Duration: 19:22

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Note: This run has been beaten! See the new best time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcvembbeq6I

This run was definitely a surprise. This was first ever night doing any% attempts. In fact, this is only the second time I've finished the any% route. That being said, I wanted to upload this because I probably won't finish a run of this for awhile; I'm going to really grind out improvements and shoot for a huge improvement instead of chipping away at it.

Area 5 was REALLY bad, and areas 3 and 6 can be improved by a bunch. Lots of time to gain there, for sure. Areas 9, 7, 10, and 11 were actually surprisingly strong. Still time to save from riskier play overall, but I'm still not totally comfortable with any%.

Area 12 was pretty rough. I'm again not really used to only having 4 hits (100% gets 5 plus a refill), so I had to play it a lot safer than I'd like to in some areas; as a result I was using unfamiliar routes and managed to take more damage. Haha. I got all 4 elevator clips first try, but missed the Albatross quick kill...and then died. Got the 0-cycle on the second try. I also got blocked during the escape and didn't even bother trying the faster climb method.

So yea, I can possibly cut an entire minute off this run. probably 25-30 seconds on Area 12, 10 seconds on Area 5, and a few more here and there. I won't upload anything slower than sub-16, but my goal time is probably around 15:45.

This is a good start, but there's a ways to go yet. This run used SDA timing: start timer when map first loads, end timer when I lose control after the escape. I/SDA don't count the final text box in the timing.