This guide shows off the harder strats in the run. Most of these strats only save 1 to 2 seconds (if that) and most of them range from somewhat tricky to extremely hard. There are a few exceptions of strats that I included because they are simply not widely known and I thought they deserved to be in this video.

Here's a list of strats based on their difficulty (in my opinion)

Easy: 1-4 tail swipes 1-C roy fight 1-C key grab 3-1 points manipulation 3-A urchin tail swipe 2-GH tail swipe 6-C momentum conservation on conveyors

Medium: 1-1 optimal star coin grab 1-C 2nd star coin 2-A tail swipes 2-C triple jump 2-C key grab 3-GH boo dodge setup 4-C optimal star grab 5-GH swooper kill 5-GH boo dodge 5-C boss quick kill 6-C fast room 2

Hard: 2-2 goomba bounce 3-T bonkless pipe (but there's no penalty for trying it) 3-C sawblade jumps 3-C room 2 p speed 5-1 p speed strat 5-GH walljump and dash flying in first room 5-GH rope jump 5-C piranha plant yolo 6-GH boo dodge

Very hard: 1-T no p speed 1-C rope jumps 2-T fastest cycle 3-4 optimal 2nd room 6-C burner cycle