Is pausing allowed?

From what I see it doesn't make the timer go when you are paused. In most situations, I'm pausing to rest but today I was thinking about how it could be used as a set up. On Grass 9, you probably know the pretty difficult time skip. I can do it like 5/10 times (maybe) but by pausing the game I managed to do it 3 times in a row on my first attempts. This would make the "in game time" and "real time" different if you want to get technical about it.

edit: I should also add that I play on PC so idk how it works for anyone else

tl;dr
Pausing can help set up hard skips but doesn't make the impossible possible. (from my testing at least)

I don't see why pausing wouldn't be allowed since times are measured in IGT, but I'm not a mod so it's really up to them to decide

you have a 2:10 and can do grass 9 skip 50% of the time? thats better than me.

50% is inflated because i barely do it, but i did it 4/10 right before my other attempts.

Also some other random stuff: (pc)
You can't pause while holding jump and left
You can buffer a jump after pausing (not possible otherwise)
When you pause after going into a door, on un-pause the timer will continue

Nothing really important there but just some cool stuff I found.