Hey, I've been learning this speedrun and found theres not much in terms of tutorials or explanation of strats. Was curious if I'm missing a video out there that can be helpful in some spots. For example, I can't figure out what the bird manip is in the first level, some people seems to pause for a short time then always end up on the left side. I cannot quite figure out how to do that consistently, so any advice on that spot (and a few others) would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, I’ve been thinking of this myself. I could do the guide if I could get all the known glitches.

The bird manip I don’t understand yet. Also the skip when you get the whole ironsword.

So far I get the good flying birds when I split close to 22 seconds reaching it. Then as it flies off it seems as if you should do the pause "1..2" (as snibbermekimbers counts it) at the peak speed of that first acceleration before it slows down. In terms of feel I try to pause just a tiny bit earlier than I feel I should to make it soar upwards when unpausing. I can't do it consistently either.