Octarina timed modes: confirmed achievement targets vs player claims

Confirmed answer: the official mode names are Checkpoint Race and The Floor is Lava. Steam publishes “under 50 sec” for Takoyaki, but gives Roll Octopus Roll only the description “Be the fastest!” Neither public Steam page checked here states which named mode triggers which achievement. Treat 45 seconds and about 81 seconds as player reports, not official cutoffs.

The two official challenge modes

These descriptions come from the Steam product page. The store does not display a third menu mode formally named Speedrun Mode.

Confirmed achievement targets vs player claims

Steam’s global achievement page also shows that both achievements have been unlocked by a small share of players, but completion percentages change over time and do not reveal the trigger. A successful unlock by itself does not prove whether the timer uses finish time, checkpoint splits, an internal leaderboard or another condition.

What does “speedrun mode” mean here?

A 2021 Steam discussion asks whether Roll Octopus Roll requires the fastest time in “the speedrun mode.” That wording is a player’s question, not a label quoted from the game or store. The official store instead names Checkpoint Race, which is explicitly timed, and The Floor is Lava, which also invites a fast finish.

A separate Speedrun.com leaderboard has a community category called Story Mode. It documents external full-story runs; it is not evidence that the game menu contains a third official mode or that its leaderboard times unlock either Steam achievement.

How to record a reproducible timing test

There is not enough evidence for a guaranteed shortcut route, but a clean test can make a new result useful:

1. Name the mode exactly as shown in the menu. Record Checkpoint Race or The Floor is Lava instead of writing only “speedrun.”
2. Record the game build and a continuous run. Include the menu selection, start countdown, finish screen and achievement notification.
3. Write down both visible and external times. If the game displays a result, preserve that number separately from a video timer.
4. Note resets and contact rules. Record whether checkpoints were restarted, whether lava was touched and whether the run returned to the menu.
5. Repeat once before calling it a threshold. One unlock proves that a time can work on that build; it does not identify the highest qualifying time.

For all 16 achievement names and the two unresolved hidden unlocks, use the Octarina achievement status guide. For ordinary story progression, use the story route guide; story speedruns are outside this page’s tested scope.