01 / ANY%
Full Game
36:XX
Top-level benchmark
Half-Life 2 Speedrunning
Break the route.
Break the route.
Keep the speed.
Half-Life 2 is more than a story-driven classic. It's a precision playground built around movement, routing, physics, glitches, and thousands of tiny decisions. Learn the tech. Build the route. Chase the perfect run.
9+
Major Chapters
100s
Movement Tricks
∞
Route Optimization
VELOCITY
412.7 u/s
412.7 u/s
Featured Run
Any% — Full Game
Bunny Hopping
Strafe Optimization
Edge Bugs
Physics Abuse
Boosts
Route Planning
Save Management
Frame Perfect Inputs
Bunny Hopping
Strafe Optimization
Edge Bugs
Physics Abuse
Boosts
Route Planning
Save Management
Frame Perfect Inputs
The leaderboard
Every second is
Every second is
up for grabs.
Speedrunning is a constant process of refinement: one cleaner movement line, one faster setup, one fewer unnecessary action.
02 / NO MAJOR GLITCHES
Technical Route
40:XX
Movement-focused category
03 / CHAPTER
Ravenholm
03:XX
Segment benchmark
Pick your ruleset
Different categories.
Different categories.
Same obsession.
The category you choose changes the route, the tricks you use, and how aggressively you can abuse the game's physics.
Any%
The classic race to the finish. Use the fastest legal techniques available and optimize every section of the game.
Glitchless
A cleaner approach focused on movement, combat routing, mechanics, and execution rather than major skips.
Chapter Runs
Master individual levels without grinding the entire game. Perfect for learning movement, experimenting, and chasing better splits.
Challenge Runs
Restrictions, alternative routes, or unusual objectives. Great for experimenting with mechanics outside the main meta.
Core mechanics
You are not just moving forward. You're manufacturing speed.
High-level Half-Life 2 speedrunning turns the Source engine into a toolkit. Movement is built around acceleration, air control, velocity preservation, geometry, and precise input timing.
Bunny Hopping
Maintain and build speed through chained jumps.
Air Strafing
Shape your trajectory while preserving acceleration.
Edge Movement
Use geometry and collision behavior to gain distance.
Physics Boosts
Convert world objects into launch tools and route skips.
movement.cfg — live practice profile
player_speed
=
optimized
air_control
=
aggressive
jump_chain
=
continuous
route_noise
=
minimized
// split performance
Route architecture
See the run
See the run
as one machine.
A strong run is rarely one giant trick. It's dozens of optimized segments connected together without losing momentum.
01
Start
Initial setup
02
Canals
Movement
03
Water
Vehicle tech
04
Ravenholm
Boosts
05
Highway
Speed
06
Nova
Routing
07
Anticitizen
Combat
08
Citadel
Endgame
09
Finish
Stop timer
Learn the meta
From first jump
From first jump
to full-game pace.
Build your skill in layers. Learn movement first, then route knowledge, then execution under pressure.
GUIDE 01
The Beginner's Speedrun Guide
Start with the fundamentals: settings, movement, save management, route structure, practice strategy, and the mistakes that cost beginners the most time.
Open guide →GUIDE 02
Movement Lab
Learn how acceleration and air control turn simple jumps into repeatable speed techniques.
Study movement →GUIDE 03
Route Breakdown
Understand why top runners choose specific paths and where the biggest time saves come from.
See the route →
Questions
Speedrun FAQ.
The basics you need before you press Start New Game and accidentally spend three hours practicing one corner.
Do I need to be good at Half-Life 2 first?
No. In fact, learning the speedrun can change how you play the game entirely. Start with movement fundamentals and a small set of repeatable techniques.
What should I practice first?
Focus on movement consistency before advanced skips. Being able to move quickly through ordinary sections reliably creates a much stronger foundation for full-game attempts.
Why are small movements so important?
Speedruns are built from accumulated savings. A tiny optimization repeated across many rooms can be worth more than a dramatic trick that works only occasionally.
Should I practice the entire run every time?
Usually not. Isolate difficult segments, drill them until execution becomes automatic, then reconnect those segments into full attempts.
What makes Half-Life 2 interesting for speedrunning?
The Source engine combines movement mechanics, physics objects, collision behavior, scripted sequences, and highly optimized routes. That gives runners a huge amount of room to experiment.
Your timer is waiting
Start with one run.
Start with one run.
Optimize the next hundred.
Pick a category, learn the route, open a timer, and turn “I think I can go faster” into a split.