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'''Optimization''' is the activity of trying to achieve the highest time, or score in [[Chip's Challenge 2]], in a [[Chip's Challenge]] level. The highest publicly reported time is known as a [[bold time]], and the ultimate goal of optimization is to meet or exceed this time.

There are two facets to optimization: finding the optimal route and executing it. Finding the optimal route can be purely theoretical and helped by techniques like [[ghosting]] or using tools like [[SuperCC]]. However, many bold routes, especially for older level sets like [[CC1]] and [[CCLP2]], are publicly available as an [[AVI]] or a solution in the [[public TWS]], making the act of independently finding a bold route unnecessary. Executing a route is both skill and luck-based and frequently requires techniques like [[boosting]] or the exploitation of glitches like the [[Mouse Panel Glitch]]. The difficulty in finding and route and executing it are often independent: routing [[Doublemaze]] is simple but it is one of the hardest to execute, but routing [[Lemmings]] is chaotic but simple to execute once the route has been found.

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