The goal is Ultra Violent difficulty and pistol start every level in par time as decided by id. I have not watched any speedrun strats and I am routing these myself.
Par Time 30.00
My exploratory run ended in ~58. Once I knew which way the route was I got par in my next run with 15.08. This was the only level I knew any speedrun info about. I know that 8 seconds is common, so I decided to run one more time and got 14.00. I called it good enough for my purposes. This run came down to demon placement for me. 5/24/25
Par Time 1:15.00
This level has more demons in the way, zombies and imps blocking the path at a couple occasions. One was when I was picking up the red key. Getting through the demons in the pit to the switch to open the door is not too bad, but the final room holding the door to end the level cost me many runs. My first finish was 2:28.48. My next was 50.34 follwed by a slight improvement of 50.28. 5/24/25
Par Time 2:00.00
Ultra Violent introduces the Pinky and the Specter and the Shotgunner. My UV PB is 3:10.37 on 5/24/25. Not great, and most runs did not even get to the end. I did a 10 minute exploratory run to try to find secrets and I only found one. No chaingun was found which is a let down because I have so much pistol ammo and the crowd control would be amazing for this level. It's incredibly crowded. However, out of curiosity and frustration I did a run on Hurt Me Plenty and my first run got a time of 53.00 on 6/4/2025. I think for now I will move on to E1M4 and go back to UV.
Par Time 1:30.00
I did a 10:45.57 exploratory run on Hurt Me Plenty and found 2/3 secrets. None were on the critical path. My first attempt on UV got me a 39.60! I must've gotten good imp placement down the maze hallway on the way to the yellow key because my next several runs all died there. My next PB was 35.34 after getting some better movement in the yellow key arena. Calling it good with that last PB and moving on. 6/6/2025