Question. as long as we start at the certain sand spot on each run. Do we still need the speedrun timer mod? or does using livesplit also work? I just had to ask since I see almost all runs are using that ingame timer mod

I't have not been in the community long, but using the ingame timer is easier you can use outside resources, but you will need to do an accurate retiming. Especially for single star runs.

well livesplit are allow, since I see some people uses that but it's depends on you choosing the mod or livesplit