So pysical copies have much longer loading times then digital so why not do something similar to mairo kart time trial runs were you ethier have separate leaderboards or shave down the time that loading screens have to match runs done on digital

I think it's been decided since there's already a ton of categories with this game, it's better to just have physical runners eat the few extra seconds per run than have double the dozens of categories this game already has. Converting times also adds more effort for runners and even more effort for admins doing the checking.

If you have physical and are serious about running SSBU, you can always do what I did and just trade in your physical and spend that money on downloading digital. The difference ended up being like 10 bucks.

I've only done Snake Classic runs (physical) but I'd look into putting your own in-game time into your runs if applicable. Nobody else for Snake runs has done so yet, but I figured I would in case someone else did in the future. The IGT calculator in the resources tab is great.