First run ended up being best run, mostly due to a lucky first-try Julius 1. I focused entirely on Stamina for these runs for maximum safety in the Julius fights. In this run, I spent a bunch of extra time walking all the way to Wendel to buy an armor upgrade, but I don't think it was actually worth it. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good Julius fight in any of my runs without doing that. Coincidence? Who knows?

Played on SNES using a Super Game Boy 2 and captured with a RetroTink 5X-Pro. Final time determined by counting frames in Avidemux.