Is it fair to assume that you made it from Loon Lake to Rubicon Springs in about 5 hours and 15 minutes? Are the two videos pretty much every inch of the trail? I would guess that you should be able to exit in under 3 hours out the Tahoe side (excluding the traffic jam potential from the event) making it an 8ish hour trip.
I was thinking that it was comparable to the Gold Spike for how long it would take and it seems to be about right with the Golden Spike possibly being longer.
I was trying to find a specific spot on the video, but couldn't recognize anything in my bounce around attempt. There was a fun spot just down from a switchback that wasn't too far before the bridge into Rubicon springs.
It looks like the road may have been "improved" a bit since my trip. I guess they have to make sure the Trail Rated Jeeps can get through! 
Obviously it was my first time on the Rubicon so I'm by no means a subject expert, however it definitely felt a little too easy. I was especially disappointed with how easy Little Sluice was. Don't get me wrong it was definitely a great experience and the views were to die for which is a big reason why I'm into wheeling.
The video was edited to eliminate all down time. The little fades to black you see are times when I edited out the downtime. I tried to sync the stop and the start back ups as best as I could to make it feel like a smooth transition and less of a hard stop. I believe it took us roughly 6 hours to reach the Springs. That was with some lengthy stops including a long one at Big Sluice where we ran into traffic coming uphill. There was also a few times we had to give Steve a tug out (though he knocked it out of the park for his first time rock crawling). I think with equal built rigs and no traffic the trail can easily be done in 4 to 4 and a half hours. That is Loon to the Springs of course. If you add in Caddy then it is obviously longer.
