The challenge with Rapid in the1 hour arena format is that in an hour you might only play 3 games. If there is an odd number of players you could have to wait up to 20 minutes to play again. With Blitz everyone gets to play one another and if you're an odd man out its only 6 minutes.
Though while I was typing this a compromise crossed my mind. 5 min chess could work best for giving more time but not forcing a player to wait.
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