If you're playing this game without a guide, you figure...

If you're playing this game without a guide, you figure you leave Balamb Garden, walk straight into the fire dungeon, walk right up to the boss, and kill him within the 10 minute time limit. And while you absolutely can, guides will tell you that you can wander the open landscape for a while, stocking up tons of Blizzards and Cures, and walk in there like a boss, bowling over everyone and getting out of there in a cool 5 minutes.

Because in Final Fantasy games, the smart player will blow an hour grinding to save 5 minutes in a dungeon.