This time was totally out of my scope, when I returned to this game, back in December 2024. My sum of best got to 7:19, a time that looked like a crazy dream to get as PB, even with my new strats.

But, with each small improvement, I felt more and more confident that the 7:1X run was just a matter of patience. And, when a run dropped my sum of best to 7:09, with a potential 7:11 PB (lost to Wang's RNG and lack of preparation), even a 7:19 would not be enough, so I pushed further.

So, here we are: 7:16.117 after frame count. Almost everything went fine, and it had the potential to be a 7:12, but Rita decided to delay her final jump, costing me about 3.5 seconds.

I won't say I'm done, especially with a 7:06 sum of best, and more to save, if I can glitch Rita inside the floor for the one-cycle combo (though that requires specific RNG and precise timing to keep her in place). Still, this time is good enough to take a break and change my focus.

Played on BizHawk 2.10-rc1 emulator, with a DualShock 4 controller.