This is not the case. In this scenario, you need to hold any direction on the D-Pad for at least 2 frames to move. Mario facing down has nothing to do with how fast you can get to 1-1.

It takes the same amount of time to move from the starting point to 1-1 no matter which direction Mario's facing.

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just do what i did in my 99 lives tas Kappa