Load-adjusted leaderboard

This leaderboard is merely a rough approximation of what a load-adjusted leaderboard might look like. It should not be interpreted as exact—especially when it comes to placements where the adjusted times are very close.

While load times in Super Mario Odyssey are relatively consistent, they are still subject to some variability—both due to statistical noise and factors like individual hardware differences. Additionally, the time differences used here are based on a very limited number of measurements, which aren't sufficient to make definitive claims about the average load time advantage the Switch 2 holds over the Switch 1.

Since it's likely that the Switch 2 will become the main platform for competitive SMO speedrunning in the mid- to long-term, its load times (with a digital copy) are used as the baseline for the adjustment. From there, we took the top 100 times from both the Switch 1 and Switch 2 leaderboards, recalculated the times based on the adjustments listed below, and merged them into a new, adjusted top 100.

If a runner has submissions on both platforms, the run with better execution should appear—even if it originally had a slower real-time result. In case of a tie, the older time is shown, which should almost always be on Switch 1. That said, results should still be taken with caution when two runs are very close in time.

Please note that while Fast Action Guide Skip isn’t technically considered a load, the time saved from it is included in the estimates below. This is because the trick is extremely easy to perform on Switch 2 but very difficult on Switch 1—so while nearly all Switch 2 runs include it, almost no Switch 1 runs do.

The following differences were assumed for the load time adjustments

Platform	Copy	Adjustment
Switch 2	digital	0s
Switch 2	physical	-13s
Switch 1	digital	-51s
Switch 1	physical	-62s