World Record 40 Lines Progression

[caffeine]

I have made an attempt to compile a list of every documented WR 40 lines time. If you have more information about earlier or better records, please let me know!



WR progression since 1999:
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WR progression since first sub 30:
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Sub 30 progression, tetrominoes per minute:
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Sub 30 progression, TPS, IPS, and IPT:
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Time   Player      Date        Nationality         Game
96.99  Fred        1999-02-23  France              Tetris DX
88.99  Jake        2001-03-09  USA                 Tetris DX
78.99  Dave        2001-04-29  USA                 Tetris DX
76.99  Erik        2001-05-21  Austria             Tetris DX
73.99  Erik        2001-05-21  Austria             Tetris DX
71.99    Erik    2001-10-15    Austria    Tetris DX
70.99    Erik    2002-05-05    Austria    Tetris DX
59.99  caffeine    2005-11-17  USA                 Tetris Elements
40.99  caffeine    2006-01-03  USA                 Tetris Elements
37.83  M.Bison     2007-01-27  Australia           Lockjaw
37.48  caffeine    2007-01-29  USA                 Lockjaw
35.53  M.Bison     2007-04-04  Australia           Lockjaw
34.91  M.Bison     2007-05-23  Australia           Lockjaw
33.60  M.Bison     2007-05-26  Australia           Lockjaw
33.58  M.Bison     2007-05-27  Australia           Lockjaw
33.46  M.Bison     2007-07-26  Australia           Lockjaw
33.36  M.Bison     2007-08-04  Australia           Lockjaw
32.51  M.Bison     2007-08-15  Australia           Lockjaw
32.21  M.Bison     2007-10-28  Australia           Lockjaw
30.91  M.Bison     2007-12-31  Australia           Lockjaw
30.86  M.Bison     2008-01-06  Australia           Lockjaw
30.40  M.Bison     2008-01-10  Australia           Lockjaw
30.13  M.Bison     2008-03-27  Australia           Lockjaw
29.80  M.Bison     2008-04-02  Australia           Lockjaw
29.46  M.Bison     2008-04-29  Australia           Lockjaw
29.36  Maserati    2008-05-07  USA                 Lockjaw
29.11  M.Bison     2008-05-13  Australia           Lockjaw
29.10  M.Bison     2008-05-19  Australia           Lockjaw
28.95  Maserati    2008-05-19  USA                 Lockjaw
28.33  Maserati    2008-05-20  USA                 Lockjaw
28.13  M.Bison     2008-10-19  Australia           Lockjaw
27.56  M.Bison     2008-10-22  Australia           Lockjaw
27.48  M.Bison     2008-11-07  Australia           Lockjaw
26.96  M.Bison     2008-11-29  Australia           Lockjaw
26.10  M.Bison     2008-12-11  Australia           Lockjaw
25.56  Maserati    2009-04-30  USA                 Blockbox
24.22  Maserati    2009-08-08  USA                 Blockbox
23.68  Maserati    2009-08-18  USA                 Blockbox
23.04  Maserati    2009-09-09  USA                 Blockbox
22.90  LapSiLap    2011-02-22  Sweden              Nullpomino
22.71  LapSiLap    2011-03-09  Sweden              Nullpomino
22.63  LapSiLap    2011-03-10  Sweden              Nullpomino
22.51  Apocalypse  2011-04-01  Dominican Republic  Blockbox
21.20  LapSiLap    2011-04-05  Sweden              Nullpomino
20.55  MicroBlizz  2012-03-25  Canada              Nullpomino
20.28  MicroBlizz  2013-02-08  Canada              NPM League
20.11  keroco      2013-07-20  Japan               Nullpomino
19.90  keroco      2013-08-16  Japan               Nullpomino
19.85  keroco      2013-08-16  Japan               Nullpomino
19.68  keroco      2013-08-16  Japan               Nullpomino
19.48  keroco      2014-11-30  Japan               Nullpomino
19.46  keroco      2014-11-30  Japan               Nullpomino
19.28  MicroBlizz  2015-02-21  Canada              Nullpomino
19.06  MicroBlizz  2015-03-23  Canada              Nullpomino
18.95  keroco      2015-03-30  Japan               Nullpomino
18.91  MicroBlizz  2015-04-02  Canada              Nullpomino
18.43  MicroBlizz  2015-04-06  Canada              Nullpomino
18.38  MicroBlizz  2015-04-24  Canada              Nullpomino
17.50  MicroBlizz  2015-05-29  Canada              Nullpomino
17.36    MicroBlizz    2016-04-03    Canada    Nullpomino

The following statistics taken from 2008-04-02 through 2015-04-08


Longest held WR:
23.04, Maserati: 531 days (note: the time itself was matched by Apocalypse on 2010-10-09)

Longest held unmatched WR:
19.68, keroco: 471 days

Most accumulated days holding a WR:
822, Maserati

Most accumulated days holding an unmatched WR:
584, keroco

Longest unbroken period holding one or more WRs:
663 days, Maserati, 2009-04-30 - 2011-02-22

Average WR lifespan:
75.29 days

Average unbroken period a player holds one or more WRs:
143 days

Average improvement per year:
-1.62 seconds

Largest improvement from previous WR:
-1.31 seconds, LapSiLap's 21.20 from Apocalypse's 22.51

Largest total improvement from previous WR holder:
-3.06 seconds: Maserati's 23.04 from M.Bison's 26.10

FAQ

Weren't there faster players so and so years ago?

There sure were. The trouble is that we need a documented account for a formalized game of 40 lines. Tetris DX (released in 1998) happens to be one of the first games to offer a designated 40 lines mode.

Come on caffeine. Didn't you really just put in all that work just to toot your own horn?

I realize that being the one to do this looks bad. In this case, interest in Tetris history won out over the desire to retain brownie points for being humble.

Isn't it dumb to compare games that allow for different number of previews/DAS/harddrop?

I liken this to charting the progression of 100 meter sprint WRs. Rules and associations change over time. That doesn't necessarily undermine its historical significance.

[Aluce]

Very interesting statistics. The bump downward after the ~22 second point particularly strikes me. The record 22.51 was broken to 21.20? That's a huge gap.

[yotipo91]

Nice documentation

[Corrosive]

wtf happened to Apocalypse

[z2sam]

I really did like this post, nice stats!
But I would like to come with some corrections:
Microblizz on his 18.43 sec WR.
He had 102 harddrops, 75 rotations, 97 moves and 11 holds, that adds up to be 285 inputs.
285 inputs / 18.43 sec = 15.46 inputs per second.

[caffeine]

I really did like this post, nice stats!
But I would like to come with some corrections:
Microblizz on his 18.43 sec WR.
He had 102 harddrops, 75 rotations, 97 moves and 11 holds, that adds up to be 285 inputs.
285 inputs / 18.43 sec = 15.46 inputs per second.

The method I was using was:

• Get a report from NPM League by playing the replay in it
• KPT*tetrominoes

But apparently, the KPT didn't account for holds. Thanks for catching that. I've updated the spreadsheet using your method. The exception is 20.55, of which I don't have the replay for. I deduced 20.55 from http://harddrop.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4284.

Please let me know if anyone has the .rep files for the following games:

• 22.90 LapSiLap
• 22.71 LapSiLap
• 22.63 LapSiLap
• 20.55 MicroBlizz
• 20.28 MicroBlizz
• 19.90 keroco
• 19.85 keroco
• 19.48 keroco

[Paradox]

TIL Caffeine former 40L record holder.

What is the predicted record in 2 years from now ? hah

[Ravendarksky]

Wait we are sub 19? wtf! I've been watching these records and my brain has just been adding 19. to the start of them all.

This is insane!

Thanks for putting this together caffine, it made for a very interesting read. Sadly I'm not old skool enough to be able to give you any useful information.

[farter]

18.38 microblizz
https://twitter.com/MicroBlizz/status/591670012986949632

/delete tetris

[Sisu]

Erik is Tetrik

u missed he got 1:10 May 5 2002

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also 1:11 Oct 15 2001

[gerdhal]

wow nice post! well... like MicroBlizz said.. not many ppl to compete with in that high end league ><  well.. maybe Kero will be back though who knows :>

[caffeine]

Nice find, sisu. Is that from Tetris Lovers on WaybackMachine? Do you have a URL?

[BarelyTherey]

Weren't there faster players so and so years ago?

There sure were. The trouble is that we need a documented account for a formalized game of 40 lines. Tetris DX (released in 1998) happens to be one of the first games to offer a designated 40 lines mode.

The internet is the big contributing factor to discoveries?

[Sisu]

Nice find, sisu. Is that from Tetris Lovers on WaybackMachine? Do you have a URL?

Tetrik still had the pix, but yeah the dates are from his posts at Tetris Lovers and Tetris Taxonomy

^ arkmay recently fixed the robots.txt that was blocking the past Internet Archive crawls of TT from being displayed ^_^