In this case the difference is so small that you still get the correct distance. 196 frames equals 3.27 whether you divide by 60 or 60.09881 (it’s actually 3.27, not 3.28; I’m assuming that the ms make a rounding difference).

Literally every main series 2D Mario game can be easily beaten in under an hour

@PiotrGrochowski I don’t know why you’re so offended by @WolfAttacK advice. Having the fire flower not only simplifies a lot of levels because you can kill everything in your way, but also means you have an extra hit. Fire flower drastically helps with 8-3. Considering that some top level players use fire Mario in races, I think it’s worth giving it a shot if you keep dying to enemies.

I’m confused as to where people are getting 2.x from

Age is completely irrelevant. Several young speedrunners achieved major milestones or even WRs at 13 or 14 years old.

umm... okay

If you're dying a lot it may be because you're going for strats too difficult for your skill level

I think I need to mention that Kosmic doesn’t even hold the USA record anymore. Somewes is also American and is current WR holder

@darG I believe that would be the result from counting video frames, which is 2:39.983

This is really neat. I hope that this project can grow to be successful so that we’ll have more than just Speedrunners on it.

9614/60.09881=159.969 which is 2:39.969 when translated to min:sec

@roopert83 make that a category extension

@TwisterCuber I did some math; 9614 frames at the emulator framerate would be 2:39.969. That's probably what I'll have to go by for now

Right. I forgot about that. Pretty funny when it happens.

We'll need a response from a mod to determine whether this is permitted or not.

You just have to jump at the very end of the orange platform. All that can be said.

Try this:

1. Run from the pipe onto the second stair without jumping
2. Perform a full jump once you reach the stair. You should land on the 7th stair
3. Jump and quickly release A to land on the top of the staircase
4. Perform a full jump onto the flagpole This method works on every staircase in the game and is extremely consistent. Good luck!

I assumed this wouldn't be looked too kindly on. I'm not asking for instant verification though, just an exact time. I'll submit it and see what happens.

I know, but I don't want to wait that long to get an official retime, as I want to do more 239 attempts asap if it's a 240

@TwisterCuber and @darG did you count the video frames or the game frames? Remember the game runs slightly faster than the video. I think it has to be either a .9x or .0x