I thought when I finally got 1:24 it would be because I put together a run I was really proud of. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've been playing this game for almost 3 years, and my consistency at some of the really tough tricks/strats is really great. I managed to pull off a clean Larry's castle, Choco fort room 1 was good, perfect dark room, gnarly wings, raft skip (and even pulled off the sandbar clip to salvage the run, a trick I expect to put in no runs ever). But that run was a train wreck in almost every other way; I lost 10 seconds to wings, 20 seconds in ghost ship, 10 seconds on tubular wings, mistakes that cost me a run that could really let me put a time on the leaderboard that I can look at and be proud of. There are runners who have been playing the game for months who have better PBs than me still, and I know I should have a better time. None of my strats are outdated. I'm doing WR strats in all but maybe 2 or 3 instances (FOI1 wings, faster VD1 wings, old school VS1 strats, and I don't sandbar clip in RTA). But I just choke a lot. I am going to try to choke less.

But for now, I'm happy to finally get the 1:24.