Single segment run (no save/load or video editing).
Time counted from the moment control is gained after skipping the opening cutscene to the moment the game switches to the loading screen. Some areas have significant framedrops. I don't know why - Steam version is horrible to record and even though the game is running fine, the recording ends up being kinda trash.
Previous record: 5m 22s (1m 5s improvement) Previous strat by Supergussman used a stool as a step to gain access to the rocky area and then skip the final skeleton tomb fight and just jump into the final trigger. However, running with a stool is very slow. In my case I found a corner you can just jump into and it will allow you to reach the same area again without making any detours to pick up a stool. I believe sub-4minutes can be done pretty easily even with current strat.
Areas to improve:
- Running jumps in general could be more efficient.
- The area where you have to break the boxes to pass can be all destroyed in a single hit.
- Clip through the metal gate, although only took 3 tries, can be done on the first one.
- Rock jump after the spike pit is a little random, but should be possible to do in less time.
- I almost fell trying to evade the second rolling boulder losing me some time.
- Breakable wooden wall can be destroyed in far less time. I cancelled my running attack too early which caused me to require to use an additional hit and subsequently caused me to run out of stamina. I didn't anticipate this and ended up in the asthma state which I failed to cancel. That's approximately 3 seconds of just time wasted.
