Optional skip in FR/LG?

Optional in Moon:
Josh/Bug Catcher: ~45 secs (worse for Josh if QA/Miss Zubat. up to ~54 secs).
Rocket: ~41 secs (worse if you miss the range/tail whip. Also simply a risky fight).

Routing possibilities:
It looks like we'd need to do Rival 2 early for this to take place. You can teach Mega Punch for (19 seconds) or you can just kick when mandatory (x2 Bulbasaur, Abra, maybe rat if no torrent). I'd need to calculate the risk for this fight.

Bad things without calculating anything so far:
Sand is always more likely since you'd probably always be at full (you normally get sand anyway).
Many more kicks (especially the 2 against Bulbasaur).
Worse Vine Whip and Pidgeotto Ranges.
Missing a kick could be really bad, since you wouldn't have a kick for Lass 2.
Mega Punch would help a lot with this, but it does consume take 20 seconds to learn. It would save 3 kicks against Rival 2.