I just became mod for this game due to inactivity from the current record holder, LexoS95, and I completely disagree with the timing metric. Considering there are cutscenes that require skipping in the beginning I think that the time should begin on the menu selection. I have edited their run to reflect this and am posting this here for posterity's sake.

If anyone else stumbles across this board and has anything to add here, let me know!