just a small question if emulators are allowed?

As far as I'm aware there aren't any emulators that accurately run either Rogue Squadron game for the Gamecube. For Rogue Leader we made a rule that any run under 45min required real hardware.

None of us on the leaderboard have done any testing vs emulator and this hasn't come up so I don't want to discourage anyone from trying to run this game but a rule like Rogue Leader's might have to be implemented or a separate category.

We found that the game loaded fast when played on a Wii vs GCN which is why the leaderboard is ranked by In Game Time and not Real Time.

Never be afraid to experiment on Emulator.