87 players
91 records
3.2
2.6
2.2
1.8

Ascension

BO1 PC : available Xbox : available PlayStation : available Plutonium : available

A Soviet cosmodrome under the snow, with a rocket that launches exactly once and takes part of the map with it. Ascension brought the Gersch Device, the Matryoshka Dolls, the lunar landers that carry you between zones, and the Space Monkeys.

The monkey rounds are the map's signature and its cruelty: they ignore you completely and go for the Perk-a-Cola machines instead. Lose a machine and the perk is gone for the rest of the game. The Thundergun returns in the box, and the Pack-a-Punch only opens once the rocket has fired.

The First Room is the bottom of the launch site, a long room with a pit in the middle and the M14 and Olympia on its walls. There is enough space to run a loop, which is rare on Black Ops, but the stairs behind you open a second front the moment you commit to a direction. On a First Room run the monkeys are the real wall: you have almost nothing to defend the machines with.

Speedruns

Rank	Player	Round
1	Zaiydo
2	AetherUSLOW
2	Fanchoo29kk
2	testerXVI
5	CxTop
6	NuKer
7	Myst1ry
8	GamingGhost
8	Its Kai
10	Knlls
11	theoo1312
12	pishizor
13	glory1
13	LividPoison
13	Norskyy
16	TheKonceptor
16	YaBoyKnife
18	DashEnergy	44
18	Mr Bunk Bunk	44
20	Corb
20	promptCritical
22	Boysta
22	DrumHero
22	TraSpeRoo2
25	M7Z_77
26	Digo
26	qUaLiTy_alex	40
26	RainingZombies	40
29	Plant
29	Zenii_
31	Vscopez_
32	KyuBowa
33	RoG Uprise
34	TheINicoZ
35	Benboy46
35	Chopper129
37	DailyHayley
38	Vilette
39	SaggyBerries
40	nmlSource
41	Romantic
42	bapeii
43	Ascendedloop
44	erlxpez

Rank	Players	Round
1	Tonestone36 Zi0
2	Commander Borja Ervisto Jordi Pi
3	Zenii_ Zey
4	Dashie MrTankDempsey
4	Pap1014 xN1ghtShadowx
6	SiZ INSOMNIAK69 SiZ Preda
6	TheNanoNex ZEC Wave
8	Fish6060 Jowens419
8	Grid8103 ICHellHounds	38
8	Ivany Zeta Sobku
11	II_CraZyWar45_II StarGamer2255
12	Boysta IlSteveIl
13	I-NOGNIHC Wibo-
13	TheKataboliser TheKonceptor	35
15	Koalitos Slayermane
16	aSg Lady DimsGamer
16	FeastFable3 Vzual-Venom
18	Haldorsonb Rumpy doo doo
19	clxssicz xxZOM8IEKILLA69
19	CxTop Mr McShield
21	Joker ZW Pseudohalluzinator
22	DempseyDoesDabs eigooBthree
23	Cannon Red Eyesore

Rank	Players	Round	Platform
1	Zi0 Tonestone36 Klicher
2	ICHellHounds Grid8103 poncho58501
3	Achyllies19 dtpuka98 Hiroshiru
4	SinPiedad BoggedFrame Th3BiigBoss
5	zSuppraa ADZ_Pancake ADZ Adri
6	im_jug kaap OhLookPingu
7	nero IndiansTolosa93 Physxx
8	Homicidal OG IK II IN IG v2 ItZxK1CKASS
9	BoZ-Gotli-Fr BoZ-Masterkill X_Mel_X
10	Smokamus Prime Ur Done Son22 Lim0nada

Rank	Players	Round	Platform
1	Zombie_Legende_7 MasterSmexy RainingZombies xImCrossbow
2	Madsqauwker Plant Tonestone36 Zi0
3	AXALE iamxan 047AyeVSX Loac1
4	Commander Borja Frenz daniser00 ganyabwoy
5	BoggedFrame Itz Lush Bby SinPiedad Th3BiigBoss
5	ICHellHounds JesusUgarteX poncho58501 Grid8103
7	BAN MY XBOX dtpuka98 Spykes27 Hiroshiru
8	Sary Tonestone36 ThatGuyWhoCamps ECSPENSIVE
9	BigDogDeLuca103 RODDY WHITE BOY SiiCKBEATZ F-CKACHEEZEIT14
10	Smokamus Prime Ur Done Son22 Jugs Over Rated Siri hosts
11	pez clxssicz xxZOM8IEKILLA69 PaP Perfect
11	ZW Pseudohalluzinator Acered MUFOS Paddeh
13	Smokamus Prime Jugs Over Rated Fos astro Siri hosts
13	Smokamus Prime DontBuyTheDoor ELEcTEdAsSaSiN Siri hosts
13	Windsky Hitomi Strive of JK Dragon520WYH

Ascension First Room

The Ascension First Room leaderboard on Zombie First Room Rankings tracks every verified run held in the starting room of Ascension, on Call of Duty : Black Ops. 116 records are listed here, and the best rounds on record are 62 in solo by Zaiydo, 55 in two players by Tonestone36, 40 in 3 players by Zi0 and 45 in 4 players by Zombie_Legende_7.

Ascension counts in one ranking. The difficulty coefficient multiplies every round reached here, which is how a round 30 on a tight starting room can be worth more than a round 50 on an open one: “High Rounds” First Room (solo 3.2, two players 2.6).

Ascension is remembered for the Soviet cosmodrome, the space monkeys, the lunar landers and the rocket launch. The crew: Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki, Edward Richtofen, Gersh and Yuri Zavoyski. Weapons and wonder weapons: Thundergun, Gersch Device, Matryoshka Dolls and Ray Gun. Perks on the map: Juggernog, Quick Revive, Speed Cola, Double Tap, PhD Flopper, Stamin-Up and Deadshot Daiquiri.

First Room is the purest discipline in Call of Duty Zombies: no Pack-a-Punch run around the map, no easter egg, no train through open ground. You hold the spawn room of Ascension, you keep the doors closed, and you push the round counter as far as the horde allows. Every high round, world record and personal best on this page is backed by its video and checked against the reference boards before it is listed.

Rules / Informations

We do not maintain our own ruleset. ZFRR follows the competitive First Room rules written and maintained by the player Zi0 on his site B2, the reference used across the Zombies community.

B2 gathers the global rules (no memory tools, no macros, no out-of-bounds glitches, no emulators) and those specific to the First Room category: doors stay closed, fast ray, rapid fire and the fast-throw grenade glitch are forbidden, while fast knifing and split-screen remain allowed. Every change is voted on publicly.

Lowest round on the board

This ranking has no fixed entry round. The column below shows the lowest round currently on the board : beating it is enough to appear.

First Room	Mode	Lowest listed
Ascension	Solo	15 44 listed
Ascension	2P	10 47 listed

Game versions and platforms

The version the game is played on is part of the rules. A run played on a platform or a client refused below is not listed, whatever the round or the time — and a run already on the board is removed from it.

Call of Duty : Black Ops

Platform	Rule
Steam The host must show the files of the `zone/Common` directory and launch the game from the executable itself, not from a shortcut.	ALLOWED
Plutonium The anticheat output must stay visible : the text in the upper right corner and the checksums in the upper left corner are never covered.	ALLOWED
BGamer Same requirement as Steam : show `zone/Common` and launch from the executable.	ALLOWED
Xbox 360 / One / Series	ALLOWED
PS3	ALLOWED
PS4 / PS5	ALLOWED
Wii	NOT ALLOWED

A run that breaks these rules is not accepted, whatever the round reached. If a username, a nationality or a score looks wrong, tell us through the contact form.

Read the full rules on B2

Ascension

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