So I found a tutorial on a skip using the panel in the center of the level select area ) and I actually adapted it using the pad that takes you to the DLC level so you can skip directly to the final zone of the game from the very beginning. I don't have any capture software and my phone's been basically dead for a while so I don't exactly have proof but basically you lock the camera using the method at the beginning as crash, switch to coco and do it again, and since it thinks the menu is still open for whether or not you want to play with coco, it gives you a go-to button to switch back to crash whenever you want, even when the game tries to keep you from doing just that by locking the "swap hero" button during those travel sequences. Anyway, walk to the very center of the circle to give the camera a chance to unstick itself and hop onto the DLC panel (make sure it's as coco), and right as it lifts up, push up on the thumb stick and press A (or B if you're using an xbox controller. I'm doing this on the Switch FYI).Now that you're crash, do a jump spin off of the platform. Press down on the thumb stick as well as the same button as you did before (basically choosing the invisible "Yes I want to play with coco!" option) and quickly go in and back out of the save screen to remind the game that you have another selectable character again. now switch back over to coco and then just follow the end of the video above! Something I should point out is that you are on a very tight time limit. You have to do everything after that initial moment where the panel begins to lift up BEFORE it makes it to the point where it transitions to the DLC area. Theoretically this skip could shave off a solid HOUR from the world record if you know the final zone well enough. Good luck to everyone that attempts this, and feel free to DM me/comment right here if you have any questions!

EDIT: I've decided to make a little gallery of some of the dumb things I managed to do with this glitch. https://imgur.com/gallery/uyYYwnd

You should post this on the N-Sane Trilogy forum...

1. No video of you performing the glitch makes this incredibly questionable.

2. Not sure how you’d shave an hour off a 41 minute WR unless you’re talking about 108%.

3. I really don’t understand why you’re sharing this with us instead of the Crash community through their forums, discord, etc.