I was actually mid run, and in second place myself, hahaha. Just did a reincarnate to clear old save data, but based on my skills.... I think I could have reached 3000ish.
Ah a shame! Still I know what raised up the guy's score. It was... possibly a lucky mandrake run + foxified. Then used leisure time chasing tales and other stats to consistent get +1 in a stat, always. Even with food and sleep tasks it triggers
yeah I ended the run midway and I was halfway to the guy's points, so that is probably the cause. Not as impressive, mostly just lucky if they got the special mandrake for money
1 Gold and 1 mil Gold actually gives the same amount of points. You need to convert them into attributes or skills to get the score up. Most stats in the Resources tab work like that.