its completely stupid actually
there is no situation in the real world where you have to handwrite something in such a short time.
if we were all given as much time we needed (within reason), it would actually reflect the best answer and therefore the intelligence of the student.
we should be able to think about the question for more than 30 seconds before we start the race of writing speed so they can see who has the cleverest answer to the question.
im sorry but it makes no sense at all.
the writing speed shoudl not be such a big factor in your results for gods sake.
someone tell me - what is the point of such a frantic race?
page/word limits should be considered in place of time limits imo