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Yes, it's harder to play perfectly on a mirrored map with the same timer compared to, say, Jebel or HLU. But the point isn't to play perfectly, but to play better than your opponent, taking into account all factors, including the timer.

So, let's not bring up this issue again and again. There are as many opinions as there are people; we need to settle on something. These extra 30 seconds per turn won't fundamentally change anything.

In chess, the goal isn't to play perfectly either, because that's practically impossible; it's about playing better than your opponent. However, all the most prestigious chess tournaments are still held in the classical format, not blitz or even rapid chess.
Here, you're holding a tournament on the most complex map in terms of the number of actions, and yet you're still lumping it together with a general timer. In my opinion, this is complete nonsense. The shorter the timer, the more pronounced the advantage will be for the favorite playstyle of some players – rushing in a straight line... and if there are some key rewards there, it will be much harder to compete with that in a time crunch from the start when playing in multiple directions. It's almost funny to read about "the beauty of the numbers on the buttons when we introduce standard timers."
And someone already posted the actual average time increase for games with different timers, rather than fantasies about how the game should last 2-3 hours instead of 10...