I'm not planning on running this game, but from watching the top runs there seems to be a simple time save that's been overlooked by even the top two runners. Specifically, ending the level by moving horizontally seems to save .1-.15 seconds in load time over ending with a vertical move.
(Stevefox's difference seemed to be .1 and dha's to be .15, not sure why they differed that much. FPS & lag differences, I guess? I did my own quick check, and there seemed to be some inconsistency in the load times by a frame or two, with my load time differences ranging from .117 to .15.)
Anyway, as you have a choice of direction in each of the first three levels, there's .35 to .45 seconds that could be saved off the current wr from this alone, as dha went vertical in all 3.
