Should PAL times be converted to what an NTSC time would be? Because the Nami record would be a 57:52 if played on NTSC, and the record for Celia would be a 31:32 if on NTSC. It doesn't seem fair to call something a "World Record" if someone has played better than you, but their game runs at a slower frame rate.
I can definitely see where you're coming from, but I feel like adding an extra step, could potentially make running the game look unappealing, especially to new runners. However, the alternative is to, in a way, force PAL runners to either move to emulator, or purchase a new console/game, just to get a comparatively good time, which isn't very inviting for new runners either. Also, what is the calculation you're using for converting PAL times to NTSC?
For the first option; that would be something done by the mods when verifying the time, so runners wouldn't need to worry about it, and would just use their splits. If they cared about showing WR, they could do an NTSC to PAL conversion themselves.
For the second option; that's why I considered the frame rate conversion, because it's not like switching to JP for faster text speed, it's buying the same game, that just has a faster frame rate.
PAL to NTSC conversion: Change everything (hours and or minutes) to seconds, multiply the total by 0.96, then divide by 60. (The result will be in minutes.)
NTSC to PAL conversion: (For people on PAL that want to show a WR.) Change everything (hours and or minutes) to seconds, multiply the total by 1.04, then divide by 60. (The result will be in minutes.)
I'm not sure the numbers for converting the times is correct, instead wouldn't it be for PAL to NTSC just multiply the time by 0.8333 (25/30) and for NTSC to PAL multiplying by 1.2 (30/25).
Either way, I'm not necessarily for nor against this, I'm just not sure it's necessary. It's something that happens with a lot of games, but there aren't any games/leaderboards that come to mind that take into consideration framerate conversion. But that doesn't mean there shouldn't be any room to change this standard either.
Damn, must've messed that up.
Maybe once this game gets more competitive, the times could be converted.
