Ok, I know I sound insane (more than I already am), but HEAR ME OUT:

I have only ran this game for 2 days, but I'm already seeing massive potential with the Brain Transplant category, and heavy optimization for PC runs all-around (except Teeth Transplant, but that's because I'm still working on figuring out a route and "pose" for that one). 2nd day and I almost have a Sub-1 second time. It's bound to happen in the next few days for me.

However, I've noticed something strange whenever I run any of them. Anything I hold always randomly drops out of my hands. Reviewing my recordings, I noticed that every time it happens is when the timer actually starts.

This got me thinking: "If I (or someone else) were to do the Brain Transplant before that force-drop even happens, could I (someone) technically get a Zero-Second run?"

It seems extremely possible, almost guaranteed even if I get my routing down better. The "pose" I do currently is definitely not optimal. That being said, I'm going to swap hands on the one scalpel, that way I could possibly grab the brain jar at the same time to see if that's faster.

Another thought rolled into my head: "If I (someone) were to do this, and I (someone) were able to get the run down consistently, would it be possible to beat it BEFORE THE GAME EVEN LOADS?"

There's a known bug on PC that allows you to actually start operating before the game even lets you see the level via the loading screen. It always happens exactly 2 seconds on the loading screen after a restart (at least for me). This means it could actually be POSSIBLE with the right strategy.

What would that do to the game? Would it still say 00:00:00.000s? Would it overflow into an extremely high time value? Is there actually a negative timer for the loading screen? Would the PC explode due to the sheer ferocity of what we'd accomplish? HOW WOULD WE EVEN TIME IT? WHAT IF SOMEONE MANAGES TO DO IT FASTER?!

We could theoretically have the fastest in-game timed, individual level speedrun IN THE WORLD ON OUR HANDS.

At least, on PC. Doesn't seem like PS4 has the same bug from everything I've seen, and I don't have PSVR to go searching for it or something similar.

In terms of everything I've said though, there's only way to find out. I'll edit this post if I do the unthinkable.