List of ultras
This article provides a list of ultras, 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- 200cc: The fan-made speed modification with edited driving mechanics originally made for CTGP Revolution.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 | Flap only | 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 | Flap only | 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 | |
| 21 June 2008 | Mushroom Gorge | Ultra shortcut | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 January 2009 | Wario's Gold Mine | Ultra shortcut | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 November 2009 | SNES Ghost Valley 2 | Ultra shortcut | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 27 June 2011 | Coconut Mall | Ultra shortcut | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 August 2011 | Mario Circuit | Ultra shortcut | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1 July 2012 | GCN Peach Beach | Ultra shortcut | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 September 2012 | Maple Treeway | Ultra shortcut | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 28 June 2015 | N64 DK's Jungle Parkway | Ultra shortcut | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| 4 July 2015 | N64 Sherbet Land | Ultra shortcut | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| 5 July 2015 | GCN Waluigi Stadium | Ultra shortcut | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| 4 March 2016 | Rainbow Road | Ultra shortcut | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| 17 June 2019 | Koopa Cape | Ultra shortcut | 13 | 13 | 13 | |
| 12 July 2019 | N64 Bowser's Castle | Ultra shortcut | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| 12 July 2019 | GBA Shy Guy Beach | Ultra shortcut | 15 | 15 | 14 | |
| 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 | Kierio and Estaloy confirm KCP1 skip with Flame Runner possible. (22 July 2019) Estaloy confirms last turn skip possible. (22 July 2019) Ejay B and Kierio 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 | Jellopuff confirms respawn possible. |
| 9 January 2020 | N64 Mario Raceway | Ultra shortcut | 17 | 16 | 14 | CHARL1E confirms seam ride around 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 | |
| 29 March 2020 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | Ultra shortcut again | 18 | 18 | 15 | Akari confirms shroomless dirt cut faster. (20 January 2020) Ejay B, Kierio, and Estaloy confirm high clip last turn skip possible. (2 March 2020) Ejay B confirms no stop last turn skip possible. (22 March 2020) 35.743 TAS team confirms ultra faster than NU strats. |
| 2 March 2021 | DS Peach Gardens | Ultra longcut | 19 | 18 | 15 | cf confirms the bike wheelchair + respawn possible. |
| 6 March 2021 | DS Peach Gardens | Ultra shortcut | 19 | 19 | 15 | cf confirms the bike wheelchair DLC possible. |
| 8 March 2021 | GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 3lap viability | 19 | 19 | 16 | Justin and Kierio confirm 1 shroom KCP1 skip possible. (4 March 2021) Justin and Kierio 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 | |
| 23 April 2021 | GCN Mario Circuit | Ultra longcut | 21 | 20 | 16 | CHARL1E confirms 3 shroom KCP1 skip possible. |
| 7 June 2021 | Daisy Circuit | 3lap viability | 21 | 20 | 17 | Benny discovers tree bounce strategy. (18 April 2021) Marth, Justin, and Benny confirm 1 shroom banner clip possible. |
| 30 July 2021 | DS Desert Hills | Ultra shortcut | 22 | 21 | 17 | |
| 23 April 2022 | GBA Shy Guy Beach | 3lap viability | 22 | 21 | 18 | Justin discovers ODB ultra. |
| 27 April 2022 | Luigi Circuit | Ultra shortcut | 23 | 22 | 18 | |
| 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 | |
| 25 February 2023 | Moo Moo Meadows | Ultra longcut | 25 | 22 | 18 | Ejay B confirms seam landing + 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 shroomless clip up to banner + seam swing respawn possible. |
| 26 February 2023 | Moo Moo Meadows | 3lap viability | 25 | 23 | 20 | Kierio 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 | |
| 12 April 2023 | Moonview Highway | Ultra longcut | 27 | 25 | 20 | Jellopuff confirms KCP1 skip possible. |
| 20 April 2023 | Moonview Highway | Ultra shortcut | 27 | 26 | 20 | Monster confirms KCP1 skip possible without first turn supergrind. (12 April 2023) Monster confirms KCP1 skip possible with Shooting Star and 2 shrooms. (14 April 2023) Monster discovers supergrind landing strat. (15 April 2023) Monster and Ejay confirm 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 | Kierio discovers superslide landing strat. (28 April 2021) Justin, Ejay, and Kierio confirm respawn cut possible. (28 June 2021) Justin confirms respawnless cut possible. (8 November 2021) CHARL1E confirms 2 shroom KCP1 skip possible. (4 March 2023) CHARL1E confirms ultra-only respawn cut faster. (4 March 2023) Justin confirms 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 | Jellopuff confirms supersliding 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. |
TASer
Timesave
Ultra shortcut Ultra longcut
| Track | Ultra | Diff. | No Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| N64 DK's Jungle Parkway | 3.238 | -34.661 | 37.899 |
| Rainbow Road | 8.578 | -33.589 | 42.167 |
| N64 Sherbet Land | 5.915 | -33.180 | 39.095 |
| Koopa Cape | 8.810 | -31.740 | 40.550 |
| Wario's Gold Mine | 6.529 | -28.117 | 34.646 |
| Grumble Volcano | 1.441 | -24.253 | 25.694 |
| Mushroom Gorge | 2.509 | -23.489 | 25.998 |
| N64 Bowser's Castle | 19.944 | -23.435 | 43.379 |
| DS Peach Gardens | 11.894 | -22.140 | 34.034 |
| Maple Treeway | 18.276 | -21.897 | 40.173 |
| GCN Waluigi Stadium | 12.240 | -19.118 | 31.358 |
| Bowser's Castle | 17.922 | -18.567 | 36.489 |
| DS Desert Hills | 6.383 | -18.416 | 24.799 |
| Coconut Mall | 3.395 | -16.302 | 19.697 |
| N64 Mario Raceway | 8.777 | -15.740 | 24.517 |
| Moo Moo Meadows | 7.790 | -14.172 | 21.962 |
| Mario Circuit | 8.322 | -12.258 | 20.580 |
| Dry Dry Ruins | 19.996 | -10.246 | 30.242 |
| Daisy Circuit | 11.391 | -9.284 | 20.675 |
| SNES Ghost Valley 2 | 6.751 | -8.522 | 15.273 |
| Luigi Circuit | 10.324 | -7.975 | 18.299 |
| GBA Shy Guy Beach | 14.743 | -5.594 | 20.337 |
| GCN Peach Beach | 13.769 | -5.563 | 19.332 |
| DS Yoshi Falls | 6.969 | -4.777 | 11.746 |
| GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 32.099 | -1.232 | 33.331 |
| Moonview Highway | 30.406 | +0.579 | 29.827 |
| GCN Mario Circuit | 22.680 | +0.7xx | 23.4xx |
| DK Summit | 33.0xx | +2.4xx | 30.654 |
| GCN DK Mountain | 46.588 | +10.001 | 36.587 |