I mean the current RT runs aren't that great and if it's going to stay (which is a shame because the pause glitch takes skill to master) there's nothing left to do but to take the record.

RT gets influenced by lag as much as IGT does, there's no difference. If the game lags it still makes a difference in RT.

Personally, I think there's no place for RT in the any% category. IGT is much more accurate and shows the skill at a level, RT is dependent on fps, load times, etc which are dependent on the phone or emulator used.

I agree with you, this shouldn't be used for the reason you mentioned. Still, a cool fun exploit though

I see, so this is a valid strat for the any% category, right?

Opened the game for the first time in like 2 days and saw that everyone in the top 10 has cut 2 minutes of their time? How is this possible, is this the unknown glitch that can happen, or is there something to it?

What glitch is that? Do you get that time after finishing a level or is there a glitch where you fall in the water or something in level 8 to get that time? Is it replicable as a new strat?

Don't think so. After a hundred or so attempts I've only achieved a 15.790

Are there some hidden tricks that we don't know of? Don't think TAS can get that big a time gap between Felipe11011s time which is 5:27.62