Sorry for the late reply, but yes, I believe it is, it's just arguably harder than having 2 players play!
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The fastest time is even faster though. (ie. Ninja WR is ~10s, wheras the Qbby one is ~16s) I know when I first played this game my times were quite a lot slower. It was only once I had played the game a lot more that I was able to drop my times down a bit. There are plenty of techniques you can do to make yourself get faster times. If you watch any of the videos that are up (eg. http://www.speedrun.com/run/wzp4dovz) you can get some of an idea. For the most part it is down to doing the level quite a few times and really knowing the route.