It's sort of bizarre to get a WR in this category, because I've failed that several times before, when I was going for it exclusively. My previous PB was 3:53 from May 14th 2019, and I haven't really grinded the category since, because it's very boring.

There are a few differences in playing Any% (familiarless) and First@10th, even if the premise is just about the same: Find the elevator and take it. First@10th exclusive runs should disregard all safeties (including not spinning the camera to see where enemies are; ditching your sword early on for extra toss damage; sprinting without looking what's coming up etc.)

So this time I was just doing an any% run, blissfully unaware of the fact that I'm on Floor 9 with an elevator right next to me, even saying "Just a few more floors" as the friggin' floor text you cannot miss unless you're actively NOT paying attention to it flashes on the screen.

Theoretically you could say that's the only huge mistake I made, seeing how procedural generation will affect the next floor layout 60 times per second. If I was paying attention to the screen, I would've walked onto the elevator right away. Regardless, a really lucky run to Floor 10.

Lastly, this is NOT the fastest documented first@10th. The fastest run was actually 3:11, but it has since disappeared from the Internet. This run actually had the potential to break it, if it weren't for the fumble on Floor 9. At the very least, it would've been close.