I found a (barely RTA-viable) setup for the clip in -2. It saves 3 framerules over the normal FPG and is only 1 framerule slower than HappyLee's TAS.

This seems more viable than I might think because I seriously can barely figure out how to do softlock glitch for category extensions so I think this is a more viable trick than you might even think.

We're getting to the point where we have to do this now? Wow. (Also 2:30 is possible now right?)

I think it's more difficult than saving the 8-1 FPG framerule. Saving frames in -3 to beat the current WR is definitely much easier than going for the -2 clip. Hence, I don't expect anyone to go for this in runs anytime soon. The time of the TAS I present in the video is 2:30.935, exactly 3 framerules faster than the current WR. So yes, 2:30 is possible, but extremely unlikely to happen.