I have now satisfied all the goals I had set for my 3Mix grind. Outside of a couple minor execution hiccups and mixed bro RNG, I'm very happy with this run, and relieved to finally get the 1:01.
I was forced to fight the cheepcheep in W1 and the sphinx at the end of W5, but the 2-4 and 3-4 clips were first try. I tripped up a little in 8-1 because I had no extra powerups, and didn't get the pianta skip in 8-6. So between those things the 1:00 is definitely possible. But that will be for another time.
An enormous thank you to Jabem, Gadien, Arobam, and Sander, whose runs and/or words of advice have been helpful towards [re]learning strats and to everyone who has encouraged me on this journey these past several months. Especially my lovely DarthIkaros who always encourages me to keep reaching for my goals.
3Mix is a very special hack and I would love to see more people run and/or play it.
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