I've beaten the game 3 times now, and my total time doesn't seem to be going down as fast as it does each time I beat the other RE games (or Silent Hill games for that matter)... I think the first time it was just under 11 hours, then just under 8 hours, then again just under 8 hours...........
Of course, first I played with Jill on easy (I didn't understand the difficulty thing at first) then CHRIS on easy (yeah so sue me

), then Jill on NORMAL... so maybe if I stopped changing how I play it the time will go down more
How long did it take your friend to beat it using gamefaqs, mushlafa?