I just had one idea, similar to starcraft 2 UI with the game timer, the minimap where it is, and the overview/dragon view button just to the top left of it, then lightly grayed out with the timer next to it counting down, and maybe next to that, or where it was in later points it could show the game time if that's ever added?
(This is just an alternative to the 3 digit max timer to fix the current UI issue, moving the timer somewhere else but still in the center would look, strange)