[reificator]

I was under the impression that 0%, 100%, and any% were completion ranges, not different levels of glitches allowed.

0% means you make as little progress as possible, level up as few times as possible, pick up as few items as possible, and otherwise avoid progress other than completing the objective.

100% means you pick up every item, finish every quest, etc...

any% means you do whatever you have to in order to get through as quickly as possible.

That said, there are different levels of glitches, exploits, and external tools allowed in different speedruns. TAS (Tool Assisted) speedruns would probably appeal to this crowd.

For instance this run[0] of the NES Super Mario Brothers games where all four games use the same controller inputs and finish in the same second. (Host says 3 games, but it's really 4.)

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3358&v=EHfw-BEuR...

[dkersten]

I’ve always heard n% refer to the completion ranges, as you say, however, the level of glitches allowed has often been a factor too (although in my limited experience its usually been simply no glitches allowed or glitches allowed). Mostly I’ve watched dark souls speedruns where the general consensus is that any in-game glitches are allowed, external tools, hacks etc are not and the % refers to how many of the bosses are defeated.