Hi, I've just started attempting speedruns of this game a short time ago, but I had a small problem with my first run: My battery went low. I don't know if I'm allowed to have breaks within my run or not, it'd be nice to know. BTW this is the first game I've ever attempted speed running at I'm trying to support it for the small community.

normally, no breaks are allowed. maybe except in an specific game or something or on a specific category. either way, if you have a break i think the timer must keep going (if im wrong pls can a mod answer?)

Hm, yes. The battery life was a problem that I encountered when I started running this game as well. I just do (did) all my runs with the charger connected. One thing you can do to extend the battery life a fair bit though is to turn off the wireless communications on the 3DS. As for the question about the timer, technically, you cannot stop the timer... but since videos are not a strict requirement, you could get away with it without me knowing, and I really wouldn't care. I only strictly require videos for the WR time and times that are very close to it. If you submit a video though, I will not tolerate you stopping the timer for any petty reason (battery life included). If you take a break in a video, the timer must keep running.