My observations: The contest started at 7:00. I didn't visit the site until around 8:45. My first submissions of problems A and B were around 10:00 (because

My observations: The contest started at 7:00. I didn't visit the site until around 8:45. My first submissions of problems A and B were around 10:00 (because I couldn't submit the first one thanks to the aforementioned problem.) and my time was marked as 3 hours. So I think the timer just started at 7:00 for everyone. I agree that 10 minutes per problem is remarkable and intially shocking, but I think it's correct because it's proportional to the times that the same caliber of programmers get in Topcoder matches (where 3 problems of on-average-higher difficulty are presented with a total time limit of 1:15.)