I only have two questions. The firsts one is are we allowed to pause mid run. sometimes my monitor randomly turns of (if someone could tell me how to fix it that would be amazing) so I pause mid run, am I allowed to unpause and finish the run. the second question is about optimal hanger. everytime i do a hager run on any% that seems perfect it comes out as just below 9 seconds and wondering how depr4vity has 8.6 on his run, is it another strat, just optimal movement, or something else

thanks to anyone who answers these questions

To answer your first question, pausing mid-run is will invalidate individual level (IL) runs, but pausing during full-game runs is allowed.

Second, to get better information than the generic "practice makes perfect" type of answer, I would suggest joining the Console Doom Discord if you haven't already (linked on the left side of this speedrun.com page) and asking there; there'll likely be people willing to help you out in more depth there.

@FiredMedal_21

1. No. Pausing invalidates because it can affect the timer/various other reasons.

2. I think you mean to say just ABOVE 9 seconds? As in like 9.03 or more. It's all about your movement, and how quick and early you open doors. Pay attention to any of the 8's on the board, watch how they open doors. You'll see them open them while still a little far away from them. That helps save time. They also back up and run through to have that speed built up. Moving to the right of the zombie instead of the left, and then there's that asshole carl blocking the exit. That, you just gotta kinda hope for the best lol. Also when going INTO the exit room, make sure you are 1) Facing to the right when strafe running, that way 2) You can enter the exit room ALREADY facing the exit, therefore saving the frames needed to turn to the switch if facing to the left. Hope this helps.

@THiEF_HD209 no i mean just below 9 seconds, ive had about 4 8 second runs with my best being 8.89 (for any% keep in mind)