Race Event

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Race Event is a weekly event in Bloons TD 6 introduced in version 7.0 where players attempt to beat a certain amount of rounds as fast as possible. In this game mode, sending of future rounds while the current round is spawning is allowed. Each race can have different modifiers, Tower and/or Hero restrictions, and maps. When all Bloons from all rounds have been defeated, victory is achieved.

While the event is active, players can access it by clicking on the Race icon on the right of the Home Screen or via the Event menu.

Schedule

The Race Event is active every week, usually starting Friday at 07:00:00 UTC and ending Tuesday at 03:00:00 UTC. Exceptions to this schedule are possible, such as when a major update is about to be released, which leads to the event ending early.

Since version 31.0, during the final 5 minutes of the event, players cannot start a game in the Race Event. This change was intended to prevent scores from being submitted past the ending time of the event.

Mechanics

Race Events may appear on different maps of any difficulty every week, although Expert maps appear less often, with the two most difficult maps, Bloody Puddles and Ravine, having never been used. The entry cost is free for the 1st race attempt. After each attempt, the cost becomes  100 ( 90 with Grand Prix Spree, very occasionally less) for entry for 3 hours before becoming free again. One Race Pass can be used to make all future attempts in the current Race Event free, and the usage of Race Pass is forced if the player has one and starts an attempt while the race's 3 hour free-cost timer is still undergoing cooldown.

Backing out of the game will wipe the save for the current attempt. There is also a delay of 0.2s minimum between sending rounds, thus auto-clicking does not send out rounds faster. At the start of the game and after each pause, for the next 25 seconds, a red pie will be on the gear at the top-right. When the red pie is present, pausing again will result in a 2 second penalty, and the penalty increases by 1 second for each subsequent pause while the pie is present until the pie disappears completely. Viewing the upgrades of Towers or the Hero or the upgrading a Super Monkey to Sun Temple or True Sun God counts as pausing as well.

Ruleset

The following is the usual ruleset for Race Events, which can change week by week. In addition, only 1 Hero is usually allowed and Banana Farm is banned in almost all cases. Additional tower restrictions are present for most races as well.

Race Event rules and modifiers

Rule/modifier	Default value	Note(s)
Difficulty	Medium	It is the most frequent difficulty, but other difficulties can appear as well.
Game mode	Standard	It is the most frequent mode, but nearly all others have been used before, including CHIMPS.
Starting cash	$650 ($850 with More Cash)	It has been as high as $50000 ($50200 with More Cash)
Starting lives	200	It changes every week, and has been set to 1 before.
Max lives	5000	It is hidden, unless set to 1 (for the No Lives Lost icon). Usually the same as the starting lives.
Start round	1	It has been set as high as 59.
End round	80	80 is the most frequent end round, but many races end at other rounds.
Max Monkeys	Unlimited	It has been set as low as 2.
Max Paragons	Unlimited	It is not relevant here, as Paragons are almost never used.
Bloon speed	100%
MOAB speed	100%
Ceramic health	100%	It has been set as high as 2000%.
MOAB health	100%
Regrow rate	100%
Ability cooldown rate	100%
Removable cost rate	100%
Monkey Knowledge disabled	No
Selling disabled	No
Powers disabled	Yes
No continues	Yes
All Camo	No
All Regrow	No
Double Cash disabled	Yes
Fast Track disabled	Yes

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Race Event.

High-pierce towers gain great importance in Race Events, due to the large clumps of Bloons often present due to sending out many rounds at once. Due to the competitive nature of Race Events, it is recommended to have near-full Monkey Knowledge if a high ranking is desired (unless MK is disabled for the current event, which is uncommon). Leaking some lives in the early game virtually required in almost every race for a top time, so it is not something to worry about. It is also recommended to plan the strategy ahead of time to avoid the penalty that comes from the need to pause frequently to plot the next part of the strategy.

Rewards

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When each event is first completed,  2 and  50 are earned, and if it ends on round 100 they will earn a free Insta-Monkey. Additional rewards are given based on the player's final position on the global and Mini-Race leaderboards.

Global leaderboard

Position	Rewards
1st	1,000,  100,  100,  ×1,  Tier 5 ×1
2nd	750,  50,  80,  ×1,  Tier 4 ×1
3rd	500,  40,  60,  ×1,  Tier 4 ×1
Top 50	450,  30,  50,  ×1,  Tier 3 ×1
Top 100	400,  25,  40,  Tier 3 ×1
Top 10%	300,  20,  30,  Tier 2 ×1
Top 25%	200,  15,  25,  Tier 1 ×1
Top 50%	100,  10,  20,  Tier 1 ×1
Top 75%	50,  5,  15,  Tier 0 ×1

Mini-Race leaderboard

Position	Rewards
1st	500,  20,  Tier 4 ×1
2nd	400,  15,  Tier 3 ×1
3rd	300,  10,  Tier 3 ×1
Top 10%	250,  5,  Tier 3 ×1
Top 25%	150,  3,  Tier 2 ×1
Top 50%	100,  2,  Tier 1 ×1
Top 75%	50,  1,  Tier 1 ×1

Medals

Medals are awarded based on the player's position on the global leaderboard once the event ends. Mini-Race leaderboards do not give medals.

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  Race Event - Top 75%
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  Race Event - Top 50%
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  Race Event - Top 25%
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  Race Event - Top 10%
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  Race Event - Top 100
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  Race Event - Top 50
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  Race Event - 3rd
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  Race Event - 2nd
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  Race Event - 1st

Events

• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2018–2019)
• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2020)
• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2021)
• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2022)
• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2023)
• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2024)
• List of Race Events in BTD6 (2025)

Update history

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Version 11.0

• Pressing the round send button now adds rounds to a queue that has a 0.2-second delay between sending them, rather than sending all rounds immediately
• "Resolved some lag issues with Races when sending lots of rounds together"

Version 23.0

• "Custom Rounds" challenge rule added

Version 25.0

•  Added Mini-Races, these are a secondary leaderboard where scores are also submitted in addition to the global leaderboard, these are composed of up to 100 players, built in a first-come first-added basis and grant additional prizes.
  • The reward screen pop-up was changed to explain the Mini-Races.
•  Players can now compete on races held on maps they haven't yet unlocked
•  Leaderboards: Player profile avatars are now shown next to their names on the rankings

Version 32.0

• Restart functionality added to the pause menu in Race modes

Version 48.0

• Top 1% medal is changed to Top 100.

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Icons

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  Event icon
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  Leaderboard icon
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  Flags
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  Icon for sending rounds early

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