Showcasing movement for Super Early Rocket Boots Route (SERB) which is technically optimal for Sly 3 100% speedruns with good enough loot RNG. It uses RB scuff boosting and scuff boosting into RB as movement tech options for clearing gaps, cutting corners and reducing time spent airbourne (which is quite beneficial since the use of Rocket Boots decreases gravity and makes all jumps floatier).
Also, an updated comparison to Early Adrenaline Burst route timesave is given for 2026, which is always optimal for both Any% and 100% full-game speedruns.
In full-game Any% speedruns the two fastest routes are "Early Hover Pack" and "Delayed Hover Pack". Video showcases how they compare to each other in terms of movement. In Any% "Delayed Hover Pack" is optimal, whereas in 100% "Early Hover Pack" is the faster route.
In 100% an additional viable gadget route option is "Super Early Rocket Boots + Delayed Hover Pack". This is done by breaking up the coin farming Master Thief Challenges in Episode 2 into 2 parts; first by playing "Croc and Coins" right after Hungry Croc to get to 600 coins before The Claw and later playing Pressure Brawl before starting Episode 3. The route only saves time with good enough loot RNG, mainly in Octavio Snap.
Clips were recorded on the NTSC version on PS5, which on average has 1.65-1.68 % slower clockspeed (for the areas present in the video) than the PS3 Remaster, which is the optimal version for speedruns. The clips were not sped up to adjust for this difference.