I’m sure you are already aware of this video, but for those who are not: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A this video is an amazing exploration of the various ways speed runners will use glitches to their advantage.
It may be a bit slow for the types here already well familiar with floating point and the like but it's still got amazingly deep content on something silly but fun.
Thank you for the recommendation! <3 :)))) <3 :D
In any case, yay amnesia! Worth seeing again for the half-first time. ;PPPP
https://www.youtube.com/@ThaRixer/videos
He gives a good sense of how unlikely it was for some of these glitches to be found, and how much luck and skill is involved in pulling off a successful world record.