A speedrun of the Sonic Utopia Early Demo's only stage, Green Hill Zone. This is an alternate route to the fastest one I know of. I call this one the "left-side route". This is the route I initially planned out and speedran before checking out anyone else's speedruns, so it holds a sort of special place in my heart. However, I don't think it's viable compared to the "right-side route," it would need to get about 5 seconds shaved off to be competitive, and I'm not capable of that as I understand it at the moment, I don't know of any more techniques to speed it up that much.

Of note is that this run gives you greater speed when traversing the final area due to the long hill you can roll down, making the end part take less time, but also makes it harder to not screw up. As it is, I feel like the turning I needed to do to traverse that final area slowed me down, so if a straighter path could be achieved, some time would be saved due to the high speed available to utilize.

Still, I wonder if the developers thought about how long different routes could take to reach the end? This route is not that far off from being viable versus the "right-side route," so it's a possibility.

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