After my 25:09, I thought it would take me more than a month so get an improvement, as you all see, that is definitely not the case! After my 25:09, I implemented a lot of new strats I haven't before such as: doing 5-3, instant first hit (and backup hits) for bombless, holding neutral after letting go of vines in 5-1, instant lands to bail me put of a bad 556, and generally better execution for strats I was already using.

There was nothing too notable about the early game, except a sloppy piranha fight. I got 556, a decent 5-4, and a sloppy ghost house. 8-1 was good, 8-2 was definitely an improvement from my 25:09. 8-7 was good, but the airship could have been a little better. I missed first hit but due to a ton of practice with bombless I was able to nail both instant 2nd and 3rd backup hits to put this run on 24:4x pace. The castle was decent, but I played the fireballs really safe which cost me the 24:4x. The escape was pretty clean except for 1 misguided fireball, and I even went for a risky Tommy which, looking back on, I shouldn't have gone for because I was super close to missing the platform.

All in all, I'm very happy with this run and see no need to return to the category for a long time, however there are still strats that I have yet to implement such as: ATC, donut jump, Pocoso landing, coding double bombless, (and maybe Astix cycle), which I will screw around with when/if I return to the category.

Note for mod(s): Sorry if both RTA and LRT are wrong, I tried my best to be as precise as I can.