My understanding of the clock waiting for battle's time means you have that long for MM to give you an as equal as possible battle. May be wrong there. If I am right, does that mean as the clock ticks, you are further and further away from an equal battle? Or does it go directly from best possible to whatever you get when that time is reached?
For example, if the timer says something like 1:15, when my timer hits 1:00 or so, do I get a less equal battle than I would have had I entered a battle at 30 secs?