For console runs, no. You can measure the time on the video evidence and submit w/ that, and a verifier will check.

The link provided has a link to download Newgrounds Player, which allows you to play Newgrounds flash games outside despite flash being dead. The same can be achieved using FlashPoint, found here: https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

Yes; For some context, my 56 minute All Skills CP NMG pb has almost 8 minutes of loads removed - this is on an excellent PC with extremely short loads. Consoles have significantly longer loads, especially the older generation & in particular Switch, where a quitout alone takes 30 seconds that would be around 5s or less on PC.

It's also worth noting the consoles' 60fps cap is probably the second largest factor, as this the game siginificantly harder to play with inputs gaining significant deay, and makes some enemies behave differently too. Overall, an amazing time on Switch wouldn't even reach the top 200 on the main boards, so it makes sense to separate them.

Inventory drops are patched on 1.4.3.2 (the version switch and other consoles are locked to), so you can no longer open inventory in midair. You can, however, open inventory the physics frame (1/50th of a second) you leave a ledge - this is used as much as possible in Current Patch NMG runs - you can see in this run what it looks like both to fail and get right:

The load remover in HK does not remove time in pause menus, and we can only take the time given by the timer for loadless runs. I may recommend using a long load normaliser, as this will give a brief break in between rooms, a 1221 version of which can be found in #resources in the linked discord server. However, this load normaliser can cause certain room cycles to be different, so that may be something to keep in mind when comparing to other people.

Both of these clips actually give you bench storage, which is a major glitch. The second cancels it using a fireball; you can actually move all the way up to the transition before fireballing. Regardless, both of these are intentionally gaining bench storage, which is major & disallowed.

You should not sit at the bench at all if you are doing this early control, but ultimately I'm not aware of any runners who go for this, as the inventory drop is inconsistent and losing 1hp for the next segment (assuming any%, so onto WK) is almost universally not worth.

Without benching I was able to get around 0.8s timesave over the normal strat for a 1hp timeloss, though saving this much time requires a 1st try inv drop out of a dash from the seal, which I was not able to get consistently on 1.4 (and would be impossible on 1.5).

This glitch is known and called Bench Storage, and it is considered major.

For what it's worth, the Isma's reroute was only theorised to be as fast as the normal route when Uumuu 2 cycle was not known; that discovery unfortunately killed this route as a viable alternative in any%, if the difficulty didn't do that already.

Submit using 1.4.3.2, 1433 is functionally identical and exclusive to PS4 so we don't track it separately.

You can't. If you want to speedrun this game, buy it (on GOG if you want to make your downpatch easier) - we do not condone piracy.

To reset keybinds, go to your saves folder (on windows, %APPDATA%/../LocalLow/TeamCherry/HollowKnight) and delete DebugMod.GlobalSettings.json and DebugMod.GlobalSettings.json.bak.

I'd recommend asking in the Hollow Knight discord for this help - there are several pinned messages for common issues, and you are more likely to get a timely response for any questions.

correction: There is a shade skip here that requires Nail 1 (to increase shade HP from 10 -> 18) and fireball. The HP increase is necessary to aggro the shade without killing it with the 15 damage fireball. This is only used in Bestgirl%/Save Myla, which is a category extension not currently on boards that essentially follows the theorised Magalor isma's any% route, though the only completed run additionally grabs spell twister to make the mag skip significantly easier.

it's not as useful as current patch inventory drops usually, as dream nail drops are just as precise (1 physics frame) and your fall speed is capped again once the dream nail animation ends. You also cannot do it in the middle of a dash, contrary to inventory drops, making them take longer to set up. It's a cool piece of tech, but it just does the same as an inventory drop for a nonvariable time period (you need to wait for the animation to finish, meaning you're stuck on the ground for a while) for the only advantage being you can hit stuff with the dream nail.

If you're running the game on PC, LiveSplit has the load remover you're looking for, and shouldn't cause any framerate issues, as it is very lightweight. A guide on how to set up livesplit can be found here: https://www.speedrun.com/hollowknight/guide/cg9vl

Manually pausing the timer during the run is not allowed, and your run will either be rejected or penalised for the duration you paused.

Assuming OBS as your recording software, make sure you're using the correct settings - depending on your PC's components you may be able to enable Hardware encoding, which is much easier on your system than default Software encoding. You can also try changing your encoder settings - in OBS, there is a field "Encoder Preset", which you can set to Max Performance if you're still unable to play with it recording. Otherwise, you can try decreasing your output resolution, or even the resolution of your game.