I'm still devastated. The only reason I can think of why it happened is due to pre-buffering F7 before the vent shooting up into the air cutscene triggers. I did some timing, and it appears this run would've been about 24 minutes faster than the current record without the Gas Grenade re-route, so the sub 2 should be ripe for the taking. Stew was very slow, but I didn't get caught by the Cygnus Alpha guard. Some hiccups also happened amounting to perhaps 30s to a minute.

I'm happy with the amount of time saves I've managed to come up with for a run with so few inputs, but this was a godawful experience. What an absolutely shitty way to get your run killed.

Wow never seen this before this sucks hard. I remember getting softlocked entering the Zoo (iirc) so there are quite some mean run killers in this game. GG for all the new findings, I guess there is still more to discover, but sub 2h should be the next logical (and reachable) goal. I have added the Discord Link to Speedy Adventures you might join there, we have a dedicated section for Adventure Soft. Its the biggest Discord in regards of Adventure Speedruns. Cheers and dont lose faith :)

Thanks for the encouragement. Yup, I did edit my other post to mention the Zoo killed my very first run. I was aware of the glitch from watching your run, but forgetting to "confess" made it difficult to gauge when the announcement was going to trigger. It was a much, much slower run, though. I haven't been hopeful for any interesting discoveries, but I suppose new findings are always possible. Adventure is not my go-to genre when it comes to speedruns, but will make a mental note of the Discord server. Hell, I still need to check out some of those Adventure Soft games casually before anything.

But yeah, will keep pushing for at least a decent low 2-hour run, but sub-2 should be very attainable. Everything hinges on that obnoxious Stew puzzle.