I don't want to surprise too many people with some changes coming to this board, but I will be retiming the board to a unified starting/ending point that is also now specified in the rules, as well as clarifying that runs need to start from a New Game (to avoid any possible saved game runs being submitted). After seeing that many runs were submitted with a -29 second start timer, I verified the exact time from input press on new game start to when the first dialogue box appears (not first possible input to shift the dialogue as -29 was). -28.333 is 4 frames before the first frame of fade out after the input for New Game until the first frame the dialogue box appears. I will also be unifying the ending time to the first black frame after leaving the throne room via the south exit after defeating the final boss.

I want to thank LovenityJade for their moderator time on this board, and I will do my best to keep things fair and simple here. If there are any questions, feel free to DM me or post here.