Some time ago I found a trick that skips the floating platform in Snake Slopes. Using the skip saves around 5-8 seconds and is more or less risk free. In the WR run this skip is not used, so there is a good chance to take the record with the help of this skip. Snake Slopes Platform Skip:

This is a thread to document all found skips / time saves in the game.

There is a glitch (at least I dont think the devs intended this) in the game, where you can jump on steep sloped surfaces, even though you probably should not be able to. I'm sure a lot of players have stumbled upon this accidentally, but I think there is a lot of potential in this trick I call "SlopeJumping". I made a short video about it, if anyone is interested: