Have you ever considered that the only way a match can last that long with the current system is if both teams continue to have the same total health when the timer ends? Thanks for helping prove my point: remove the timer and we can have a spar to the end and save a whole lot of time, rather than continuously tie and start over while hesitating to fight because "WE CAN USE THE TIE RULE AND WIN!!! YES!!!" For the incoming "what if we have a tie during the endless timer" yeah because in a 30 health vs. 30 health that'll definitely occur all the time.
Regardless, I strongly believe that an endless timer would actually SAVE time over the current state of "Let's wait until the timer because we have no confidence in our finishing abilities and we can milk this thing". Also why are we bringing up "the games only seasonal tournament" and trying to save time anyways? Three months is 2190 hours worth of waiting, but if the GST takes over TWO? Call the police! For the incoming "Players have work" please save it, you guys literally call in sick just to play Graal on this day. Even with that point being made, I still believe an endless timer would save time as the spar would be less "run away!!!" and more "finish him."