The start point of the GoW Ascension runs has been changed. Now, the run starts the instant the first cutscene is skipped, rather than when selecting to start the game. This is because the initial load of the game is not always the same, so the later start point would negate this load.

All runs of the leaderboard have been retimed according to the new rule.

To clarify, the run starts the instant the "are you sure you want to skip"? message disappears:

And the run ends the instant the red thing above Alecto disappers, signaling that the R1 command is completed: