Punch Walls To Escape: What Counts as a Best Time and How to Go Faster

Your best escape time is your own record for a complete run: the goal is to escape all 5 floors as quickly as you can, and every escape is a chance to beat the time you set before. The target is your own previous best, not a fixed number. You can make the attempt alone or with up to 4 friends.

What the game counts as a best time

• The full escape is the run. The stated goal is escaping all 5 floors as quickly as you can, so a good time means getting out through the whole prison, not just breaking one wall quickly.
• Your record is personal. The game frames the challenge as beating your own best time on each escape, so each new run is measured against your previous best.
• Every escape is another attempt. Because the comparison happens per escape, a slower run doesn't erase the record — you can try again.

Preparation the game actually supports

The game's description names two practical levers for a quicker escape.

Upgrade your fists to unlock better tools. Fist upgrades unlock tools such as the Sledgehammer, TNT and Vacuum, which help you move through harder walls. If a run slows down at tougher walls, this is the supported way to get through them.

Keep the rubble loop going as you dig. You punch through prison walls to open new paths, collect the rubble they leave behind, and sell it at the grinder for progress.

Putting it together before a timed escape

Line the tools up first: upgrade your fists until the Sledgehammer, TNT and Vacuum are available, so harder walls don't become a bottleneck partway through the floors. Then treat rubble as part of the route rather than an afterthought — clear walls, pick up what they leave, and sell at the grinder so progress keeps coming.

When you're ready to chase a time, the five floors guide explains the five-floor objective, and how to escape covers the overall objective.