it's kinda funny, the record was like 1:58 a year and a half ago. the first really good time was when Elmo (Japanese player) got 1:49:49 in May this year. that's around when i started watching. Sig couldn't even get below that number before the marathon (except on Virtual Console, which has 2 less minutes of lag compared to N64), but he practiced for like 2 months straight without doing any runs really, and then he goes and gets a time almost 3 minutes faster. pretty crazy stuff.
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My rivalry with SuperNiceDog turned out a bit one-sided.