as I was trying to get wr for this game I noticed that if I dashed before getting hit by an arrow I would end up dashing through the arrow and not get hit. could this end up optimizing the run because maybe this could get rid of the arrow rng factor if you can just dash through it.

I've noticed that too, it feels super weird.

I also noticed you can stand on edge of the spikes which should be faster than the current strat: