I just submitted my own step-by-step version that I developed using CritRocket and Koston's guides. It just grew out of notes I was making while learning the route and following their guides, and reorganized in a way I could follow easily while playing. I also added a bunch of notes to clarify for other people to understand my format. Just thought I'd share if anyone else finds my format useful.
Ok, thanks! Yeah, that seems to fit with what's happening. If I mess up my route too much the pattern gets too different from what I can normally do optimally and then either die from unexpected spawns or lose time to dodging and avoidance. Just gotta get more consistent!
Are the paratroopers drop positions/timings manipulable? The ones that drop in Area 1 cause a lot of resets (either from death or massive time loss avoiding them) and the ones in Area 5 during the last climb are my most common cause of massive time loss for that area. They'll just spawn above me right after i initiate a swing and knock me down. Am I just praying to the RNG gods I get good spawns, or can i do something about it?