This strat is banned form the speedrun leaderboard, so the actual WR is still 2:23 (also completely insane). The fact that this is completely working as intended just shows that this game absolutely nails destroying reality with complex magic.

  • Generally speaking, though, situations where a save file is allowed isn’t so much about the previous work as it is the common state at the beginning.

    There are all sorts of things like that but they don’t skip a bunch of setup to make a strat work. The setup, in this case, is the only reason this works. The setup is the strat.

    The communities are free to do whatever they agree on. I’m glad they agreed that this strat is invalid because otherwise it would cheapen Noita running.