Maybe I'm a fool and loading times aren't even counted towards the run, but if they are does anybody have any advice that doesn't boil down to "Get a better computer" for better loading times? Is there anything I can fix or any settings I can change? I'm getting pretty decent times but losing like 30-40 seconds a run to loading times comparing it to other runs. Any advice is appreciated.

not sure if this works since i havent really tested it at all, but try doing like an unserious run first before really running the game to load a bit of the game in memory on your machine. that way depending on your storage medium and ram type/size, you might could get slightly faster load times. again, idk if this will work at all