Time starts once you either skip the cut scene or the cut scene ends, run ends the second you turn in the final quest Where Kings Walk or Saurfang's Blessing. Thoughts?

We thought about it, same with the demon hunter starting zone. It needs to have some definitive rules set. However, the more people that are interested, the more it will become a thing quicker :D

I just did a 1:04:51 run of it a couple days ago and it's a pretty fun category.

However when I tried to practice again tonight, even though I have my char on a low pop RP server specifically to avoid people as much as possible, I still ran into another DK who had started the Light's Hope quest and was nearly done with it by the time I got there. This saved me about 12-15 minutes, giving me a 46min run despite it being a really bad run at the start.

Would there be a point in stopping either when you get to the Light's Hope quest or maybe making another category called Hopeless% or something, that just stops when you pick up the Battle for Lights Hope quest, to specifically avoid this? Otherwise I can see the best runs relying on getting lucky with other DK's in the area.

Plus if there's no outside help, intentional or not, it's a 5min wait for it to start, then 2-5min for it to conclude since it doesn't matter if you help or not, and the only things after it is a short kill quest and a run to the king / saurfang, which heavily favours horde for the shorter run.

We can not eliminate all RNG in the game, it is not possible. And if horde has a little shorter route i guess horde is the best way to go :P We already have so many categories to choose from, but we will discuss the idea of ending it when you obtain the lights hope quest, since it can be 10 min difference based on that RNG alone.

Hey, we changed the rule of the category to end with the completion of the quest "The Lich King's Command" now ;)