Round 3 Results and Commentary
Another round has come to a close in GBC5, and dare I say, it was the toughest and most interesting one yet!
The track this time around was made by loge_0, who made the Round 7 track in GBC4. Despite that track not being well received by the participants in that contest, most of the community knows how good a trackmaker Logeton is and that he will produce a banger of a ride. His track lived up to its name, requiring skill, speed, and a bit of luck to make it through in a fast time.
Track: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/1010148-cranks-castle-gbc5r3
Round 3 Times and Current Rankings
Not much has changed since Round 2.
Cerasium sits on a perfect 90 points in 1st place, with
Xenom pulling ahead of
Anonyymi, 75 to 72. This time
isekeb and
Uniior are tied in the top 5, both on 60 points.
Stevie.T trails the major leaders in 6th place, on 42 points.
Eunos and
Totoca12 are chasing the big guns despite only ghosting two tracks each.
Egona and
Cork bring up the top 10, on 20 and 16 points respectively.
This round only saw 17 people complete the track, with 14 people failing to or not showing up. Not much changed throughout the 48 hours.
Cerasium was doing
Cerasium things, getting a speedy 30.57 ghost in the later parts of the round following numerous minor improvements.
Anonyymi,
Stevie.T,
Uniior and
isekeb showed up once again for solid performances in the top 10.
Xenom was able to snatch 2nd place late in the piece whilst
Totoca12 found himself in 7th, far from the top 6, after only touching the track with only an hour or two left.
Egona,
triip and
EGRIFFITH were able to make the top 10 in the absence of some big ghosters.
The_risen_skyrider and
Protvod secured ghosts outside of the top 10 early in the round, whilst
TPlacella settled for 12th after ghosting the track in the dying stages.
VictorEnummanuel and
Cryx were the best losers, getting ghosts just over a minute.
panda_rider and
HtH_RIDES rides brought up the short field with 2-minute ghosts of their own.
These players failed to ghost the track in time:
Clash06,
pawflix,
FunBunOne,
Cryx,
Zonkalization,
JustAGDFan,
Phasetree,
Sir__Human,
nhdtop,
ST4RSWillShine,
LEBONBONGLAZERRRRR,
VA17Gaming and
Ponjoja. Hopefully you guys have more open schedules and remember to ghost in Round 4, which will certainly be easier!
TPlacella Award for Round 3
It was hard to find a standout performance in Round 3, considering there was a big gap between the top 6 players and everyone else. Cerasium had a great ghost but was outdone by someone not even in the contest, tetrationiscool, finding shortcuts to get an exceptional 25.07 ghost. For me, the most notable ghost of the round was by Stevie.T. A player who has had a handful of featured ghosts and gotten in the top 3 of numerous ghosting contests, including GBC2 and GBC3, given time, Stevie.T would really put his foot on the gas. Equalling Uniior for a 34.27 ghost in the round, Stevie.T reaches the top 4 for a round and has unleashed his full potential. Now alone in 6th place on the points leaderboard, he hopes to remain in touch with the top 5 and maybe secure a top 3 spot in one of the rounds.
Round 4
The next round is by
Sir__Human, an up and coming trackmaker with loads of talent. This track is set to be the easiest one yet, so get ready for some close competition! Round 4 starts as scheduled, 1am GMT Feb 11th. BE THERE (oh, and if you're reading this, it's never too late to join the contest!)
Extra Message
ST4RSWillShine has unfortunately had to pull out of the contest due to dire spine surgery (
comment here). We hope you had fun participating in the contest and join us in the next ghosting contest. Most importantly, we pray for a successful surgery and we send our wishes for a smooth recovery!
