I'm currently learning any%, and I'm having a lot of trouble with 8-1. I've found a visual cue for the first pipe jump but the second one (the one that despawns a goomba) is very inconsistent. Is there anything that I can do to improve my consistency? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

practise

I've spent multiple hours practicing the pipe jumps. I kind of meant alternate ways or audio/visual cues.

To get consistent multiple hours isnt enough, im practising pipejumps everyday for 10 minutes. (Shorter periods of time are working better than 1 long sesion for me). If you do that you will see yourself progress.

With that being said there is a 8-1 tuturial from steeledude here is the link:

Its a good tuturial and really has helped me even tho i am not using these strats.

Edit: This video also helped me with the 1-2 pipejumps and just pipejumps in general

I wish you the best of luck with practising.

Signed, Gietie

don't do pipe jumps until you have at least a 5:05. you can get 5:03 without 1-2 and 8-1 pipe jumps, with 4 bump, and with other safe strats, as you can see here

if you do pipe jumps when you're just starting out you're only going to make life harder on yourself lol

@Gietie thanks, I'll definitely watch that video. @Miniland I feel that I'm not very consistent at staying on the right framerule without pipe jumps. I will try that though.

Hey @Miniland tomorrow I'll compose a corrido and make a carnita asada for you my man. Thank you very much for that video! I'll definitely try.

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what i do for the first 1-2 pipe jump is that generally have to wait until the tones stop and then jump a bit after that happens (this is assuming you have a minor slowdown when making the first of the two small koopa-goomba-goomba jumps). you should be around a block or a bit less from the first of the three goombas when you jump

the second pipe jump, idk how to be consistent at it. just gotta practice it so that you can eyeball the height of your jump from the front lip of the first pipe

for the first and second 8-1 pipe jumps, jump to the lips on an upward motion, not on a downward arc. this means you'll have to do quick taps, in a double jump kind of way. audio cues for first pipe jump is after the second note after a brief pause (this is assuming you've run straight prior this section)

i kinda use an audio cue for the second jump but what i usually remember is that i just jump like you did the first one. there is a more fitting audio cue for a back lip jump and then jumping off of that to avoid killing one of the three goombas below. i suggest you check out Tecate's run for that. it's a neat audio cue for both jump to and from the backlip

the third pipe jump is the one that gives me nightmares!! but what i do is i do practice jumps on the part just after the star block and two koopas. jump over the gaps then jump on the two chocolate bar blocks then jump immediately after. it gives you some muscle memory for the pipe jump

hope this helps HAHA it's a lot to take in but at the end of the day it's a big help to practice and watch other runners and eyeball where and when they do their jumps, and then just go along the strat that you feel most comfortable with. you'll get the rhythm eventually! glgl

Thanks. For the first pipe jump in 8-1, I use a visual cue of the first short tree after the goomba trio. I full jump from that and it sets me up nicely for a back lip jump.