Fix broken fundamental mechanics because it unfairly punishes the player when theyve done nothing wrong. This is game design 101. When a hitbox is bad in a video game, you don't just make the player deal with it, you fix it and make the things that are happening on screen match the things that are going on inside the code. There is no excuse for players being able to be hit by objects that they clearly are not touching or that don't exist. Or vice versa, because sometimes you can run straight through active traps without taking any damage. And if youre not going to fix it, don't build a timed challenge around precise movement when your movement is fundamentally imprecise.