How to read Records: fastest shift, friends and career hand peels

Match your run to the correct time board

On Records, choose Fastest shift Normal or Fastest shift Hard first. A Normal run is compared with other Normal runs. Choose Global to look through the category and look for the row marked “you” to locate your result. Read the clock in hours, minutes and seconds where all three fields are present. A playtime estimate in a review and a time entered on a particular board can answer different questions.

The header repeats your personal result above the scrollable list. If the first few names change after scrolling or after another player posts, use the header to recover your own place. The screenshots show historical runs; current times and ranks can differ.

Player report of a Hard speedrun ↗

Golden Horn Studios: build and input changes ↗

Compare friends without mistaking the number for a friends-only rank

Select Friends below your own result. One player's screenshot shows three friends with numbers 3,795, 23,591 and 49,402. The numbers retain their wider ranking even though only three names are on screen. To compare your friends, read the times down the filtered list; to see the surrounding competition, switch back to Global in the same difficulty.

The header also gives a Top percentage. A screenshot pairs rank 2 with Top 1%. That percentage describes a band of players. It does not say everyone in that band tied the same time.

Find the hand-peeling tally instead of timing the shift

Select Peeled by hand (career) at the top of Records. A player asking for a Journal panel wanted to separate machine and hand work. This particular board explicitly measures hand peeling over a career. Select the career tab to compare manual totals; use a fastest-shift tab for a completion time instead. The tab label and screenshot do not establish a career statistic for total pounds wasted, so it cannot answer the waste part of that player's question.

Player asks for a Journal statistics panel ↗

When a faster time appears beside your name but no rank is assigned

The Russian-language example shows a personal time of 34:52, a dash in the rank box and a message that the player is not yet in the table. The first visible global time is slower at 50:56. Compare that result with the Polish capture, where a numbered personal rank also appears on a matching row in the list. Check the selected difficulty and look for your own numbered row before claiming a global place. These images do not identify what prevented submission in the first run.

Read 1.653 as a potato count on the Italian career board

On the Italian Records screen the right-hand tab is selected and its label says potatoes peeled by hand over the career. The top result reads 1.653 and the next result reads 1.645. The period is the thousands separator in this view. Read those entries as 1,653 and 1,645 potatoes, eight apart. The fastest-shift categories instead display elapsed time using colons. Check which tab is highlighted before comparing a friend's number with your own.

Two players can share a displayed time and have different ranks

Read the player name as well as the elapsed time. In the Normal screenshot the worker’s result at the top is 3:39:31 and rank 23,498. A visible row lower in the table shows another player at 3:39:31 and rank 23,404. Equal displayed seconds therefore do not guarantee the same displayed place. The frame does not establish the game’s tie-break rule. Use your highlighted personal header to report your own rank instead of copying another name’s row just because the timer matches.

Gameplay · two different player ranks at the same displayed time ↗

Top one percent can include more than one place

On the Normal global board compare the small pound sign to the percentage below the name. One capture shows rank 4 and Top 1%. The time on the player’s highlighted fourth row matches the header. In another, a different player is numbered 1 and is also in the top 1%. Use the number beside the avatar when submitting an exact placing. The percentage describes a group. A screen showing only Top 1% does not establish first place.

Read a time under one hour and check it against another snapshot

The Normal board displays a 39:07 result above a 1:17:21 result. The two-field entry is 39 minutes and 7 seconds, while the second entry includes an hour. When copying a short time into a spreadsheet, write 0:39:07 to keep its units unambiguous. If your copied placing has changed, compare the identical player, time, difficulty and Global filter across pictures. The 1:23:35 entry is fifth in one capture and seventh in another. A leaderboard screenshot records that moment. It cannot establish that a changed placing was caused by a penalty or by a particular new run.

Document what your own no-machine challenge actually measures

A player published a hand-only challenge and explicitly said they would buy no machines. Before beginning, decide whether your rule bans buying machines, using them, or both. A final report with zero machine peels can support the no-machine-output rule, but does not list the equipment you bought. Preserve a shot of your equipment cards as well as the final report if your rules forbid purchases. Do not use an unfinished screenshot as a completion time.

Related field notes

• Old School and the two different 1,000-potato milestones
• Replay a finished save and check your leaderboard time
• How long does Potato Please take? First ending, all achievements and speedruns