I decided to time some of the top runs and noticed that the loading times are starting to impact the final times significantly. For instance, from my 11:29 time to my (currently unverified) 10:54, I saved 15 seconds purely by faster loads. Additionally, the difference between the best and worst loads is currently 20 seconds. Considering Paul1379 beat the WR by 2 seconds, this seems like it needs to be fixed. I can't share the spreadsheet link without sharing my full name, but I did take a screenshot.

Just saying. You are more professional than me. That deserves moderator, congrats

Thank you! That will help after losing a very good pace to a random crash in Bowser's Sun Fortress

Thanks 4Mahoney21 for pointing this out, I had actually seen that Michael0013 had shorter load times than me.

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Michael0013 gained 3 seconds on you thanks to loading times. Also, the run seemed to be timed wrong, with the run actually being 11m 51s instead of 11m 41s. I'm guessing the mental math went wrong when subtracting the two times.