100% Moondance

	A	B	D	E	F	G	M
1		Room	Real Time	In-Game Time	Transition		Room times are in the format of "seconds.frames" (60 frames = 1 second)
2		Elevator	2.55	2.55	45		42 (or 57 if the room involves a music change) = perfect transition
3		Dachora	82.03	82.03	42		Infohud reduced fanfare length = 71 frames
4		Elevator	2.39	2.39	45
5		Beetoms	1.13	1.13	42
6		Etecoon ETank	2.55	1.44	42
7		Etecoon Supers	2.14	1.03	42		This is a comparison of 100% Item Collection routes involving "moondance." Moondance is
8	Brinstar 1	Etecoon ETank	7.07	7.07	42		the act of performing and stacking moonfalls while 'stuck' in a location to generate a
9		Etecoon PB	12.09	10.58	42		tremendous amount of downward speed, which in this case is then unleashed when above
10		Elevator	3.14	2.40	47	31 lag frames	the floor in the Brinstar Elevator room to clip through, allowing access to all of the items
11		Dachora	7.51	7.32	46	19 lag frames	underneath. Moondance has been proven to save over a minute in the Reverse Boss Order
12		Big Pink	16.39	15.29	55		(a.k.a. Reverse Golden 4) category, prompting us to test its viability in this category.
13		Green Hills	9.57	9.57	42
14		Noob Bridge	--	--	--	Omitted as it is (basically) the same regardless of route	Rooms were perfomed primarily by Jack879 (pink) and Overfiendvip (purple), with
15		Red Tower	6.53	6.53	44	Moonfall not performed to make comparison with other routes simpler	ShinyZeni (blue) supplying footage directly involving the moondance.
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18							as No Moondance.
19		Elevator (Lower)	2.53	2.53	51
20		Alpha	10.45	8.14	42	9 lag frames	Moondance (Early Brinstar Cleanup): Collects every item in Green/Pink Brinstar on the first
21		Elevator (Lower)	5.54	5.54	43		visit except for the Energy Tank behind Charge Beam which is inaccessible. After Wrecked
22	Brinstar 2	Beta	--	--	--	Omitted as it is the same regardless of route	Ship, heads down Red Brinstar into Maridia. Collects the aforementioned Energy Tank after
23		Elevator (Lower)	--	--	--	Omitted as it is the same regardless of route	X-Ray Scope / before Retro Brinstar cleanup, then collects the "Gauntlet" items afterward.
24		Elevator (Upper)	--	--	--	Omitted as it is the same regardless of route
25		Premoat	9.12	8.43	42	29 lag frames	No Moondance route: The standard "ice clip" route, but with Power Bombs collected early
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28							The only rooms included here are those relevant to the routes themselves. Rooms such as
29		Premoat	2.05	2.05	43		the first visit of Noob Bridge are omitted as it would basically be the same for every route.
30		Connector	0.21	0.21	42		Even though it may make the video jarring at certain points, it kept us from doing
31		Landing Site	8.13	8.07	49	6 lag frames	unnecessary work.
32		Site PB	5.46	4.35	42
33		Landing Site	7.39	7.39	57
34		Gauntlet Hall	3.08	3.00	42	8 lag frames; "Sexmaster" setup would add an additional ~40 frames
35		Gauntlet ETank	13.57	12.06	42	40 lag frames; 8.04 / 6.48 if "Sexmaster" is performed instead
36		Pirates	17.12	14.50	42
37		Kagos	2.15	2.15	42
38		Elevator (Upper)	4.00	0.14	57	Pause to disable Ice & Spazer
39		Elevator (Lower)	11.36	4.01	69
40		Dachora	4.04	4.04	46
41		Big Pink	7.31	5.59	44	21 lag frames
42	WS → Maridia	Sidehopper PB	6.36	5.25	42
43		Big Pink	3.36	3.36	42
44		Sidehopper Gate	6.03	6.02	42	1 lag frame
45		Sidehopper ETank	2.57	1.46	42
46		Sidehopper Gate	3.49	3.49	42
47		Big Pink	5.36	5.22	42	14 lag frames
48		SS Farm	2.56	2.56	42
49		SS Supers	3.52	2.41	42
50		SS Farm	1.37	1.37	42
51		Big Pink	15.42	14.03	52	28 lag frames
52		Waterway	9.08	7.55	42	2 lag frames
53		Big Pink	10.49	10.39	48	10 lag frames
54		Green Hills	15.18	14.07	50
55		Noob Bridge	4.04	4.04	57
56		Red Tower	5.55	5.55	47
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60	Norfair → Retro	Green Hills	6.58	6.58	57
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64		Parlor	5.17	5.17	42
65	To Tourian	Terminator	3.00	2.56	49	4 lag frames
66		Pirates	6.39	6.39	42
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68	Total	53 rooms	369 1512	334 1500	117 bad frames	222 lag frames
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