- For me, I decided that the run would start when I click "fight" on the difficulty choosing screen (so basically when the screen goes to black), and ends when I skip the podium of the last level (when the screen goes to black as well).

- From this comment on the game forum : https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/quake_3_arena__85.html#quake_3_arena__85 , my run is apparently a "SS w/resets and timed RTA". Just so you know, the resets that I use are not resets of the game, but simply a restart of the map, which anybody can do from the menu, much like restarting a mission in a RTS game for example.

- Just so you know, the "check here to indicate you have read the rules" link at the bottom of the submission form is a 404 error from my end.