Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Speed Run 16:03 any% SS (Non-TAS)

EH1 - 0:19 - 20 is standard, so 19 is a nice bonus
EH2 - 0:38 - not
CP1 - 0:23 - much
CP2 - 0:40 - to
AR1 - 0:23 - say
AR2 - 0:40 - actually, this is where the run starts. Anything between 38-46 is common and there's not much you can do about it. Hitting the very precise underwater jump saved 4 seconds and the frame-perfect boss glitch another 3.
CN1 - 0:31 - considering this level could go terribly wrong, ok
CN2 - 1:01 - normally, this level goes way smoother for me (~58), meh
HT1 - 0:40 - got the rare, good version of the zip, kinda botched it afterwards, but still a very good time
HT2 - 1:08 - I figured, I could risk going for the early cycle, since you have a lot of leeway towards the normal cycle and what happens...I even miss the normal cycle 🙁
MC1 - 0:34 - went well
MC2 - 0:43 - ditto
OO1 - 0:33 - ditto
OO2 - 0:42 - werster's strat from his S2K run
Met1 - 0:54 - Kreygasm
Met2 - 0:31 - 15 sec down the drain 🙁
Met3 - 0:46 - didn't go as intended but still got it...phew
SC - 2:06 - Kappa
WF - 2:00 - 2 sec lost at the power on based platforms, another 2 missing the spindash jump up the platform and 4 on the boss 🙁
DE - 0:51 - the tautness was inexplicable

Total in-game time: 16:03