Are top cut matches at Skirmish events required to be untimed?

Ruling: Top cut matches at Skirmishes are recommended to be untimed, but this is not mandatory. Tournament Organizers may choose to run timed top cut matches based on venue constraints like store closing times.

Nuances:

• Stores with hard closing times may need to implement time limits (commonly 70 minutes)
• If timed top cut is used, TOs should clarify tiebreaker procedures in advance
• Swiss tiebreakers (Game Win %, etc.) have been used when time expires in top cut, though this is acknowledged as suboptimal for single elimination brackets