I decided to edit together all of my fastest races on each track and put them into one video. At least three of these tracks could easily have their golds improved but I still have to land them in a run at some point. Sub 23 IGT and sub 26 with loads can happen

I was analyzing my last two PB's and Silo_Simon's two PB's comparing IGT for both runs to determine the amount of time lost or gained due to load times. (I'm excluding menu movement from consideration because it's basically free and time loss/gain is negligible) I found that my 28:58.35 from January had an IGT of 25:33.91 meaning 3:24.44 can be accounted for by loads. In Simon's most recent PB of 29:03.19, the IGT was 25:53.04 meaning 3:10.15 can be accounted for by loads. The IGT in Simon's run is 19.13 slower and the run is 4.84 slower meaning the loads were 14.29 seconds faster.

In my WR of 28:38.02 the IGT was 25:17.86, meaning loads were 3:20.16.

(should be noted that the 28:58 was played on my 1st gen Wii and the 28:38 was performed on a Wii Mini)

Not really sure what I'm trying to prove here but it might one day lead to the requirement to provide IGT along with RTA time. (similar to NSMBW)

I will test loading times on the Wii U at some point to see if loads are more consistent or faster on it.

I took the best splits from the top 7 runners and added them together and got 59:53.51 proving sub 1 hour possible. https://imgur.com/a/S6YHXOG

I just noticed that the PS2 and wii versions of the game are differently scaled, have different load times, and course layouts. This only substantially affects the all cups category though. Should there be a separate leaderboard for PS2 and wii times?

So I know it’s a bit confusing where to split for the all cups category. You can really do what you want if you submit video proof, but if you provide just splits then just split at the end of each race. I know the menuing can be tedious.