Ruby Lifeshrine Loop Reverse: Gold

Easiest way I've found to make it through at gold pace was to optimize as much of the beginning as possible. At the very start, be sure to aim slightly up instead of looking straight at the first ring. Use two boosts then use skyward ascent and as you crest the lifeshrine slowly aim downwards to maintain your momentum. It can take a few tries to get it right, but if you can make it to the right turn after going over the lifeshrine without feeling like you need a boost, that's how you'll know you've got it. Space out all your boosts until the last 6 rings then spam boost to the finish line.

The trick I used was to use 2 Surge Forwards at the beginning and a Skyward Ascent to get over the edge of the Ruby Life Shrine. For the next few rings as you descend, don't use any boosts until you get to the ring just before the ring under the bridge. At that point, you can start spamming Surge Forwards for the rest of the race with one Skyward Ascent around the waterfall.

Thanks! The key I was missing was using Ascent instead of Forward. This is almost never the right thing to do in races, but for this particular track it'll save seconds. I ended up using it at two points: start and middle near the waterfalls.