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[[Image:LeylaDanger.jpg|400px|thumb|Leyla Hasso, 2nd fastest player in the UK, and UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart SNES]]
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[[Image:LeylaHassoSep2017.jpg|250px|thumb|Leyla Hasso, 2nd fastest player in the UK, and UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart SNES]]
  
 
== Introduction ==
 
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'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) (SNES) player from London, UK and is the niece of [[Sami Cetin]]. Leyla is currently the undefeated UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart Time Trial on both PAL and NTSC modes (former Women's World Champion from 18th March 2012 - 9th February 2015*); she is also ranked the 2nd fastest PAL Time Trial player in the UK. Leyla is however still current Women's World Champion on the Multiplayer World Championship results since 2012. She was historically known for defeating top [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Her latest Time Trial videos are uploaded on her youtube channel and co-managed by Sami. Leyla Hasso has been featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 for her Women's World Title at the time on Super Mario Kart SNES and also on pages 216 and 177 of the the Guinness World Records 2014 and 2015 main books respectively. Outside of Super Mario Kart, she was also a keen Mario Kart Super Circuit player (Gameboy Advance), where she also holds a UK Women's title. Leyla has completed her GCSEs and is advancing to six form College.
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'''Leyla Hasso''' is a Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) (SNES) player from London, UK and is the niece of [[Sami Cetin]]. Leyla is currently the undefeated UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart Time Trial on both PAL and NTSC modes and also ranked the 2nd fastest PAL Time Trial player in the UK. Leyla is however the 7-time Women's World Champion on the Multiplayer World Championship results from 2012-2018, only passed once by Belgium's Champion Sophie Jarmouni in 2019. She was historically known for her match against [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Leyla Hasso has been featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 for her Women's World Title at the time on Super Mario Kart SNES and also in the Guinness World Records 2014 and 2015 main books respectively. Outside of Super Mario Kart, Leyla was also a keen Mario Kart Super Circuit player (Gameboy Advance), where she also holds a UK Women's title and made a good entry into Mario Kart 64 Time Trials. She is also a fan of several classic Super Mario Bros platform games and Zelda titles.
  
  
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[[Image:SamiLeylaCheek2Cheek.gif|150px|thumb|Sami Cetin with Leyla Hasso, aged 5 months in November 1999]]
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[[Image:SamiLeylaCheek2Cheek.gif|150px|thumb|Sami Cetin with Leyla Hasso, November 1999]]
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== Her first years ==
 
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Leyla Hasso was born in May 1999 as the first daughter of Ayla Hasso (née Cetin) and Karim Hasso. When she was 1 day old, her Uncle [[Sami Cetin]] was asked to tell her all about his SMK World Records at the time, and that one day when she grew older he could teach her how to play. At the time this seemed far fetched but as they say, no one knows what the future may bring. She initially didn't play any games except for a few applications on the PC (e.g. Baby Type) with her Uncle [[Sami Cetin]]. She once assisted Sami with an SMK Time Trial site update in November 1999 when she was just five months old. Suffice to say she wasn't able to type too well at the time but she was an excellent assistant for her age.
 
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Leyla took a keen interest in books, history and drawing from a young age plus watching cartoons including classics from the 80s / early 90s despite being born much later than this time. Sami, watching and playing some early retro titles with Leyla most likely spurred on the interest to compete in some retro video games later on.
 
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[[Image:Scan0002.jpg|180px|thumb|Sami Cetin with Leyla Hasso, in late 2001]]
 
  
 
== Starting out with some games and introduction to Super Mario Kart ==
 
== Starting out with some games and introduction to Super Mario Kart ==
  
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When Leyla was 1 year and 10 months old Sami attempted to give her a SNES pad to give Super Mario Kart a try. It wasn't a great success as she only completed a lap of Mario Circuit 1 in 3 minutes and 24 seconds. After she was around 2 - 3 Leyla had a go on the original Nintendo Gameboy and took an interest in games after a few years due to her Uncle [[Sami Cetin]] and his SMK activity. She then played with the Nintendo Game Boy Advance on some basic platform games and a few Disney titles. At 3 years old Sami gave her a quick go again on Super Mario Kart SNES and she was able to drive a little better this time but only on a few tracks. She didn't play Super Mario Kart after that as Sami left for University, but Leyla vaguely remembered this interesting game for later.
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Leyla Hasso has been involved with Super Mario Kart since her very early years including assisting Sami Cetin with a Time Trial site update in late 1999. She played the SMK a little during Nursery time hitting some of her first lap times on Mario Circuit 1 and playing some GP Mushroom Cup. She also played various games on the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Game Boy Advance.
  
  
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After Leyla turned 5, Sami was visiting back one summer from University. Leyla then asked if Sami remembered that game they once played "Super Mario Cartoon" a long time ago. Sami at first didn't realise what she meant, but then clocked on that it was infact Super Mario Kart and corrected her on this. Keen to give her a try they played together for a little while and she was able to drive cleaner with Toad this time. During that summer, Sami decided to get her her own SNES with Super Mario Kart and Super Mario All Stars. Shortly after putting together a full timeset on Super Mario Kart, she then officially joined the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records Site] in Summer of 2004 at 5 years old. Six months later, her initial competitor on Time Trials was 6 year old Tanja Huber of Germany (the younger sister of Former German Champion, Armin Huber). Tanja was a good contender and both karters exchanged ranks several times. Leyla eventually overtook her on Time Trials and passed a few more karters till she stopped playing for a while.
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[[Image:Scan0002.jpg|150px|thumb|Sami Cetin with Leyla Hasso, in late 2001]]
  
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In 2004, Sami decided to get Leyla her own SNES with Super Mario Kart and Super Mario All Stars. Shortly after putting together a full timeset on Super Mario Kart, she then officially joined the [http://www.mariokartplayers.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records Site] in Summer of 2004. Six months later, her initial competitor on Time Trials was 6 year old Tanja Huber of Germany (the younger sister of Former German Champion, Armin Huber). Tanja was a great contender and both karters exchanged ranks several times. Leyla eventually overtook her on Time Trials and passed a few more karters till she stopped playing for a while. By 2007 she had been learning how to drive with Bowser and reached 1'03" level on Mario Circuit 1 Time Trials.
  
  
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[[Image:LeylaSRW1.JPG|120px|thumb|Leyla Hasso, entering multiplayer competition on Super Mario Kart (2006)]]
 
  
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== Leyla Hasso vs Louise Bedford on SMK Match Race ==
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[[Image:LeylaSRW2.JPG|200px|thumb|Leyla Hasso winning her Tournament Final in Super Mario Kart vs Vincent van der Fluit]]
  
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On the 29th April 2006 Leyla attended a UK Meet held by [[Sami Cetin]]. A mini beginners SMK Tournament was set up and Leyla entered using Toad. Her big moment came when she raced UK rival Louise Bedford making a grand catch up after a bad start to win the race. Here is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUwH_NrUHOI Race on Mario Circuit 2]. Leyla then stopped playing SMK for the remainder of 2006.
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== Leyla Hasso vs Vincent van der Fluit ==
  
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A Tournament was organised by Leyla's Uncle [[Sami Cetin]] on Saturday 6th October 2007 and was also a big day for Leyla's SMK career. The Tournament included karters of the Intermediates to Beginners on [[SMK]]. Leyla joined 'Team UK' (as established by [[Jonathan Sifleet]]). 8 players entered which would be set on 150cc Grand Prix mode of Mushroom Cup.
  
  
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== Comeback to SMK in 2007 with Bowser ==
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Leyla had an early match vs Lindsay Molenaar of the Netherlands, advancing to the later rounds. [[Vincent van der Fluit]] defeated the remainder of UK players including John Barber, placing Leyla and Vincent in the final. After some great races Leyla won the cup. Here is the Final video of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ZBCJdrqK0 Leyla Hasso vs Vincent van der Fluit]. Shortly after this Tournament she took a break from SMK, and played some Mario Kart DS on the side for fun plus some PC games.
  
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During 2007 Leyla returned to SMK trying out Bowser on certain tracks (mainly Mushroom Cup) to make some faster times, she became the fastest female SMK player in London and 2nd fastest in the UK. She switched to Toad on a few tracks, then one day after several attempts she managed to drive a Women's British record on the fastlap of Choco Island 2, beating the time of Sue Cladingboel by a few hundredths. One of her proudest achievements was reaching 1'03" on Mario Circuit 1 Time Trial that year, close to the record of her father Karim. Leyla also regularly played 150cc Grand Prix where she picked up some skills there.
 
  
  
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== Leyla Hasso Interviewed by Nintendo ==
  
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[[Image:LeylaSRW2.JPG|300px|thumb|Leyla Hasso winning her Tournament Final in Super Mario Kart vs Vincent van der Fluit]]
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In December 2008, Leyla had the opportunity to be interviewed by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii Channel. Her uncle [[Sami Cetin]] also had a separate interview at the same time. The interview highlighted her success as a young gamer; reaching #1 on the Women's ranking in London and #2 in the UK on SMK and how participating in an international tournament went the year before. The video was featured on the Nintendo Wii Channel in early 2009. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zht_kzf1IwU (Watch her Interview Video with Nintendo)]
  
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== Leyla Hasso vs Vincent van der Fluit ==
 
  
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A Tournament was organised on the 25th Birthday weekend of Leyla's Uncle [[Sami Cetin]] on Saturday 6th October 2007 and was also the day of Leyla's most important break in her SMK career. The Tournament included karters of the Intermediates to Beginners on [[SMK]]. Leyla joined 'Team UK' (as established by [[Jonathan Sifleet]]) and wore her own t-shirt with 'London Women's Champion' for Super Mario Kart written on the back. 8 players entered which would be set on 150cc Grand Prix mode of Mushroom Cup.
 
  
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[[Image:LeylaHasso.jpg|200px|thumb|Leyla Hasso ready to enter the UK SMK Championships]]
  
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The battles were fantastic, Leyla had an early match vs Lindsay Molenaar of the Netherlands, advancing to the later rounds. [[Vincent van der Fluit]] defeated the remainder of strong UK players including John Barber, placing Leyla and Vincent in the final. After some epic races Leyla won the cup, establishing her place in the Super Mario Kart Multiplayer ranks. The races were recorded and can be seen on youtube. Here is the Final video of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ZBCJdrqK0 Leyla Hasso vs Vincent van der Fluit]. Shortly after this Tournament she took a break from SMK, and played some Mario Kart DS on the side for fun plus some PC games.
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== Super Mario Kart UK Championships 2010 leading to big return in 2012 ==
  
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Leyla participated in the one time only UK Championships for Super Mario Kart. On 2nd October 2010 there was a huge event in Fairfield Halls, Croydon South London which had 28 competitors from all over the UK, even as far as Scotland. Leyla placed 16th overall in this event with the Time Trial one try mode being her strongest placing at 14th.
  
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Another comeback in 2012 led Leyla to improve more of her weaker records in Time Trial. Eventually she managed to reach her first Women's World Record on 7th January 2012 on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWfXy3htYI Choco Island 1 lap with 0'12"78 ]. Following this she continued to Time Trial between January to March working through all the weaker tracks, learning new strategies including platform jumps on Ghost Valley 1 and 3 and many Women's World Records were hit. Next, she challenged the records of the fastest female player in the UK at the time, Sue Cladingboel. On 11th March 2012 Leyla Hasso passed Sue to become the UK's Fastest Female Super Mario Kart player and ranked 2nd fastest female in the World on PAL. One week later Leyla's continued records helped her to pass Tanja Bronnecke (Germany) to become the fastest Female Super Mario Kart Player in the World for PAL version.
  
  
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== Leyla Hasso Interviewed by Nintendo ==
 
  
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In December 2008, Leyla had the opportunity to be interviewed by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii Channel. Her uncle [[Sami Cetin]] also had a separate interview at the same time. The interview highlighted her success as a young gamer; reaching #1 on the Women's ranking in London and #2 in the UK on SMK and how participating in an international tournament went the year before. The video was featured on the Nintendo Wii Channel in early 2009 and remained there for most of the year. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zht_kzf1IwU (Watch her Interview Video with Nintendo)]
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[[Image:TeamUKSMK2012.jpg|500px|thumb|Leyla Hasso with her Team UK at the SMK World Championship 2012]]
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2012, France ==
  
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Leyla Hasso made her debut at the Super Mario Kart World Championships in France in 2012. Her attendance was a surprise to many and she would enter the competition as Female World Champion for the first time. She joined her uncle Sami Cetin and six other Top members of Team UK for the Tournament and was up against 50+ of the best Super Mario Kart competitors from 8 countries around the World.
  
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== Super Mario Kart Foundation Match Race Mini Tournament October 2009 ==
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She placed 32nd overall which was a pleasing result considering limited experience in Match Race and some of the other modes. She did however place well in the Time Trial one tries and Battle Mode, up at 27th. Leyla was also one of few karters at the event who achieved all 20/20 zoom starts during the PAL Time Trial one try event.
  
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Despite a long retirement and little practice, Leyla made a small comeback to SMK to attend a small Tournament with UK and European karters on a Foundation level on Match Race. Two leagues were constructed and Leyla had to face off on a few races vs each player in her group. This included her first French rival Claire Leviach, the wife of Guillaume Leviach (current PAL and NTSC Time Trial World Champion). Leyla made quick work of the match and later defeated all in her group except for one 1-1 tie. She was however able to net the top seed in the group for the bracket stage.
 
  
  
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She passed the Quarter Finals with ease to meet Andrew Redman in the Semi-Final who was the 2nd fastest player there on Time Trial ability. The racing was very fierce, but Leyla landed with a close 4-3 win and should have expected a slightly easier final. On the other side of the bracket Biff had advanced past Lindsay which came as a surprise. The final between Leyla and Biff took place. Leyla was comfortably advancing by outdriving Biff with top speed. However 3 lightnings acquired by Biff cost Leyla some races and she ended up in a 5-4 loss to her UK team mate. Leyla was awarded a Silver medal in this case which was a great achievement.
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== Match Race Open at the Play Expo 2012, EventCity, Manchester, UK ==
  
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Leyla Hasso and her Uncle Sami Cetin travelled to Manchester in October 2012 to attend the Play Expo 2012 event. A section was set up for a Match Race tournament that began with a Time trial one try qualifier; the Top 16 would then advance to the Tournament Bracket. Leyla reached 1st position on the qualifier then made her way through the bracket, losing a couple of races in the Quarter Final and eventually facing Paul Darbyshire, Liverpool's Super Mario Kart Champion in the Final, which she won 9-4. Leyla earned a Gold SNES pad for her win.
  
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[[Image:LeylaHasso.jpg|thumb|Leyla Hasso ready to enter the UK SMK Championships]]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_7qcB9nps Leyla's Match Race Final vs Paul Darbyshire (Video)]
  
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== Super Mario Kart UK Championships 2010 & 2011 ==
 
  
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Leyla participated in the one time only UK Championships for Super Mario Kart. On 2nd October 2010 there was a huge event in Fairfield Halls, Croydon South London which had 28 competitors from all over the UK, even as far as Scotland. Leyla placed 16th overall in this event with the Time Trial one try mode being her strongest placing at 14th. The 2011 Championship was a much smaller event held at her Uncle [[Sami Cetin]]'s; it consisted of a focus group of 10 players only, a blend of Champion level UK players, intermediate and casual level. Leyla placed in 6th Place overall at this event. She has expressed interest at attending a World Championship in future although she had limited experience in all areas of mutliplayer modes in SMK at this time.
 
  
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== NintendoLife article ==
  
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The team over at [http://www.nintendolife.com NintendoLife] who do articles and various Nintendo related news globally, kindly put together a summary on Leyla's achievements in Super Mario Kart and collection of videos:
  
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== Mario Circuit 1 sub 1'03" project in 2011 ==
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[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/10/meet_leyla_hasso_the_fastest_female_snes_super_mario_kart_player See the NintendoLife Article on Leyla Hasso]
  
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Leyla returned to Time Trial in February 2011 to finish some unfinished business on Mario Circuit 1 Time Trial which was to reach a Non-NBT 1'02". After a tough session she was able to land a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1hr1sKmyMo (Mario Circuit 1 Course time in 1'02"98] <- Vid link.
 
  
  
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[[Image:LeylaHassoGuinness.jpg|300px|thumb|Leyla Hasso in the Guinness Book of Records Gamer's Edition 2013]]
  
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== 2012 Time Trial Return and Rise to the Women's World Title on PAL ==
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== Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 ==
  
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Another comeback in 2012 led Leyla to improve more of her weaker records in Time Trial. Eventually she managed to reach her first Women's World Record on 7th January 2012 on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWfXy3htYI Choco Island 1 lap with 0'12"78 ].
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Following her uncle Sami's entry in the Guinness World Record books the previous year, Leyla had the opportunity for an entry into the 2013 Gamer's Edition book for holding more Super Mario Kart World Records for a female gamer than any other. A photoshoot was done in 2012 and this has been included into the book with Leyla wearing a Luigi hat (or L for Leyla). She also later featured in the 2014 and 2015 books for her achievements.
  
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Following this she continued to Time Trial between January to March working through all the weaker tracks, learning new strategies including platform jumps on Ghost Valley 1 and 3 and many Women's World Records were hit. Next, she challenged the records of the fastest female player in the UK at the time, Sue Cladingboel (who is now 4th Worldwide on PAL Version). On 11th March 2012 Leyla Hasso passed Sue to become the UK's Fastest Female Super Mario Kart player and ranked 2nd fastest female in the World on PAL. One week later Leyla's continued records helped her to pass Tanja Bronnecke (Germany) to become the fastest Female Super Mario Kart Player in the World for PAL version. This was achieved prior to her 13th Birthday.
 
  
  
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[[Image:TeamUKSMK2012.jpg|400px|thumb|Leyla Hasso with her Team UK at the SMK World Championship 2012]]
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== Games Expo East Kent 2013 Match Race Challenge and Vanilla Lake 2 Women's World Record ==
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2012, France ==
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Leyla attended the Games Expo East Kent 2013 event in Margate, UK with her uncle Sami on Saturday 23rd February to volunteer for running a Super Mario Kart Tournament for the visitors. There were 73 entries and the winner of the first final was Dave Kingston. A special exhibition match was set up between Dave and Leyla Hasso with most of the venue spectating. Dave, a Battle Mode Specialist put up a good match winning a couple of races on tactics and coming close on a few more. The final result was 10-2 to Leyla; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY6kP0ctk8E Leyla Hasso vs Dave Kingston Match Race Video]
  
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Leyla Hasso made her debut at the Super Mario Kart World Championships in France in 2012. Her attendance was a surprise to many and she would enter the competition as Female World Champion for the first time. She joined her uncle Sami Cetin and six other Top members of Team UK for the Tournament and was up against 50+ of the best Super Mario Kart competitors from 8 countries around the World.
 
  
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She placed 32nd overall which was a pleasing result considering limited experience in Match Race and some of the other modes. She did however place well in the Time Trial one tries and Battle Mode, up at 27th. Leyla was also one of few karters at the event who achieved all 20/20 zoom starts during the PAL Time Trial one try event.
 
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2013 ==
  
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Leyla Hasso attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2013 at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans, France between 20th - 25th August 2013 along with her Uncle Sami Cetin and the rest of Team UK. This was Leyla's 2nd Championship and following a year of hard Time Trialing and some multiplayer practice she was sure to improve greatly on the overall results. Leyla placed 16th Overall which was a big climb on the previous year!
  
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== Match Race Open at the Play Expo 2012, EventCity, Manchester, UK ==
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150cc Grand Prix she had prepared for less, but some good driving helped her to reach the borderline for qualification into the Top 16. She had to face off vs Takashi Ogasawara of Japan to decide who goes through, and this was on Mushroom Cup 150cc, which Leyla comfortably won after getting a good lead from Ghost Valley 1 onwards. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstukBak-vw Leyla Hasso vs Takashi Ogasawara 150cc Grand Prix video]
  
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Leyla Hasso and her Uncle Sami Cetin travelled to Manchester on 13th / 14th October 2012 to attend the Play Expo 2012 event. A section was set up for a Match Race tournament that began with a Time trial one try qualifier; the Top 16 would then advance to the Tournament Bracket. Leyla reached 1st position on the qualifier then made her way through the bracket, losing a couple of races in the Quarter Final and eventually facing Paul Darbyshire, Liverpool's Super Mario Kart Champion in the Final, which she won 9-4. Leyla earned a Gold SNES pad for her win and went on to drive four Women's World Record improvements live at the event the next day.
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Match Race mode was tough on the groups, but following a good driving procedure and item use, Leyla entered the barrage face off match again, this time vs Samuel Gomez. She won this in style even getting a classic "UK Lightning" at the end on Ghost Valley 1 to officially reach the Top 16 there. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E67ZOghG1o0 Leyla Hasso vs Samuel Gomez Match Race Video]
  
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_7qcB9nps Leyla's Match Race Final vs Paul Darbyshire (Video)]
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On the final day she decided to go for a live Women's World Record attempt on Vanilla Lake 2 PAL. You can view the live stream video of her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHyMKrObDOQ 52.53 Women's World Record time] that is also her first Top 15 time in the World.
  
  
  
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== NintendoLife article and reaches 40/40 PAL Women's World Records ==
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== Mario Kart 8 Promotions for Nintendo UK at EGX ==
  
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On the weekend of 20th / 21st October 2012, Leyla worked on Mario Circuit 1 and finally breaks the 12 year long standing Women's World Records set by Sue Cladingboel (also a native UK karter). Leyla then proceeded with the final track Choco Island 2 and passed the 40th PAL World Record there. Not only did she dominate the list of records but she also climbed to her highest PAL World Rank yet at 93rd!
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With the release of Mario Kart 8 due on the Nintendo Wii U in 2014, Leyla has also partaken in some interviews along with her uncle Sami Cetin, filmed by Nintendo UK. This was also a good promotion of the upcoming new release and they were asked to have a demonstration of the game. This had taken place at EGX in London in late 2013 and the video was prepared for March 2014:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl0tI855B7g Leyla Hasso and Sami Cetin try out Mario Kart 8]
  
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Also the same weekend, the team over at [http://www.nintendolife.com NintendoLife] who do articles and various Nintendo related news globally, kindly put together a summary on her achievements in Super Mario Kart and collection of videos:
 
  
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[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/10/meet_leyla_hasso_the_fastest_female_snes_super_mario_kart_player See the NintendoLife Article on Leyla Hasso]
 
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 ==
  
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Leyla Hasso attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans, France again between 12th - 17th August 2014 along with her Uncle Sami Cetin and the rest of Team UK. This was Leyla's 3rd Championship and she came armed with some NBT on basic tracks and improved tactics on the Multiplayer Modes.
  
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== Super Mario Kart NTSC debut and Double Women's World Title ==
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Leyla made an awesome run on the Time Trial Mode running her most consistent one try set ever and 20/20 zoom starts. Her best hit was a 54 second one try on Vanilla Lake 2! She landed 9th there, marking her first single digit rank. She narrowly missed out on an opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals there with another VL2 run. However her potential shows she can go very far in future years. Match Race also went exceptionally well where she managed to tie many big rivals who are faster drivers and get some win points on key contenders. She also placed 9th for a second time running with a Top 16 exit in the bracket. Leyla also reached UK #2 on Time Trial one tries and Match Race for 2014.
  
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Leyla made her debut on NTSC Time Trials in Autumn 2012 and within a short period of time put together a solid Non-NBT time set to land within the Top 75 on NTSC. She stopped it after that to return back to PAL. Her rank on NTSC got her ahead of the Female Japanese Champion, Yukiko Takada to become the NTSC and PAL Women's World Champion of SMK as of November 2012.
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Battle Mode wasn't Leyla's strongest though she gained more wins and draws than previous years and reached 17th place, a new height but missing out on the Top 16 by 1 point to her team member Chris Clark who qualified. 150cc Grand Prix she has trained less on but managed to reach 14th there. Leyla reached 13th overall at the SMK World Championship 2014, 3rd in the UK and retains all Women's titles on all of the Multiplayer modes.
  
  
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[[Image:LeylaHassoGuinness.jpg|450px|thumb|Leyla Hasso in the Guinness Book of Records Gamer's Edition 2013]]
 
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== Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 ==
 
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Following her uncle Sami's entry in the Guinness World Record books the previous year, Leyla had the opportunity for an entry into the 2013 Gamer's Edition book for holding more Super Mario Kart World Records for a female gamer than any other. A photoshoot was done in 2012 and this has been included into the book with Leyla wearing a Luigi hat (or L for Leyla).
 
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== Games Expo East Kent 2013 Match Race Challenge and Vanilla Lake 2 Women's World Record ==
 
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Leyla attended the Games Expo East Kent 2013 event in Margate, UK with her uncle Sami on Saturday 23rd February to volunteer for running a Super Mario Kart Tournament for the visitors. There were 73 entries and the winner of the first final was Dave Kingston. A special exhibition match was set up between Dave and Leyla Hasso with most of the venue spectating. Dave, a Battle Mode Specialist put up a good match winning a couple of races on tactics and coming close on a few more. The final result was 10-2 to Leyla; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY6kP0ctk8E Leyla Hasso vs Dave Kingston Match Race Video]
 
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Later in the day, Leyla had her sights on setting a new Time Trial Women's World Record on a very liked track, Vanilla Lake 2. She got more than she bargained for in the end, after landing a consistent race to finish at 53.31 seconds, which is also the 2nd fastest time in the UK after her Uncle Sami's record:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOFKUgsY1UM Leyla Hasso Vanilla Lake 2 5-lap 53.31 seconds Video]
 
  
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[[Image:LeylaDanger.jpg|300px|thumb|Leyla Hasso, 2nd fastest player in the UK, and UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart SNES]]
  
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== UK #2 Time Trial Rank on PAL ==
  
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== Revival 2013 Retro Video Games Event and Vanilla Lake 2 NTSC Women's World Record ==
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In summer 2015, Leyla Hasso made a return to Super Mario Kart PAL Time Trials to secure some key PRs. She broke the sub minute barrier on Mario Circuit 1 for the first time, and with these latest PRs, she was able to pass Ben Allen for the 2nd fastest Time Trial rank on PAL Super Mario Kart Time Trials in the UK.
  
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Another Retro event in the UK was attended by Leyla and Sami, on Saturday 18th May 2013. Leyla and Sami ran a tournament for the casual players and at the end for an exhibition round the winner of the 40 person tournament got to have a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_N2AYVg41E Match Race round vs Leyla]. Leyla also done some record demonstrations as a display for the visitors and was available for Q&A regarding Super Mario Kart Time Trials and Multiplayer World Championships.
 
  
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Not long after, Leyla decided to try one of her favorite tracks, Vanilla Lake 2 but on the NTSC side to finish the job at top speed. She eventually hit a fantastic time of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Yh-lb8Xjo 50.72 seconds on Vanilla Lake 2 NTSC] marking her 2nd UK #2 time so far. Even greater maybe was becoming the first Female player in the World to break the 10 second barrier on a lap record in Super Mario Kart with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRHiVYYr3s 9.85 seconds at Vanilla Lake 2 NTSC].
 
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2015 ==
  
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Leyla had limited time to train for the 2015 championships but was determined to compete again in Super Mario Kart. She would face a stronger competition from Belgium's fastest female player, Sophie Jarmouni. Leyla would also compete for the first time as the UK #2 in Time Trial Mode which she achieved slightly earlier this year. Her final rank was 11th overall and 3rd in the UK (after Sami and Conor).
  
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== Top 50 in the World on PAL Time Trial ==
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Time Trial had a bit of a struggle on some tracks for Leyla this year, and the competition was a lot fiercer, minus one or two previous competitors not taking part this year. She reached 9th in the groups and had a shot at the Quarter Finals, however a zoom start miss on Rainbow Road and a subsequent error on Ghost Valley 1 made her final rank 9th and elimination in the Top 16. Leyla however maintained UK #2 at Time Trial One tries for the second year.
  
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Leyla jumped back to PAL Time Trials on 26th May 2013 to work on two tough tracks Bowser Castle 3 and Mario Circuit 4 and made some good improvements there. Her other favorite course however Ghost Valley 3 reached a very nice barrier; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsDx1ATvdhU Ghost Valley 3 1'16"89 time]. These records helped her to scrape the Top 50 of the PAL Time Trial World Rankings for the first time and land at 7th in the UK! This has been achieved without use of any NBT strategies.
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Match Race was a confident mode for Leyla; and with the increased competition she landed a very high group stage position at 9th overall, with a notable 2-2 score on live stream vs World Champion, Florent Lecoanet. Leyla reached the Top 16 vs racing specialist Jeremie Clement, and put a good match in, but he edged it with tactics and a few extra zoom starts, eliminating Leyla 5-2.
  
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Battle Mode was also the weaker mode for Leyla which she had limited time to train, so it would be an uphill battle. But she had a goal to try to reach the Top 16 which she had not achieved before in Battle Mode. She then reached 15th on the groups, skipping the barrages and was eliminated 5-0 by 2nd seed Florent Lecoanet in the Top 16.
  
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150cc Grand Prix proved to be the toughest for everyone this year as more competitors would take part than ever before. Leyla had many near misses in the group stages, landing her at 17th. She faced USA's former National Champion, Joe Bernier in the Barrage on live stream on Mushroom Cup 150cc GP and Leyla took the win, advancing into the Top 16 there, marking the first time she reached the Top 16 at least on all of the modes. Leyla then faced 1st seed Geoffrey Label, losing 2-0 to him on cups who went on to win the Gold medal that night.
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2013 ==
 
  
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Leyla Hasso attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2013 at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans, France between 20th - 25th August 2013 along with her Uncle Sami Cetin and the rest of Team UK. This was Leyla's 2nd Championship and following a year of hard Time Trialing and some multiplayer practice she was sure to improve greatly on the overall results. Leyla placed 16th Overall which was a big climb on the previous year!
 
  
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Time Trial was Leyla's strong mode again, and a little struggle happened in the group stages, however she picked up the pace in the 2nd half with some great one tries. Following the results she placed in 12th on this mode, and 3rd out of the UK team.
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== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2016 ==
  
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150cc Grand Prix she had prepared for less, but some good driving helped her to reach the borderline for qualification into the Top 16. She had to face off vs Takashi Ogasawara of Japan to decide who goes through, and this was on Mushroom Cup 150cc, which Leyla comfortably win after getting a good lead from Ghost Valley 1 onwards. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstukBak-vw Leyla Hasso vs Takashi Ogasawara 150cc Grand Prix video]
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Leyla attended the World Championships in 2016 which were held in Strasbourg, France. She placed 11th in the Group Stage for Time Trials with a very narrow miss of reaching the Quarter Finals after reaching the Top 16.
  
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As per the rest of Team UK, she put in a good show on Battle Mode, which is a weaker mode but utilised the best skills available to be 22nd here.
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Match Race performance went very well for her in the group stages, and Leyla managed to hold up well against the stronger players, reaching 9th there this year. She had a very close match against Jeremie Clement which she was able to win against this time, but then lost in the Top 16 to Aron Langerak 5-3 where she again had a good opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals.
  
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Match Race mode was tough on the groups, but following a good driving procedure and item use, Leyla entered the barrage face off match again, this time vs Samuel Gomez. She won this in style even getting a classic "UK Lightning" at the end on Ghost Valley 1 to officially reach the Top 16 there. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E67ZOghG1o0 Leyla Hasso vs Samuel Gomez Match Race Video]
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Battle Mode proved very tough this year and Leyla had a lot of draws and losses which were previously wins or draws respectively. After the group stage she placed 21st. 150cc Grand Prix improved and even though it was a strong line up, Leyla reached the Top 16 and took on Dutch Veteran Martin van Haasteren in the Barrage. She won the Match 36-18 on the in game points and was eliminated by Julien Holmiere in the Top 16. Leyla reached 15th out of 52 players at the 2016 World Championships Overall.
  
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Leyla Hasso officially received the title of Women's World Champion for Multiplayer / World Championships in Super Mario Kart as well as Time Trial and she was the first female in history to land the Top 16 in three of the modes at the World Championship.
 
  
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On the final day she decided to go for a live Women's World Record attempt on Vanilla Lake 2 PAL again, but this time in the 52 seconds region. You can view the live stream video of her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHyMKrObDOQ 52.53 Women's World Record time] that is also her first Top 15 time in the World.
 
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2017 ==
  
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Leyla returned for the 25th anniversary celebration year of Super Mario Kart at the World Championships 2017, held back at La Suze. She reached the overall rank of 11th out of 54 players this year despite the hard line up and lack of training.
  
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== Guinness Book of World Records 2014 ==
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Time Trial group stage went well and improved on last year as she placed 8th, but then was eliminated in the Top 16 to become 9th as her final rank. Match Race went exceptionally well as she delivered great results in the group stage placing at 6th there which is her highest result ever. A Top 16 match vs Algerian Champion, Salim Araissia started with him having a strong lead, she made a big comeback but narrowly lost 5-4.
  
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An article about Leyla's Super Mario Kart achievements was also included in the Guinness Book of World Records 2014 released in September 2013. Page 216 - 217 contained some of the records set by the gamers featured in the Gamer's Edition 2013 as per Leyla. It displayed the results of their records based on the previous year.
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Battle Mode was a solid improvement on the previous year with a 13th place position on the group stages, and she won the barrage match vs Dutch #2 Aron Langerak to reach the Top 16, which followed with a 5-1 defeat vs UK Team Member, Conor Wood. On 150cc Grand Prix Leyla kept the momentum up and managed to take on faster rivals helping her to reach 12th. She had a Top 16 match vs France's Geoffrey Label who is a former medallist. She won a cup after a good strategy involving a green shell on Vanilla Lake 1, but lost 2-1.
  
  
  
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== Mario Kart 8 Promotions for Nintendo UK at EGX ==
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== Return to NTSC Time Trials in 2017  ==
  
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With the release of Mario Kart 8 due on the Nintendo Wii U in 2014, Leyla has also partaken in some interviews along with her uncle Sami Cetin, filmed by Nintendo UK. This was also a good promotion of the upcoming new release and they were asked to have a demonstration of the game. This had taken place at EGX in London in late 2013 and the video was prepared for March 2014:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl0tI855B7g Leyla Hasso and Sami Cetin try out Mario Kart 8]
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Leyla made a return to NTSC Time Trials in late 2017 to revamp her old timeset but with NBT. She has hit some high level records on Mushroom and Flower Cup towards the end of the year and landed her first ever UK Record on NTSC with 11.83 seconds on Mario Circuit 2 lap.
  
  
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 ==
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== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2018 ==
  
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Leyla Hasso attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans, France again between 12th - 17th August 2014 along with her Uncle Sami Cetin and the rest of Team UK. This was Leyla's 3rd Championship and she came armed with some NBT on basic tracks and improved tactics on the Multiplayer Modes.
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Leyla entered the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2018 which was held at the eSports bar at Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands for the first time.
  
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Leyla made an awesome run on the Time Trial Mode running her most consistent one try set ever and 20/20 zoom starts. Her best hit was a 54 second one try on Vanilla Lake 2! She landed 9th there, marking her first single digit rank. She narrowly missed out on an opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals there with another VL2 run. However her potential shows she can go very far in future years. Match Race also went exceptionally well where she managed to tie many big rivals who are faster drivers and get some win points on key contenders. She also placed 9th for a second time running with a Top 16 exit in the bracket. Leyla also reached UK #2 on Time Trial one tries and Match Race for 2014.
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Time Trial group stage went very consistently and she scored a few high position. The Top 16 was a nightmare for some of the top players, including Julien, Karel and her Uncle Sami who were all eliminated on Ghost Valley 3. Leyla reached the Quarter Finals and due to her success on the group stage, she reached her first UK Time Trial Title.
  
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Battle Mode wasn't Leyla's strongest though she gained more wins and draws than previous years and reached 17th place, a new height but missing out on the Top 16 by 1 point to her team member Chris Clark who qualified. 150cc Grand Prix she has trained less on but managed to reach 14th overall there which was a solid qualifying rank. She also fell short by a few points on some cups to Top contenders. Leyla has now reached 13th overall at the SMK World Championship 2014, 3rd in the UK and retains all Women's titles on all of the Multiplayer modes vs new challenger Sophie Jarmouni of Belgium who attended this edition.
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Battle Mode had some difficulties and Leyla ended up in the barrages but with a successful win vs Adrien Garreau, shortly after facing Julien to lose in the Top 16. Match Race went smoothly as she landed a spot with another chance to go for the Quarter Finals. Another regular rival Guillaume Leviach was in the Top 16 and defeated Leyla 5-2 however.
  
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150cc Grand Prix had a surprise turn around this year as pushed through to 6th place in the Group Stage. She had a great opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals here and faced Algeria's Champion, Salim Araissia. Salim was however victorious at this time but Leyla reached 9th overall to mark her first time above the Top 10 at the Championships.
  
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== Guinness Book of World Records 2015 ==
 
  
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Leyla Hasso's achievements in Super Mario Kart were again included in the 2015 edition of the Guinness World Records Book released in September 2014. Along with her uncle Sami Cetin, they appeared on the Video Games page and Leyla had a small fact box with her record achievement included.
 
  
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== American Super Mario Kart Championships 2018 ==
  
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== First Top 10 time in the World on Super Mario Kart SNES ==
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The American Super Mario Kart Championships were created for the first time by the Louisiana team in USA. The event was held in March 2018 in Monroe, Louisiana USA across a weekend with a Triple Elimination system and the first official NTSC competition on console. Leyla travelled to USA with her Uncle Sami, meeting with Dutch competitiors Karel and Martin, and Guillaume from France to complete the European visitors. They faced a number of karters from Louisiana, Mississippi, California, Colorado and Oklahoma on the first edition.
  
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On Sunday 26th October 2014, while working on her favourite track, Vanilla Lake 2 on PAL, Leyla drove a lap record in 9.55 seconds. This marked the first time she has reached a Top 10 time in the World ever on Super Mario Kart Time Trials. Additionally, this was the first time in several years that another member of the UK (other than Sami) reached a Top 10 time.
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Time Trial group stage went exceptionally well for Leyla as she had near enough a clean sweep of the tracks with consistent driving. Unfortunately with zoom start issues along with her Uncle Sami at the Top 16 level, both were eliminated early to place them out of the running for winning the Championship.
  
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Match Race was reasonably good and Leyla held some good races together but was eliminated before the Podium. However 150cc Grand Prix was a big surprise as she had an unfortunate beginning and then had to take a path on the 3rd elimination to the top facing each USA competitor. With consistent wins Leyla reached the 3rd Place Match vs Guillaume Leviach and managed to win, earning her first Bronze Medal at a Super Mario Kart World Championship.
  
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The weekend finished up with Battle Mode and although this wasn't her strongest mode, Leyla gave her best and this landed her in joint 4th Place overall in a tie with Dutch Rival Martin van Haasteren.
  
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== Loss of Women's World title to Alicia L'Hoest, 9th February 2015* ==
 
  
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On the 9th February 2015, it was announced that former Time Trial World Champion, and current 4th fastest ever in the World on PAL and NTSC as of that date, Pierre L'Hoest of France, has had an identity change and will now be known as Alicia L'Hoest*. Following this change, Alicia (formerly Pierre) would now be included on the Women's World Ranking, taking all 40/40 records there on both PAL and NTSC. This change then moves Leyla into 2nd place again, but still retaining a UK Women's title ahead of Sue Cladingboel. Additionally, their other rivals Anna Moon of the UK and Yukiko Takada of Japan who held records on NTSC have now also lost those to Alicia. This title is for the Time Trial mode only for the moment, the Women's World title at the World Championships is dependent on which of the competitors would be competing each year and the results thereafter.
 
  
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== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2019 ==
  
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The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2019 was held again at the eSports bar at Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands and Leyla returned for the toughest year yet. The Time Trial competition was solid this time round with a lot of improved players. Leyla held together a great round however and a good placing at 8th on the group stage. The new elimination round was difficult and Leyla has an unfortunate exit at 13th due to a missed zoom start.
  
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== UK #2 Time Trial Rank on PAL ==
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Battle Mode was slight step up from the previous year with Leyla placing 14th and defeating UK team mate David Moll in the barrage, followed with a battle to the finish vs USA's former Battle Mode Champion Drew Blumfield where she lost 5-4.
  
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Following examinations in the summer of 2015, Leyla Hasso made a return to Super Mario Kart PAL Time Trials to secure some key PRs. She broke the sub minute barrier on Mario Circuit 1 for the first time, and with these latest PRs, she was able to pass Ben Allen for the 2nd fastest Time Trial rank on PAL Super Mario Kart Time Trials in the UK.
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Match Race also had a lot of close rounds vs everyone and Leyla made it to 12th Place in the group stage, and she landed in a Top 16 Match vs her biggest rival Jeremie "Jey" Clement. After being 4-2 down, Leyla made a comeback to win vs Jey 5-4 and reach her first Match Race Quarter Final. Leyla faced her Uncle Sami and took two races from him, following with a 7-2 loss.
  
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150cc Grand Prix was a nightmare this year with a lot of narrow losses in the group stage. Leyla however held up the battle as much as she could, working her way through the barrage, defeating Mike Hulscher of the Netherlands, but then losing to Martin van Haasteren, also the Netherlands. Leyla's rival Sophie Jarmouni reached her first Quarter Final there which resulted in Sophie taking the Women's World Title at the Championships for the first time. Leyla's final placing was great at 11th and she passed several big rivals who were all very closely ranked.
  
  
  
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== Leyla Hasso's PAL Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos ==
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== Leyla Hasso's PAL NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos ==
  
 
PAL New Boosting Technique (PAL NBT Times):
 
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF9KDpaxj1Q PAL NBT Ghost Valley 1 Course - 1'02"72]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF9KDpaxj1Q PAL NBT Ghost Valley 1 Course - 1'02"72]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSV7JD5K8s PAL NBT Ghost Valley 1 Lap - 0'12"26]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSV7JD5K8s PAL NBT Ghost Valley 1 Lap - 0'12"26]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NehRacE91M PAL NBT Bowser Castle 1 Course - 1'29"78]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BawLGCC0XpQ PAL NBT Bowser Castle 1 Course - 1'28"91]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdUIURoFv2A PAL NBT Bowser Castle 1 Lap - 0'17"61]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1uucikG_ts PAL NBT Bowser Castle 1 Lap - 0'17"55]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx1SDj03N04 PAL NBT Mario Circuit 2 Course - 1'16"81]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQ7bmxYwzk PAL NBT Mario Circuit 2 Course - 1'13"13]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPhSJMh1_6k PAL NBT Mario Circuit 2 Lap - 0'13"69]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPhSJMh1_6k PAL NBT Mario Circuit 2 Lap - 0'13"69]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=678imKb7u-E PAL NBT Choco Island 1 Course - 0'59"00]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRWpuWxIa9k PAL NBT Choco Island 1 Course - 0'56"45]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZiFNi5PKGg PAL NBT Choco Island 1 Lap - 0'11"34]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5xxJu8852c PAL NBT Choco Island 1 Lap - 0'10"79]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIRcaK2eQg PAL NBT Ghost Valley 2 Lap - 0'12"04]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIRcaK2eQg PAL NBT Ghost Valley 2 Lap - 0'12"04]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftan5g_eUaY PAL NBT Donut Plains 2 Course - 1'27"85]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skM0X0Nhy8w PAL NBT Donut Plains 2 Course - 1'27"56]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcpHDO-nCaI PAL NBT Donut Plains 2 Lap - 0'17"33]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iinP5UgfXWc PAL NBT Donut Plains 2 Lap - 0'17"15]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z611E5WeRFg PAL NBT Bowser Castle 2 Course - 1'44"91]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT5AE3VXGKc PAL NBT Bowser Castle 2 Course - 1'43"83]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYLkhvtVhNk PAL NBT Bowser Castle 2 Lap - 0'20"43]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlxT_r3-P1A PAL NBT Bowser Castle 2 Lap - 0'20"22]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX5I_ry2tSs PAL NBT Mario Circuit 3 Course - 1'31"57]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqCVF1Luvbk PAL NBT Mario Circuit 3 Course - 1'29"80]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIoGSiq2AY PAL NBT Mario Circuit 3 Lap - 0'17"87]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-xx6go1ng PAL NBT Mario Circuit 3 Lap - 0'17"57]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7rkOO-bfKM PAL NBT Koopa Beach 1 Course - 0'54"00]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfy2-z9tFtQ PAL NBT Koopa Beach 1 Course - 0'51"26]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1cMMCeQFu4 PAL NBT Koopa Beach 1 Lap - 0'09"95]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-qy9gotJuo PAL NBT Koopa Beach 1 Lap - 0'09"71]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNfJMZ2s0lU PAL NBT Choco Island 2 Course - 1'07"77]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gxyhiiocUw PAL NBT Choco Island 2 Course - 1'06"50]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=patFdv1MuT4 PAL NBT Choco Island 2 Lap - 0'13"29]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B01e0tNjiyM PAL NBT Choco Island 2 Lap - 0'12"98]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgOPwAi-IBw PAL NBT Vanilla Lake 1 Course - 0'53"37]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYwSk2oj8I PAL NBT Vanilla Lake 1 Course - 0'52"63]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8THg8w5pqU PAL NBT Vanilla Lake 1 Lap - 0'10"09]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W4R-ax32DQ PAL NBT Vanilla Lake 1 Lap - 0'09"93]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uib2uq9jO_Q PAL NBT Bowser Castle 3 Course - 1'32"23]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBFYQO67E8 PAL NBT Bowser Castle 3 Course - 1'31"75]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIY6ILAqW4k PAL NBT Bowser Castle 3 Lap - 0'18"03]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sTuwuO5jWY PAL NBT Bowser Castle 3 Lap - 0'17"93]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJSWyqwwRos PAL NBT Mario Circuit 4 Course - 1'37"82]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlVu50-QyM PAL NBT Mario Circuit 4 Course - 1'35"83]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmypiSmDb8o PAL NBT Mario Circuit 4 Lap - 0'18"99]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKxkZQEWdxQ PAL NBT Mario Circuit 4 Lap - 0'18"75]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsFuXEr_tdY PAL NBT Donut Plains 3 Course - 1'20"41]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaerApFYusU PAL NBT Donut Plains 3 Course - 1'19"69]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGw3CfUv84o PAL NBT Donut Plains 3 Lap - 0'15"40]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJAND0ZDo10 PAL NBT Donut Plains 3 Lap - 0'15"15]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ArdZ0fn0rw PAL NBT Koopa Beach 2 Course - 0'58"46]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ArdZ0fn0rw PAL NBT Koopa Beach 2 Course - 0'57"35]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Wm3QTR2jI PAL NBT Koopa Beach 2 Lap - 0'10"94]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFGz4QrPXBo PAL NBT Koopa Beach 2 Lap - 0'10"76]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1TXID3n8s PAL NBT Rainbow Road Lap - 0'17"36]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuKkFbZywZA PAL NBT Rainbow Road Lap - 0'17"29]
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== Leyla Hasso's PAL Non-NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos (from 2013) ==
  
 
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZc-hvOOsNc PAL Non-NBT Choco Island 1 Course - 1'00"79]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZc-hvOOsNc PAL Non-NBT Choco Island 1 Course - 1'00"79]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kld44AG_IkY PAL Non-NBT Choco Island 1 Lap - 0'11"94]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kld44AG_IkY PAL Non-NBT Choco Island 1 Lap - 0'11"94]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1xuukVtIo PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 2 Course - 1'02"86]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4mfvQT-6o PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 2 Course - 1'02"70]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8V6BCKrU6k PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 2 Lap - 0'12"44]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8V6BCKrU6k PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 2 Lap - 0'12"44]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDlNnlt6rc PAL Non-NBT Donut Plains 2 Course - 1'28"95]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDlNnlt6rc PAL Non-NBT Donut Plains 2 Course - 1'28"95]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ceF8muSUyc PAL Non-NBT Koopa Beach 2 Course - 1'04"41]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ceF8muSUyc PAL Non-NBT Koopa Beach 2 Course - 1'04"41]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6lN6o3ClIY PAL Non-NBT Koopa Beach 2 Lap - 0'12"34]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6lN6o3ClIY PAL Non-NBT Koopa Beach 2 Lap - 0'12"34]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmsS9O_gZc PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 3 Course - 1'16"05]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qevyvILKSf8 PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 3 Course - 1'15"89]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Amz4XCse9k PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 3 Lap - 0'14"99]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgzbM4s4Ec8 PAL Non-NBT Ghost Valley 3 Lap - 0'14"93]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHXPysRaoeQ PAL Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 2 Course - 0'51"87]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2h8V576pME PAL Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 2 Course - 0'51"62]
  
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHyMKrObDOQ PAL Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 2 Course - 0'52"53 Live Attempt @ 2013 Championships]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHyMKrObDOQ PAL Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 2 Course - 0'52"53 Live Attempt @ 2013 Championships]
  
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bKZGYPDcNI PAL Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 2 Lap - 0'09"55]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FFrpW50GEM PAL Non-NBT Vanilla Lake 2 Lap - 0'09"49]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbY1V9LaTI PAL Non-NBT Rainbow Road Course - 1'28"19]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUeXa5KXV0 PAL Non-NBT Rainbow Road Course - 1'27"91]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg6J26Z5SJA PAL Non-NBT Rainbow Road Lap - 0'17"49]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUeXa5KXV0 PAL Non-NBT Rainbow Road Lap - 0'17"45]
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== Leyla Hasso's NTSC NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos ==
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NTSC New Boosting Technique (NTSC NBT Times):
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ07pTTdVvg NTSC Mario Circuit 1 Course - 0'57"22]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVTQA2cZFb NTSC Donut Plains 1 Course - 1'09"63]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRqGwFL2FM NTSC Donut Plains 1 Lap - 0'13"68]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU3n3vrBc-Y NTSC Ghost Valley 1 Course - 0'59"95]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzmXSFliK-0 NTSC Ghost Valley 1 Lap - 0'11"79]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAFo-cnf3CI NTSC Bowser Castle 1 Course - 1'26"38]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7nouXU6j8 NTSC Bowser Castle 1 Lap - 0'17"05]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcys8M9uZM NTSC Mario Circuit 2 Lap - 0'11"83]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6b0o5V6RA NTSC Choco Island 1 Course - 0'52"93]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXfcg09GZIU NTSC Choco Island 1 Lap - 0'10"11]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9jVfl-xEg Donut Plains 2 Course - 1'24"22]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jekxcNJ4WGk Bowser Castle 2 Course - 1'39"46]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlH9ymnY86Q Bowser Castle 2 Lap - 0'19"59]
  
  
  
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== LINKS ==
 
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* [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/profile.php?pid=178 Leyla Hasso's SMK Profile]
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* [http://www.mariokartplayers.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=1533 Leyla Hasso's MKDD Profile]

Latest revision as of 04:03, 10 October 2019

Leyla Hasso, 2nd fastest player in the UK, and UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart SNES

Introduction

Leyla Hasso is a Super Mario Kart (SMK) (SNES) player from London, UK and is the niece of Sami Cetin. Leyla is currently the undefeated UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart Time Trial on both PAL and NTSC modes and also ranked the 2nd fastest PAL Time Trial player in the UK. Leyla is however the 7-time Women's World Champion on the Multiplayer World Championship results from 2012-2018, only passed once by Belgium's Champion Sophie Jarmouni in 2019. She was historically known for her match against MKDD player Vincent van der Fluit in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Leyla Hasso has been featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 for her Women's World Title at the time on Super Mario Kart SNES and also in the Guinness World Records 2014 and 2015 main books respectively. Outside of Super Mario Kart, Leyla was also a keen Mario Kart Super Circuit player (Gameboy Advance), where she also holds a UK Women's title and made a good entry into Mario Kart 64 Time Trials. She is also a fan of several classic Super Mario Bros platform games and Zelda titles.


Sami Cetin with Leyla Hasso, November 1999

Starting out with some games and introduction to Super Mario Kart

Leyla Hasso has been involved with Super Mario Kart since her very early years including assisting Sami Cetin with a Time Trial site update in late 1999. She played the SMK a little during Nursery time hitting some of her first lap times on Mario Circuit 1 and playing some GP Mushroom Cup. She also played various games on the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Game Boy Advance.


Sami Cetin with Leyla Hasso, in late 2001

In 2004, Sami decided to get Leyla her own SNES with Super Mario Kart and Super Mario All Stars. Shortly after putting together a full timeset on Super Mario Kart, she then officially joined the Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Records Site in Summer of 2004. Six months later, her initial competitor on Time Trials was 6 year old Tanja Huber of Germany (the younger sister of Former German Champion, Armin Huber). Tanja was a great contender and both karters exchanged ranks several times. Leyla eventually overtook her on Time Trials and passed a few more karters till she stopped playing for a while. By 2007 she had been learning how to drive with Bowser and reached 1'03" level on Mario Circuit 1 Time Trials.


Leyla Hasso winning her Tournament Final in Super Mario Kart vs Vincent van der Fluit

Leyla Hasso vs Vincent van der Fluit

A Tournament was organised by Leyla's Uncle Sami Cetin on Saturday 6th October 2007 and was also a big day for Leyla's SMK career. The Tournament included karters of the Intermediates to Beginners on SMK. Leyla joined 'Team UK' (as established by Jonathan Sifleet). 8 players entered which would be set on 150cc Grand Prix mode of Mushroom Cup.


Leyla had an early match vs Lindsay Molenaar of the Netherlands, advancing to the later rounds. Vincent van der Fluit defeated the remainder of UK players including John Barber, placing Leyla and Vincent in the final. After some great races Leyla won the cup. Here is the Final video of Leyla Hasso vs Vincent van der Fluit. Shortly after this Tournament she took a break from SMK, and played some Mario Kart DS on the side for fun plus some PC games.


Leyla Hasso Interviewed by Nintendo

In December 2008, Leyla had the opportunity to be interviewed by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii Channel. Her uncle Sami Cetin also had a separate interview at the same time. The interview highlighted her success as a young gamer; reaching #1 on the Women's ranking in London and #2 in the UK on SMK and how participating in an international tournament went the year before. The video was featured on the Nintendo Wii Channel in early 2009. (Watch her Interview Video with Nintendo)


Leyla Hasso ready to enter the UK SMK Championships

Super Mario Kart UK Championships 2010 leading to big return in 2012

Leyla participated in the one time only UK Championships for Super Mario Kart. On 2nd October 2010 there was a huge event in Fairfield Halls, Croydon South London which had 28 competitors from all over the UK, even as far as Scotland. Leyla placed 16th overall in this event with the Time Trial one try mode being her strongest placing at 14th.

Another comeback in 2012 led Leyla to improve more of her weaker records in Time Trial. Eventually she managed to reach her first Women's World Record on 7th January 2012 on Choco Island 1 lap with 0'12"78 . Following this she continued to Time Trial between January to March working through all the weaker tracks, learning new strategies including platform jumps on Ghost Valley 1 and 3 and many Women's World Records were hit. Next, she challenged the records of the fastest female player in the UK at the time, Sue Cladingboel. On 11th March 2012 Leyla Hasso passed Sue to become the UK's Fastest Female Super Mario Kart player and ranked 2nd fastest female in the World on PAL. One week later Leyla's continued records helped her to pass Tanja Bronnecke (Germany) to become the fastest Female Super Mario Kart Player in the World for PAL version.


Leyla Hasso with her Team UK at the SMK World Championship 2012

Super Mario Kart World Championship 2012, France

Leyla Hasso made her debut at the Super Mario Kart World Championships in France in 2012. Her attendance was a surprise to many and she would enter the competition as Female World Champion for the first time. She joined her uncle Sami Cetin and six other Top members of Team UK for the Tournament and was up against 50+ of the best Super Mario Kart competitors from 8 countries around the World.

She placed 32nd overall which was a pleasing result considering limited experience in Match Race and some of the other modes. She did however place well in the Time Trial one tries and Battle Mode, up at 27th. Leyla was also one of few karters at the event who achieved all 20/20 zoom starts during the PAL Time Trial one try event.


Match Race Open at the Play Expo 2012, EventCity, Manchester, UK

Leyla Hasso and her Uncle Sami Cetin travelled to Manchester in October 2012 to attend the Play Expo 2012 event. A section was set up for a Match Race tournament that began with a Time trial one try qualifier; the Top 16 would then advance to the Tournament Bracket. Leyla reached 1st position on the qualifier then made her way through the bracket, losing a couple of races in the Quarter Final and eventually facing Paul Darbyshire, Liverpool's Super Mario Kart Champion in the Final, which she won 9-4. Leyla earned a Gold SNES pad for her win.

Leyla's Match Race Final vs Paul Darbyshire (Video)


NintendoLife article

The team over at NintendoLife who do articles and various Nintendo related news globally, kindly put together a summary on Leyla's achievements in Super Mario Kart and collection of videos:

See the NintendoLife Article on Leyla Hasso


Leyla Hasso in the Guinness Book of Records Gamer's Edition 2013

Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013

Following her uncle Sami's entry in the Guinness World Record books the previous year, Leyla had the opportunity for an entry into the 2013 Gamer's Edition book for holding more Super Mario Kart World Records for a female gamer than any other. A photoshoot was done in 2012 and this has been included into the book with Leyla wearing a Luigi hat (or L for Leyla). She also later featured in the 2014 and 2015 books for her achievements.


Games Expo East Kent 2013 Match Race Challenge and Vanilla Lake 2 Women's World Record

Leyla attended the Games Expo East Kent 2013 event in Margate, UK with her uncle Sami on Saturday 23rd February to volunteer for running a Super Mario Kart Tournament for the visitors. There were 73 entries and the winner of the first final was Dave Kingston. A special exhibition match was set up between Dave and Leyla Hasso with most of the venue spectating. Dave, a Battle Mode Specialist put up a good match winning a couple of races on tactics and coming close on a few more. The final result was 10-2 to Leyla; Leyla Hasso vs Dave Kingston Match Race Video


Super Mario Kart World Championship 2013

Leyla Hasso attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2013 at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans, France between 20th - 25th August 2013 along with her Uncle Sami Cetin and the rest of Team UK. This was Leyla's 2nd Championship and following a year of hard Time Trialing and some multiplayer practice she was sure to improve greatly on the overall results. Leyla placed 16th Overall which was a big climb on the previous year!

150cc Grand Prix she had prepared for less, but some good driving helped her to reach the borderline for qualification into the Top 16. She had to face off vs Takashi Ogasawara of Japan to decide who goes through, and this was on Mushroom Cup 150cc, which Leyla comfortably won after getting a good lead from Ghost Valley 1 onwards. Leyla Hasso vs Takashi Ogasawara 150cc Grand Prix video

Match Race mode was tough on the groups, but following a good driving procedure and item use, Leyla entered the barrage face off match again, this time vs Samuel Gomez. She won this in style even getting a classic "UK Lightning" at the end on Ghost Valley 1 to officially reach the Top 16 there. Leyla Hasso vs Samuel Gomez Match Race Video

On the final day she decided to go for a live Women's World Record attempt on Vanilla Lake 2 PAL. You can view the live stream video of her 52.53 Women's World Record time that is also her first Top 15 time in the World.


Mario Kart 8 Promotions for Nintendo UK at EGX

With the release of Mario Kart 8 due on the Nintendo Wii U in 2014, Leyla has also partaken in some interviews along with her uncle Sami Cetin, filmed by Nintendo UK. This was also a good promotion of the upcoming new release and they were asked to have a demonstration of the game. This had taken place at EGX in London in late 2013 and the video was prepared for March 2014: Leyla Hasso and Sami Cetin try out Mario Kart 8


Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014

Leyla Hasso attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans, France again between 12th - 17th August 2014 along with her Uncle Sami Cetin and the rest of Team UK. This was Leyla's 3rd Championship and she came armed with some NBT on basic tracks and improved tactics on the Multiplayer Modes.

Leyla made an awesome run on the Time Trial Mode running her most consistent one try set ever and 20/20 zoom starts. Her best hit was a 54 second one try on Vanilla Lake 2! She landed 9th there, marking her first single digit rank. She narrowly missed out on an opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals there with another VL2 run. However her potential shows she can go very far in future years. Match Race also went exceptionally well where she managed to tie many big rivals who are faster drivers and get some win points on key contenders. She also placed 9th for a second time running with a Top 16 exit in the bracket. Leyla also reached UK #2 on Time Trial one tries and Match Race for 2014.

Battle Mode wasn't Leyla's strongest though she gained more wins and draws than previous years and reached 17th place, a new height but missing out on the Top 16 by 1 point to her team member Chris Clark who qualified. 150cc Grand Prix she has trained less on but managed to reach 14th there. Leyla reached 13th overall at the SMK World Championship 2014, 3rd in the UK and retains all Women's titles on all of the Multiplayer modes.


Leyla Hasso, 2nd fastest player in the UK, and UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart SNES

UK #2 Time Trial Rank on PAL

In summer 2015, Leyla Hasso made a return to Super Mario Kart PAL Time Trials to secure some key PRs. She broke the sub minute barrier on Mario Circuit 1 for the first time, and with these latest PRs, she was able to pass Ben Allen for the 2nd fastest Time Trial rank on PAL Super Mario Kart Time Trials in the UK.


Super Mario Kart World Championships 2015

Leyla had limited time to train for the 2015 championships but was determined to compete again in Super Mario Kart. She would face a stronger competition from Belgium's fastest female player, Sophie Jarmouni. Leyla would also compete for the first time as the UK #2 in Time Trial Mode which she achieved slightly earlier this year. Her final rank was 11th overall and 3rd in the UK (after Sami and Conor).

Time Trial had a bit of a struggle on some tracks for Leyla this year, and the competition was a lot fiercer, minus one or two previous competitors not taking part this year. She reached 9th in the groups and had a shot at the Quarter Finals, however a zoom start miss on Rainbow Road and a subsequent error on Ghost Valley 1 made her final rank 9th and elimination in the Top 16. Leyla however maintained UK #2 at Time Trial One tries for the second year.

Match Race was a confident mode for Leyla; and with the increased competition she landed a very high group stage position at 9th overall, with a notable 2-2 score on live stream vs World Champion, Florent Lecoanet. Leyla reached the Top 16 vs racing specialist Jeremie Clement, and put a good match in, but he edged it with tactics and a few extra zoom starts, eliminating Leyla 5-2.

Battle Mode was also the weaker mode for Leyla which she had limited time to train, so it would be an uphill battle. But she had a goal to try to reach the Top 16 which she had not achieved before in Battle Mode. She then reached 15th on the groups, skipping the barrages and was eliminated 5-0 by 2nd seed Florent Lecoanet in the Top 16.

150cc Grand Prix proved to be the toughest for everyone this year as more competitors would take part than ever before. Leyla had many near misses in the group stages, landing her at 17th. She faced USA's former National Champion, Joe Bernier in the Barrage on live stream on Mushroom Cup 150cc GP and Leyla took the win, advancing into the Top 16 there, marking the first time she reached the Top 16 at least on all of the modes. Leyla then faced 1st seed Geoffrey Label, losing 2-0 to him on cups who went on to win the Gold medal that night.


Super Mario Kart World Championships 2016

Leyla attended the World Championships in 2016 which were held in Strasbourg, France. She placed 11th in the Group Stage for Time Trials with a very narrow miss of reaching the Quarter Finals after reaching the Top 16.

Match Race performance went very well for her in the group stages, and Leyla managed to hold up well against the stronger players, reaching 9th there this year. She had a very close match against Jeremie Clement which she was able to win against this time, but then lost in the Top 16 to Aron Langerak 5-3 where she again had a good opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals.

Battle Mode proved very tough this year and Leyla had a lot of draws and losses which were previously wins or draws respectively. After the group stage she placed 21st. 150cc Grand Prix improved and even though it was a strong line up, Leyla reached the Top 16 and took on Dutch Veteran Martin van Haasteren in the Barrage. She won the Match 36-18 on the in game points and was eliminated by Julien Holmiere in the Top 16. Leyla reached 15th out of 52 players at the 2016 World Championships Overall.


Super Mario Kart World Championships 2017

Leyla returned for the 25th anniversary celebration year of Super Mario Kart at the World Championships 2017, held back at La Suze. She reached the overall rank of 11th out of 54 players this year despite the hard line up and lack of training.

Time Trial group stage went well and improved on last year as she placed 8th, but then was eliminated in the Top 16 to become 9th as her final rank. Match Race went exceptionally well as she delivered great results in the group stage placing at 6th there which is her highest result ever. A Top 16 match vs Algerian Champion, Salim Araissia started with him having a strong lead, she made a big comeback but narrowly lost 5-4.

Battle Mode was a solid improvement on the previous year with a 13th place position on the group stages, and she won the barrage match vs Dutch #2 Aron Langerak to reach the Top 16, which followed with a 5-1 defeat vs UK Team Member, Conor Wood. On 150cc Grand Prix Leyla kept the momentum up and managed to take on faster rivals helping her to reach 12th. She had a Top 16 match vs France's Geoffrey Label who is a former medallist. She won a cup after a good strategy involving a green shell on Vanilla Lake 1, but lost 2-1.


Return to NTSC Time Trials in 2017

Leyla made a return to NTSC Time Trials in late 2017 to revamp her old timeset but with NBT. She has hit some high level records on Mushroom and Flower Cup towards the end of the year and landed her first ever UK Record on NTSC with 11.83 seconds on Mario Circuit 2 lap.


Super Mario Kart World Championships 2018

Leyla entered the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2018 which was held at the eSports bar at Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands for the first time.

Time Trial group stage went very consistently and she scored a few high position. The Top 16 was a nightmare for some of the top players, including Julien, Karel and her Uncle Sami who were all eliminated on Ghost Valley 3. Leyla reached the Quarter Finals and due to her success on the group stage, she reached her first UK Time Trial Title.

Battle Mode had some difficulties and Leyla ended up in the barrages but with a successful win vs Adrien Garreau, shortly after facing Julien to lose in the Top 16. Match Race went smoothly as she landed a spot with another chance to go for the Quarter Finals. Another regular rival Guillaume Leviach was in the Top 16 and defeated Leyla 5-2 however.

150cc Grand Prix had a surprise turn around this year as pushed through to 6th place in the Group Stage. She had a great opportunity to reach the Quarter Finals here and faced Algeria's Champion, Salim Araissia. Salim was however victorious at this time but Leyla reached 9th overall to mark her first time above the Top 10 at the Championships.


American Super Mario Kart Championships 2018

The American Super Mario Kart Championships were created for the first time by the Louisiana team in USA. The event was held in March 2018 in Monroe, Louisiana USA across a weekend with a Triple Elimination system and the first official NTSC competition on console. Leyla travelled to USA with her Uncle Sami, meeting with Dutch competitiors Karel and Martin, and Guillaume from France to complete the European visitors. They faced a number of karters from Louisiana, Mississippi, California, Colorado and Oklahoma on the first edition.

Time Trial group stage went exceptionally well for Leyla as she had near enough a clean sweep of the tracks with consistent driving. Unfortunately with zoom start issues along with her Uncle Sami at the Top 16 level, both were eliminated early to place them out of the running for winning the Championship.

Match Race was reasonably good and Leyla held some good races together but was eliminated before the Podium. However 150cc Grand Prix was a big surprise as she had an unfortunate beginning and then had to take a path on the 3rd elimination to the top facing each USA competitor. With consistent wins Leyla reached the 3rd Place Match vs Guillaume Leviach and managed to win, earning her first Bronze Medal at a Super Mario Kart World Championship.

The weekend finished up with Battle Mode and although this wasn't her strongest mode, Leyla gave her best and this landed her in joint 4th Place overall in a tie with Dutch Rival Martin van Haasteren.


Super Mario Kart World Championships 2019

The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2019 was held again at the eSports bar at Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands and Leyla returned for the toughest year yet. The Time Trial competition was solid this time round with a lot of improved players. Leyla held together a great round however and a good placing at 8th on the group stage. The new elimination round was difficult and Leyla has an unfortunate exit at 13th due to a missed zoom start.

Battle Mode was slight step up from the previous year with Leyla placing 14th and defeating UK team mate David Moll in the barrage, followed with a battle to the finish vs USA's former Battle Mode Champion Drew Blumfield where she lost 5-4.

Match Race also had a lot of close rounds vs everyone and Leyla made it to 12th Place in the group stage, and she landed in a Top 16 Match vs her biggest rival Jeremie "Jey" Clement. After being 4-2 down, Leyla made a comeback to win vs Jey 5-4 and reach her first Match Race Quarter Final. Leyla faced her Uncle Sami and took two races from him, following with a 7-2 loss.

150cc Grand Prix was a nightmare this year with a lot of narrow losses in the group stage. Leyla however held up the battle as much as she could, working her way through the barrage, defeating Mike Hulscher of the Netherlands, but then losing to Martin van Haasteren, also the Netherlands. Leyla's rival Sophie Jarmouni reached her first Quarter Final there which resulted in Sophie taking the Women's World Title at the Championships for the first time. Leyla's final placing was great at 11th and she passed several big rivals who were all very closely ranked.


Leyla Hasso's PAL NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos

PAL New Boosting Technique (PAL NBT Times):


Leyla Hasso's PAL Non-NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos (from 2013)

PAL Non-New Boosting Technique (PAL Non-NBT Times):


Leyla Hasso's NTSC NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos

NTSC New Boosting Technique (NTSC NBT Times):


Leyla Hasso's NTSC Non-NBT Super Mario Kart Time Trial Videos (from 2013)

NTSC Non-New Boosting Technique (NTSC Non-NBT Times):


Leyla Hasso's Multiplayer Tournament Achievements

Year Where Tournament Game or Mode Rank Notes
2017 35px Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2019 Overall Result of 4 modes 11th Out of 53 Worldwide competitors
2017 USAFlag.JPG American Super Mario Kart SNES Championships 2019 Overall Result of 4 modes 4th Out of 16 Worldwide competitors
2017 35px Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2018 Overall Result of 4 modes 9th Out of 58 Worldwide competitors
2017 UK.JPG Play Expo 2017 Super Mario Kart SNES Manchester Open PAL Match Race 1st 10-1 win vs Ashley Woodcock (Lancashire)
2017 France.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2017 Overall Result of 4 modes 11th Out of 54 Worldwide competitors
2016 UK.JPG Play Expo 2016 Super Mario Kart SNES Manchester Open PAL Match Race 1st 10-1 win vs Ashley Woodcock (Lancashire)
2016 France.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2016 Overall Result of 4 modes 15th Out of 53 Worldwide competitors
2015 UK.JPG Play Expo 2015 Super Mario Kart SNES Manchester Open PAL Match Race 1st 10-1 win vs Ashley Woodcock (Lancashire)
2015 France.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2015 Overall Result of 4 modes 11th Out of 56 Worldwide competitors
2014 UK.JPG Play Expo 2014 Super Mario Kart SNES Manchester Open PAL Match Race 1st 10-1 win vs Robert Ward (Manchester)
2014 UK.JPG EGX 2014 Super Mario Kart SNES Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 1st 19-1 win vs Stacy Needham (Oxfordshire)
2014 UK.JPG EGX 2014 Super Mario Kart SNES EGX Tournament PAL Match Race Grand Final 1st 10-1 win vs Chris Castledine (London)
2014 France.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2014 Overall Result of 4 modes 13th Out of 43 Worldwide competitors
2014 UK.JPG Games Expo East Kent 2014 Super Mario Kart SNES Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 1st 20-0 win vs Josh Wickenden (Margate)
2014 UK.JPG Games Expo East Kent 2014 Super Mario Kart SNES Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 1st 20-0 win vs Tom Harvey (Margate)
2014 UK.JPG Games Expo East Kent 2014 Super Mario Kart SNES Margate Open PAL Match Race Grand Final 1st 10-0 win vs Adam Mallett (Margate)
2014 UK.JPG Beckenham Super Mario Kart Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 1st 11-9 win vs Conor Wood (London)
2014 UK.JPG Beckenham Super Mario Kart Exhibition Match PAL Battle Mode 2nd 10-2 loss to Conor Wood (London)
2013 UK.JPG Play Expo 2013 Super Mario Kart SNES Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 1st 17-3 win vs Matthew Ward (Birmingham)
2013 UK.JPG Play Expo 2013 Super Mario Kart SNES Manchester Open PAL Match Race Grand Final 1st 10-1 win vs Robert Ward (Manchester)
2013 UK.JPG Eurogamer Expo 2013 Super Mario Kart SNES Tournament NTSC Match Race Grand Final 1st 10-1 win vs Andrew Pugh (London)
2013 France.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2013 Overall Result of 4 modes 16th Out of 35 Worldwide competitors
2013 UK.JPG London Anime Con 2013 Super Mario Kart SNES Tournament PAL Match Race Grand Final 1st 7-0 win vs Ian Wall (London)
2013 UK.JPG SMK Tower Meet Super Mario Kart Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 2nd 12-8 loss to Conor Wood (London)
2013 UK.JPG SMK Tower Meet Super Mario Kart Exhibition Match PAL Match Race 2nd 11-9 loss to Ben Allen (London)
2013 UK.JPG Games Expo East Kent 2013 Super Mario Kart SNES Margate Open PAL Match Race Grand Final 1st 10-2 win vs Dave Kingston (London)
2012 UK.JPG SMK Tower Meet Super Mario Kart Exhibition Match PAL Match Race Draw 10-10 draw to David Moll (London)
2012 UK.JPG Play Expo 2012 Super Mario Kart SNES Manchester Open PAL Match Race Grand Final 1st 9-4 win vs Paul Darbyshire (Liverpool)
2012 France.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2012 Overall Result of 4 modes 33rd Out of 51 Worldwide competitors
2010 UK.JPG Super Mario Kart SNES UK Championships 2010 Overall Result of 4 modes 16th Out of 28 UK competitors
2009 UK.JPG SMK Tower European Intermediates Tournament PAL Match Race 2nd 5-4 Loss to Jonathan Sifleet in Final
2007 UK.JPG Super Mario Kart European Intermediates (Fairfield Halls, Croydon) PAL 150cc GP 1st 5-0 win vs Vincent van der Fluit in Final
2005 UK.JPG SMK Tower Casuals 150cc Grand Prix Exhibition NTSC 150cc GP 1st 4-1 win vs Michael Pilkington

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The 2008 Karter Contest
Complete Bracket | Prediction Contest | Matchups & Results

(BOLD indicates players in Round 3)

Mario Circuit (A)
Zwartjes | Jones
Taylor | Fabien
Moritz | L'Hoest
Ellis | Sacco
Toad's Turnpike (E)
Bukrim | Garman
van Asselt | Stinson
Patricio | Tanzer
Duff | Manning
Sherbet Land (I)
Hantson | Sullivan
Pugh | Babjar
Meaks | Bunde
Biff | Booth
DK's Jungle Parkway (M)
G-Danzee | Christensen
Make That Jump | Jongbloed
Hoernemann | Hermanny
Brutus | Sargoth

Peach Beach (B)
Segas | Balch
JSX | DarkRoy
Lacey | mattniss
Stellmacher | Faria
Coconut Mall (F)
Tapani | Benny
Lokken | TB1
Ostro | Langerak
Luca | Huber
Sky Garden (J)
Bhoja | Gregor
Clark | STanney
Stevie | GAS
Holmiere | Finn
Peach Gardens (N)
Holy Moly | Barnard
Billingsley | ALAKTORN
BPA | Rudmarker
Weatherton | Habben

Riverside Park (C)
Leare | Smith
Liem | Dufault
Steel | Engelsman
Karlo | Pacino
Waluigi Pinball (G)
Vince | Welch
Hasso | chili
Needham | Laflamme
PYL | Fried
Koopa Beach (K)
Stelzig | Michorius
Kles | KVD
Honko | Pobre
Shelbourne | LPS
Moo Moo Breadows (O)
Rub | Flemmer
Schiering | Jongerius
NeoSMK | Cole
Sword | Boudreau

Kalimari Desert (D)
Dunkel | Darius
Pulsar | Whalls
Miller | White
Kmacc | TvL
Ghost Valley (H)
Ord | P@UL
Miss April | Marques
Happy | Borne
Gaffikin | Runnelid
Bowser Castle (L)
den Dulk | SEB
Bernier | Maaatthew
Math | Etch
Layne | Wonn
Rainbow Road (P)
Karlsson | Thingy
di Vano | Stoneman
Pabst | Sascha
Cooper | Oliver

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