The Beasties - 2025 Nominees

The 2025 Beasties Nominees

Our Beasties Finalist Team of roughly 25 community members with exceptional knowledge and skill in mapping and lighting best practices have completed their hard task of sifting through a total of 1,035 unique submissions for this year's BeastSaber Mapping Awards, with nearly 3,000 messages sent in discussions! We'd like to thank our Finalist Team for their work, and wish the Finalists good luck as voting begins!

🆕 New this year!

Verified Mappers must either log in to the voting site using BeatSaver or have their BeatSaver linked to their BeatLeader account if signing in through BeatLeader! In doing so, you'll be able to take part in voting for a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pick in each category.

Everyone can vote on "Community Choice" winners in each category!

Voting closes January 15, 2026 at 00:00 UTC so don’t wait to get your votes in.

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• Supporting Map Award Nominees
• Lighting Award Nominees
• Map Style Award Nominees
• Individual Award Nominees

Download the playlists 🔗

• All categories in separate playlists - Download (30.9 MB)

• All nominees in one playlist - Download (1.6 MB)

• All nominees grouped into 5 categories based on category type below - Download (6.0 MB)

  1. Lighting = Vanilla, Vanilla+, Chroma, Chroma+, Vivify Visuals
  2. Styles = Full Spread, Balanced, High-Tech, Low-Tech, Fitness, Dance, Accuracy
  3. More Styles = Non-Standard, Speed, Challenge, Poodles, Wildcard, Gameplay Modchart
  4. Ranked = BeatLeader Under 8, 8-12, 12+, & ScoreSaber Under 8, 8-12, 12+
  5. MOTY = Modded Map of the Year & Map of the Year

• Mapper/Lighter of the Year Showcases - Download Link Coming Soon!

  • *If you're a finalist in Rookie/Mapper/Lighter of the Year categories, reach out to RateGyro or Czar for a map you want to use to highlight your work!

Jeff Map Award Nominees 🔗

Best OST/DLC Map:

• Metallica - Master of Puppets | By: Zakka, Freeek, Syndicate, Narwall, Kolezan, altrewin, ETAN, AaltopahWi

• Metallica - Enter Sandman | By: Zakka & AaltopahWi

• Metallica - Blackened | By: Syndicate, AaltopahWi, Narwall, ETAN

• Teminite, Boom Kitty - Danger | By: altrewin

• Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso | By: ETAN

• Teminite x Boom Kitty - The Master II: Blades Of Chaos | By: altrewin

• Camellia - Badly (feat. VIVI ZENA) | By: Narwall, AaltopahWi, Syndicate, ETAN

• dark cat - STARLIGHT (feat. juu) | By: AaltopahWi, Kolezan

Best Non-Standard Map:

• Lin-G - I want You ~Twinkle★Twinkle Sunshine~ (Remixed by Studio LAY-BACK) - OneSaber ExpertPlus - Mapped by Fuyakeru

• Time Paradox - Shinra-Bansho - OneSaber ExpertPlus - Mapped by Ken_Monogatari

• Remember Me - d4vd (Arcane Season 2) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by MadChase

• Sacrifice ft. G.E.M. - League of Legends (Chroma+) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by RateGyro

• [Low Squat][1 Saber] LSD ft. Sia, Diplo, Labrinth - Genius - OneSaber ExpertPlus - Mapped by Scarladore & Irahi

Best Full Spread Map:

• 心予報Kokoro Yohou - Nonono Nono Cover - Mapped by Ken_Monogatari

• Pixel Terror & Aviella - Enigma - Mapped by Teuflum

• [ADOvent Calendar] Ado - Show - Mapped by nitronik.exe

• Holy Knight [Beat Saber World Cup 2025] - Mapped by Cush

• Teminite x Boom Kitty x Waterflame - Slash Inferno - Mapped by D7oomyAli x Undeceiver

Best BeatLeader Ranked Map Under 8 Stars:

• Priestess - Lay Down - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Uncouth

• Astrum - Yooh [BSWC 2025] - Standard Expert - Mapped by Serephor

• [Arc Spam + Lightshow] Enna Alouette x PrettyPatterns - Birds of Time - Standard Normal - Mapped by The Lunar Carver

• doodle - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by BurntSandwich

• Yuzuki Choco - Nobody's Christmas! - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Poochy

Best BeatLeader Ranked Map 8-12 Stars:

• Noisia - Into Dust (Short Edit) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Undeceiver

• [V4.1] S3RL & Atef - One More - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Blackjack

• [BL RANKED] Chroma - Higher Than the Sky - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by GalaxyMaster

• beatMARIO - Saishuu Kichiku Imouto Flandre-S - Kowashite! Mix- - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by ViSi

• Raja Kumari, Stefflon Don, Jarina DeMarco - Renegade - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by pleo

Best BeatLeader Ranked Map 12+ Stars:

• The Quick Brown Fox & Klippa - MELANCHOLY passing into MANIA - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by ob1cb & RetrX

• [RANKED] Camellia (かめりあ) - Rushiest Rush - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by 3psilon9

• Camellia - ATTACK FROM MANDRAKE - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by shrado

• kochikok - Vortex [Chroma] - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by ViSi

• OZIGIRI - Dies Irae - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Voidless

Best ScoreSaber Ranked Map Under 8 Stars:

• [BEAT CANCER] Tiësto & Mabel - God Is a Dancer - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Taddus

• [Ranked] Emma Stevens - Gold Rush - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Dereknalox123

• [Ranked] [Chroma+] TAK x Corbin - Tic! Tac! Toe! - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by yabje

• [Stand with NewJeans Pack] NewJeans - ETA - Standard Hard - Mapped by Hener

• NOTD, Maia Wright - Lover Online - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Tranch

Best ScoreSaber Ranked Map 8-12 Stars:

• [RANKED] t+pazolite - HYPER4ID - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by VoltageO

• [RANKED] PSY - Gangnam Style - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Aquaflee

• [RANKED] underscores - Locals (Girls like us) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by RetrX

• [RANKED] t+pazolite - Ultrasonic Anthem (Kobaryo's FTN-Remix) - Standard Expert - Mapped by Mayple

• Toby Fox & Camellia - Theatore Creatore - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Nolanimations

Best ScoreSaber Ranked Map 12+ Stars:

• [Ranked] Camellia - Operation: Zenithfall - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by yabje

• NGHTMRE & ZHU - Man's First Inhibition (feat. Kidd Keem) [Saint Punk Remix] (Nightcore Mix) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Aquaflee

• Tanchiky & D-D-Dice (ft. Karameru) - QUATTUORUX - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Azurii

• [Ranked] t+pazolite - Garakuta Doll Play - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by ComplexFrequency & kizuflux

• [Chroma] Sasuke Haraguchi (feat. Kasane Teto) - Medicine - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Hener

Lighting Award Nominees 🔗

Best Vanilla Lights:

• M2U - Promise (feat. Sherie) - Lit by Psyc0pathic

• Shut Up and Dance - Kitten & The Hip - Lit by Andynak

• Running - Ruben - Lit by Noveliniel

• [ADOvent Calendar] Ado - Kura Kura - Lit by symphonic

• [Poodles] Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco - Lit by SameDach

Best Vanilla+ Lights:

• [DITR7] Creo - Nautilus - Lit by Pashankie

• [Ska! Pack] No Doubt - Spiderwebs (v4) - Lit by Grizlor

• Laur - The Abyss of Despair (feat. Nakuru Aitsuki) - Lit by ZeCube

• [Gone EP Pack] SWARM - No Salvation - Lit by OneSpookyBoi

• Walras & Bombei.exe - Soaring High - Lit by Alice

Best Chroma Lights:

• Naeleck & Hige Driver - Final Boss - Lit by ImChloe

• Offset - Sad Keyboard Guy (feat. xia) - Lit by vOid

• MAAD CITY (DEADLYFT REMIX) - Lit by Tsunami_Pro

• [DITR7] [Chroma] OR3O - Digital Hallucination (littlecry “ABSTRACTED” Remix) - Lit by THMX

• [GD Mash Pack] Bossfight - Elevatia [CHROMA] - Lit by x-mens

Best Chroma+ Lights:

• Raised by Bats - Aurelio Voltaire [Chroma+] - Lit by Craedien

• [ADOvent Calendar] Ado - Show - Lit by nitronik.exe

• GOODRAGE - EBIMAYO[NE/Chroma] - Lit by Removable DIsk C

• [Chroma+] Nanashi Mumei - mumei - Lit by nasafrasa

• [Chroma+] wishlane - burlap scars - Lit by Phøenix

Best Vivify Visuals

• {Vivify} Jaron - 743⁺Aether*✧ ˳ ⁎ ¹¹¹} ⁺ . ˳ - Made by Swifter

• [Extra Sensory II] Andrew Prahlow - End Times - Made by Chaimzy

• [Extra Sensory II] Asatsumei - Yoi Okashi to Warui Okashi - Made by Elecast

• Schwank - HYPERCLOCKED - Made by SaltyFish

• [Vivify] Turret Orchestra (Cara Mia Addio) - Portal 2 - Made by MadChase, Xentha

Map Style Award Nominees 🔗

Best Balanced Style Map:

• Bad Omens - Nowhere To Go - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by muffn

• Teminite - Party Time - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Avexus

• [Ranked] Emma Stevens - Gold Rush - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Dereknalox123

• Nanahoshi Kangen Gakudan - Batsubyou (Wolpis Carter Cover) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Gabriel

• Paramore - Hard Times - Standard Expert - Mapped by VoltageO

Best High-Tech Style Map:

• Geordie Greep - Blues - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by ob1cb

• Yooh - Eternity - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by ZenithGD

• [SS2H] Hukae - Boingo (DeathFlore Remix) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by VoltageO

• Camellia - Circles of Death - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Hener

• Raja Kumari, Stefflon Don, Jarina DeMarco - Renegade - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by pleo

Best Low-Tech Style Map:

• [PokéSaber 2] Shotgun Willy - Married to the Bag - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Kassi & steeak

• Sakurazaka46 - Shoninyokkyu (Ninajirachi Remix) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by minsiii

• MADZI - CASINO RAVE - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Miljon

• IZ*ONE - Panorama - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Jabob

• [ADOvent Calendar] Ado - All Night Radio - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Ken_Monogatari & Fuyakeru

Best Fitness Style Map:

• [Moving Walls] Don't Care Crown - Fox Stevenson - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by MadChase

• [Fitbeat] bbno$ - 1-800 (ft. ironmouse) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Bellus

• [FitBeat] Soulmate - Lizzo - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Noveliniel

• Kocchi no Kento - Hai Yorokonde - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by oegoe

• [Fitbeat BLACKPINK Pack] LISA - Born Again (feat. Doja Cat & RAYE) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by minsiii

Best Dance Style Map:

• [V4] Sabrina Carpenter - 15 Minutes - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Lekrkoekj

• Hearts2Hearts - FOCUS - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Jonas

• [HER Album Pack] MINNIE - Cherry Sky Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Yana

• [BEAT CANCER] Tiësto & Mabel - God Is a Dancer - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Taddus

• Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance - Standard Expert - Mapped by Tonkie

Best Speed Style Map:

• Bad Apple!! (feat.nomico) (Camellia's "Bad Psy" Remix) - Standard Expert - Mapped by aquaflee

• [BSWC 2025] seatrus - GRAVITY ZOИE - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by zeon

• seatrus - ABSTRUCT JOKER - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Helloiamdaan & Mayple

• [BSWC] seatrus - EXXTRA JUDGEMENT [From OWC 2022 Grandfinals Tiebreaker] - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by RetrX

• [B.B.K.K.B.K.K. 10TH ANNIVERSARY PACK] nora2r - B.B.K.K.B.K.K. (影虎。& siqlo PsyReMix) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by HicqLlie

Best Accuracy Style Map:

• Grafix - Body Language - Standard Hard - Mapped by Taddus

• MADZI - CASINO RAVE - Standard Hard - Mapped by Miljon

• Magdalena Bay - Killshot - Standard Expert - Mapped by Tiku

• Lunar Reincarnation - 月轮回 - Standard Hard - Mapped by wangyufy

• Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk - Standard Hard - Mapped by suzuki

Best Challenge Style Map:

• [Vivify] Silentroom - Nhelv - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Remec

• Camellia VS. Gram - ENÛMA∇ELIŠ ~Camellia Saga~ - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by The Senate & GalaxyMaster

• underscores - Stupid (Can't run from the urge) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by fakechi

• [FREESTYLE] DJ GHEPARD - 2011 (i felt god every time the bass dropped) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Bluepharma

• [FREESTYLE] Madeon (☆the sky remix☆) - La Lune - Standard Expert - Mapped by Joey & sketchur31

Best Poodle Style Map:

• Ma Meilleure Ennemie - Stromae, Pomme ft. League of Legends (Chroma+) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by RateGyro

• [Moving Walls] Bite Marks - League of Legends (ft. TEYA) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by MadChase

• [DITR7] Venjent - Did I Forget Something (V3 Chroma+) - Lawless ExpertPlus - Mapped by Mozz_Zm

• Freya Ridings - I Can’t Hear It Now - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by HypersonicSharkz

• Raised by Bats - Aurelio Voltaire [Chroma+] - Lawless Expert - Mapped by Craedien

Best Wildcard Style Map:

• Protokseed - Burn Like Fire - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Baguette

• [V4.1] Rhythm Heaven - Exhibition Match - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Jabob

• LilDeuceDeuce - Everybody Do The Flop - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by VoltageO

• 3R2 - Blow My Mind - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Tseska

• Dopam!ne - えんじぇるきどり(feat. Nakamura Sanso) - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Gabyan

Best Gameplay Modchart Style Map

• [Extra Sensory II] RXLZQ - Through The Screen - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Mawntee, fatalution

• Schwank - HYPERCLOCKED - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by SaltyFish

• [Extra Sensory II] rN vs. nm-y (Cataclysmia) - 42-flux - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Aeroluna

• [Vivify] t+pazolite, Laur - Pandemonium - Lawless ExpertPlus - Mapped by Jevk

• [Extra Sensory II] Grambam36 - 3 BIG SHOTS FROM [KITCHEN GUN] - Standard ExpertPlus - Mapped by Droobix

Individual Award Nominees 🔗

Pack of the Year:

• Arcane Season 2 Pack - Organized by MadChase

• Extra Sensory II - Organized by TotalBS

• Terraria Calamity Pack - Organized by Sonoluminn

• Bubble (Sped Up) (English Ver.) (Bubble (Sped Up) (English Ver.)) Pack - Organized by Jonas

• B.B.K.K.B.K.K. 10TH ANNIVERSARY PACK - Organized by komeijisan051

• Genres of Halloween (Vol. 2) - Organized by TGMappingGroup

• Kpop Demon Hunters pack - Organized by Tonkie

• ADOvent Calendar Pack - Organized by nitronik.exe

• 90s Rock Pack - Organized by SneakySpeckMan

• Rock Mixtape 2.0 - Organized by FeudBoy_YT

• Virtual Riot Pack Vol. 2 - Organized by Avexus

• Fitbeat BLACKPINK Pack - Organized by Bellus

• GD Mash Pack II - Organized by x-mens

• Christmas Pop Music Pack - Organized by Lekrkoekj

• Eurovision 2025 Pack - Organized by sammy

• wishlane - Nobody's listening! - Organized by Phoenix

Rookie Lighter of the Year:

• Pashankie

• AmeliaGL0_0

• sammy

• wasas387

• WhiteWolf

• Zeyrox_Gaming

• 3psilon9

Rookie Mapper of the Year:

• penguiin

• Tiku

• ZenithGD

• Barnotek

• McMelon_XoXo

• thenamesashley

• Beatboo

Lighter of the Year:

• ZeCube

• OneSpookyBoi

• Swifter

• Fuyakeru

• grizlor

• Gabriel

• FeudBoy_YT

• P90KILLR

Mapper of the Year:

• nitronik.exe

• Lekrkoekj

• Bellus

• pleo

• VoltageO

• ob1cb

• MadChase

• Danny.

• Miljon

• Gabriel

Modded Map of the Year:

• {Vivify} Jaron - 743⁺Aether*✧ ˳ ⁎ ¹¹¹} ⁺ . ˳ - Mapped by Swifter

• [Extra Sensory II] Grambam36 - 3 BIG SHOTS FROM [KITCHEN GUN] - Mapped by Droobix

• [Extra Sensory II] Andrew Prahlow - End Times - Mapped by Chaimzy

• [Extra Sensory II] sxth sns - luminescent - Mapped by nasafrasa

• [Extra Sensory II] RXLZQ - Through The Screen - Mapped by Mawntee

• [Vivify] t+pazolite, Laur - Pandemonium - Mapped by Jevk

• [Vivify] Turret Orchestra (Cara Mia Addio) - Portal 2 - Mapped by MadChase, RateGyro, Xentha

• GOODRAGE - EBIMAYO[NE/Chroma] - Mapped by Removable DIsk C/Amo

Map of the Year:

• Teminite - Party Time - Mapped by Avexus

• [V4] Sabrina Carpenter - 15 Minutes - Mapped by Lekrkoekj

• bbno$ - check - Mapped by Pleo, Ögö, Kassi, Steeak, Mimerss & Sine

• [FitBeat] Soulmate - Lizzo - Mapped by Noveliniel

• [Chroma] Teminite x Boom Kitty - Danger - Mapped by Darkrealm7

• Bad Apple!! (feat.nomico) (Camellia's "Bad Psy" Remix) - Mapped by Bitz, Aquaflee, DiamondBob08 & Brakepie

• CSR - ♡TiCON - Mapped by Danny

• seatrus - M◇◇nlit [JBSL10 Grand Finals Tiebreaker] - Mapped by zeon-gitien, marsh_era, komeijisan051, take_nyan, Gabriel

• Sennzai - Dimension - Mapped by Vassa

• [Gone EP Pack] SWARM - Consumed - Mapped by nitronik.exe, OneSpookyBoi

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