A 9 day run of Pikmin has the player spend two days in every area except for the Final Trial. The 9-day run was thought of as the shortest amount of time Pikmin could be cleared in, but that is no longer true, as a 6-day run has been discovered (with one day runs of every area but the Impact Site). 9 days, however, is yet the shortest time in which the 50-Pikmin run, or minimum Pikmin challenge, has been completed. Different players may have slight differences in what they do on each day. Below is a general strategy outlining what to do on each day.