Could a reasonable alternative be that each "stage" of the competition requires only the number of rounds in your gun without reloading? And then you administratively reload between stages? Then you still have the same round count and the same number of reloads, but the reloads aren't counted as part of the competition?
Perhaps you have three different "divisions" a 6-round, a 10 round and a 15 round, where if you run a J-frame or G43, you have stages that have exactly 6 rounds.
Because I don't see the practical value in being the absolute fastest mag reloader, it is a turn off for me that I'd be negatively scored due to slower reloads than someone else. I'm not saying my reloads are trash, but they'll never be as fast as someone who practices them a lot more. So that might be 0.25 seconds to 0.5 seconds advantage to someone who spends the time practicing mag reloads.
What if it takes them 1 second to reload and it takes me 1.25 seconds (round numbers, I don't know what's considered "good" or average). I am penalized by 0.25 seconds because I choose to use those 10 minutes a day of training time to something else like pummeling for underhooks or BJJ shrimping. Who is better off in a real life self defense encounter, someone who pummels for underhooks for 10 minutes a day or someone who practices mag reloads 10 minutes a day? Everything is a trade off.