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This player was the first to ever get a top 100 full of 1k+ pp scores.
Who is mrekk?
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What is Blue Zenith?
This is the maximum number of combo colors allowed to be used in a map from the "song setup" menu.
What is 8?
This player achieved the first SS on The Quick Brown Fox - The Big Black [WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BLACK] mapped by Blue Dragon.
Who is rrtyui?
This artcore artist is the only featured artist to break chronological numbering convention in their ID number due to a popular osu! meme.
Who is xi?
This staff member is a well-respected mapper and community figure, and used to upload weekly mapping-related videos to YouTube before stopping about 5 years ago.
Who is pishifat?
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What is Inai Sekai?
In the mods menu in song select, hotkeys can be used to select certain mods. This hotkey is used to select Sudden Death.
What is S?
This number corresponds to peppy's user ID.
What is 2?
This electronic rock band only has 1 song on their track listing, however that song is widely known thanks to the phrase "NEVER GIVE UP", popularized by a Canadian player.
What is Our Stolen Theory?
This player currently holds over 5000 first place ranks on map leaderboards, specializing in high accuracy on speed maps using a ClickX playstyle.
Who is haga1115? (also will accept siina)
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What is Ringo Uri no Utakata Shoujo? (also will accept "Happy Cursed")
When playing a map, this hotkey can be used to increase the offset of the map by 5ms.
What is +/=?
This map has the highest star rating out of any Loved beatmap.
What is The Solace of Oblivion?
This featured artist primarily takes influence from Touhou arrangements, naming songs after certain community members, and is also a well-respected beatmapper.
Who is Down?
This speed player has the lowest global accuracy of all players in the top 50, and is also known for being proficient at low AR HD maps.
Who is Zylice?
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What is Kan Saete Kuyashiiwa?
When searching for songs in song select, you can use this filter to narrow your search to only Ranked, Pending, Not Submitted, or Loved maps, based on your choice.
What is "status="?
This country is denoted by the domain of the osu! website's URL, ".sh".
What is Saint Helena?
This was the first featured artist who made their debut after making a custom song for the Grand Finals Tiebreaker of the osu! World Cup.
Who is Yooh?
A former League of Legends professional player, this mapper is known for popularizing a previously underrepresented genre of music in osu! by making some of the most difficult maps in the game.
Who is Mazzerin?
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What is ΩΩPARTS?
Pressing F9 opens a detailed player menu, with each profile being given a certain color depending on what they are actively doing. This color is used to show players who are currently testing a map in the editor.
What is magenta (purple/pink, etc also accepted)?
This medal was released as part of the New Year 2024 Countdown Medal pack, but was quickly removed after its conditions led medal hunters to crash internal servers.
What is Verified?
This metal band has the oldest ranked map in osu! out of all featured artists (including maps before featured artists were a thing), which has been ranked since 2008.
What is Alestorm?