Quote Originally Posted by TomsYoungerBro View Post
Because its the concept of how the race works. Lets take your Hit parade example. When you complete hit parade, you are immediately in place for the next obstacle being the purple goo with snowballs. Now take the crystals. Once you complete a path, you have to run all the way back to the middle to grab your next orb for your path, just like you would if you failed since you need to go re-grab your orb.

Essentially the sprint in the crystal course is their way of getting you to the next objective as soon as possible.
None of what you just said explains why it somehow makes sense for one stage to give a speed buff to the people who are doing well and for the other to give a speed buff to the people who aren't.

At this point I'm just gonna conclude that you don't actually understand the point being made, because you've willfully ignored it for about 5 posts now, and I'm tired of the back-and-forth by now.