A potential runner had some questions about this so I finally updated the rules section. Feel free to provide feedback if I missed anything. I included the standard stuff for most NES runs.

Hey! I know you posted this a while ago but I had a question on when people stop the timer...I usually do it once the little "end of level" jingle starts, but I'm not sure if maybe everyone else has been stopping the timer right as the last hit connects, since that's technically when you lose control of your character. I don't necessarily have strong feelings either way, I just used the jingle because it was an easy way to consistently stop the timer at the right time. Going frame by frame on my last run, it looks like it's about a 0.7 second difference between the last hit on the boss and the jingle playing. Let me know what yall think is better.

Sounds good to me. it's basically physically impossible to split on last hit without a foot pedal