E05-Endurance | 53:32.87 [Former WR]

Previous WR: 53:34.18 by tween
New WR: 53:32.87 (-1.31) by me
https://tmnforever.tm-exchange.com/main.aspx?action=trackshow&id=2455

GG.
When I started streaming E05 (again) a month ago, I had one goal in mind: drive a sub 54 minutes time (The "jump trick" wasn't known back then). After many hours of streaming and many failed attempts I managed to drive a 53:52, surpassing my expectations.

It was shortly after, when Raceta told me a trick on this map he used for hunting the 1-Lap WR. It had the potential so save about 9 seconds. So I began learning the trick, failing it quite often, but slowly building up my consistency. A week or so later, I was on a 53:3x pace run almost at the end, but I made some mistakes in the last laps. New PB: 53:43.

Now the real grind began. I had figured out all the tricks and possible lines, so it came down to driving fast and consistent. Demon drove a 53:36 not long after, showing the potential of this new strategy. 53:3x seemed possible to get with a good run now. My next PB was also a 53:36, just a few hundreths faster than Demon's. With a 2s mistake near the end (Lap 53), I knew I could potentially beat the WR with a robot-like run.

2 days after, I booted up my stream, and just began driving faster than I had ever before. After Lap20 or so, my worst Lap was a 53.44! Tween's average is 53.51. Unluckily, on Lap 41, I got slapped by a nasty landing bug, which had ruined countless good runs before. I had around a 1.8 second lead, and with 2 seconds more of possible time save, this could've been WR.

Then, 2 days later again, this run happened. My start had fast laps but also some mistakes, so I barely kept up with my previous PB in the first 1/3 of the run. In theory, I just had to be about equal with my PB, then gain around 2 seconds in Lap53, and drive a good end. For WR I needed around -2.6 seconds. Basically, with a lead of more than 1 second, I even had a little cushion for some little mistakes. The last few laps were really shaky, and it didn't help that the chat was going nuts at that point (Yes, I had it open on my 2nd monitor xD). After 53 minutes of intense exercise (I lost around 20 pounds) I somehow managed to beat tween's WR.

Although my time is faster, his WR is still more impressive, considering it doesn't utilize the trick. If he keeps the same level, or is even faster considering that the WR is from 2015, he should be able to drive 53:2x mid to low. That would be absolutely mad IMO.

Sorry for this cheesy summary of my E05 journey. I don't care though, this has been an emotional achievement for me, so I can't help myself. It really shows that anyone can get really good at one thing if they exclusively focus on it with their heart and soul.
E05 hype chart:
53.6x - nice
53.5x - spicy
53.4x - Pog
53.3x - PogU
53.2x - POGGERS
53.1x - OHHHHOOHOH WOMBO COMBO
53.0x - BPM probably 180+

Libor's spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y2R7PZI-yo0w4VfZA17zRittHE1o7iblfey0SCKeKW8/edit#gid=0

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