Pokéathlon Records

[Linke]

I think top of Page #2 is a great place to post some WR info! Last update: 2025-08-03.

Only verified records obtained on console are listed here (hearsay and emulator records not included). If you do have evidence of a higher score, let me know and I'll update accordingly!

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Course​	WR​	Pokéathlete(s)​	Pokémon​	Date​
Speed​	657​	CS_​	Sunkern/Sunkern/Sunkern​	2025-07-29​
Power​	622​	Linke​	Meganium/Meganium/Meganium​	2020-02-19​
Skill​	617​	Linke​	Psyduck/Ditto/Psyduck​	2022-10-11​
Stamina​	650​	Tanguy​	Mewtwo/Kyogre/Entei​	2011-02-21​
Jump​	550​	hotdogturtle​	Hoppip/Hoppip/Hoppip​	2021-03-03​

Event​	WR​	Pokéathlete(s)​	Pokémon​	Date​
Hurdle Dash​	75.9​	Linke / hotdogturtle / EchoAlchemy​	Zapdos/Mewtwo/Latios​	2017-12-22​
Pennant Capture​	58​	TaiwanTop​	Arceus/Yanmega/Rapidash​	2020-01-18​
Circle Push​	66*​	-​	-​	-​
Block Smash​	177​	Cheese Naan​	Arceus/Arceus/Arceus​	2024-11-13​
Disc Catch​	126​	BeafCultist​	Omastar/Kabuto/Kabutops​	2024-01-06​
Lamp Jump​	637​	hotdogturtle​	Zubat/Zubat/Zubat​	2021-03-02​
Relay Run​	22.5​	CS_​	Sunkern/Sunkern/Sunkern​	2025-07-29​
Ring Drop​	200*​	-​	-​	-​
Snow Throw​	128​	TaiwanTop​	Arceus/Zapdos/Mewtwo​	2020-01-18​
Goal Roll​	24​	BeafCultist​	Mewtwo/Mew/Totodile​	2024-01-06​

* 66 and 200 are the maximum possible scores for Circle Push and Ring Drop respectively and have been achieved on multiple occasions by a number of Pokéathletes - certainly too many to list in this table.


Quite a few unverified records appear in this video from a user called Arjun. This save file is apparently from a legitimate cartridge, however without any way to verify this I have left the records off the table. If legitimate, they are certainly incredible scores!

Big thanks to IsaacTaisteeBoltz for making me aware of quite a few of these.

 

[Altissimo]

Any reason emulator is excluded?

 

[Linke]

Any reason emulator is excluded?

Mix of a) it's difficult to determine whether a score is obtained through tool-assisted means, and b) the events are substantially different on emulator to the point that (in my opinion) the scores are not really comparable. Some events are easier on emulator and some much harder.

Perhaps a separate emulator column is a good idea if there's many people attempting events on emulator. I was considering adding another column for unverified/assisted records but figured I could get back to that in a later edit :p

 

[hotdogturtle]

I agree with point B. Touchscreen games played with other input methods are inherently different from the original game even if accuracy of emulation is not a concern.

 

[CS_]

Oh god, it's a bit more complicated than that...

Speed Course: This team doesn't work. The problem is the described juice's weakest flavor is tied between strength, speed and jump. In case of a tie for weakest flavor, the order for determining the weakest flavor is Speed, Jump, Skill, Stamina, Power. This means, in this case, speed would be reduced. To avoid that we can blend a new drink with this recipe: 1 pink, 13 yellow, 1 white, 12 blue. This drink will have 50 sour flavor, 48 dry flavor and 2 sweet flavor. This ensures that speed is not chosen as the weakest flavor.

There's another problem. This setup requires +9 in skill and +5-9 in speed from the daily modifier. A bit of prodding at the formula tells me that this is pretty unlikely. You would need a personality value with the digit governing the speed to be 2, 3 or 4 higher than the one governing the skill, and the digit governing the stamina to not be 2, 3, or 4 higher than the one governing the skill.

In practice, this means to catch the perfect Sunkern, you need a 2/25 (nature) followed by 21/100 (personality value) for a final probability of 1.7%. However, this is only considering each Sunkern individually. All three Sunkern would actually need to have the same digit governing skill to have the +9 fall on the same day. This means the last 2 Sunkern are only 0.17% instead. Checking the Sunkern is also a very tedious process as you would need to test every Sunkern on ten consecutive days after feeding them the juice. The digits responsible for the nature and the daily modifier overlap, so this Sunkern might even be impossible. I guess perfection is hard...

EDIT: I tested it, and a timid nature doesn't allow for a personality value that works with the daily modifier requirements. Only jolly works, so that's even worse luck-wise. An example of a working PID is 000003F5 which would give you the correct modifiers on the 2nd, 8th, 12th, 18th, 22nd, and 28th of the month.

Power Course: This has similar problems to the Speed Course.
Skill Course: This one works.
Stamina Course: This one also works.
Jump Course: This also has similar problems to the Speed Course.

Thanks to your post, I was able to build a very competitive team for the Speed Course. I smashed my record and reached 630. This score is still far from perfect, since the main drawback of the Sunkern is its particularly low jump stat, which makes the Hurdle Dash very hard to manage. I’ll keep trying to improve this score and reach 650, which I believe is definitely achievable.

By the way, the PID constraints you provided to reach 5 stars in speed and 4 in stamina and skill are not entirely accurate. In reality, for stamina you need between -5 and +9, for speed between +5 and +9, and for skill between +8 and +9.

EDIT : After many more attempts, I managed to reach 626 twice, including one run where I broke my personal records in Hurdle Dash with 76.3 and in Pennant Capture with 55. Unfortunately, I wasn’t lucky with the bonuses...

 

[PokeathlonEnjoyer]

I’ll keep trying to improve this score and reach 650, which I believe is definitely achievable.

I agree that 650 is achievable but it is very hard and it requires almost WR pace in all the events: 150 points in hurdle dash (76,6 seconds at most), 171 points in pennant capture (57 flags, 1 less than WR), 200 points in relay run and 131 bonus points (3*10 no miss, 2*20 leading score, 1*10 effort).

The hardest thing is getting a great pennant capture run and at the same time getting 2*20 leading score bonus points (or 3*10 effort which is even more unlikely).
I've been trying to find a way of getting consistent Pennant Capture runs but I feel like it's the hardest thing in the whole pokeathlon, probably the best way to approach this is to try to get 3 leading score bonus points, the safest way to do this is to get a perfect hurdle dash run, get 54 flags (9*6) and split the laps evenly between the pokemons, this way all the pokemons have the same points and you get 151 bonus poins.

 

[CS_]

I agree that 650 is achievable but it is very hard and it requires almost WR pace in all the events: 150 points in hurdle dash (76,6 seconds at most), 171 points in pennant capture (57 flags, 1 less than WR), 200 points in relay run and 131 bonus points (3*10 no miss, 2*20 leading score, 1*10 effort).

The hardest thing is getting a great pennant capture run and at the same time getting 2*20 leading score bonus points (or 3*10 effort which is even more unlikely).
I've been trying to find a way of getting consistent Pennant Capture runs but I feel like it's the hardest thing in the whole pokeathlon, probably the best way to approach this is to try to get 3 leading score bonus points, the safest way to do this is to get a perfect hurdle dash run, get 54 flags (9*6) and split the laps evenly between the pokemons, this way all the pokemons have the same points and you get 151 bonus poins.

I managed to beat my record twice — first with a score of 633, and then again with 641.
On the 641 run, I had the best possible Hurdle Dash with Sunkern (76.2 sec), 50 in Pennant Capture, and over 20 laps in Relay Run. Where I got lucky was with the bonuses. I got the expected 3×10 “No Miss” bonuses, but more importantly, I got 3×20 “Leading Score” bonuses. Unfortunately, I got 0 Effort bonus because the bonus category was “Fails.” If it had been “Jumps,” I would have gotten an extra 3×10 points (since only in Hurdle Dash do the Pokémon jump, and they all jump the exact same number of times as long as you don’t fail). If it had been “Sprints,” I would have gotten 10 points.

So even though I was very lucky with the Leading Score bonuses, I had a 1 in 2 chance of hitting 651+ and a 1 in 4 chance of hitting 671.

Over time, I think I’ll eventually reach my goal of 650, but it’s turning out to be more difficult than I expected. Especially, as you mentioned, because Pennant Capture is the hardest event in the Pokéathlon — it's completely random and the scores vary way too much between a good run and a bad one.

By the way, I think aiming for 9×6 in Pennant Capture to guarantee the 3 Leading Score bonuses would make things even harder. The event is already difficult enough without having to worry about the number of flags per Pokémon. I’d rather just rely on luck at that point and hope to get “Jumps” as the Effort bonus.
On top of that, it’s not possible to reach 20 laps in Relay Run while distributing the laps evenly. The first Pokémon will always end up doing more than the others. I’m not sure if the laps done beyond the first 20 are counted in the individual Pokémon’s score, but if they are, there will be a difference of around 20 points between the first and the other two. If they’re not counted, the difference will be around 10 points.
The only way to balance this out is during Pennant Capture, by having the first Pokémon collect fewer flags.

 

[CS_]

In the end, it only took me a few more hours to break 650 — and I even reached 657.
I got a score I'm satisfied with, even if it's not perfect. I had the luck I needed with the bonuses: 3×10 “No Miss,” 2×20 “Leading Score,” and 3×10 “Jumps.”

I’ll take this opportunity to share my best event scores from the Speed course: Hurdle Dash (76.2 sec), Pennant Capture (55 pennants), and Relay Run (22.5 laps). I don’t think I’ll be beating those anytime soon.

Now it’s time to take on a new course. I’m not sure which one yet — maybe Power, although Goal Roll kind of scares me, or maybe Jump. Definitely not Skill though, I’ve had enough of Pennant Capture for now.

 

[Linke]

I agree that 650 is achievable but it is very hard and it requires almost WR pace in all the events: 150 points in hurdle dash (76,6 seconds at most), 171 points in pennant capture (57 flags, 1 less than WR), 200 points in relay run and 131 bonus points (3*10 no miss, 2*20 leading score, 1*10 effort).

The hardest thing is getting a great pennant capture run and at the same time getting 2*20 leading score bonus points (or 3*10 effort which is even more unlikely).
I've been trying to find a way of getting consistent Pennant Capture runs but I feel like it's the hardest thing in the whole pokeathlon, probably the best way to approach this is to try to get 3 leading score bonus points, the safest way to do this is to get a perfect hurdle dash run, get 54 flags (9*6) and split the laps evenly between the pokemons, this way all the pokemons have the same points and you get 151 bonus poins.

Agree that Pennant Capture is a nightmare, probably spent more hours trying to even get 50+ in Pennant Capture than the rest of the Pokeathlon combined. Still have PTSD.

Also CS_ 657 is incredible, amazing work! Did you end up just getting lucky on the bonus points or were you trying to keep things even to get multiple Leading Score bonuses?

 

[CS_]

Agree that Pennant Capture is a nightmare, probably spent more hours trying to even get 50+ in Pennant Capture than the rest of the Pokeathlon combined. Still have PTSD.

Also CS_ 657 is incredible, amazing work! Did you end up just getting lucky on the bonus points or were you trying to keep things even to get multiple Leading Score bonuses?

I didn’t intentionally get 2 “Leading Score” bonuses. Since my 3 Pokémon have the same stats and the events are designed in a way that they score roughly the same number of points, it’s fairly common to get 2 with the “Leading Score” bonus.

Where I did get lucky is that, in addition to having a good Pennant Capture and 2 Leading Score bonuses, I got “Jumps” as the Effort bonus — which automatically gives 30 points as long as you don’t mess up in Hurdle Dash.