Whoever didn't let their egg timer run out would be the winner. Some games explicitly add time deadlines (e.g. with a chess clock or egg timer). The second battle saw them each having a large egg timer. His consultancy's slogan was "Bedaux Measures Labor" and its logo incorporated an egg timer motif. The three minute egg timer is for soft-boiled eggs. The egg timer was named for commonly being used to time the boiling of eggs.