First off, love this game as a speedrun. Second - I think some very minor adjustments need to be made to the rules

I think start time should be EITHER new game or just starting from the "Intro" level. This is a game with a lot of long term progress / collectibles + only one possible save file, so it may discourage other runners to wipe all progress & need to unlock the end game stages again (which takes a longggg time)