Welcome, Super Metroid Speedrunners!
Hello and welcome to Deer Tier! The aim of this site is to showcase the best of the best in the Super Metroid speedrunning community. Submit your records and see how you stack up against your fellow speedrunners!
If you wish to play any category on emulator, bsnes is the recommended emulator to use. Times should also follow SpeedRunsLive conventions. To paraphrase the rules, this means:
- All files ... should start at 0:00 with the intro sequence completed so play begins in the Ceres station.
- SNES9x 1.43 and ZSNES are banned.
- Absolutely no emulator functions, such as savestates or speedups. No turbo-fire functions are allowed. No external devices such as game genie or gameshark. No scripts unless specifically allowed.
- Save the critters at your own discretion.
In addition, the leaderboards operate on the honor system. Please do not attempt to pass off fake records as your own. If any times look suspicious, they may be removed. The best way to establish credibility is to hang out and race with the Super Metroid community. The current public Discord Server can be found below, and often times weekly races are hosted and linked there on Racetime.gg and SpeedRunsLive.com - There are also adjacent Super Metroid Communities focused on Randomizers and Rom Hacks with their own Discord Servers and other spaces as well. Speedrunners will often stream their attempts on Twitch.tv, but that is not required. A more detailed ruleset can be found here. With that said, enjoy the competition! Will you ascend to Deer Tier?
Community
Check out the Super Metroid Speedrunning Wiki for all kinds of great resources on the game, including the full list of categories. This includes inactive categories that may be retired from Deer Tier.
You can also join our Discord server and chat with other Super Metroid speedrunners.
News
- April 4, 2026
phantomsnake
We added a new NMG Low% category: 13% Ice-Pb! Here's the announcement from the mod team:
Leaderboard Update - Low% reorganization
Hi Everyone - Following the recent community discussion and additional review from the SRC and DT leaderboard moderation teams, we're moving forward with an update to how 13% Underflow and related categories are handled across both leaderboards. The goal of this change is to give 13% the visibility and recognition it deserves, while preserving the integrity and historical relevance of 14% Ice.
Decision Summary:
Runs that utilize Underflow will now be considered a distinct ruleset. 13% Underflow will be placed alongside NMG Low% on the Main Boards, and will be marked with an asterisk to indicate the modified ruleset.All L+R runs will be compiled on the Extension Boards.
Main Boards will remain reserved for categories that can be completed on original hardware under normal SOCD rules.
This approach reflects the strongest community and mod consensus: highlighting 13% without invalidating or overshadowing 14% Ice, while also keeping rulesets clearly defined and consistent across leaderboards.
As always, feedback is welcome, and we appreciate everyone who contributed to the discussion, last month.
Moderators
Your moderators are ARealCutie, foosda, Kipp, Overfiendvip, ShinyZeni, total and zoast. If you have any questions about the times you or anyone else has submitted, please feel free to contact any of them in the #supermetroid channel on our Discord server.