This one was very cycle-heavy. Need to make it to the rafts ASAP so you can blast through em without stopping. I had to stop and wait in the second half of that section, sadly, but I got the relic anyway.
This is one of the worst levels I've ever had to speedrun in the entire series.
Playing as Cortex normally is fine, but he is just WAY too jank when you're trying to rush. His blaster really needs auto-aim because trying to aim manually with him is so sensitive and his hitboxes are bullshit.
I still have several more Cortex levels to do after this, and just the thought alone is enough to make me feel queasy.
Even after trying my absolute hardest and optimizing everything I could, I still BARELY managed to make it in time.