Hi! I’m a sub-45 minute bf runner. I’m wanting to learn how cycles work. In another game I like to speedrun, NSMB2, there is a cycle in a few castle levels for where obstacles will be, and doing the level a certain way can make you go faster or not mess you up. Is that how it works in this game?

In resources, there's a link called "How Cycles Work"
: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aAWD8SFlsfWFcCg_kOUMAyhA4y6_bDlL9a4WQup0Dyk/edit?usp=sharing

If you're reading this, you're in for a wild ride

Yeah I tried reading it a few days ago, and it seemed like if you get the shines quota fast enough then you take less time to get the next fury fight. Is that right?

Yes. Every cycle has a quota. You want to reach every quota asap, because if it gets met for that cycle, the remaining time gets cut in half.

Fir's GDQ run from 2 years ago, I think, does a stellar job explaining it with a bus analogy.