Since runs are using a pre-generated phone number from a previous game, I have a suggestion. How about we start timing from a savegame right at the beginning? Only the intro cutscenes would be dropped from the timing and you could always use the same number, instead of having to get a new one whenever you start the game.

From my understanding, and memory, the number is reset every time you reopen the game. I think we're just lucky it's persistent between concurrent sessions, but as soon as you close the application, the number is lost.

Otherwise I'm all for this idea, but definitely test it out

I made a save directly after game start and the same number still works after re-launching the game.

Maybe the number is generated the first time the game is saved after starting a new one. I think usually the first autosave is directly before you get the number inside of Matthius apartment. It's weird either way, but seems to work.

Ohhhh that's right, I was trying to throw a save down just before getting the number and then using that just before restarting. But that didn't work. The save game number always stays the same and a restart number is always the same for the current session, if that makes sense.

Curious to hear others opinions, but I'm not opposed to starting from a start of game save