Contra Force/Game Mechanics and Glitches

Character	Speed	Jump Height	Comments
Burns	Good	Best	Beans jumps the highest. This is useful in stage 3 and he's nearly as fast as Beans so he can be used in stages 3 and 4
Smith	Okay	Okay	Average stats and no extremely useful weapons. Smith is not used for speedrunning
Iron	Poor	Poor	Though lacking in other areas he can equip the flamethrower which is critical for taking out the stage 3 boss quickly in real time
Beans	Best	Good	Beans has the best movement speed and a good jump height, he's used whenever possible