Hiya, just want to ask about a point of runs before I submit. I get overwhelmed sometimes so in my first run I paused a few times to stop myself glazing over; I only do that to take a few seconds rather than stop the level timer. Is pausing like that alright by you? I'm unsure I'd be able to finish the game without doing that but if it's a gray area in the rules I'm happy to work it out. :)

Pausing can be legit strategy if you need to analyze the level outside from the middle area while stopping in game timer. The speedrun counts RTA and not in game time, so pausing the game does not pause your IRL timer.