Hey,

As someone who was trying for a competitive time, I had to load up the game on a physical PS2 in order to replicate similar load times to the fastest records.

Emulator (Duckstation at least) seems to load between 4-5 seconds slower on each "Loading" screen than a PS2, which adds up.

Just more a heads up in case anyone wants to tackle this run, and is struggling on their times :)