Finally a WR from me on console! Played on an original NES and captured using a Genki ShadowCast.

Credits to TRGMorty for discovering that if the 3F hostage spawns in the very top right room, the terrorist that is supposed to be guarding him actually completely ditches and spawns on 2F, allowing you to skip him and run straight down the hallway. From there, I worked backwards and noticed that every time this happened, I had also avoided the first spotlight entirely. This game is very simple, so I believe there's some relationship between these two in terms of the RNG of the game. So when I saw the spotlight, I already knew I was going to barge down the hallway like this, and it led to a 38 second 3F.

Also worth noting, I misinput in the very last second of the run, but honestly, if I hadn't done that, I would have walked into the room on the left and had to long animation play, so I think flubbing actually saved me a second.