I think i know why cause the in game timer stops when you "finish" but just wondering why not use a 3rd party timer solely for this catagory idk im not in charge just thought id drop my 2 cents in

I just started practicing runs for this game and was wondering what loads get taken off the time (running on ps3 so loads take 8 years and are in the levels too) for example when heading for auxiliary entrance in “defend the ark” a drop ship kills some autobots when head through that arch I get a brief load would those be taken off