List of ultras
This article provides a list of ultra, and various statistics concerning them.
Track
- 150cc: The original and only engine class for time trials in vanilla Mario Kart Wii.
- GP/VS: Grand Prix and VS game modes. Ultras here have to compete with a theoretical NU flap with bullet bills.
- 200cc: The fan-made speed modification with edited driving mechanics originally made for CTGP Revolution.
- Italics: Viability stated is unconfirmed.
- 3lap viable means confirmed flap only but unconfirmed 3lap viable.
- Flap only means confirmed longcut but unconfirmed flap only shortcut.
Currently has an ultra shortcut Currently has an ultra longcut Past ultra shortcut now obsoleted
| Track | 150cc | GP/VS | 200cc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Circuit | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | Longcut |
| Moo Moo Meadows | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Mushroom Gorge | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Toad's Factory | Longcut | Longcut | |
| Mario Circuit | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Coconut Mall | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| DK Summit | Longcut | Longcut | Longcut |
| Wario's Gold Mine | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Daisy Circuit | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Koopa Cape | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Maple Treeway | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Grumble Volcano | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Dry Dry Ruins | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Moonview Highway | Longcut | Longcut | Longcut |
| Bowser's Castle | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| Rainbow Road | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| GCN Peach Beach | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| DS Yoshi Falls | Flap only | Flap only | Flap only |
| SNES Ghost Valley 2 | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| N64 Mario Raceway | 3lap viable | Flap only | Flap only |
| N64 Sherbet Land | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| GBA Shy Guy Beach | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| DS Delfino Square | 3lap viable | ||
| GCN Waluigi Stadium | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| DS Desert Hills | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| N64 DK's Jungle Parkway | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| GCN Mario Circuit | Flap only | Flap only | Longcut |
| SNES Mario Circuit 3 | |||
| DS Peach Gardens | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
| GCN DK Mountain | Longcut | Longcut | |
| N64 Bowser's Castle | 3lap viable | 3lap viable | 3lap viable |
Date
Ultra shortcut discovered Ultra longcut discovered Ultra shortcut obsoleted
| Date | Track | Type | Ultra count |
Ultra shortcut count |
3lap viable count |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2008 | Grumble Volcano | Ultra shortcut | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ridley discovers ultra RTA. |
| 21 June 2008 | Mushroom Gorge | Ultra shortcut | 2 | 2 | 2 | インゲン discovers ultra RTA. |
| 19 January 2009 | Wario's Gold Mine | Ultra shortcut | 3 | 3 | 3 | MrBean35000vr discovers ultra with speed hacks (c. Sept 2008) John13 discovers ultra RTA. |
| 26 November 2009 | SNES Ghost Valley 2 | Ultra shortcut | 4 | 4 | 4 | Pierrot discovers ultra RTA. |
| 3 July 2011 | Coconut Mall | Ultra shortcut | 5 | 5 | 5 | Nico discovers old entry RTA. (27 June 2011) Fintan discovers ultra RTA. |
| 6 August 2011 | Mario Circuit | Ultra shortcut | 6 | 6 | 6 | Ridley discovers ultra RTA. |
| 1 July 2012 | GCN Peach Beach | Ultra shortcut | 7 | 7 | 7 | Marc discovers ultra. |
| 8 September 2012 | Maple Treeway | Ultra shortcut | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7GhostKnight discovers gap cut RTA. (17 May 2009) Malleo and Blackyboi39 discover ultra shortcut with speed hacks (8 Sept 2012) Troy confirms KCP1 skip possible RTA. |
| 28 June 2015 | N64 DK's Jungle Parkway | Ultra shortcut | 9 | 9 | 9 | Blaze confirms ultra possible. |
| 4 July 2015 | N64 Sherbet Land | Ultra shortcut | 10 | 10 | 10 | Blaze confirms ultra possible. |
| 5 July 2015 | GCN Waluigi Stadium | Ultra shortcut | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10timey01 confirms zipper bypass possible. (19 May 2013) Blaze confirms bypass possible. (3 July 2015) Blaze confirms bypass without NLC possible. |
| 4 March 2016 | Rainbow Road | Ultra shortcut | 12 | 12 | 12 | Estaloy confirms ultra possible. |
| 17 June 2019 | Koopa Cape | Ultra shortcut | 13 | 13 | 13 | Blaze confirms ultra possible. |
| 12 July 2019 | N64 Bowser's Castle | Ultra shortcut | 14 | 14 | 14 | cf confirms pole clip possible. (11 April 2019) mkwLuke, Marth, Blaze, and Malleo confirm ultra possible. |
| 12 July 2019 | GBA Shy Guy Beach | Ultra shortcut | 15 | 15 | 14 | cf confirms ultra possible. |
| 17 July 2019 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Ultra longcut | 16 | 15 | 14 | TAS Snoop confirms KCP1 skip possible. |
| 24 August 2019 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Ultra shortcut | 17 | 15 | 14 | kierio04 and Estaloy confirm KCP1 skip with Flame Runner possible. (22 July 2019) Estaloy confirms last turn skip possible. (22 July 2019) Ejay B and kierio04 confirm that ultra is faster than NU strats. |
| 24 October 2019 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Obsoletion | 16 | 15 | 14 | Monster discovers wallclip shortcut, making NU strats faster than ultra. |
| 9 January 2020 | N64 Mario Raceway | Ultra longcut | 17 | 15 | 14 | TAS Snoop confirms seam ride possible. (8 January 2020) Jellopuff confirms respawn possible. |
| 9 January 2020 | N64 Mario Raceway | Ultra shortcut | 17 | 16 | 14 | CHARL1E confirms seam ride past charlie corner possible. (8 January 2020) TAS Snoop confirms respawn with Flame Runner possible. |
| 12 January 2020 | Dry Dry Ruins | Ultra shortcut | 18 | 17 | 15 | Blaze confirms ultra possible. |
| 29 March 2020 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Ultra shortcut again | 18 | 18 | 15 | Akari confirms shroomless dirt cut faster. (20 January 2020) Ejay B, kierio04, and Estaloy confirm high clip last turn skip possible. (2 March 2020) Ejay B confirms no stop last turn skip possible. (22 March 2020) Monster, Ejay B, Marth, kierio04, and N3vermind confirm ultra faster than NU strats. |
| 2 March 2021 | DS Peach Gardens | Ultra longcut | 19 | 18 | 15 | Mario Karter confirms seam ride to finish line possible. (17 July 2013) Ejay B and cf confirm barrel roll to wheelchair spot possible. (29 December 2020) CHARL1E confirms wheelchair possible. (26 January 2021) cf confirms respawn possible. |
| 6 March 2021 | DS Peach Gardens | Ultra shortcut | 19 | 19 | 15 | cf confirms QM DLC possible. |
| 8 March 2021 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 3lap viability | 19 | 19 | 16 | Justin and kierio04 confirm 1 shroom KCP1 skip possible. (4 March 2021) Justin and kierio04 confirm no stop method to get onto blocks. (5 March 2021) Ejay B confirms cf's big cut possible with Flame Runner. |
| 5 April 2021 | Daisy Circuit | Ultra shortcut | 20 | 20 | 16 | BennyMKW and Marth confirm 2 shroom banner clip possible. TAS Snoop proves ultra faster than NU strats. |
| 23 April 2021 | GCN Mario Circuit | Ultra longcut | 21 | 20 | 16 | Monster confirms bypass possible. (14 November 2020) CHARL1E confirms 3 shroom KCP1 skip possible. |
| 7 June 2021 | Daisy Circuit | 3lap viability | 21 | 20 | 17 | BennyMKW discovers tree bounce strategy. (18 April 2021) BennyMKW confirms 2 shroom banner clip possible with Flame Runner. (22 April 2021) Marth, Justin, and BennyMKW confirm 1 shroom banner clip possible with Flame Runner. |
| 30 July 2021 | DS Desert Hills | Ultra shortcut | 22 | 21 | 17 | cf confirms banner clip possible. (24 July 2019) Ejay B confirms OOB hop possible. (29 July 2021) Ejay B and CHARL1E confirm respawn possible. |
| 23 April 2022 | GBA Shy Guy Beach | 3lap viability | 22 | 21 | 18 | Justin discovers ODB ultra. |
| 26 April 2022 | Luigi Circuit | Ultra shortcut | 23 | 22 | 18 | BennyMKW confirms seam ride possible. (4 August 2015) Jellopuff confirms seam ride past mushroom possible. (11 March 2021) Jellopuff confirms seam ride past mushroom with ODB possible. (26 April 2022) Jellopuff confirms OOB hop possible. (26 April 2022) Jellopuff confirms respawn possible. |
| 24 May 2022 | DS Desert Hills | 3lap viability | 23 | 22 | 19 | Ancient confirms superhopping useful. |
| 29 May 2022 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 3lap obsoletion | 23 | 22 | 18 | Monster confirms superhopping useful. |
| 20 June 2022 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Obsoletion | 23 | 21 | 18 | Monster and Marth confirm superhopping faster than ultra. |
| 22 January 2023 | Bowser's Castle | Ultra shortcut | 24 | 22 | 18 | Jellopuff confirms ultra possible. |
| 25 February 2023 | Moo Moo Meadows | Ultra longcut | 25 | 22 | 18 | CHARL1E confirms banner bypass possible. (8 May 2019) Ejay B confirms banner bypass with Phantom possible. (30 April 2022) Ejay B confirms ODB clip possible. Ejay B confirms OOB hop possible. Ejay B confirms seam landing possible. Ejay B confirms respawn possible. |
| 25 February 2023 | DS Peach Gardens | 3lap viability | 25 | 22 | 19 | Justin discovers ODB ultra. (24 February 2023) Justin discovers no stop last turn OOB entry. |
| 25 February 2023 | Moo Moo Meadows | Ultra shortcut | 25 | 23 | 19 | Ejay B confirms seam swing possible. Ejay B confirms mid-air KCP hit possible. Ejay B confirms shroomless banner bypass possible Ejay B confirms ultra faster than NU strats. |
| 26 February 2023 | Moo Moo Meadows | 3lap viability | 25 | 23 | 20 | kierio04 confirms superhopping fast enough to beat NU strats. |
| 27 February 2023 | Bowser's Castle | 3lap viability | 25 | 23 | 21 | Jellopuff confirms shroomless no stop left side spiral skip possible. |
| 14 March 2023 | Dry Dry Ruins | 3lap obsoletion | 25 | 23 | 20 | Thomas discovers long supergrind. |
| 26 March 2023 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Ultra shortcut again | 25 | 24 | 20 | Justin confirms ODB-friendly KCP1 skip. (10 March 2023) Justin confirms ODB-friendly last turn skip. |
| 8 April 2023 | DS Yoshi Falls | Ultra shortcut | 26 | 25 | 20 | Mikul confirms 3 shroom DLC possible. (6 April 2023) Mikul confirms 2 shroom DLC possible. (7 April 2023) Mikul confirms ultra possible. |
| 11 April 2023 | Moonview Highway | Ultra longcut | 27 | 25 | 20 | CHARL1E confirms right side clip up to banner possible. (January-March 2023) CHARL1E confirms left side clip up to banner possible. (4 April 2023) CHARL1E confirms banner bypass possible. (5 April 2023) Jellopuff confirms banner bypass possible with Bullet Bike. (11 April 2023) Jellopuff confirms 3 shroom KCP1 skip possible. |
| 20 April 2023 | Moonview Highway | Ultra shortcut | 27 | 26 | 20 | Monster confirms KCP1 skip possible without entering lap. (12 April 2023) Monster confirms 2 shroom KCP1 skip possible with Shooting Star. (14 April 2023) Monster discovers supergrind landing strat. (15 April 2023) Monster confirms ultra faster than NU strats. |
| 20 October 2023 | GCN DK Mountain | Ultra longcut | 28 | 26 | 20 | Jellopuff confirms KCP1 skip possible. |
| 29 December 2023 | Dry Dry Ruins | 3lap viability again | 28 | 26 | 21 | Justin confirms ultra possible with Zip Zip. |
| 5 January 2024 | Moonview Highway | Obsoletion | 28 | 25 | 21 | Monster confirms supersliding faster than ultra. |
| 23 January 2024 | DK Summit | Ultra longcut | 29 | 25 | 21 | Monster confirms KCP1 skip possible. |
| 25 January 2024 | Luigi Circuit | 3lap viability | 29 | 25 | 22 | Monster discovers 1 shroom respawnless ultra. |
| 20 February 2024 | GCN Mario Circuit | Ultra shortcut | 29 | 26 | 22 | kierio04 discovers superslide landing strat. (28 April 2021) Justin, Ejay B, and kierio04 confirm 2 shroom respawn cut possible. (28 June 2021) Justin confirms 1 shroom respawnless cut possible. (8 November 2021) CHARL1E confirms 2 shroom KCP1 skip possible. (4 March 2023) CHARL1E confirms 1 shroom ultra-only respawn cut faster. (4 March 2023) Justin confirms 1 shroom NU respawn cut possible. (7 November 2023) Monster confirms 1 shroom KCP1 skip possible. (19 February 2024) Monster confirms ultra faster than NU strats. |
| 21 February 2024 | GCN Mario Circuit | Obsoletion | 29 | 25 | 22 | Mikul confirms supersliding possible. (June 2023) Jellopuff confirms supersliding to tunnel possible. (20 February 2024) Monster confirms supersliding faster than ultra. |
| 22 February 2024 | GCN Mario Circuit | Ultra shortcut again | 29 | 26 | 22 | Arthur and Monster confirm no stop respawn cut possible. |
| 8 August 2024 | N64 Mario Raceway | 3lap viability | 29 | 26 | 23 | Ejay B, Justin and Shadow confirm 3lap viability using seam entry from rim of green pipe. |
| 14 April 2025 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 3lap viability again | 29 | 26 | 24 | Monster confirms 3lap viability using new strats at the slow ramps and shroomspots |
TASer
Timesave
Ultra shortcut Ultra longcut
| Track | Ultra | Diff. | No Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koopa Cape | 6.399 | -34.151 | 40.550 |
| Rainbow Road | 8.458 | -33.709 | 42.167 |
| N64 DK's Jungle Parkway | 3.211 | -30.112 | 33.323 |
| N64 Sherbet Land | 5.159 | -28.909 | 34.068 |
| Wario's Gold Mine | 6.528 | -28.118 | 34.646 |
| N64 Bowser's Castle | 18.299 | -25.080 | 43.379 |
| Grumble Volcano | 1.441 | -24.253 | 25.694 |
| Bowser's Castle | 13.241 | -23.248 | 36.489 |
| Mushroom Gorge | 2.509 | -22.4xx | 24.9xx |
| DS Peach Gardens | 11.894 | -22.140 | 34.034 |
| Maple Treeway | 18.276 | -21.897 | 40.173 |
| GCN Waluigi Stadium | 12.240 | -18.441 | 30.681 |
| DS Desert Hills | 6.383 | -18.416 | 24.799 |
| N64 Mario Raceway | 8.777 | -15.740 | 24.517 |
| Coconut Mall | 3.395 | -15.002 | 18.397 |
| Moo Moo Meadows | 7.620 | -14.342 | 21.962 |
| Dry Dry Ruins | 16.830 | -13.412 | 30.242 |
| Mario Circuit | 7.686 | -12.405 | 20.091 |
| Daisy Circuit | 11.391 | -9.284 | 20.675 |
| SNES Ghost Valley 2 | 6.751 | -8.053 | 14.804 |
| Luigi Circuit | 10.324 | -7.850 | 18.174 |
| GCN Peach Beach | 12.771 | -6.561 | 19.332 |
| DS Yoshi Falls | 5.899 | -5.847 | 11.746 |
| GBA Shy Guy Beach | 14.743 | -5.451 | 20.194 |
| GCN Mario Circuit | 22.680 | -2.752 | 25.432 |
| GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 32.099 | -0.689 | 32.788 |
| Moonview Highway | 30.406 | +0.579 | 29.827 |
| DK Summit | 33.0xx | +2.4xx | 30.654 |
| GCN DK Mountain | 46.588 | +10.145 | 36.443 |