It seems crazy that in every run people are expected to cheat with the infinite rare candies, surely there should be a category for just playing the game without codes.

Because nobody has done a run without codes. If somebody did a speedrun without the codes then it would be added.

Yep, to avoid having empty leaderboards, we only add the category once a run has been done. Feel free to give it a shot! :)

Thanks for clarifying!