So I believe after discussion with some other people a most optimal route has been developed!

LBLJ to DW (1) BOB (2) WF (5) cless, owl less, wild blue JRB (6) chests SSL (9) pless, top of pyramid, talon LLL (12) reds, sidehop, bully HMC (15) toad, emergency exit, triple box jump Then move on to DDD, FS and the upstairs.

There was some discussion on what the slowest star to remove would be but another option would be Rolling Rocks in HMC if that is faster than one of the stars on the list.

It potentially could be faster to remove talon from the list and then Pless into secrets, drop down and kill all the goombas, then collect the secrets star. That would remove the need to go back into SSL just to to kill goombas then die.

I would love to hear any other optimizations anyone has but after sitting and thinking about this is what I have come up with so far!

I'm not able to do this route myself but I would love to see someone attempt it and see what kind of time they can pull out!