4 levels left to clear. Here's an individual summary for each level:

The Last Dance - Very confusing and difficult 110 second Japanese speedrun. The full route to beat the level was only discovered yesterday. However, there is quite a bit of cheese (unintended easier paths) in the level, rendering the first and last section's of the level trivial. Contrary to the title, it will not actually be the last level. (The 5th last level was called "last hope" as well, lol)

Phantom Odd World - Extremely fast-paced and input-dense 60 second Japanese speedrun revolving around POW explosions. There are no breaks in the action; the level is really well designed to look cool when played correctly. The creator of the level was gracious enough to provide a spliced clear video for the level on twitter . This level deserves to be beaten.

Welcome! ~Extreme~ (translated from JP) - A seemingly innocuous 50 second SMB1 speedrun with 3 laps and a lot of piranha plants and a few tight jumps. The true difficulty of the level is well hidden. There are 2 reasons this level has remained uncleared as of yet. The first reason is the tight timer. You have to be near perfect to be able to complete all 3 laps on pace to beat the timer. Every jump must be done in the quickest way possible to save as many milliseconds as possible. The second, and more interesting reason is the RNG component. Toward the end of the level is a section in which fireball-shooting piranha plants bounce off of springs randomly. If the plants don't bounce in a certain way, the fireballs will either kill Mario, or force him to slow down enough so that he cannot reach the flag before the timer runs out. The player must pass this section 3 times to beat the level. This means that even if you play perfectly through the level, you are still left with only a 6.4% chance of actually getting the clear. The more players on this one, the higher the chance of the clear.

Trimming the Herbs - Saving the best for last. Another work of art with hidden difficulty, this 12 second level is significantly more difficult than the other 3. It is the oldest uncleared level as well as the only non-Japanese uncleared level, made by Ahoyo from Canada. The level was originally uploaded for the Pogchamps 10 second level contest, held by Ahoyo himself. Interestingly, the level broke the rules by going 2 seconds over the time limit (however, it was not fully disqualified). It was worth it though.

The level is centered around a mechanic which entails dropping a bob-omb at a specific frame to eliminate a piranha plant (hence "trimming the herbs") while allowing Mario to regrab the bob-omb for later use. However, many are misled into believing that the four frame-perfect tricks constitute the majority of the level's difficulty. But frame-perfect inputs were never an issue for Team 0%. They have beaten levels with dozens of frame-perfect tricks. One cleared level had 150 such inputs.

The real difficulty stems from the extremely precise movement to maneuver through the spikes and sawblades. Every jump in the level requires extraordinarily perfect left-right movement, so much so that a handful of top players believe the level was uploaded unethically with the help of TAS technology. (the majority believe this to be implausible, for various reasons. Additionally, the upload could not have been hacked, as frame-data analysis of the clear video showed no splices.)

This 12 second masterpiece is certainly the final hurdle for Team 0%. Many of the team's top players have invested dozens of hours into the level, and the best known attempt remains at only approximately 60% of the level. It is the only level with a realistic chance of remaining uncleared, and will definitely be the last level to be cleared if Team 0% succeeds.

Here is Ahoyo's clear video, uploaded 6 years ago. Here is an attempt to explain the level in-depth by Yoshi, the player who currently holds the best known attempt on the level.

There is also an almost $700 bounty reward for the clear.

Good luck to Team 0% on all 4 levels.

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