After 7 years, I finally did it. I got sub 20. This is my biggest accomplishment in all of speedrunning for me, by FAR. I have been playing since 2012 and speedrunning it ever since. I dont know why, but I always choked runs on PB pace. It was mainly a mental block.

Today, 8/16/19, I got 3 new PBs. One was a 20:45. I didnt think it would get much better. Hours later, I achieved a 20:03. It would have been sub 20 if I got lakitu skip, and didnt mess up BiTS. It was very close, but I missed a bowser throw if I recall correctly, and it cost me the sub 20. At that moment in time it was absolutely heartbreaking knowing i was 3 SECONDS AWAY. Then, I grinded runs for around 2 hours. I was getting very angry, and I could tell I wasnt playing my best because of it.

When I started this run, I told myself I would try my hardest to not talk the entire run. I tried my best and only said a few words. And this happened. All I had to do was calm down. Ill admit my hands where shaking at the end, knowing after 7 long years this could be it.

Oh well, time to learn a different category.