It s not you who is in danger its meleagerto - he's supposed to wait 24 hours before confirming you were right.
It seems the wrong way round to many of us as once someone has identified the challenge time isn't important - they're first in the line anyway. What it should be (IMHO) is a 24 hour gap before declaring open house or posting a new challenge. The original problem was someone who just posted every hour and no-one else got a look in