Low-res Cavern of the Metal Cap Searches + accidental TAS improvement

Another more classical type of scattershot search, where I search a whole stage at once at low resolution with no restrictions. This gives a truly broad and unbiased search, with the caveat that the results may not be very optimized and precise strategies might be missed. This time I selected CotMC reds. A number of low resolution searches were performed, and some of the fastest / most interesting runs are shown.
For reference the Singlestar Record is 20.57 (TAS-timing) / 19.73 IGT by Kyman ( • Cavern of the Metal Ca... ) and the TAS time is 19.67 (TAS-timing) / 18.83 IGT by Alex, Plush, and Crackhex ( • [OUTDATED TAS] SM64 - ... ).
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