Big 20 Race March 2024 Main Page:

https://thebig20nes.com/race-18/

The Konami Code for extra ships is allowed!

50k Points can usually be achieved before the stage 2 boss fight.

5000 Point scoring "Hotspots", could be useful in routing and saving time: http://arcanelore.net/articles/lifeforce/index.html

There's many more "hotspots" than listed on that site. I found one by accident during the blind mini-race, and someone is checking the code to find more.

Awesome news, new routing is always exciting, looking forward to what is discovered!