seems like obsoletion using extra variables is the bigger issue here. I have noticed this on other games (maybe I already posted about it? I forget) where a run with the same IGT but faster RTA won't obsolete the previous one.

Obsoletion using extra variables is not a problem here at all, since it's just this way because "Values obsolete eachother" has been disabled. With it enabled, only one of the runs shows up.

Support for scores in addition to times is planned at some point in the future (along with all kinds of other timing updates that have been promised) which is basically what you're looking for, but I don't think it'd make sense to add the ability to make variables sorted like that since there's really no use case other than this and it'd be a messy hack to implement.

mobiusman: Don't think you have posted about that, unless you mean the tie break suggestion. Be sure to do, though!

ah I see, sorry :)

The problem I was having was just yet another by-product of metroid fusion's wonky sorting requirements: IGT is the default sort, but ideally runs with lower RTA would obsolete older runs with the same IGT.