$500 Bounty - The Ascent any%

Edit: I've been informed that the length of the bounty is way too long. I understand and in hindsight I see what they mean. Im shortening it to end on March 31st. I'd do earlier but I have reasons why I cant.

Preface: As the moderator of the The Ascent speedrun.com page, I will not be eligible to win this bounty. Conflict of interest or whatever it's called.

Speedrun.com page : https://www.speedrun.com/The_Ascent

I LOVE the game The Ascent. I love speedrunning it. I currently hold 2nd place (out of 2, lol) in the world. xD

I want this game's speedrunning community to grow as much as it possibly can, so to help spread the word about the game and to facilitate strat improvement (Im not smart enough to make strats, minmax stats, etc), I'm putting up this bounty.

Whoever has the world record run for The Ascent any% at 11:59:59 pm EST (GMT -5) on Monday March 31st will win $500 USD.

IMPORTANT TIP: There is a possible softlock in the game. After a mission where you meet a hacker named Noghead (my favorite character), you will get the ability to summon a taxi to fast travel to locations on the same 'level' as the one youre on. BUT, if youre loading into a zone, ie coming off of an elevator or going through a door, hitting the summon taxi button too quickly after loading in can lead to what I call 'Sonofabitch I cant move". You get stuck in place for a second or two before being able to move. VERY RARELY this Sonofabitch I Cant Move glitch doesnt end and leads to a softlock. Solution, count to 3 before summoning the taxi after loading in.

Edit: Changed cut off time from 11:59 pm to 11:59:59 pm.

Edit: Changed the date of the cut off. 4 months was way too long.

Rules:

- Due to time zones and schedule differences, your run doesnt have to be ACCEPTED by the cut off time, only submitted. I will most likely be asleep at the time so I dont want to bar anyone from participating because I couldnt approve their run in time.

- All rules listed on the The Ascent speedrun page must be followed.

- To make it an official rule, the moderator of the The Ascent speedrun.com page (me, Boiled Pizza on speedrun.com, and anyone made moderator between now and the end of the competition) is/are NOT eligible to win the bounty.

- Additional rules may be added in the future to my discretion. I doubt I will, but just in case.

- If I have to edit this post, I will leave the original content in and mark it as edited.

- This is not a requirement, but a casual request from me. If you find a big game breaking bug or otherwise huge, run changing time save, I would very much appreciate either a write up or video explaining how to perform it, to be posted on the speedrun.com page. Please and thank you.

Edit: Corrected grammar

The game is available on Xbox and PC game pass, PS4/5, and Steam.

Edit: Added ps4/5 to available platforms

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/979690/The_Ascent/

P.S. I'm fairly new to moderating a speedrun.com page and putting up bounties, so if you happen to have any advice on how to run a bounty or a rule I should add, please message me. Thank you.