− | Serious discussion of speed runs and other challenge-type playthroughs takes place almost exclusively at the Breath of Fire III Message Board at [[GameFAQs]]. The first known speed run for BoF3 was done by a user named SharpPaper, however, serious speed running of the game was pioneered by [[DavidK5]], who has since completed five full [[segmented run|segmented speed runs]] and one [[single-segment run]]. | + | Serious discussion of speed runs and other challenge-type playthroughs takes place almost exclusively at the Breath of Fire III Message Board at [[GameFAQs]]. The first known speed run for BoF3 was done by a user named SharpPaper, however, serious speed running of the game was pioneered by [[DavidK5]], who has since completed five full [[segmented run|segmented speed runs]] and two [[single-segment run|single segment runs]]. |
− | The best known in-game completion time is 7 hours 41 minutes, which was completed by DavidK5 on July 14, 2012. He also holds the record for the fastest single-segment (no save) game, with an in-game completion time of 11 hours 18 minutes. | + | The best known in-game completion time in a segmented run is 7 hours 41 minutes, which was completed by DavidK5 on July 14, 2012. He also completed the fastest known single-segment (no save) run on January 1, 2013 with an in-game completion time of 9 hours 23 minutes. |