Interesting, I wasn't aware (or forgot)! I looked into it though, and it seems like it wasn't anywhere near the minute+ mentioned in the article.

I found a GameFaqs forum thread[1] from shortly after the game launched that claims it was about 20 seconds. And a US Gamer article[2] that says the update that came a couple years later only shaved off about 5 seconds (seems within the ballpark of what I measured)

[1] https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189707-the-legend-of-ze...

[2] https://www.usgamer.net/articles/breath-of-the-wild-load-tim...