Melinda time

The Melinda time is a term used to refer a time higher than the current bold time that theoretically could be obtained, but would require extreme luck and/or skill to obtain - though most commonly the former. They are almost always caused by the use of random elements.

CC1 Melinda times

#	Name	Bold	Melinda	Reason
23	Blobnet	436	444	Requires no interference from the blobs
133	Blobdance	950	951	Requires no interference from the blobs
146	Cake Walk	724	729	Requires random force floors to delay a block for 5 seconds

Note: Blobdance is naturally untimed. For how to optimize untimed levels, see T-Chip.

Undetermined

There are some special cases in Chip's Challenge 1 where it is unknown if a higher Melinda time even exists in the first place. They are as such:

#	Name	Bold	Theory	Reason for Melinda	Reason why undetermined
127	Skelzie	454	455	Requires a blob to walk on a green button	Unknown if later cycles will allow for TSG

CCLP1 Melinda times

#	Name	Bold	Melinda	Reason
20	Chip Suey	380	381	Requires a walker to get all the way to a blue button and manipulate it
28	The Last Starfighter	276	282	Requires a blob to backtrack to a grid of brown buttons
76	Funfair	426	431	Requires a walker to interact with slide delay in an optimal way to disrupt the ending mechanic

CCLP2 Melinda times

#	Name	Bold	Melinda	Reason
31	Well of Wishes	365	366	Requires a blob to wander all the way to a green button
119	Teeth	280	281	Requires almost perfect luck on random force floors
140	Keep Trying	484	491	Requires insane luck on a long chain of random force floors

CCLP4 Melinda times

#	Name	Bold	Melinda	Reason
58	Ruinous Plaza	346	348	Requires lots of luck on random force floors
96	Lean Thinking	889	894	Requires walkers to cause no/minimal interference
117	Greenian Motion	269	270	Requires perfect luck with blobs; only [1] to spare