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Well, Rope Trick descriptions reads as follow: The upper end is, in fact, fastened to an extradimensional space that is outside the multiverse of extradimensional spaces (“planes”). Well, what is an "extradimensional space" then? A number of spells and magic items utilize extradimensional spaces, such as rope trick, a bag of holding, a handy ...

Usually one doesn't count the total rounds of a combat just to do it. You might be counting them because of spell durations or other specific reasons. In general you're concerned about overall passage of time because of torch and other large scale durations, which is why this rule exists, so players don't say "well that only took three rounds so we move on ...

Some groups and GM's do track time that closely. It's actually not that hard to track - just a tally mark per round. It's also useful to track rounds for other reasons: spell durations, mostly, but some other effects have limits as well. So, even if the average fight lasts a mere 10-20 rounds, tracking the number of rounds takes a tiny amount of space, ...

As previous posters have said, you'll get a huge variation in the time taken to solve the puzzle. If your puzzle is basically a maths problem, or can be brute forced in some way, you can make a ballpark estimate. Figure out how long it would take you and assume a spread of about 50% - 200% of your time. The more players you have, the more likely the time ...