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	949	951	Requires no interference from the blobs

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
146	Cake Walk	717	722	Requires random force floors to delay a block for 5 seconds	Unknown if 717 route allows for 722

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	280	Requires a blob to backtrack to a grid of brown buttons

Funfair bold is 426 by David Stolp but Melinda time is 431 and public time is 384. Reason unknown.

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
117	Greenian Motion	269	270	Requires perfect luck with blobs; only [1] to spare