OH NO

Not sure if this got retimed to be 5:02 but for the record I submitted it as 5:03, i assumed it was a tie with Keoma lol

You have to wait for the clear message because it doesn't actually count otherwise. You can test it on a fresh save file, the completion icon doesn't appear if you skip after seeing "Success"

It also incentivizes creative strategies like animation skips, avoiding slow knockdowns, etc if you have to let the full trial play out.