Long time lurker here, but I just have to comment on this.
I watched the progress of the any% run when it was still a WiP, but in the end I was somewhat disappointed by the low entertainment factor caused by the huge amount of cutscenes/conversations compared to actual playing.
This run is much more fun to watch since way more stuff happens between cutscenes. I played this game dozends of times, but I already lost count of how many things you picked up, that I never noticed in my playthroughs.
I especially loved the chocobo hot & cold section. I don't think I ever reached a comparable beak level before late disk 3 and I usually spend hours on this minigame. You manage this in about 10 minutes while digging up tons of stuff I didn't even know could be dug up there.
Can't wait to see the second disc.