Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-199.126.253.7-20131227130622/@comment-179.28.44.188-20151227205156

Agree with Kirito clearing the game within the 10s limit. I mean they both ( Kayaba and him) had just a  tip of their HP, and Kirito's bain was working incredibly fast (much like accel world's accel burst). It is stated (in the novel) that he could see pixel by pixel how his life drained, so it's not so far fetched to say that most of it happened in the blink of an eye, or at least in a very short span. In Asuna's case maybe her death fell within the time, but even if it didn't it would make sense her living because before starting the Duel, (probably) Kayaba set her nervegear not to kill her as Kirito requested "Don't let Asuna commit suicide"