Individual Level speedrun - PC EU - Hard difficulty - Mr. Anderson, Welcome Back - done in 1m 23s 700ms starting from the first cutscene OR gameplay section up to the final loading screen.

STRATS:

• this is one of the levels where losing is faster than winning, so Hard mode is optimal because Neo takes more damage
• Hard mode means more health for the enemies, but this doesn't matter if you can kill in one hit
• the first 1-hit-kill can soft-lock the game into an endless loading screen sometimes
• the unskippable cutscene where Neo and Smith get knocked into a building to continue fighting inside lasts longer if Smith wins, but overall it's still the faster thing to do
• initiate the "flying double fist" to approach Smith faster than simply moving forward, and release it so you won't actually hit him
• your priority in the aerial battles is to prevent the charged Killing Blow to ever land, this skips unnecessary cutscenes and some battle sections, so whenever Smith is charging it, punch him once to quickly cancel it and pray the RNG won't waste too much time