Achieved last night at 10:54:24 PM. Using War's B release strat, I was able to get past the podoboo at the end with a maximum room number of 3, two frames away from the TAS. (You can get past it with 4, but it gives a back Bowser with the framerule I used [59]. Even then, the soonest I was able to grab the axe was on frame 103 [I gave myself a star through the pause menu to get through Bowser].) If anyone is willing to find a framerule that lets you get past the podoboo at the end with a room number of 4 or 5 and gives a forward Bowser, please do so. Also I autopiloted at the start in the run before lol

Information on the TAS firebar skip setup I found can be found in the description of this video: or the description of this run: https://www.speedrun.com/smbtllce/runs/zqqewl9z (they're both the same)

Played on Nestopia 1.52.1