Played on 2016-01-09, world record both at the time and current time.
Player: Chum
Some words from Chum:
"I reach 2 more extends than the amount of suicide spots (and the 10 lives required to clear) i use. in other words, in this category i have 2 excess lives and losing them only loses me a small amount of score if it's in the "right" places.
dying gives 25% PF (1/4 bomb) so as long as i normally would never go beyond 275 (300 is maximum) then no PF was lost. the only loss is the immediate pattern interference, and the two places i happened to die in barely had any. i lost not even 100k from those two deaths, so in other words, not a big deal. i lost more points in other places.
however, had i died a 3rd time anywhere else, it would've been disastrous. also, most spots you can die in will be very troublesome even if it is just a single death in the whole run, due to either the immediate pattern interference, the game-long resource route changing, or both. Dying anywhere on the 2nd boss for example is run-ending.
hopefully that clears it up. most lives are "spent" and not "lost", but "losing" a life can in some situations be almost negligible. i don't care what you all think as long as you know at least that much."
Stage 1: 00:03 Boss: 02:38
Stage 2: 06:05 Boss: 09:16
Stage 3: 13:25 Boss: 16:49