Firstly I would like to tell you that this run is ok, but if you want to remember it as a good run skip scrap brain 2 and 3. I grew very frustrated with the little time I spent on this game, so I was just happy to beat mike89's run (which I had done previously, but not by this large of a margin). So I basically lost 30 seconds from my average time in those 2 levels. Besides that, I think its ok, but if no one improves this, which I have a feeling someone will, then eventually I will. I didn't spend as much time as I could have, but like I said I am very sick of losing great runs doing stupid stuff.

Many thanks go to the SDA staff, Mike89 for his run, Upthorn for being awesome and figuring out the Final Zone randomness, and everyone at TSC for the competition.

I really don't have much to comment about as far as levels go, because most of the time in Sonic 1, if you make a mistake, people can usually tell. I'll just point out where really big mistakes or good levels occur that usually don't happen.

• Marble 1: Getting hit right on the spike like I did forces me to wait no matter if I love all my rings or not, because of the timing of elements in this level. Once I got hit, I knew 1:05 was the best I could do. Usually I was getting :59 or 1:00 in this level, so I definitely lost some time.
• Marble 2: Yes I know how to do the beginning, I just misjumped.
• Spring yard 1: ok, right after jumping over that huge wall, I SO pressed jump again but sonic did not jump. Also the ending to this level is stupid.
• Spring yard 3: Had I gone a little faster right after the first wait period, I could have gotten to the second forced wait period earlier. I had been taking a different route through this, but it was so inconsistent that I gave up on it. The time still isn't bad, but it could be better.
• Labarynth 1: This is a great time. Best level in the run.
• Labarynth 3: Once I lose my ring against the boss, I get very cautious because I've died a lot of times here.
• Star Light 2: I kind of screwed up the route near the second half of this level, not my best time here.
• Star Light 3: Ok, no I am not supposed to get hit 3 times, I am only supposed to get hit the last time. The boss battle goes pretty well, I still miss 2 hits which also costs me time, but overall I think this level wasn't too bad.
• Scrap Brain 2: I lost a lot of runs here because I'd be too aggressive with no rings. I mistimed a lot of jumps here, this is a really bad time here.
• Scrap Brain 3: Getting hit throws off this whole level for me. I really really screwed up the easiest level ever. My average time for this level is :22, so this level is basically terrible.
• Final Zone: The final boss does the same thing every time as long as you only touch him for one frame on every hit. This is great because then I just memorize his pattern and never miss a hit. I delay the last hit to get a 1:13, because he doesn't explode as long before you can move.

Like I said, I really hope this run is beaten soon, and I hope this inspires more competition. I just really don't want anyone to play on PAL, purely because the music sucks. Like I said, take 30 seconds off this run as long as I don't suck in scrap 2 and 3, which would be a pretty good time. Eventually this run will get to sub 17, because its a popular game and I think more people will speedrun this in the future. When I stop getting annoyed with it, I'll try again, but anyhow this beats mike89's run and doesn't have sucky PAL music.