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Perhaps I needed to emphasise level.
What would the SR-71 have achieved if somebody had wanted to score bragging rights? Accelerate to M3.4 in level flight at 85,000', tilt the nose up. Given the level flight limit and speed of the Lightning, I can't see any reason why the SR-71 wouldn't have easily topped out at over 100,000'