It's all about repetition and perfecting a specific route

Might I just say: I don't much care for rigid rules, and for this aspect I dislike Speedruns. It's all about repetition and perfecting a specific route, rarely finding a new one. Sure, there are many people finding routes, and everyone has a slightly different one, but in the end they just try to commit that route to muscle memory.

What I love about Speedruns is the intimate knowledge of the game's mechanics. I love the sequence breaks, entering areas fresh with items that do not rightly belong there, and using that to its fullest effect. I dearly enjoy seeing how those items can be used to interact with 'dungeons' and other intended lock and key mechanisms.

This is why I have turned to Randomizers, though I still want to learn the tricks of Speedrunning to make it more fun and flexible.