Hollow Knight: Silksong was released on September 4, 2025, and within a few days, the speedrunning community is already publishing playthroughs of the game in less than 90 minutes.
The official leaderboard on Speedrun.com is frozen until October 1. This means that moderators want to establish initial rules and allow time for standard playthroughs before accepting official submissions. For now, results are mainly published through videos and social media.
The game's achievement system includes the Speedrunner trophy (complete the game in less than 5 hours) and Speed Completion (100% in less than 30 hours), which implies the possibility of fast playthroughs and provides route-optimizing players with specific goals.
For comparison, the Hollow Knight record in the "any percent" category is about 30 minutes, which shows that extreme speeds are only available to experienced players.
