I'm A Speedrunner 8

I'm A Speedrunner 8 was the eighth tournament held within the I'm A Speedrunner series. The series featured in this tournament was Gex. It was the first tournament hosted by CrystalFissure & Nintendogen64, who almost 5 years later created the International Spyro Grand Prix.

Participating Players
Players who were inactive, replaced or quit:

SGkieran (quit), ComicMischief100 (quit), BearManiac96 (replaced), MrGamesendy (replaced)

Groups and Competitors - Round 1
Please Note: To see the complete list of matches for the groups, click the "Expand" button next to the "Matches" text.

Group A
* MrEddy1667ful would later return as a replacement in Group H.

Group B
Heydavid17 & TheAFH013 have qualified for Round 2.

Group G
* Spikestuff95 would later return as a replacement in Group C.

Group H
CrystalFissure and CrashBandiSpyro12 have qualified for Round 2.

Round 2 (Knockout Stage)
Round 2 was a knockout stage or the Round of 16, starting after Round 1 has concluded. Round 2 started after the majority of the matches had been done and the deadline had passed. Only 16 out of 32 people will qualify for Round 2. The people who qualify were the top 2 in their respective Groups.

People who earned the most points in their Groups will be seeded, meaning the winners will face the runner-ups from other Groups.
 * People who finished 1st in the Group stage can't face each other in Round 2.
 * People who finished 2nd in the Group stage can't face each other in Round 2.
 * People who were in the same Group in Round 1 can't face each other in Round 2.

Round 3 & Shaggin' Wagon
The people who qualified for Round 3 are the 8 people who wins their Round 2 matches, which was the total of 16 people.

In this Round, people who has already faced each other in the Group stage, can once again face each other as well in Round 3, unlike Round 2, people who losses will qualify to the "Shaggin' Wagon" Round.

Matches
Round 3 matches will all as well be like the Round 2 matches, where 2 Round 2 winners will face each other. The winner will qualify directly to the grand final, while the loser will not be eliminated, as in Round 2, but instead qualify to the "Shaggin' Wagon Round"

Shaggin' Wagon
All the Round 3 losers had been placed here where the winner was selected for the grand final. CrystalFissure won by 20 seconds, and the draw time was determined in the run to be 10 seconds.

Round 3.5
The race with Ratchet5 and MuddyMaestro was complicated, as in the first race, Muddy won but a rematch was granted that Ratchet5 won. It was determined that there should be a third match done, and the winner would face the winner of the second Shaggin' Wagon race.

Nintendogen64 had won the match and then had to face Ratchet5 for the last spot in the final. Ratchet5 decided to quit the tournament and thus Nintendogen64 was granted the win.

Events in the Grand Final
CrystalFissure won the IAS8 Grand Final, which was a race to beat the final boss, Rez. HeyDavid17 was given a 15-minute penalty for providing his speedrun footage 5 weeks late. HeyDavid17 accepted this penalty, with the reason given to him that he could have spent time practicing during that time. CrystalFissure also only finished 40 seconds before TheSubPixel, the closest I'm A Speedrunner grand final in history.