You can take sleeping breaks as long as the video doesn't cut off and the timer keeps running.

The only major timesaves between his 59:46 and his 59:59 were 1) the new sand route and 2) faster loading times on 1.3.

The most accessible version happens to the be fastest. The version split is no longer necessary, especially since only a handful of runners aren't updating to 1.3.

Nobody runs 100% for the coin grinding.

we aren't adding emulator lol

Yes, newer ones will almost certainly end in 001 (with 1.1 on the cartridge) or 002 (1.2 on the cartridge). Depending on where you buy the physical copy, you might be able to ask to look at the serial number before purchasing it.

No. Why would you create a third SMO page for ILs that nobody will run?

That would lead to larger streamers having a better chance at getting a good time.

Timing starts on"GO!" of the first race and ends at the end of the last race. It is timed RTA, which means that it is the real-world time between starting and ending.

When you use the normal command for SMO Any% WR, you normally get the 2-player record, which this command bypasses.

Categories with rules this arbitrary are rarely fun and rarely get more than one or two people to run them.

I don't think people would really enjoy that, as it would be fairly monotonous and would be based solely on which moons are closest to the Odyssey.

Watch Smallant1's tutorials. He explains most of the tricks you may have questions about.

Yes, as long as what's happening on the screen is clearly visible with no obstructions.

I would suggest trying strategies similar to the ones in this video (for Snowline) or this video (for Iceburn). This would be better to talk about in the Discord where there's a dedicated minigames channel however.

AUM Bowser fight is fairly different from the normal post-game one.

Yeah, but can't you just get AUM? This also requires unlocking Dark Side, which not everybody who owns the game has done either.

If this was a category, why wouldn't it include AUM Bowser?

Overall, skips (including playing the game) save around sixty-three thousand years and fourteen seconds during the run.

What skips? You'll have to be more specific if you want an accurate answer.