Personally I was sure the road would be fastest but among the people following the live tracking several wanted to start like Bojan, but then keep on the minor paths which leads almost directly down to the south end of Lille Åklungen. I am quite sure this would have been faster than how he did run, but still significantly slower than going left.
It is quite interesting that due to the complicated terrain between the two lakes, Jon’s “shortcut” was in fact longer than Anders’ route.