im one of two people who didnt use rewind in 30 tracks

how am i supposed to compare myself to people that dont use rewind when the entire leaderboard is using rewind lol

Instead of doing the current route with Koopa Troopa Beach first, would doing Whistletop Summit first be faster as you could grab the rail? It probably wouldn't make a big difference in the end, but it could still be an idea,

Totally, I've been trying to do my runs with no rewind so this would be great.

I know, I was just wondering if there would be a way to chat there. Sadly it doesn't seem so :(

Hey! I really want to speedrun this game but the discord needs a phone number linked. I don't have anything to link my account to, is there any way I can get into it and chat?

Version 1.8 is the update for the Switch 2 and like @Ram_Sr said its very recent and everyone is still figuring it all out. Since you updated the game, you will have to do the old route (with some adjustments here and there) with the new castle route for Any%, at least from what I've gathered.