These tutorials provide step-by-step guides on setting up and customizing the industry-standard speedrun timer software: How to Set Up a Speedrun Timer (LiveSplit Tutorial) YouTube · SmallAnt How to setup SPEEDRUN TIMER!! (Livesplit Tutorial) YouTube · LiquidCandy
: A clear on-screen timer that stops during unskippable cutscenes or loading screens to account for hardware differences.
“Livesplit is pretty much the standard, easy to use, customizable, and you can even download many of the splits from speedrun.com of the game you looking at running.” Reddit · r/speedrun · 7 years ago
: Local or online boards that automatically record and display finish times.
A high-quality speedrun timer needs several core functionalities to be useful for competitive play:
: Shows whether the current run is ahead (green) or behind (red) a personal best (PB) or a "gold" (best ever) segment.
: Summary screens showing total time, deaths, and individual level times. Expert Perspectives on Timers
: Displays hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds with high accuracy.
