Pie42 Dang, thanks for confirming that because I didn't now if I was just imagining or something. That's definitely a weird mechanic.

RubeGoldberger The way I learned it also included pressing right, but yeah, that's basically it. Also, if you compare your ghost to a 1.23 ghost right before the teleport, you can see that there is a small difference, just enough to put you a frame ahead when combined with good strats going through the teleporter.

Pie42 Are you referring to when you press 'up' and 'down' at the same time for a split second then continue holding 'up'? I believe it accelerates faster than just holding 'up', but I don't think it made a difference here.

RubeGoldberger Yeah, I saw the trick a while ago in the comments on some track(I think it was strat's intro, but I've gone back two years and can't find it).