i think there should be a level leaderboard for each level not just world i would speedrun it

One issue is that it's difficult to set up rules for what you can and can't use. Levels like this would be NG+, which would raise the question of whether runners would actually stick to playing with the competitively reasonable Level 1 plants. Then there's premium plants, Zen garden boosts, bonuses from completing parts of the early worlds, spells, purchased plant food - all of that would have to be regulated to make for a fair and competitive category. Then there's just too many levels for that in this game. I'll have a talk back on whether adding some of the minigame/special levels like Beghouled or Vasebreaker would make sense adding, but the level 1 and F2P restrictions would still apply there. Also I'm not certain on how long a given level would even stay mostly unchanged or in existence at all across patches

Also, feel free to document your personal bests achieved under any rules you want on your own playlists, spreadsheets, etc., an official board isn't the only way to let the world know you did a run

Yeah thats one problem with speedruning mobile games, updates can come and wipe everyones progress with unplayable categories, new rules. For il's If i was to set up rules i would say no spells, no purchased plant food, no premuim plants, the basic levels, stuff like that or maybe even seperate it into normal and ng+ where you can purchase spells, plant food, and can use premium plants,

Also i think miniganes for e.x. vasebreaker i would recommend putting in the misc, and that would be a fun category to speedrun not gonna lie