Almost There (12 or 13)

[hi19hi19]

Besides Revolutionary Etude, this was the only other file to be rated a 92/100 in the old out-of-100 system. Considering Revo is now a 13, we should visit this file's rating as well.

The principal reason for moving it up is of course the 150 bpm 32nd stream. While 300 bpm is "slow" for streams as far as top players are concerned, you have to take pattern into account. The Almost There streams are so difficult because they are extremely trilly, and 300 bpm trills = 150 bpm hidden anchor jacks (2 bpm faster than Revolutionary Etude!)
The rest of the file is certainly easier than the stream section, but it's still not trivial, especially considering nerves when you manage to come out of the stream with a solid score. Between minijacks, fast polyrhthms, dense JS sections with 32nds layered in, and awkward jump transitions there are plenty of places trip you up in the latter 2/3 of the file as well.
I should mention the scoreboard as well, specifically that there are just four scores out of the top 200 on this file with zero boos. That speaks volumes on how difficult the patterns in the stream are to hit properly.

Trying to spur further discussion on the 12/13 border, and after moving Revolutionary Etude up this is the next song to visit.
So, is Almost There a 13?