The optimum time to beat this game for me is 2 seconds. My brother and I used to have it as kids, eventually you figure out shortcuts, and go faster and faster

The optimum time to beat this game for me is 2 seconds. My brother and I used to have it as kids, eventually you figure out shortcuts, and go faster and faster. But we discovered by mistake (or rather while expressing frustration) that the quickest route ends up being a very sudden lift of the left corner, sending the ball flying above the whole board, and directly into the last hole. With practice, you get down to one second to get to the left corner, then a second and a half to get it airborne, and for it to fly into the finish line. I have no doubt the AI will figure it out, and probably even make it faster.