These rules apply to:
- Picross S5
- Picross S6
- Picross S Genesis & Master System Edition
- Picross S7
- Picross S8
- Picross S9
- Picross S+
- Picross S Namco Legendary Edition
- Picross Records of The Shield Hero
- Picross S Doraemon & F Characters Edition
- Picross S Capcom Classics Edition
- Picross S SNK Classics & NeoGeo Edition
Levels are puzzles. All Picross S Series games have the same types of levels:
- “Picross” mode with usually 150 levels (P001 to P150).
- “Mega Picross” mode with usually 150 levels (M001 to M150). This mode contains exactly the same puzzles as “Picross”, but in a different order. Thus, these levels are not listed in SR.C.
- “Color Picross” mode with usually 30 levels (CL001 to CL030).
- “Clip Picross” mode with usually 5 pictures (CP01 to CP05), each one divided in a various amount of puzzles (e.g. CP01_23 for the 23rd puzzle composing the 1st picture).
- “Time Attack” mode with usually 30 levels (TA001 to TA030). This mode makes its first appearance in Picross S Capcom Classics Edition and Picross S SNK Classics & NeoGeo Edition, both released on November 27, 2025.
- “Extra” mode with usually 5 levels (E001 to E005).
There are also Full-Game categories for:
- Entire Clip Picross
- Entire Episodes (only for Picross S Records of The Shield Hero)
- Complete the level:
- With the Touchscreen (for “1P (Touchscreen)” category)
- With a controller (for “1P (Controller)” category)
- In 2-player mode (for “2P” category)
- In 3-player mode (for “3P” category)
- In 4-player mode (for “4P” category)
- Submit only In-Game Time (IGT). For “Time Attack” levels, submit actual IGT by substracting your final time from the initial time.
- Usage of the “Hint Roulette” is banned, you can disable the prompt in the settings.
- Image submissions need to show a screenshot from the end of the level: the part where the “CLEAR” pops in.
- Complete the selected Clip Picross (or Episode) in its entirety.
- RTA timing begins when you press A to select the first level of the Clip Picross (or Episode), and ends when you finish the last.
- IGT is the sum of all levels’ IGT.
- Requires full video footage.
- If not all levels/categories are available, and you want to speedrun them, please ask a moderator of the leaderboard to add missing ones.