by the slimmest of margins, sub 32 is done!
this a really solid run with only two things that didn't go well - the rng was terrible for me in mission 3 (notice that the AI keeps dropping on top of the bunker in the bottom left and soaking damage with units instead of letting me attack the hive), and in mission 7 i lost a couple seconds because my marines didn't all die when i expected them to, which meant that i had to kill them myself so duran could open the doors
the sum of bests for this run is 31:09, as you can see here: https://therun.gg/GoShoxTV/StarCraft%...
however as you would expect, reaching something that low is going to be really hard. i'm going to continue grinding before my run at sgdq next week, but this may be the best it gets for now.