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Florent joined the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/ SMK Players’ Site] on the 7th of August of 2005 with a #85 world rank.

Florent joined the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/ SMK Players’ Site] on the 7th of August of 2005 with a #85 world rank.

Although not a [[Time Trial]] expert to begin with, he has made his mark in that competition as well by climbing as high up as #3 in [[PAL]], a position he reached in January 2007 (currently he is ranked 4th on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/afp.php World rankings]). Moreover he won the highly acclaimed Player of the Year ([[POY]]) award in 2006 (see [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/awards.php Awards page]), a victory he secured by driving his first ever [[Time Trial]] WR in [[PAL]] on 22 December of the same year; a 9”37 WR tie at [[KB1]] flap. One month before that, on the 13th of November, he had already driven his first ever [[Time Trial]] WR on [[NTSC]] with a 11”52 [[GV2]] flap. He joined the [[NTSC]] side of the competition a few months prior to getting his first WR there, in September 2006, entering in a high position at #12 on the ladder. The highest rank he ever reached in [[NTSC]] so far was 4th during March 2009 (currently he is ranked 6th on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/afn.php World rankings]). He currently holds 6 WRs in [[PAL]] and 6 WRs in [[NTSC]] (see World Record charts of [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/wrp.php PAL] and [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/wrn.php NTSC]) and specializes in [[MC2]] longboosting and [[KB1]] and [[VL1]] water/snow sliding.  

Although not a [[Time Trial]] expert to begin with, he has made his mark in that competition as well by climbing as high up as #3 in [[PAL]], a position he reached in January 2007 (currently he is ranked 5th on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/afp.php World rankings]). Moreover he won the highly acclaimed Player of the Year ([[POY]]) award in 2006 (see [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/awards.php Awards page]), a victory he secured by driving his first ever [[Time Trial]] WR in [[PAL]] on 22 December of the same year; a 9”37 WR tie at [[KB1]] flap. One month before that, on the 13th of November, he had already driven his first ever [[Time Trial]] WR on [[NTSC]] with a 11”52 [[GV2]] flap. He joined the [[NTSC]] side of the competition a few months prior to getting his first WR there, in September 2006, entering in a high position at #12 on the ladder. The highest rank he ever reached in [[NTSC]] so far was 4th during March 2009 (currently he is ranked 7th on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/afn.php World rankings]). He currently holds 4 WRs in [[PAL]] and 4 WRs in [[NTSC]] (see World Record charts of [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/wrp.php PAL] and [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/wrn.php NTSC]) and specializes in [[MC2]] longboosting and [[KB1]] and [[VL1]] water/snow sliding.  

He also participates in [[SMK]] [[Non-NBT]] competition at the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smknonnbt/ Non-NBT Players’ Site], which is an old school [[SMK]] competition that limits the use or abuse of zigzag boosting. He joined the [[PAL]] ladder of this site in October 2005 in 31st position. He joined the [[NTSC]] part of the rankings 1 year later in October 2006 in 24th position. To further demonstrate his all-round [[SMK]] ability he also hit WR’s in this competition, the first one being the [[VL1]] 5-lap WR (with a time of 50”88) on November 14, 2007. He currently holds 6 [[PAL]] [[Non-NBT]] WR’s and is ranked 6th in [[PAL]] and 9th in [[NTSC]] on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smknonnbt/ Non-NBT Players’ Site].

He also participates in [[SMK]] [[Non-NBT]] competition at the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smknonnbt/ Non-NBT Players’ Site], which is an old school [[SMK]] competition that limits the use or abuse of zigzag boosting. He joined the [[PAL]] ladder of this site in October 2005 in 31st position. He joined the [[NTSC]] part of the rankings 1 year later in October 2006 in 24th position. To further demonstrate his all-round [[SMK]] ability he also hit WR’s in this competition, the first one being the [[VL1]] 5-lap WR (with a time of 50”88) on November 14, 2007. He currently holds 4 [[PAL]] [[Non-NBT]] WR’s and is ranked 6th in [[PAL]] and 9th in [[NTSC]] on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smknonnbt/ Non-NBT Players’ Site].

 

Various Time-Trial videos of Florent are displayed on his Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/Neo351#p/c/8A4E6C0B7E1DF8F3 and http://www.youtube.com/user/Neo351#p/c/CEF94A38494264FA).

== Grand Prix 150cc milestone ==

== Grand Prix 150cc milestone ==