Part 4: Round 4 - The Loop

Twelve people make it through the horrorshow of Round 3 to the comparatively straightforward Round 4!


Get a star in Bob-Omb Battlefield. Then get a star in Whomp's Fortress. Then get a star in Jolly Roger Bay. Then Cool Cool Mountain. See where this is going?

Here's how we're gonna do this:
- Your race starts when you select your File from the File Select screen.
- You must collect exactly one star from each of the thirteen levels now open, in level order. This star does not have to be one that you've never collected before, it may be a Shadow Star.
- You may collect Castle Secret Stars at any point during the race if you wish.
- You may only collect a maximum of ten proper (non-Shadow) Stars in this round. That is, you must finish with a Star Count no more than ten higher than what you started with.
- Your race ends when the save prompt disappears after collecting a star in Tiny-Huge Island.
- And, once again, you must not activate the Metal Cap or catch the rabbit in the basement!

Bear in mind that all of the stars on the new floor will add to your star count and there's four levels up there. If you're going up to the new floor and you've got three or fewer stars until you hit your cap then you're fffffucked!

Slowest two go home!

Videos
Whoa, Dr. Speedruns - Mico, Heeheex2, King Kool, Suspicious Dish (special guest: EntranceJew)
humpf - Phiggle, Bocom (special guests: Vicas, The Great Guy, Admiral H. Curtiss)
Funtagonism - Lyrax, GameboyHero, Darkoni (special guest: The T)
Smooth Moves - The Janministrator, Ohtsam, Apt Funk (special guests: Linebeck, Tyty)

Scores
Suspicious Dish - 13:09.733
Heeheex2 - 13:21.466
Apt Funk - 13:27.066
Bocom - 16:57.066
King Kool - 17:29.900
GameboyHero - 17:45.400
Phiggle - 18:09.066
The Janministrator - 18:44.766
Ohtsam - 18:51.933
Darkoni - 19:05.466
-THE ZONE-
Lyrax - 21:38.699
Mico - 22:04.266