at the beginning of the level i hold right then i hold left as soon as i go in the tubes, i let go a split second after i land. i don't hit any directions and just fall pause buffering to make sure i don't have too much momentum, the trick here is to be as close as you can to the white ceiling and to not be pushing any inputs when you reach the end, after a lot of practice it is very doable. as soon as i get sucked up into the ceiling i hold left until i see the one-up box, then i hold right for a half a second.

• @0:11 i 6 tap and hold right next, 6 tapping again after slowing down while holding right. werster beat this by just 1 tapping , you don't get stopped.* @0:20 after passing this final gap i continue holding right for 5 and half seconds and then hold left detailed video of how to get the act 1 set up: