Everything that changes on Zombie First Room Rankings, version by version: new pages and features,
improvements, fixes, new content and data. The full redesign went live on 10 September 2026 as
version 3.0; every update since is listed here, newest first.
3.10 current version
13 versions
124 changes
v3.10Current
One Verrückt card and Verrückt Reversed
Verrückt now shows as a single map everywhere, a new Verrückt Reversed 3P category opens, the site gets an Updates page, and most of its text was rewritten.
New
Added this Updates page listing every change since the 3.0 redesign, reachable from the Others menu, the footer version and a What’s new home block.
Added a Game column to the Recent Records and Recent Speedruns tables, so you can see which game each run was played on.
Improved
Verrückt now appears as one card everywhere, with both sides merged and a new map image, including on the Three Hardest Maps ranking.
The Rankings slider on the home page now shows a game badge on each ranking.
The home Speedruns slider now shows one card per map instead of one card per side or category.
Fixed
Game badges in the Players directory now show the right games for every player.
Content
Added new Ascension (Black Ops) map and POV images to the Image Hub, now also used as Ascension's map image and page background.
Data
Added the Verrückt Reversed 3P category on Black Ops and Black Ops III, with its own rules in the Rules window.
SEO
Image Hub pictures now carry creator and copyright details, so Google can show them correctly in image results.
Rewrote text across the site: the home page's What is a First Room section, Leaderboards, Players, Speedruns and the map descriptions.
v3.9
The Black Ops II Hub is complete
Every Black Ops II map now has its own wiki in the Hub, with First Room plans, 3D models and video guides.
New
Added explorable 3D First Room models for Buried and Die Rise, with walls and obstacles checked at player height.
Improved
Reworked every Black Ops II Hub page: balanced image and text sizes, tidier card grids and no more empty gaps.
Every section heading in Hub articles now has an icon, making long pages easier to scan.
The Three Hardest Maps ranking has a new background with a built-in title instead of the old logo.
Removed the arrows from the home sliders in favour of bullets, and made the mobile section titles larger.
Fixed
Map and game filters in the Image Hub work again on first use, without having to reset them.
Content
Added full wiki pages to the Hub for TranZit, Bus Depot, Buried, Die Rise, Farm, Town, Nuketown and Origins, joining Mob of the Dead.
Each Black Ops II wiki has dedicated sub-pages for its weapons, buildables, perks, Easter eggs and other key features, linked to each other.
Added hand-drawn First Room plans in the style of the game's loading screens to the Black Ops II map pages.
Added video guide links in five languages to the Black Ops II map pages, chosen from complete and recent guides.
v3.8
One page per map, no minimum round
Every map now has a single Leaderboard and Speedrun page with categories, and any verified round now counts.
New
Each map now has one Leaderboard and one Speedrun page; sides and variants such as Verrückt Jugg Side or Buried Ray Gun are categories inside it.
Leaderboard and Speedrun pages now show the three latest records for the map in the header, with a link to see more.
Added a short loading animation between pages, and the mobile menu now follows your phone's dark or light mode.
Improved
Old map addresses now redirect to the matching category on the new single map pages, so existing links keep working.
Verrückt, Bus Depot and Mob of the Dead now use their own Image Hub pictures for their map cards and page backgrounds.
3P and 4P speedruns now sit in a Full Map category instead of being repeated under each side.
In the video window, multi-part full gameplays are now labelled by their round range instead of Part 1, Part 2.
Fixed
Hub pages now load their sections progressively while scrolling, which stops crashes when scrolling quickly to the bottom.
Content
Added official images to the Mob of the Dead wiki, plus a Tutorials tab with videos in five languages on its sub-pages.
Data
Removed all minimum rounds: any verified run now appears on the Leaderboards and counts towards the Rankings, on every map.
Imported about 2,170 previously excluded records and created the matching player pages after the minimum rounds were dropped.
v3.7
The Hub opens with Mob of the Dead
A new Hub gathers articles about every First Room, starting with a complete Mob of the Dead guide.
New
Added the Hub: a full-page 3D horror library where every book is an article, sorted on shelves by label.
Added a First Room plan drawn like the game's loading screen, which opens full screen when clicked.
Added a 3D exploration of the Mob of the Dead First Room, with keyboard controls, a touch joystick on mobile and automatic pause.
Map articles now include links to buy the game or map pack on each platform, and video tutorials in several languages.
Improved
The home page now mixes Recent Records and Recent Speedruns as cards, with world records highlighted and the player's world ranking shown.
Simplified the menu: Others is now the only menu with a dropdown.
Removed the date column from player page tables, leaving more room for map and team names on mobile.
Fixed
Fixed a display issue on Image Hub picture cards.
Content
Added the Mob of the Dead First Room article, presented as a terminal with windows for the map overview, records, speedruns and more.
Added a Mob of the Dead wiki with pages for Afterlife, Brutus, weapons, traps, the Golden Spork and more, linked to each other.
v3.6
Unofficial Verrückt Double Side boards
New unofficial boards for Verrückt Double Side, and the first four speedrun maps are fully checked.
Fixed
3P and 4P speedrun times now show on the Verrückt Quick Revive Side page, like on Jugg Side.
The menu search bar now works when the menu is on the left side.
Content
Added many new Verrückt POV pictures to the Image Hub.
Data
Added an Unofficial Black Ops and Black Ops II section to the Leaderboards, starting with Verrückt Double Side and its own page.
Added Verrückt Double Side on Black Ops III to a new Unofficial Black Ops III section, with its own map image.
Finished checking every time on the four launch speedrun maps: both Verrückt sides, Bus Depot and Mob of the Dead.
v3.5
Recent Speedruns and allowed game versions
A Recent Speedruns page joins Recent Records, and the rules now list which game versions are allowed.
New
Added a Recent Speedruns page with the same filters as Recent Records, plus a matching block next to Recent Records on the home page.
Improved
The speedrun video window now lists every gameplay part, like on the Leaderboards.
Reorganised the footer site map so the page links have more room.
Fixed
Choosing a gameplay part in the video window and clicking Watch on YouTube now opens that part, not always the first one.
Content
The Rules window on Rankings, Leaderboards and Speedruns now includes tables of allowed and banned game versions per platform.
Added Bus Depot map pictures to the Image Hub.
Data
Each player now keeps their own personal best; a duo run no longer overwrites a teammate's better record. Only speedruns are ranked by team.
Speedrun milestones are now timed when the new round number appears on every game, and existing times were re-measured.
Removed a speedrun played on a banned game version and added many new speedrun times on Verrückt Jugg Side and Bus Depot.
SEO
Old player nicknames now redirect to the player's current page, and removed player pages are reported as gone to search engines.
Only pages of ranked players are submitted to search engines, keeping the index focused on profiles with real content.
v3.4.1
Player pages and Image Hub upgrades
Cleaner tables on player pages, more download options in the Image Hub and many new speedrun times.
New
The Image Hub download button now lets you choose WebP, JPEG or PNG.
Improved
Player page Team Runs and Speedruns tables now match the Records by Map table, with trophy and medal icons and game tags.
Player page tables now stack one per row on desktop, with a wider Map column and no Number of Players column.
On mobile, the player card and rating gauge now sit side by side, with a small flag next to the nickname.
The header now shows the exact YouTube subscriber count instead of a rounded figure.
Fixed
Image Hub tabs now show the number of pictures matching the active filters.
Content
Added Mob of the Dead and new Bus Depot POV pictures to the Image Hub.
Data
Measured and added speedrun times for Mob of the Dead in Solo, 2P, 3P and 4P, and for more Bus Depot runs.
v3.4
Speedruns arrive
Speedruns get their own pages, the submission form accepts them, and a free stream overlay is available.
New
Added Speedruns: per-map boards timing how fast players reach rounds 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50, in Solo, 2P, 3P and 4P.
Player pages now show speedrun stats and a dedicated speedrun table when the player has times.
The submission form now accepts speedruns with their times, up to five submissions at once, and time correction requests.
Added the Stream Overlay page: search your nickname and get an animated overlay with your flag, rating and ranking for OBS.
Improved
The submission form now requires a valid email and a country for new players, and confirms by email.
The home page now shows the top five rated players and a live feed of the ZFRR X account.
Table filters are kept when you go back to a page with your browser's Back button.
Added the Submit button next to the search bar on mobile, moved ZFRR TV under Others, and put the footer site map in one column on mobile.
Content
Added speedrun rules: same rules as the Leaderboards, plus an in-game timer visible from start to finish.
Added Farm map and POV pictures to the Image Hub.
Data
Opened Speedruns with Bus Depot, Mob of the Dead and both Verrückt sides; Bus Depot milestones start from its own starting round.
v3.3
Image Hub and Leaderboards search
A free image library for the community, a search bar on the Leaderboards and 3P/4P difficulty for every map.
New
Added the Image Hub: free-to-use map wallpapers and POV pictures, sorted by game and map, with filters, search and pages of 30.
The Leaderboards page now has a search bar, a game selector and a filter by map difficulty range.
Improved
Recent Records now include 3P and 4P records.
Leaderboard filter buttons now sit on two rows on mobile, and each All Players row fits on one line.
Fixed
The country filter on map leaderboards now returns results.
Record dates can no longer appear in the future.
Data
Added 3P and 4P difficulty coefficients for every map; they weigh 3P and 4P runs in the player rating, not in the Rankings.
Added difficulty coefficients for the Buried, Farm and Town variants, and renamed Buried Processing Ray to Buried Ray Gun.
Removed Shangri-La Reduced, and removed the GobbleGum section from Black Ops III map descriptions.
v3.2
Players, player pages and ZFRR TV
Every player gets a profile page with a rating, and ZFRR TV lets you watch live First Room streams.
New
Added the Players directory with search, game checkboxes, filters by map, ranking and nationality, and record and world record counts.
Added a page for every player: flag, games, records by map, team runs, rankings, social links, podiums and best round.
Added a player rating that weighs each round by map difficulty, with a coloured gauge, plus the player's rank in their country.
Added ZFRR TV: watch ZFRR and community First Room streams live, with a multi-view showing up to four streams at once.
The home page shows a ZFRR TV block when a stream is live; when nothing is live, ZFRR TV shows follow buttons instead.
Added a point simulator under each ranking table to see how many points a round would earn you.
The menu can now move to the left side of the screen, and the site remembers your choice on your next visit.
Improved
Clicking Number of Players in Recent Records now opens the right map leaderboard on the right player count.
Fixed
Active filter buttons now stay visible, and the minimum rounds table in the Rules window no longer keeps its headers stuck while scrolling.
Data
Added Buried to the Leaderboards with its difficulty coefficients.
SEO
Added a text block to each player page describing their games and maps, and added social share images.
v3.1.1
Ranking map cards and mobile fixes
Rankings show their maps as cards, duos display properly, and many mobile issues were fixed.
New
Ranking pages now show the ranking's maps as cards: a scrolling row on desktop, an auto-playing carousel with bullets on mobile.
The menu search bar now finds maps and rankings, even with loose spelling.
Added a Support page explaining how donations keep the site running and growing.
Added Twitch to the header and footer, and quick Rankings and Leaderboards buttons at the top of the home page on mobile.
Improved
2P leaderboards now show both players of a duo on the same line, each with their flag; unknown partners show as Unknown player.
Shortened the ranking descriptions, widened page containers and moved the nationality filter to the end of the filters list.
Fixed
Fixed menu dropdowns that would not open on mobile, sticky ranking columns, map scrolling on phones and the Recent Records date column.
v3.1
Leaderboards for every map
Every First Room now has its own leaderboard page, and record videos open right on the site.
New
Added the Leaderboards page listing every map by game, and a full leaderboard page for each map with a platform column.
Each map page has a detailed description of the map, its bosses, weapons and secrets, and lets you switch map or game from a carousel.
Clicking a record opens a video window with the embedded YouTube or Twitch video, platform, video length and the player's previous records.
Clicking a player opens a window with their YouTube and Twitch channels, in Rankings, Leaderboards and Recent Records.
Added tools pages for Shangri-La pre-flop and jump distance by FPS, and a window showing the difficulty coefficient of each map.
Improved
Players with the same score or round now share the same rank on Rankings and Leaderboards.
The submission form now suggests existing players, fills in teammates' flags, asks for the platform and shows a thank-you screen.
Added Plutonium as a platform, animated the home counters, pinned the page sub-menu while scrolling and rescaled the layout for large screens.
Content
Added a Privacy page in the site design, linked from the footer.
Data
Added hundreds of missing records and players, linked alternate nicknames, filled in missing platforms and dates, and set minimum rounds per map.
Removed records set by banned players, including runs they shared with others.
SEO
Rewrote titles, descriptions and share tags on every page, and added descriptive text blocks at the bottom of Rankings and Leaderboards.
v3.0
The new ZFRR is live
A full redesign of the site with a new look, new home page, rebuilt Rankings and Recent Records.
New
Redesigned the whole site with a new black and red look, a new menu with game tags, and everything in English.
New home page with an animated map background, latest records and links to every ranking.
Rebuilt the Three Hardest Maps, Black Ops III and High Rounds rankings with sorting, pages, Show more and highlighted top 1, 3 and 10.
Added a filters window to rankings to filter by nationality, map and player count, and a Rules window with the minimum rounds.
Rebuilt Recent Records with the record year, a trophy for world records and a medal for other records.
Rebuilt the Prenades by Strett, Contact and Legal Notice pages in the new design.
Improved
Rank, player, flag and points columns stay fixed while you scroll through the map columns, and platform icons show where each map is played.
Rankings
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