The first race of 2024 against @Argick results in a significant Sonic 8 PB! With the new timing method (RTA-GC | Real Time Attack minus Game Change), this becomes a 4:20:21!

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Retiming (for RTA-GC):

          Start        End          Segment
Sonic 1   0:00:14.653  0:24:45.512  0:24:30.859
Sonic 2   0:25:02.295  0:52:14.597  0:27:13.302*
S3K       0:52:37.840  1:56:09.395  1:03:31.555
3DB       1:56:40.884  2:34:55.145  0:38:14.261
Spinball  2:35:12.770  2:57:10.131  0:21:57.361
CD        2:57:53.046  3:19:31.692  0:21:38.646
Mania     3:20:10.229  4:23:26.595  1:03:16.366
                    Total (RTA-GC)  4:20:22.350*
   
RTA       0:00:14.653  4:23:26.595  4:23:12.942*

*A 1 second time penalty has been added due to an unintentional flipper clip in Sonic 2, CN2 as per the Sonic 2 Glitchless time penalties for legacy runs.