Hello, I'm Beefy Swoles, speedrunning casual/hobbiest. A few friends and I have recently become interested in running FFXIV's dungeons (pls verify), and perusing through the list, the Synced category seems to be mostly comprised of casual dungeon runs that happened to be recorded and largely exist because they're uncontested. I personally don't feel as if this category is competitive, and that its existence doesn't seem to justify itself. In lieu of this category, I would personally like to see a delineation between Cooperative 2-Person, 3-Person, and 4-Person, as even minor experimentation with a third or fourth party results in times several seconds removed from standing WRs. As it stands, those runs would immediately and easily replace all standing 1sts. I believe that possibility flies in the face of the effort spent theorizing and routing dungeons by the current record holders.

I hope to hear your thoughts and opinions.