WHAT OKAY UM WHAT WHERE DO I START HOLY CRAP I GOT 1X

goodbye rb1. i'm not returning unless i learn the multi-fp setups for stuff like train. not much time i can squeeze out reasonably. also i don't want to really grind too much (i played for 4 hours today which was way more than i intended.)

the strats on this run are bizarre. i skipped fast 3 because i wanted to get more runs out of early game, i figured i had a better chance at a pb without it. i went for the corner jump after the cp in 4 and hit it with death warp - i think i just kinda instinctively go for that cj. 6 was as good as i'm gonna get, could save time on 7 but not worth it, 9 was weird (i just completely fluked that god jump lmao, i just released at some point midair and it was the right time apparently, i had to figure out yolo balls on the fly), 10 i missed both the start strat and the superjump, but i nailed enough to get a 1x. perfect 11 and 12 to close were amazing.

this is also the second time goal which felt impossible that i've achieved since my return to speedrunning this month. sub 6 in rb3 was a goal that always felt impossible, but 1x in rb1 felt...just out of reach i guess, but never quite possible. i was starting to realize it was possible when i was getting runs consistently -5 on my 3:24 out of like 6, just needed to finish off a run. i was just going for pb here, not 1x, if i was grinding for 1x outright i would've gone for fast 3. (i was for a while, i started doing normal 3 maybe 50 attempts earlier?)

this is definitely one of my best runs. i don't think it's better than my 3:26.667, but it's pretty dang close.