Posts with tag speed-record

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This subject of this week's 15 Minutes of Fame officially rates a mere five minutes of fame – they just blast by that fast. Not that you'd have time to notice. Fusion-H of Turalyon (US) has zipped onto the record charts for speed runs of PvE instances, along with a growing number of U.S. and European guilds that are bored with taking things at the same old pace.

• Karazhan 11/11 53 minutes, 17 seconds -- Slashcry, EU Kazzak
• Zul'Aman 6/6 29 minutes, 27 seconds -- Pugnas Rache, EU Alleria
• Mount Hyjal 5/5 1 hour, 7 minutes, 20 seconds -- Showdown, EU Kazzak
• Black Temple 9/9 1 hour, 48 minutes, 15 seconds -- Clarity, EU Ravencrest
• Gruul's Lair 2/2 5 minutes, 57 seconds -- Fusion, US Turalyon
• Sunwell Plateau 6/6 2 hours, 15 minutes, 52 seconds -- Pugnas Rache, EU Alleria
• Heroic 16 5 hours, 21 minutes, 52 seconds -- Equinox Prophecy, EU Al´Akir

It all started with a speed-run thread on the EU forums, where players devised set rules for 10-man, 25-man and all-heroic content. Then the speeding frenzy spread to the US servers. We caught up with Bazz, GM of Fusion, which holds the current record for clearing Gruul's Lair in a ridiculously brief 5 minutes and 57 seconds, for peek at how one of WoW's top speed-demon guilds makes short work of PvE instances.