Time Split
When you right-click LiveSplit & press Edit Splits, there's a section "Start Timer at" you can put that to minus if you want to do what I did. You have to manually start the timer, so it's not accurate and has to be re-timed after a new PB.
No, that's not normal. You have to activate SourceSplit - again, go to Edit Splits, and change your game name to "Half-Life 2 Mods". A text should appear "Game Time and Auto Splitting are available" - press Activate and go to Settings. There, see that Auto Split checkbox is enabled & Game Time Method is "Engine Ticks with Pauses".
Also, remember to compare against In-Game Time on LiveSplit.
If you still have questions, go to https://discord.gg/sourceruns and a channel called #hl2-mods or #source-help.