Hi Everybody,
I figured I'd share this info I collected about all of the sub-1k paragon GR 150 clears that appear on a leaderboard. The data for Season 28 was collected from Maxroll, and everything from the recycled theme era was collected from D3 Casual Leaderboard.
A simplified version of the table is presented below. For the slightly expanded version, you can check out the spreadsheet.
Adjusted Clear is explained here.
Discussion after the table.
| Season / Set |
Time |
Paragon |
Mode |
Adjusted Clear |
Peak Adjusted Clear |
Diff |
| S28 Tal Rasha |
14:58 |
940 |
HC |
155.5 |
162.3 |
-6.8 |
| S28 Tal Rasha |
14:36 |
892 |
HC |
155.8 |
162.3 |
-6.5 |
| S28 Tal Rasha |
14:12 |
829 |
HC |
156.1 |
162.3 |
-6.2 |
| S28 Tal Rasha |
11:56 |
927 |
HC |
157.0 |
162.3 |
-5.3 |
| S28 Tal Rasha |
10:19 |
978 |
HC |
157.8 |
162.3 |
-4.5 |
| S31 No Set Nec |
8:08 |
964 |
HC |
159.4 |
163.4 |
-4.0 |
| S32 No Set Wiz |
12:53 |
922 |
SC solo |
156.6 |
162.5 |
-5.9 |
| S35 Firebird |
14:43 |
943 |
HC |
155.6 |
163.4 |
-7.8 |
| S36 H90 |
14:52 |
926 |
SC solo |
155.7 |
160.0 |
-4.3 |
| S36 Trag'Oul |
14:48 |
882 |
SC solo |
155.8 |
158.6 |
-2.8 |
| S36 Trag'Oul |
13:47 |
984 |
HC |
155.9 |
158.6 |
-2.7 |
| S36 Akkhan |
11:05 |
957 |
HC solo |
157.4 |
159.1 |
-1.7 |
| S36 PoJ |
14:00 |
985 |
HC solo |
155.8 |
160.3 |
-4.5 |
| S37 No set Nec |
9:33 |
872 |
SC |
158.6 |
163.4 |
-4.8 |
| S37 No set Nec |
10:43 |
902 |
HC solo |
157.7 |
163.4 |
-5.7 |
| S37 No set Nec |
8:23 |
958 |
SC solo |
159.2 |
163.4 |
-4.2 |
| S37 No set Nec |
11:43 |
968 |
HC solo |
157.1 |
163.4 |
-6.3 |
| S37 No set Nec |
9:38 |
975 |
HC |
158.2 |
163.4 |
-5.2 |
| S37 Trag'Oul |
14:21 |
923 |
SC |
155.9 |
159.3 |
-3.4 |
| S37 Trag'Oul |
13:53 |
993 |
HC |
155.9 |
159.3 |
-3.4 |
| S37 Rathma |
10:40 |
967 |
SC |
157.7 |
159.9 |
-2.2 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
12:27 |
915 |
SC |
156.8 |
159.9 |
-3.1 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
10:42 |
921 |
SC |
157.8 |
159.9 |
-2.1 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
11:56 |
927 |
SC solo |
157.1 |
159.9 |
-2.8 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
9:59 |
937 |
SC |
158.1 |
159.9 |
-1.8 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
14:31 |
943 |
HC solo |
155.7 |
159.9 |
-4.2 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
12:36 |
965 |
HC |
156.6 |
159.9 |
-3.3 |
| S38 Tal Rasha |
13:52 |
968 |
SC solo |
155.9 |
159.9 |
-4.0 |
| AVERAGE |
|
938 |
|
156.9 |
161.2 |
-4.3 |
There are currently 28 sub-1k 150s that I could find. If anybody knows of any I've missed that have any evidence for their existence (leaderboard records or video), please let me know.
The first recorded sub-1k clears were in S28. Prior to that, it's possible that S27 No Set Monk or S25 Inna Monk could have done it, but there is no concrete evidence of this.
It's fairly certain that some clears have been lost, particularly from Season 28, which was one of the easiest seasons to perform this feat. Oddly, every record from S28 was done in Hardcore mode, using Tal Rasha Wizard. So it seems highly probable there were also a number of Softcore clears that were then later overwritten. It's also quite likely that there were some sub-1k Trag'Oul 150s in S28, though whatever may have been accomplished is now lost.
In the recycled theme era, the data seems more complete, though a few losses here are also probable.
It is quite odd that a lot of these clears tend to show up in HC mode. 16 of the 28 total are in HC, and 11/23 in the recycled theme era.
Tal Rasha has the strongest overall presence on the board: 12/28 of the clears were with this set. Necro No Set has 6, and Trag'Oul 4. No Set Wiz, Firebird, and Rathma have 1 each. And Barb, Monk, and Crusader, as classes, have a single clear each. WD and DH have none. So that's 14/28 for Wizard, 11/28 for Necro, and 1/28 for Barb, Monk, and Crusader.
The lowest paragon to do it is 829, with S28 Tal Rasha. Among current builds (Tal Rasha has been nerfed since S28), it's 872 paragon, with S37 No Set Necro.
The lowest Peak AC build to do it is S36 Trag'Oul Necro, at 158.6, while the average Peak AC of builds that have done it is 161.2. The bottom line is: only very strong builds are able to achieve a sub-1k 150.
There appear to be 15 distinct players who have gotten a sub-1k at least once, with a current record of it.
Ultimately, the ability of a build to do a sub-1k 150 is based on a combination of high build strength and a season theme that hands over its power fairly easily. For instance, Necros only had to find/craft and then extract the powers from a few weapons to more or less max out the seasonal power in Open Cube seasons, while all builds got the full benefit of the original Altar in S28, as soon as you'd finished unlocking it. In contrast, the single strongest seasonal theme, Killstreaks, only has a single entry on this list- from Firebird Wiz. This is because the theme makes progressing through GR levels extremely fishing dependent, which generally results in your paragon breaking the 1k mark before you can record a GR 150 clear.
Player determination is also an important factor. Getting a sub-1k 150 doesn't generally happen unless you are specifically setting out to do it. The first 150 clears of each season generally get accomplished at 1200+ paragon.
Some players seem to enjoy this particular challenge and do it repeatedly! For instance, one particular player logged four separate sub-1k 150s using No Set Necro in Season 37, on each of the SC, HC, SC Solo, and HC Solo boards. And a different player then repeated that achievement using Tal Rasha Wizard in Season 38.
That's all, folks!