Ah, I see what you mean now. This was deliberate--I want simulation time to be a precious resource that bots have to spend wisely. You can burn 4 seconds on one simulation that is more likely to give you valuable information, but then it's the only one you're going to get. Or you can do lots of small simulations that are less likely to return an answer. I agree that it's not very safe, which is somewhat unfortunate, but also serves to discourage bots that use precise timing as part of a strategy. Also, since timing out results in a defection rather than in some additional penalty, the risk isn't too large.