Found the two 2-offs (along with like four 4-offs lol). One of them is obviously fully optimal, but here's hoping the other one is actually still unoptimized, and not just another red herring...
- Edit - 7 years later: 20/43 first try LOL
19/43. With today's levels, this would probably be a Medium - once you get the 2 off, it's clear where the pipelining is to be found and that's relatively straightforward by today's Mantipulation standards.
Hard 17/43. Downgraded this to Masters :) 2nd try, a comparatively easy level in the Hard world, but it's nice to play this sort of thing now as it stands out hard in today's level landscape. Fun.
Hard 16/43. My goodness - I have/had the world's largest mindblock on this level and it took me >200 tries in PP2, >200 tries in Patho to solve it either time. A lot of 64 paths.
Poked at it casually a bit today, slowed down and really thought through alternative ideas, and finally got it. What a mess.
The bad news is that it's broken into pieces. The good news is that it's actually a really really nice level even so, there are a lot of 59s and some strategy is required to shave the last 2 off.