always happens in races

its just the normal speedgain on downwardslopes like everywhere. hold down and jump, done. but the timegain in that special part is negateable. it just helps making sure to make a cycle

got another wonderfull runkiller on mirage 1

To me Newest and Any sounds reasonable with the addition that runners on Newest also can competed against the older patches. For those who dislike the patches to pick their most favourite one to compete with everyone else, no matter how many patches we get and which one will be picked as the most favourable to speedrun sounds great. Also i have to quote the words of AlecK "keep it simple", which make the suggestion of 2 subcategories favorable for me.

my 2 cents