Ball Race Speedrunning/Leaderboards Adjustment Megathread

Since we’re adjusting how we’re handling support tickets on Discord, we’re making this thread to keep track of Ball Race maps that may require leaderboard adjustments due to map changes / glitched scores.

:chequered_flag: Currently known maps/levels with requested adjustments:

  • Prism 1 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Prism 15 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Summit 2 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Memories 8 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Memories 11 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Event Horizon 10 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Nimbus 3 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Nimbus 5 cleared: 1/20/26
  • Nimbus 9 cleared: 1/20/26
  • GLXY 7 cleared: 1/20/26
  • GLXY 8 cleared: 1/20/26

:newspaper: Latest Updates

As a note, we’ve had requests open for these adjustments for a long time. The reason for the delayed action is that we need to test and implement the code that will allow us to adjust the leader boards easily (i.e. wipe / remove a chunk of impossible high scores).

We greatly appreciate everyone’s patience with this.

If you have another issue related to Ball Race leader boards / Ball Race scores, please mention it here! Please keep the thread on the topic of reporting maps with leaderboard issues.

Exploited scores / cheating players can also be reported following our report instructions: Reporting A Player - Tower Unite Guides

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Heavenscape 5 can probably be removed from this list. It is only the #1 score that is an exploited time.

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Do we have an ETA or ballpark estimate of when you will be able to test and implement said code? Many ball race enthusiasts are greatly looking forward to this ^.^

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On Prism the Tiles spawn ~200ms earlier than they did in the past, which negatively affects mostly level 1 and 15. (impossible to top 10)
Summit 2, Memories 8 & 11, GLXY 7, Nimbus 5&9 → impossible to top 10
Nimbus 3 low top 10 barely possible, top times impossible
Nimbus 7 still has potential, a #3 was archived on the current version by Pleo
GXLY 8 is much more inconsistent than it has been in the past and i yet need to get a single clean run first life to confirm its still possible but so far i have only gotten the skip once on a 2nd attempt. really not sure about this one.
Event Horizon 10 is very possible to top 10 still, my #3 was on the current version. however, the old game version was an advantage without the kill barrier, but the top 2 times might still be achievable with a lot of luck (not sure though).
another level that seems to have changed is Khromidro 10, the boosters towards the goal seems weaker which result in a slower time even with a perfect executed skip. top 10 is still possible but the fastest times are definitely not possible anymore, which also includes my time. i need to do some testing to get an idea of what’s currently possible on that level.

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If the entrance tubes for the Nimbus maps get around to being fixed up, more Nimbus times will have to be wiped since, while they have a spawn bug that often creates a rugged, unreliable entrance, which can offset a run by more than 100 ms, it in some instances like Nimbus 8 can be used for tight cornering which the current top times require.

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Please fix ball race, the community is small but people would still like to speedrun and get better times. Its impossible at the moment to get almost half of the times in the game because of changes. Please reset the times that need to be reset. Prism is broken as well please fix that. It’s been over 5 months and no changes to anything in ball race after updates broke the game for speedrunners. Please reset the times that are no longer possible. Its been long enough, do something.

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Some clarity or an estimated timeline for testing and rolling out the wipe code you mentioned having written would be greatly appreciated. :nerd_face:

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Hello!

I’ve finished writing up the leaderboard clearing system (with logging in case we need to go back).

I’ve cleared the top 40 rankings of these levels:

  • Prism 1
  • Prism 15
  • Summit 2
  • Memories 8
  • Memories 11
  • Event Horizon 10
  • Nimbus 3
  • Nimbus 5
  • Nimbus 9
  • GLXY 7
  • GLXY 8
  • Khromidro 10

Please let me know if there are other impossible to beat scores that need to be cleared out.

Happy racing!

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what about the custom maps on ballrace? boosts are not working in multiplayer for most of the maps, specifically vertical boosts at 90 degrees. i know i have sent in a bug report/support ticket for it before. i know on one of my maps (dark side of the rainbow) the boosts are facing forward and also dont work which will make a locked leaderboard if the boosts get fixed

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So for Memories 8 and 11.. glxy 7.. Nimbus 9.. the #1 player needs to be wiped
Also prism 15 needs another wipe as sadly the top 40 didn’t fix the impossible time like we had thought it would. :frowning:
But other than those few things. 100% worked! THANK YOU SO MUCH. W devs :nerd_face:

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going off what beanz said:
one more wipe of the top 40 times on prism 15 would make it possible again

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No worries. I’ve wiped 40 more of the top times on Prism 15. I’ve also removed #1 for Memories 8,11, Nimbus 9, and GLXY 7.

I’m aware of the boost issue and I’m working on a fix. I’m doing a bug fix focused update for our next game update.

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The code didn’t wipe quite right on Prism 15. (We made sure that this time 40 would fix it but somehow it left 3 times at the top that shouldn’t be there) Place 1, 2, and 3 need to be wiped as they are about a second or more above the rest of the leaderboard.
We’ve been testing GLXY 4 since the leaderboard conversation started and have come to the conclusion that the top 14 times are no longer attainable. If you are able to clear these while we’re on a roll, that would be awesome! If it’s easier to clear top 40 again, that’s alright too. :slight_smile: Also the #1 time on GLXY 9 is a lagged/exploited time that has been there for a while. After these times are wiped, all levels on ballrace will be up to speed and possible to get top times. Unless something changes or times are exploited in the future. Thank You!!! :nerd_face: :sparkling_heart:

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