to extend a very Happy New Year from the MKDS updating team! I hope that 1984… I mean 2026 is a very fruitful year of Kart for all of you! The POY poll is coming soon, me and max have a tentative nom list, and the stats are almost done being compiled. All of you will have the opportunity to use your State-approved right of Democracy to choose the best player of 2025! P.S. I forgot to 0 the charts so I'm not including AF cut statistics, sorry about that! Glory to MKDS! Citizens #3 Cole Edwards is our highest ranked player this week, and he submitted a singular cut on DKP flap of 34.023 for #11! A great run for sure, and very close to his goal of a single digit rank. Stay tuned next week to see where he ended up! #19 Marius Sorgenfrei reaches the 1x ranks this week with a very nice RDP1 17.173 for #22 on PRB! #27 Astrid Maruzensky finally unhoarded this week and had a huge jump! She started out on PRB with a DH 22.080 #46, RKB2 41.267 #50, and a nice sub on RLC2 with 24.978 for #33. On NonPRB she knocked out a ton of Gods, getting F8C 1:14.349/24.490 #23/#22, LM 1:33.081/30.278 #36/#31, DS 1:31.568 #38, WP 1:59.998/39.403 #50/#42, SR 32.792 #47, DKP 1:47.695/34.972 #41/#44, TTC 1:32.340 #27, MC 1:31.599/29.441 #35/#16, WS 1:55.946/37.921 #37/#46, PG 1:26.839/27.993 #18/#21, BC 1:54.225/36.637 #34/#29, RR 38.692 #34, RFS 32.080 #25, RBC2 1:32.585/30.186 #26/#24, RCI2 15.805 #40, RSG 1:08.505/21.183 #19/#20! Absolutely massive cut here which was good enough to jump from #35 -> #27 overall on NonPRB, and these times put her up to 50 Gods! #38 Axel Verplaetse had to take some time off of the God grind due to school, but he still found time to get a nice sub and flap GOD on DKP with 34.903 for #41! #64 SirLampsALot stays comfortably ahead of our next entry on this weeks news with a nice batch of times! He got F8C 1:15.881 #85, CCB 28.347 #96, RMC1 42.640 #85, SR 1:42.478 #92, and a huge SR 32.750 flap GOD for #44 WW, all on NonPRB! Definitely an exciting start to the year, and hopefully the first of many strong weeks! #68 Joel Vermette has no intention of slowing down from last year it seems, and he started off the new year with only flaps! He got AF 35.092 #87, WS 37.983 #50 for a huge sub and flap GOD, RDP1 18.043 #67, RBC2 30.824 #83, and RCI2 16.074 #67! Definitely getting close to subs on both RCI2 and RDP1, great times and good luck for the rest of the year! #89 Xanix seems to be inspired by Forrest's flap grind and only submitted flaps himself! He drove DH 22.649 for #69, RKB2 13.454 #84, and a crazy sub on RDP1 of 17.996 for #60! Great to see you continue playing this year, and hopefully you will get some CRs soon! #99 Oliwia Tachyon finally makes her grand debut inside the top 100!!! She chose quality over quantity to get it done, with huge cuts on MC of 1:33.495/30.038 #99/#78 and WS 2:00.194 #123! Huge congratulations, and welcome to the top 100! Traitors #148 Mats Frium, #243 Faye Valentine, #276 Dillon Karst, #478 Aresse, #557 Waluigified, #627 Xanthan, and #746 John Hamler New Records N/A Awards It's not often that we welcome a new Citizen into the fold, so for reaching the top 100 Oliwia Tachyon wins the POW! That's all from me this week, lets have a great year! -Quantum