This may be a tied world record - although I hit the flagpole first, siver starts walking after hitting the flagpole first, and we both reached the level select screen at the same time. The most likely explanation is that we got the same time.

"But Slush, the cat appears on your side first, so you must have started earlier!" Keep watching the first second of gameplay and me and siver will alternate between being behind or ahead. This is due to the fact that my video was at 60fps while his is at 30fps, all on a 40fps game.