Today I submitted a run that would technicly be a world record. I don't think that should be the case though as the only reason it was faster is that I play on PC where the load times are faster. I think I would be a good idea to use IGT as the default sorting criteria to prevent this from happening.

I've been wondering about this for a while too, but since all the previous runs had been on Switch (and basically no one was running this game lol) there wasn't really any reason to bring up the question. But now that we finally have a PC run (welcome, btw!!), I guess the question does need to be addressed since there is such a drastic difference in load times. Relying on IGT could be a good idea. There could also be separating runs based on the platform to account for all differences between versions like what I believe Mario 64 does with N64 vs. Wii VC, but given how small and unknown this game is with barely any runs such a move would be pretty silly and not ideal, especially if IGT is pretty much the same across versions (idk if it truly is but I reckon any difference would be pretty miniscule).

Usually load times are removed in some way to make it fair for everyone (the most skilled runner should be first). So I would say IGT is the best way to do that. Because this game has a small community Seperating platforms should only be done when someone finds a big difference. My run should 100% not be world record.

Well, I guess now it probably doesn't matter anyway lol. Congrats on that insane run, probably not beatable given this game's nature! Haven't watched it yet but I'm assuming you got the shortcut on Reverse Mermech that I missed in my run, saves about 10 whole seconds at least. I had gotten it in my previous attempts but missed it in my final run as my splits showed, but because my previous runs weren't deathless my final one was still faster lol.

RTA is still the default sorting criteria. Could this be changed to IGT? This would make the competition fair if a new player starts running this game. The WR history graph is wrong too (My older any% runs are still considerd WRs). IGT may not be the best but it is definitely better than RTA.