Beatmap Nominator Applications will always be open
Ok lets handle this topic for a second.
The applications will still be composed of two parts, a ranking criteria proficiency test and a manual evaluation by members of the “Management Team”.
So, inevitably, the answers for the ranking criteria proficiency test will be leaked, secretly ofc, because the questions won't be unique (you haven't got that powerful of a team to do so) so they will be known to pretty much everyone applying, whilst the staff have been unaware for lets say 2 weeks - 2 months at the worst level of ignorance.
What happens then?
Ofc you can't allow any more people to take this test because it's no longer a test if they have the answers literally handed to them.
You really only have one choice, which is to close off the BN tests to re-write the questions in a way so that users can't just sail through in 10 min...but how long will this last until you're back in the same situation? Less than a month most likely.
There's a reason why no tests across the world are open 24/7, because it doesn't work. Sure, maybe having them open more frequently might be better, but always open isn't going to work. Also, that's putting a lot more stress on BN-checkers than they already have to deal with.